Next Meeting
& Agenda Minutes of the last CHAB meeting
Quarterly Report
to the Board of
Health
Minutes
of the last Board of Health
CHAB Report to State Board of Health (and slides) 12 July '06
State BOH meeting Report to
CHAB
CHAB Work Plan &
Strategic Initiatives
CHAB / CHAT Contact
List
*
Health
Hero Award Nomination
** A Challenge and Salute to Citizen Participation
*
Fifteen years of CHAB accomplishments
PACE - EH
& the Environmental
Health Assessment Team (EHAT)
(this project and team members are now integrated
with CHAB)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Special Report (1996)
Preliminary Reports (2001) Report To The Community
(2003)
Health Screening & Prevention, Island County, 2001— 2002
(a PowerPoint presentation, reviewed January 2008)
The Health of Island County, 2004 (a ppt presentation)
(executive summary)
(full report)
The Health of Island County ...Key Indicators (Update 2005) (a pdf file)
Island County Plan for Healthy Living
(2006)
(a pdf file)
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
(BRFSS) 2007
The
Health of Washington State
(Dec '07)
Community Health
Status Indicators Report (Jan '09)
State & County Quick Facts (census/demographics)
The 4 CHAB Health Action Teams
have consolidated their work into 2 teams and will now engage the community in the
following activities identified by county residents as their most significant areas of
concern (each report is available at the Health Depart.):
1. Island
County Chronic Disease Prevention Program
Chronic Illness, Prevention and
Physical Activity
Activity
Pyramid for children & adults
Preventing Chronic Disease
(a CDC information website)
2. Communicable
Disease Health Action Team ...our byword is PREVENTION
Latest
Health Issues in Island County
Immunization
Schedule for Children
Recommended
Immunizations for Adults
Keeping Food Safe
for the Holidays Sex
& STDs ... keep it safe!
CHAB's continuing
support activities:
Early Childhood Support / Parent Education
Supporting Our Youth..
A work in progress... The Community Imperatives are well underway, but can always
use help... Interested? Give us about 4 hours of your time each month to assist in
supporting our young families' needs! (contact this person)
Children's Commission
Initiative — Report
to the Board of Health
Children's
Commission Home Page
(application to
participate)
CHAB accomplishments
Suggestion & Comments
ISLAND
COUNTY Public HEALTH and Subject Index
Walk your way to better health with "Whidbey Walks"
United Way Family Resource
Guide online
Opportunity Council of Island County
epiTRENDS. . . bimonthly
report on epidemiology issues in Washington State
IOM Report
(science-based advice on matters of biomedical science, medicine and health)
Public Health Improvement Partnership
Pocket Guide to Good Health For Adults
U.S.
Census Data >>> State & County
"Quick Facts" >>> Island County Profile
Guide to Community Preventive Services
Community
Building Through Convening
Washington State
Legislature
Other Health / Government Links
Healthy
People 2010
Hot Issues in
Community Health
Partnership for
Prevention
Universal
Access to Care
(commentary, R. S. Case, MD)
Evidence-Based 'Best-Practices' in Public Health
Medline Plus . . .Trusted Health Information For You
*Interested
in joining the Medical Reserve Corps of Island County?
Interested in
participating in other ways? Application form for all Advisory Boards:
(Community Health, Children's Commission, Mental Health, Substance Abuse)
Or perhaps the Island County Community Volunteer Program
"The
health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions
performed by private citizens."
- Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in
America -
(1835) |
