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Community Health Commentary, 1996-2008
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| Community Health Commentary: 2008 |
Summer 2008 Commentary (PDF: 1.4MB / 12 pages)
Polk County emergency planning; QI Showcase & Training Conference; WIC; SCHSAC Chair Gary Sorenson; Rice Regional Dental Clinic; PrimeWest Health
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| Community Health Commentary: 2007 |
Fall 2007 Commentary (PDF: 1.51MB / 10 pages)
Freedom to Breathe Act; Quality Improvement Collaborative; Community Health Conference highlights; Active Living Ramsey Co.; 1,000 Benches; Live Smoke Free; healthy eating at work
Spring 2007 Commentary (PDF: 496KB / 6 pages)
Accreditation; an "average" local health department; new CFH director Maggie Diebel; SCHSAC Chair Marcia Ward; MN PRAMS
Winter 2007 Commentary (PDF: 752KB / 10 pages)
Stomach flu; norovirus; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; Eat-Talk-Connect!; Food Safety Partnership; aging population; vacuum effect
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| Community Health Commentary: 2006 |
Summer/Fall 2006 Commentary: 30th Anniversary Special Edition
(PDF: 693KB / 12 pages)
National health goals for the '80s; ban on free cigarettes; AIDS hearing with Surgeon General; personal computers; a day in the life of a sanitarian; CHS then and now
Spring 2006 Commentary (PDF: 627KB / 9 pages)
Minnesota Legislature; Rep. Kathy Tinglestad; future of public health leadership; Mary Sheehan; Mille Lacs Co. HAM radio; ECHO phone; Baby Tracks
Winter 2006 Commentary (PDF: 596KB / 8 pages)
Pandemic flu; exotic animals; SCHSAC Chair Bev Wangerin; reader survey results; ICE: In Case of Emergency; emergency preparedness; winter storms; IMPACT and schools; all-hazards training
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| Community Health Commentary: 2005 |
Fall 2005 Commentary (PDF: 487KB / 8 pages)
Investing in public health; Community Health Conference highlights; local public health investment portfolios; healthy aging and senior-friendly community programs; Community Health Awards; poetry; Rice Co. Baby Stop; Leech Lake doulas; Let's Talk family conversation starters; Dakota County Healthy Families
Spring/Summer 2005 Commentary (PDF: 98KB / 8 pages)
Isolation and quarantine; emergency preparedness; methamphetamine; adverse health events; local financing trends; Minnesota Mental Health Action Group; Arrowhead obesity partnership; Olmsted Co. and "America on the Move;" St. Paul-Ramsey Co. WIC and violence prevention; St. Joseph's Area Dental Health Clinic; Dakota Co. and emergency response; Morrison Co. train-the-trainer and meth
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| Community Health Commentary: 2004 |
Winter 2004 Commentary (PDF: 286KB / 8 pages)
Essential Local Public Health Activities; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; SCHSAC Chair Heather Robins; SCHSAC Chair-Elect Bill Montague; Otter Tail Co. Time for a Healthy Future; Kandiyohi Co. TV Turnoff Challenge; Hmong refugees and "Who Will I Become?"; Renville Co. mass clinics; Hennepin Co. homeless home visiting; Fillmore Co. youth conference
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| Community Health Commentary: 2003 |
Fall/Winter 2003 Commentary (PDF: 313KB / 8 pages)
Emergency preparedness; Emergency Preparedness Conference highlights; public health partnerships; Community Health Awards; St. Paul-Ramsey Co. and positive music; new child and teen checkup videos; Dakota Co. and emergency preparedness; Rochester Public Schools and indoor air quality; MDH radon poster contest; Stearns Co. tobacco-free night
Spring 2003 Commentary (PDF: 444KB / 12 pages)
New Health Commissioner Dianne Mandernach; legislative session highlights; Local Public Health Grant; Morrison Co. and safety belts; Bloomington Public Health and smoke-free restaurants; Emergency and Community Health Outreach (ECHO) television programming; Sherburne Co. and DWI prevention; Olmsted Co. Baby Steps early childhood intervention; Hennepin Co. and Bloomington Public Health SHAPE data; Meeker-McLeod-Sibley and pandemic influenza; SCHSAC Chair Ed Larsen; SCHSAC workplan review
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| Community Health Commentary: 2002 |
Winter 2002 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Anthrax before and after; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; LPHA awards; SCHSAC workplan review; SCHSAC annual report highlights;
Maternal and Child Health awards; SCHSAC Chair Paul Wilson; Olmsted Co. smoke-free restaurants
Fall 2002 Commentary (PDF: 558KB / 12 pages)
Emergency preparedness partnerships; Community Health Awards; Meeker-McLeod-Sibley emergency preparedness collaboration; local health alert network; Maternal and Child Health awards
Summer 2002 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Legislative session highlights; commissioner's session review
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| Community Health Commentary: 2001 |
Summer 2001 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Legislative session highlights; commissioner's session review
Winter/Spring 2001 Commentary
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Public Health Laboratory; readiness for emerging health threats; Minnesota's State Epidemiologist; preventing injury and violence; Sexual Violence Prevention Program; SCHSAC Chair David McCauley; SCHSAC workplan review; National Rural Water Association award; Sibley Co. and child safety seats; Minnesota Healthy Beginnings home visiting; Clearwater Co. celebrates healthy communities
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| Community Health Commentary: 2000 |
Winter 2000 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Minnesota youth; youth health endowments; adolescent health action plan; suicide prevention plan; substance abuse incentive grant; youth mental health; Aitkin Co. and youth issues; Douglas Co. JumpSTART youth empowerment; Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative and teen family home visiting; Houston Co. DADS Make a Difference and alcohol education; Sibley Co. INSIGHT cognitive group therapy for mothers; Renville Co. school attendance advocacy; Hennepin Co. safety belt challenge
