Don't see graphics and text from DPH?Click here Follow Us! Submit your story suggestions, ideas, comments or a story of your own! 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 PHEVENTS Looking for DPH events? Visit the Events Schedule on our website. PHBRIEF 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." smoking PHRECIPE App of the Week: Prime Privately talk about your medical data with family, friends and medical providers with the Prime mobile app. Grilled Steak and Pepper Salad with Pears Serves: 4 Prep Time: 30 min Click Here for Full Recipe PHWEEK Communications Director Shawn Ryan Editor Ebony Brooks Content Coordinator Connie F. 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