Georgia PH week [Jan. 20, 2015]

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In This Issue

A Mother Fights to Save Her Life and Educate
Others About Cervical Cancer
Matiana Echeveste Green, 45, was born in Mexico and has lived in Georgia for 17 years. She is a divorced single mother with one daughter, Amanda. Last year, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Prior to her diagnosis, Green was a dedicated employee as a housekeeper working long hours. Today, she has a new perspective on life making her personal time and health a top priority.

A Mother Fights to Save Her Life and Educate Others About Cervical Cancer DPH Offers Safety
Recommendations for the Winter Season
WIC Revises Food Packages Strategic National Stockpile Transportation Security Plan Test Baby LUV Program Enters Second Year of Healthcare Georgia
Foundation Grant
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on our website.
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When Green was diagnosed with cervical cancer in May 2014, she had lived 12 years with human papillomavirus (HPV). She was told by her doctor she had HPV at age 33, but it was not active in her body.
Matiana Echeveste Green, 45, is using her personal story with cervical cancer to encourage her daughter
and other women to secure regular screenings and the HPV vaccine to protect their health.
DPH Offers Safety Recommendations for a Fun
and Healthy Winter Season
The winter season can bring a lot of excitement for kids. From anticipating the year's first snow to enjoying a swift sled ride down snow-covered hills, cold weather can offer as much fun as the warm summer months.

It's a known fact that kids need to stay

Last Chance to Register for active all year. However, cold

Instructor-Led Training Classes temperatures and environmental

changes unique to the winter can

DPH's training team is working to move toward electronic, or e-learning,
platforms that make training programs efficient and easily accessible for all
employees.

present seasonal hazards to children's health when participating in popular winter sports such as sledding, snowboarding, ice skating and others.

DPH experts are reminding Georgians how to keep kids safe and healthy while enjoying the outdoors during this year's winter season.

Rather than eliminating the important physical activity and fun experiences that

The upcoming Access classes in January and Excel classes in February
will be the last OpenEnrollment/Instructor-Led classes for

come with the winter season, injury prevention experts from the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) are reminding Georgian's of important precautions they can take to keep kids safe in the crisp, cool air of the winter season.

Microsoft software training. Therefore,

employees wanting to participate in
instructor-led training in Access or Excel WIC Revises Food Packages to Offer Healthier

should make arrangement to attend these final classes.

Options and Combat Nutritional Deficiencies

Note: Instructor-Led classes may be Just as hundreds across the state are

scheduled by managers or offices who making resolutions to eat healthier,

have at least 8 participants committed to Georgia's Special Supplemental

attending.

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants

Please contact Lisa Miller at Lisa.Miller@dph.ga.gov for more
information.

and Children - commonly referred to as WIC - is following suit by helping participants stick to their healthrelated resolutions.

PHTRAINING
Two for Tuesdays
Join the Office of Human Resources on the second Tuesday of each month from 11:30 a.m.-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. To learn more about the training and to register, click here.

How? By providing food packages that support healthy eating.

Designed to meet the special

nutritional needs of Georgia's lowincome participants at nutrition risk, WIC food packages provide supplemental foods containing

WIC is now offering expanded food packages designed to provide more healthy food choices that meet the needs of WIC participants during critical periods of
growth and development.

nutrients determined to be lacking in

participants' diets. Providing these foods is essential in combating adverse health

outcomes that may result from a deficiency of vital nutrients.

Check out SABA for these January Courses
Manager Fundamentals for Success Tues. - Wed., Jan. 20 - 21 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Strategic National Stockpile Transportation Security Plan Tested in North Georgia

True Colors: Discovering Your Personal Best
Tues., Jan. 27 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Procurement Services: Navigating the Process
Wednes., Jan. 28 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Computer Training (Instructor-Led)

Like many things in life, preparation is one of the most important keys to success when accomplishing a goal. That same principal rings true when it comes to keeping Georgians safe and ensuring state organizations are properly equipped to manage public health hazards or natural disasters.

Access Tables & Database Design Tues., Jan. 27
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Managing public health crises requires the collaboration, expertise and support of multiple statewide

Access Advanced Queries Thurs., Jan. 29
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. __________
For employees not at 2 Peachtree, classes can be attended remotely; however, remote attendees must be
registered 48 hours prior to class. Register for all classes through SABA (2 Peachtree attendees register
for "Instructor-Led" and remote attendees register for "Virtual" classes). View monthly training calendars on PHIL. Contact Lisa Miller
if you have questions.

organizations spanning across public

safety, health care, first responders

and emergency preparedness

specialists. To ensure these teams

were well-prepared to unite in the

event of a public health emergency,

the North Georgia Health District

recently conducted a full-scale local Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency

Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)

Director Renee Cornelison coordinated multi-agency

Transportation Security Plan test.

efforts from Cherokee County's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during last week's North Health District

Last week's SNS functional test was

Strategic National Stockpile test.

led by staff of DPH's North Georgia Health District and Georgia State Patrol.

Emergency Management Agency (EMA) officials, law enforcement agents, and public

Free Online Courses Available from Lynda.com
DPH has a limited number of licenses for lynda.com which is an online library
of high-quality, easy-to-use instructional videos on the latest software, creative and business skills. Licenses are available for check out on a first come, first served basis. To check out a license, simply email Lisa Miller from your Public Health email
account.
Submit calendar entries to communications@dph.ga.gov
by 12 noon on Wednesday.

health staff in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield Counties participated in the exercise by activating each county's Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Baby LUV Program Enters Second Year of Healthcare Georgia Foundation Grant
The Lowndes County Board of Health was awarded a grant by Healthcare Georgia Foundation in

PHNEWS

2014 to continue their work to improve birth outcomes among high risk African American women

through the Baby LUV (Lowndes

Unique Victories) program at the

Flu drops in Georgia but might not Georgia Department of Public

last

Health's (DPH) Lowndes County

Health Department.

UGA researchers identify colon

cancer cause, potential treatment The mission of the Baby LUV

Lewis Cancer Center gets $100000 grant for breast cancer research
Head Start Program Might Help Fight Childhood Obesity: Study

program is to prevent premature

births and infant deaths by providing education and intensive home case management to high risk African American pregnant

The Lowndes County Health Department will be utilizing funds to continue the work of its Baby LUV program, an innovative initiative created to reduce premature births and improve infant mortality rates among high risk populations.

women. Women and infants that are participants of the program will be linked to

local programs such as WIC, Children First, Immunizations, and other community

CDC calls for French-speaking resources.

medical personnel to combat Ebola "We were assessed on standards set by the foundation for continuation of the grant

in Guinea

into 2015," says Tiffany Vinson, RN, perinatal executive director at the Lowndes

County Health Department. "We are thrilled to announce we passed the evaluation 'Metabolizer test' might someday assessment and will be able to continue our work in this community with new goals
take guesswork out of quitting to be implemented."

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