Fall 2000 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Immunization registries; Minnesota's vision of public health; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; Nobles-Rock Co. correctional health program; Stearns Co. strengthens public health-clinic relationships
Summer 2000 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Environmental health; methamphetamine labs; foodborne illness; protecting children; Safe or Sorry (SOS) food safety kids' programming; air quality; water quality; food irradiation; Olmsted Co. consumer protection award; Hennepin Co. and environmental health in the home; rural wells in south-central Minnesota; diversity and environmental health; Ramsey Co. hepatitis A outbreak
Spring 2000 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Legislative session highlights; asking and listening; teens and tobacco; youth endowment activities; SCHSAC Chair Deb Hess; SCHSAC workplan review; Commissioner Malcom at National Public Health Week; Wright Co. Wellness on Wheels; Aitkin Co. public health successes; Freeborn Co. takes a dairy break; Olmsted Co. Healthy Community Awards
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| Community Health Commentary: 1999 |
Fall 1999 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Preparing the public health system for disasters; a century of progress; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; bioterrorism grant; maternal and child health awards; rural hospital flexibility program grant; Olmsted Co. creates healthy community awards; county-based purchasing plan; Crow Wing Co. reflections; Hennepin Co. injury and violence report
Summer 1999 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Legislative session review; tobacco endowment fund; meet the commissioner; SCHSAC Chair Audrey Richardson; SCHSAC workplan review; Freeborn Co. merchandise exchange; Minnesota Environmental Health Awards; WIC 25th anniversary; manual: Public Health Nursing Practice for the 21st Century; Minnesota Health Improvement Partnership (MHIP) reconvenes; Anoka Co. healthy communities; Hennepin Co. nicotine patch distribution
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| Community Health Commentary: 1998 |
Fall 1998 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Local surveys and county assessment data; balancing the MDH budget; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; Strategies for Public Health; Healthy Minnesotans—Public Health Improvement Goals for 2004; maternal and child health awards; population-based public health nursing grant; migrant worker housing shortage
Summer 1998 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Public health agencies and tobacco-use prevention; local Community Health Services (CHS) assessment and planning; tobacco settlement highlights; local public health departments online; fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects (FAS/FAE) task force and legislation; Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA) honors Skip Humphrey; community health center grants; Stevens-Traverse worksite wellness program; Goodhue Co. spiritually-based volunteer grant
Spring 1998 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Sexual assault prevention efforts; flood aftermath and reflection/planning; Olmsted Co. Multicultural Healthcare Alliance; occupational stress management; legislative session review; SCHSAC Chair Harlan Madsen; SCHSAC activities review; celebrating National Public Health Week in Crow Wing Co. and Scott Co.; Regional Coordinating Board Three (RCB 3) mental health task force; Wilkin Co. and Fitness Fever February; Minnesota County Health Profiles and data
Winter 1998 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Addressing violence prevention; improving the health status of the state's populations of color; collaboration on quality emergency medical services; Otter Tail Co. model portable dental health clinic; Immunization Action Plan (IAP) and public health skills/leadership; assessing refugee health; maternal and child health awards; immunization registry in Southwest Minnesota
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| Community Health Commentary: 1997 |
Fall 1997 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Education, technology, and the food supply; reclaiming the public health tradition; public health and the Hmong community; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; new tobacco control laws; media literacy; St. Paul-Ramsey Co. partnership for teen health decisions; environmental health award
Summer 1997 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Flooding and public health challenges; Minnesota Health Improvement Partnership (MHIP); State Public Health Laboratory 100-year anniversary; funding supports core functions; legislative session review; UCare and local partnerships; National Public Health Week in Freeborn Co. and Mille Lacs Co.; Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA) honors Rock Co. commissioner; Minneapolis redefines local health department
Spring 1997 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Feedlot odors and safety; public health heritage; SCHSAC Chair Dean Massett; Community Health Conference highlights; Community Health Awards; new Community Health Services (CHS) mission; state-county agreement on health care purchasing; public health nursing in Otter Tail Co. maternal and child health awards
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| Community Health Commentary: 1996 |
Summer 1996 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Twenty years of Community Health Services (CHS) partnerships; changing rural health care delivery system; Bridge to Health Regional Survey in northeast Minnesota; National Public Health Week across the state; legislative session review; Minnesota public health system trivia quiz
Spring 1996 Commentary (Please contact OPI for a copy of this issue)
Health Collaboration Plans; MDH and children's health; SCHSAC Chair Don Peterson; working together to meet public health goals in Bloomington; Minnesota Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program and screening; Access Minnesota and increasing internet use; recommendations for statewide local community health assessments; regional coordinating boards meet; National Public Health Week; drive-thru vaccinations in Beltrami Co.; AIDS memorial quilt on display in Winona; Beltrami Co. congratulated for Living Well television show; Public Health Training Network awarded; Carver Co. and Healthy Families