health department Articles
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Evaluation of a Local Health Department’s Food Handler Training Program
The impact of a food handler training (FHT) program was measured by comparing rates of total and critical violations from routine inspections of food service establishments before (2001–2004) and after (2005–2007) the implementation of an FHT program. A quasiexperimental design compared rates of inspection violations related and unrelated to the responsibilities of food handlers. A ...
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Institutional trust, information processing and perception of environmental cancer risk
This paper examines how institutional trust affects the way in which people process information and perceive risk. Data come from a study of risk perception in the circumstance of US state health department investigations of suspected cancer clusters, with 30 cases examined (n = 1,111). Trust is assessed for three information sources: state health departments, civic groups and industries involved ...
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Market of Choice Distribution Center in Eugene, Oregon Utilizes Novomesh® 950 case stduy
Market of Choice chose Eugene, Oregon for their newest 100,000 square foot central kitchen and food distribution center to deliver the freshest food product possible. The owner was concerned with producing a concrete slab that could meet the high demands placed on a food handling facility. Traditional slabs have tight control joint spacing that is costly to maintain due to health department ...
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Shigellosis From an Interactive Fountain: Implications for Regulation
In July 2003, the authors investigated an outbreak of Shigella sonnei infections in Marion County, Oregon. Nineteen confirmed and 37 presumptive cases, mostly young children, were identified. A case-control study implicated play in an interactive fountain in a city park (matched odds ratio undefined; p < .002). The association was confirmed by a cohort study among local schoolchildren (RR ...
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Meeting the Environmental Health Training Challenges of the Local Public Health Workforce in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, the public health delivery system is mainly decentralized with 351 municipalities providing a large array of environmental and public health services through their local health agencies (boards of health or health departments). In many other states these services are delivered at the county or state agency levels, but in Massachusetts they are provided by each city and town. In ...
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A Synopsis of 30 Years of Major Accomplishments by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in Environmental Health (Part 1 of 2): The 1980s
This article reviews significant environmental health projects conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, particularly the Division of Environmental Health, during the 1980s. The authors describe lessons learned from dealing with health concerns related to the Vietnam War, Three Mile Island, hazardous waste sites, and radon, as well as emerging issues during that decade. ...
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A Synopsis of 30 Years of Major Accomplishments by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in Environmental Health (Part 2 of 2): The 1990s and the 21st
This article reviews significant environmental health projects conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, particularly the Division of Environmental Health, during the 1990s and the following decade. The authors describe lessons learned from a new occupational health initiative, continuing work on the health assessment grant funded by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, ...
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Helix Diagnostics to Help More Than 1,200 Davenport University Faculty and Students Return to Campus
LANSING, Mich. — Helix Diagnostics, Michigan’s fastest growing independent laboratory is proud to be helping faculty and students return to campus this fall. Helix Diagnostics is assisting over 1,200 Davenport University faculty and students to return to campus with ongoing Covid 19 testing solutions. Helix Diagnostics has partnered with many other educational institutions as well in ...
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Wanna Be Rich? Don’t Be A Dentist!
A common misconception is that your dentist is rich, right? He must be, he’s a doctor! Well, you are correct in part of that, the doctor part. What the general population doesn’t understand is the expense it takes just to get started in becoming a dentist, let alone if you want to open your own practice. Let’s explore. In the “olden days” dentistry was a trade, a ...
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Trojan - keeping the peace in Wakefield - Case study
When it comes to keeping the peace, noise nuisance is an issue where a simple dispute can often escalate quickly and without warning If left unresolved, prolonged noise nuisance can blight the lives of those living with it. affecting their health and mental wellbeing. so much so that people consider moving house as a result. Fortunately Local Authorities and Housing Associations have long taken ...
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Utah leisure operators - Case Study
A Utah success story - Fighting Cryptosporidium During the summer of 2007, 1,900 residents of Utah, had been infected by the parasite Cryptosporidium. In response to this outbreak, Americas largest of 2007, The Utah Health Department, who had already taken the controversial step of banning under fives from using public facilities demanded action, and called upon the extensive experience of atg ...
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More Careful Scrutiny Encouraged for Purification and Quantitative Testing of Nutritional Supplements
Recent case of selenium toxicity points to need for FDA to toughen regulations for supplements. MacFarguhar et al have written an excellent article in the Feb. 8, 2010 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine entitled “Acute Selenium Toxicity Associated with a Dietary Supplement.” They report that in 2008 a chiropractor in Florida noted common symptoms of gastrointestinal illness ...
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The cost of failure
You may not have heard of the hundred families’ organisation. They are involved in campaigning, training and offering support to families bereaved where the victim has been killed by someone in the care of mental health services. They have produced a new guide for families affected by such tragedies. The guide is available at: ...
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Maryland’s Department of Health - Case Study
Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) aims to promote and improve the health and safety of all Marylanders through disease prevention, access to care, quality management and community engagement. Public Health Services is a division of Maryland’s DHMH. Recently, the Maryland Public Health Services Laboratory moved into a six-story laboratory facility, designed to ...
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What price health?
When it comes to health care, the balance between cost and effectiveness is a difficult one to strike. The injection of $1.1 billion into the US system therefore needs to produce sustainable results. A middle-aged man appears in a US emergency room complaining of chest pains. Tests show that an arterial blockage is starving his heart of oxygen. He could have treatment A, or treatment B. Which ...
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Flu shots urged as Madison’s FluGen plays role in effort for universal vaccine
David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal October 18, 2018 With flu season approaching, health officials say people should get flu shots by the end of October, yet acknowledge that the annual vaccine generally works less than 60 percent of the time. The Madison company FluGen is part of a renewed national effort to improve the odds by developing a universal flu vaccine, which would protect ...
By FluGen, Inc.
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What You Should Know from DHSS’s Latest Resource: “Practical Guidance for Healthcare Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight”
In April 2015, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) released a new “educational resource” to provide guidance to the governing boards of healthcare organizations to help them meet their compliance plan oversight obligations. Entitled, “Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight,” ...
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Genomadix’s Legionella Test used by CDC for Legionnaires’ Outbreak
The CDC chose Genomadix Bioscience, an Ottawa-based biotechnology company, to assist with a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Chesterfield, VA. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) identified an increase in Legionnaires’ disease cases in Chesterfield County and requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During the investigation, the CDC Pneumonia ...
By Genomadix
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How to Protect Against Colds and Flu: The Facts that you Need to Know About.
Seasonal flu is not only unpleasant for employers and employees, it’s expensive. Each flu season, nearly 111 million workdays are lost because of the flu, the US Department of Health & Human Services has found. That represents approximately $7 billion per year in sick days and lost productivity. Most of us have seen a sick co-worker trying to make his way through the workday instead of ...
By SafetyNow
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Why participants are so important to health research
Health research is very important for improving health care for all. As we mentioned in a previous article, What is Health Research?, this type of research helps medical researchers understand people’s health and how we can make treatments better for everyone. But health research isn’t possible without the contributions of research participants. Research participants are ...
By Evidation
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