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White House Highlights Georgiabased AIDSVu

Webinars Urge Docs to Take Care with Antibiotics

One 5K at a Time

Hospitals Honored for Hepatitis A new tool in Georgia's fight against HIV/AIDS received national attention

B Vaccination

Monday when it was featured during the White House's observance of

Southeast District Celebrates 20 World AIDS Day.

Years of Telehealth

PHEVENTS

AIDSVu is a free, online interactive mapping system that lets users explore the HIV epidemic geographically. Now, the tool has been made even

stronger. Using data supplied by the Centers for Disease Control and

Looking for DPH events? Visit the Events Schedule on
our website.

Prevention and by state health departments, including Georgia, users can now view how HIV impacts Atlanta and other major U.S. cities by ZIP code. The tool, created by Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, allows organizations to "intensify HIV prevention efforts in the communities with

the highest burden," according to the 2013 report on the National

PHTRAINING HIV/AIDS Strategy.

Jane Kelly, M.D., DPH's HIV epidemiology section director, said having such

Georgia's Health Priorities specific geographic data is invaluable for public health efforts to provide

with Commissioner Fitzgerald HIV education, prevention and care.

DPH Commissioner Brenda

Fitzgerald, M.D., will be the first presenter in a five-part lecture



series focusing on health conditions/diseases impacting the

Webinars Urge Docs to Take Care with

Antibiotics health of Georgians. The lecture
will be held live at the Rollins

School of Public Health and

available for online viewing on Dec. 12, 12-1:30 p.m. DPH
employees will be able to view the event live through the state's
video conferencing network at

The discovery of penicillin marked a major turning point in medicine, introducing doctors to some of the most powerful tools at their disposal: antibiotics. But just as doctors used antibiotics to save millions of lives, physicians who overuse the drugs contribute to a massive public health

certain district and county threat: antibiotic resistance.

locations. For more information,

visit the event page on DPH's website.

Tackling antibiotic resistance means talking with physicians about the major role they play in decreasing the improper use of antibiotics, the

Two for Tuesdays

practice that drives antibiotic resistance. To start the conversation, the

Join the Office of Human

Georgia Healthcare Associated Infections Advisory Committee (GAHAIAC)

Resources on the second Tuesday will host three December webinars to discuss the role of physicians in

of each month from 11:30 a.m.- antibiotic stewardship programs.

12:45 p.m. for the learning series

Two for Tuesdays. This series provides an opportunity for programs to explore new ideas, share knowledge and highlight teams and their work. On Dec. 10, staff from the Office of Injury

Jeanne Negley, health care-associated infections surveillance director for DPH, said the goal is to begin fostering antibiotic stewardship, a set of strategies to improve the use of antibiotic medications with emphasis on reducing unnecessary cost, decreasing resistance to antibiotics and improving patient health outcomes.

Prevention will present. To learn

more and to register, click here.



Excel Basics

One 5K at a Time

Tues., Dec. 10 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Editor's note: Michael Rogers, an

Excel Formatting Tues., Dec. 10
1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.

operations analyst in the Office of Health Indicators and Planning at the Georgia Department of

Public Health, wanted to start

Excel Formulas and Functions living a healthier lifestyle. So the

Thurs., Dec. 19 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

60-year-old and his wife, Marian, 62, decided to participate in a 5K

Excel Data Management and Pivot Tables Thurs., Dec. 19
1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.

race every month for one full year. In the following story, Rogers describes how he made the choice to simply get off the couch

and get moving.

Excel Formulas and Functions

Fri., Dec. 20 10:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
For employees not at 2 Peachtree, classes can be attended remotely -- however,

As I sat in my Weight Watchers

Michael Rogers and his wife, Marian, walked

meeting listening to another member talk about completing a

the Holcomb Bridge Hustle 5K in support of Holcomb Bridge Middle School in less than an
hour.

5K race, one thought came to me:

"I can do that."

remote attendees must be

registered 48 hours prior to class. In my younger, healthier days, I used to regularly hike up to 10 miles in a

Register for all classes through single day. Based on my calculations, 5 kilometers was only 3.1 miles. I

SABA (2 Peachtree attendees register for "Instructor-Led" and

knew I could finish a 5K race.

remote attendees register for

"Virtual" classes). Contact Lisa Miller if you have questions.

Free Online Courses Available Hospitals Honored for Hepatitis B

from Lynda.com

Vaccination

DPH has purchased a limited

number of licenses for

Lynda.com, an online library of Four Georgia hospitals have been

high-quality, easy-to-use

recognized for achieving the highest

instructional videos on the latest software, creative and business skills. Licenses are available for check out on a first come, first

reported rates in the state of vaccinating newborns against the hepatitis B virus (HBV).

served basis. To check out a license, simply email Lisa Miller
from your public health email account.

The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) listed Colquitt Regional Medical Center of Moultrie, South Georgia Medical Center of



Valdosta, Wayne Memorial Hospital of

Submit Calendar Entries to

Jesup and Grady Health System of Atlanta

communications@dhr.state.ga.us on the Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor Roll,

which recognizes hospitals and birthing

centers that have attained high coverage

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levels for administering the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

Georgia leads in pregnancyrelated deaths
Poor Black and Hispanic Men Are the Face of HIV

"We are pleased to have four of our Georgia delivery hospitals recognized for their outstanding efforts to protect infants from hepatitis B infection," said Steven Mitchell, director of DPH's immunization program.


Many at Risk for Diabetes and Southeast District Celebrates 20 Years of Don't Know It, Study Finds Telehealth
These Days, School Lunch Hours Are More Like 15 Minutes

PHRECIPE

Sarah's Green Bean Casserole

Telehealth in the Southeast Health District has come a long way in 20 years.
It was November 1993. The No. 1 song in the U.S. was "I would do anything for love (But I won't do that)," by Meatloaf. The movies playing at the local theater included "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Three Musketeers." Bill Clinton was the president. Gas cost between $.99 and $1.29 per gallon. Milk was just $2.27.

Serves 8
Click Here for Full Recipe

Something else happened that month that would forever change Georgia's Southeast Health District. On Nov. 16, 1993, the first patient consultation took place in the Ware County Health Department via the Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System (GSAMS) videoconferencing network, now known as telehealth.

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Twenty years later, the Southeast Health District continues to lead the way in telehealth services, now acting as an operations center for the Georgia Department of Public Health's (DPH) telehealth network, which currently includes nearly 200 sites across Georgia. It continues to grow.


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