Andrew Co. Tops Health Rankings
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- Published on Monday, 03 April 2017 11:12
Congratulations Andrew County!
The 2023 County Health Rankings have been released and out of Missouri’s 115 Counties we are ranked #7th for Health Outcomes and #10th for Health Factors.
Health outcomes are based on an equal weighting of length (8th) and quality of life (6th).
Health factors are based on weighted scores for health behaviors (10th), clinical care (45th), social and economic factors (8th), and the physical environment (54th).
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program helps communities identify and implement solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy in their schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. Ranking the health of nearly every county in the nation, the County Health Rankings illustrate what we know when it comes to what is making people sick or healthy. The Roadmaps show what we can do to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborates with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) to bring this program to cities, counties, and states across the nation.
The County Health Rankings measure the health of nearly every county in the nation. Published online at countyhealthrankings.org, the Rankings help counties understand what influences how healthy residents are and how long they will live. The Rankings look at a variety of measures that affect health, such as high school graduation rates, access to healthy foods, rates of smoking, obesity, and teen births. Based on data available for each county, the Rankings are unique in their ability to measure the overall health of each county in all 50 states. They have been used to garner support for local health improvement initiatives among government agencies, healthcare providers, community organizations, business leaders, policy makers, and the public.
The County Health Rankings measure the health of nearly every county in the nation. Published online at countyhealthrankings.org, the Rankings help counties understand what influences how healthy residents are and how long they will live. The Rankings look at a variety of measures that affect health, such as high school graduation rates, access to healthy foods, rates of smoking, obesity, and teen births. Based on data available for each county, the Rankings are unique in their ability to measure the overall health of each county in all 50 states. They have been used to garner support for local health improvement initiatives among government agencies, healthcare providers, community organizations, business leaders, policy makers, and the public.
Read more at: www.countyhealthrankings.org
Spring Break - know before you go
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- Published on Friday, 17 March 2017 11:52
Know Before You Go
Is Spring Break on your mind?
Are you, members of your family, or anyone else you know traveling to the tropics?
Zika virus is mostly spread through mosquito bites, but it can also be spread through sex.
To protect yourself and your family, take a few simple steps:
- Know before you go - check out this map for areas of Zika virus activity
- Use an EPA-registered insect repellent during your trip
- Avoid mosquito bites for tree weeks after returning from your trip.
- To avoid spreading Zika through sex, use a condom.
To learn more about Zika virus, visit http://www.cdc.gov/zika/
Poison Peril
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 March 2017 09:55
Poison Peril
Poisonings are preventable and treatable and there's a resource to help: the Poison Help line, 1-800-222-1222, which connects you to your poison center. The nurses, pharmacists, doctors and poison experts that staff the line 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, can give you free and confidential advice from how to handle an emergency to how to protect your family from poison dangers.
To learn more visit www.PoisonHelp.hrsa.gov.
How Common is Poisoning?
Who's at Risk?
Top 5 Causes of Poisoning
What Can You Do?
Call the Poison Help line, 1-800-222-1222, if someone you know may have been poisoned or just to ask a question.
Call 911 is someone is unconscious or has trouble breathing.
Program the Poison Help line into your cell and home phones. Share this information with family and friends.
National Public Health Week 2017 Proclamation
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- Published on Monday, 13 March 2017 09:19
National Public Health Week 2017 Proclamation
WHEREAS the week of April 3-9, 2017 is National Plublic Health Week, and the them is Healthy Missouri 2030: Be and Advocate for Public Health;
WHEREAS since 1995, the American Public Health Association, through its sponsorship of National Public Health Week, has educated the public, policymakers and public health professionals about issues important to improving the public's health.
WHEREAS the home and neighborhood can impact an individual's health and opportunities to engage in healthy behaviors;
WHEREAS the public health professionals help communities prevent, prepare for, withstand, and recover from the impact of a full range of health threats, including emerging diseases, natural disasters and disasters caused by human activity.
WHEREAS public health action, together with scientific and technologic advances, have played a major role in reducing and in some cases eliminating the spread of infectious disease, and in establishing today's disease surveillance and control systems.
WHEREAS health must be a priority in designing our communities, from healthy housing to parks and playgrounds and walking and biking;
NOW, THEREFORE, we the Andrew County Commission, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of Missouri, do herby proclaim the week of April 3-9, 2017, as National Public Health Week 2017 in Andrew County Missouri and call upon the people of Andrew County to observe this week by helping our families, friends, neighbors, co-workers and leaders better understand the value of public health and supporting great opportunities to adopt preventive lifestyle habits in light of this year's theme, "Healthy Missouri 2030: Be an Advocate for Public Health."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of March, two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
Bob Caldwell - Presiding Commissioner
Gary Baumann - West District Commissioner
Fritz Hegeman - East District Commissioner
