Don't see graphics and text from DPH?Click here Follow Us! DPH Celebrates 101 Georgia Schools that Pledged to be Tobacco-Free The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is proud to celebrate 101 schools in Georgia that have made a commitment to maintain a healthier Submit your story suggestions, ideas, comments or a story of educational environment by fully implementing a tobacco-free policy. your own! Emanuel County, Lowndes County and Jenkins County schools all recently implemented Georgia's 100% Tobacco-Free School policy leading to this In This Issue milestone in the DPH's work to protect the state's children from the harmful effects of tobacco use 101 Georgia Schools that Pledged and secondhand smoke. to be Tobacco-Free Under the 100% Tobacco-Free School policy, no Coastal Health District Lives Life student, staff member or school visitor is in the F.A.S.T. Lane permitted to use any tobacco product or e- Preventing Youth Violence and cigarette at any time on school property. Cyber Bullying Read the Label: Monitoring "Tobacco-free schools save lives," said Jean Sodium Consumption for a Healthy Life O'Connor, J.D., DrPH, director of Chronic Disease Prevention for DPH. "Ninety percent of Georgia's smokers started using tobacco before the age of Cobb & Douglas Public Health 18, and by eliminating tobacco use - including e- Hosts Inaugural Cultural Diversity cigarettes - in schools, we can reduce the Day likelihood children in Georgia will start to use With 101 schools that have signed and implemented the tobacco-free policy, 1.3 million Georgia students are now protected from harmful tobacco use and secondhand smoke. App of the Week: Noom Coach tobacco as well as protect children and adults from the effects of secondhand PHEVENTS smoke." Looking for DPH events? Visit the Events Schedule on our website. Coastal Health District Lives Life in the F.A.S.T. Lane 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. Check out Saba for these February Courses Saba LMS has a new home! Log into Learning- Development.dph.ga.gov . Work, children, volunteer activities and other commitments fill our time on a daily basis. It can be difficult - and seemingly impossible - to fit in healthy behaviors. And while slowing down might seem like the answer, Malisha Moses and Shauntia James-Dyson, public health students at Armstrong State University, are encouraging Coastal Health District employees to Live Life in the F.A.S.T. (Food, Malisha Moses (front left) and Shauntia James-Dyson (front Activity, Stress management and right) lead an exercise session in the Coastal Health District Time management) Lane. office as part of their new Life in the F.A.S.T. Lane worksite wellness program. Manager Fundamentals for Success Tues. - Wed., March 17 - 18 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 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 PH email account. Submit calendar entries to communications@dph.ga.gov by 12 noon on Wednesday. PHNEWS Good Heart Health May Stave off Dementia Preventing Youth Violence and Cyber Bullying Health and child advocates are working together to shed light on an unsuspecting public health topic - youth violence and cyber bullying. While parents, teachers and community leaders are still working together to reduce instances of school bullying, modern technology has given life to a new wave of electronic bullying happening through social media, text or instant messages, email, chat rooms and websites. Violence in school and cyber bullying is a growing public health problem that impacts thousands of young people. Youth violence can be the result of past exposure to violence, impulsiveness and lack of conflict resolution skills. Regardless of the reason, too many young people are experiencing violence every day. Flu hospitalizations among older adults was the highest in a decade 3 join Cobb & Douglas Public Health Public heath leaders in Georgia and throughout the nation are utilizing their skills and resources to help put an end to youth violence and cyber bullying. Read the Label: Monitoring Sodium Consumption Midtown Medical named as top GA for a Healthy Life treatment spot for infectious diseases The Georgia Department of Public Health is CDC predicts diabetes incidence of promoting National 40% Nutrition Month in March as a great time to check Exercise: The Best Medicine for Many Ills your eating habits, especially if you are a person over age 65. Study Suggests Link Between Adult Diabetes, Exposure to Smoke in Womb Kids and heart health Last Known Ebola Patient in Liberia Is Discharged A Portrait of Old Age in America in the Pre-Medicare Era One of the easiest ways to implement healthy eating habits is to measure and monitor your sodium consumption. You may not realize how much sodium you're eating every day when you take into account that more According to the CDC, if everyone reduced the amount of sodium in their diet by 1,200 milligrams per day, up to 99,000 heart attacks and 66,000 strokes could be prevented in the United States every year. than 40 percent of sodium comes from just 10 types of food. PHRECIPE Cobb & Douglas Public Health Hosts Inaugural Cultural Diversity Day Fiesta Frescada Lettuce Wraps and Bellafina Boats Serves: 4 Prep Time: 1.5 hours Click Here for Full Recipe PHWEEK Communications Director Shawn Ryan Editor Ebony Brooks Content Coordinator Connie F. Smith-Lindsey Learning how to value individual and group differences is a critical component to achieving shared goals in the public health industry. Diversity can enhance creativity, incite new ideas and help public health leaders build policies that promote healthy behaviors across a wide range of communities. To ensure Cobb and Douglas Public Health (CDPH) staff members Cobb & Douglas Public Health staff members participated in Cultural Diversity Day to learn how diversity and inclusion practices can benefit public health policy development. Participants represented countries learned the value of from around the world including Italy, Nigeria, Germany, Brazil and embracing diversity to many others. enhance their public health efforts, CDPH hosted its inaugural Cultural Diversity Day as a part of its Workforce Development Plan and mandatory diversity training. Graphic Designer Darryl Moland App of the Week: Noom Coach: Weight Loss Web Developer Jimmy Clanton, Jr. Editorial & Design Team Tammy Beasley Eric Jens Nancy Nydam Sandra Roberts Never diet again! Noom Coach is a personalized weight loss app specifically designed to help you develop better lifelong eating habits and lose weight for good. 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