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DPH's Chronic Disease Section Staff Wins Three GPHA Awards DPH and Community Leaders
Partner to Prevent Sexual Violence
DPH Office of Health Equity Welcomes New Health Promotion
Policy Fellow GAAC Hosts Training to Improve Autism Evaluations for Georgia's
Children Registration for Bike to School
Events Still Open North Georgia Health District Holds Biometric Screening Event App of the Week: A 7 Minute
Workout

The 86th Annual Georgia Public Health Association (GPHA) meeting gave the Georgia Department of Public Health's (DPH) Chronic Disease Prevention Section a lot to celebrate.

Led by Yvette Daniels, J.D.,

The Chronic Disease Prevention Program came together to congratulate Barbara Crane, MN, APRN (center); Jimmie Smith, M.D., MPH (back row far right), and

Division of

Beth W. Daniels (not pictured) for receiving a 2015 Georgia Public Health

Health Promotion

Association award.

director, and Jean O'Connor, J.D., MPH, DrPH, Chronic Disease Prevention Section

director, team members gathered to honor three of their own for winning a 2015

GPHA award - Barbara Crane, MN, APRN; Jimmie H. Smith, M.D., MPH; and Beth W.

Daniel.

With more than four decades in nursing, Crane was awarded the Barfield Nursing Section Award, an honor that was initiated in 1983 to honor Dorothy Barfield who served as the state's chief nurse. Crane earned the award for her successful public health efforts that help reduce cancer disparities among women at increased risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

PHEVENTS

DPH and Community Leaders Partner to Prevent

Looking for DPH events? Visit the Events Schedule
on our website.
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.
Saba LMS has a new home! Log into Learning- Development.dph.ga.gov .
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.
Instructor-Led Microsoft Classes
Microsoft instructor-led classes will only be approved for groups that can
guarantee a minimum of six DPH participants. Please contact Lisa Miller for more information and to schedule a
class.
Submit calendar entries to communications@dph.ga.gov by 12
noon on Wednesday.
PHNEWS
Fitzgerald to speak on healthcare for women, children
Georgia Receives Presidential Disaster Declaration
Elmo Says "Get Vaccinated" in a New Video
New Blood Test Shows Promise in Cancer Fight
HPV Vaccine May Work For People Who Already Had the Virus
Alzheimer's takes toll on Southwest Georgia family

Sexual Violence

During April, the annual recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), DPH is working to educate the public on how to proactively reduce instances of sexual violence.

While awareness DPH is combining the expertise and resources of non-traditional community

activities take

organization that can play a part in stopping sexual violence before it begins.

place throughout

the year, this month is filled with community exhibits, rallies, films and theatre

events to bring notice to the prevalence, scope and impact of sexual violence on

individuals and communities.

A recently launched campaign, It's On Us, coordinated by the Center for American Progress, the White House Council on Women and Girls and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH) aims to help people act faster when seeing sexual violence occur.

The campaign touts four primary actions: recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault; identify situations where sexual assault may occur; intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given; and create an environment where sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.

DPH Office of Health Equity Welcomes New Health Promotion Policy Fellow

The Georgia

Department of

Public Health

(DPH) is pleased

to welcome

Wykinia M. J.

Hamblin, MPH,

as the Office of

Health Equity's

(OHE) new

health promotion

policy fellow.

She joins the

agency from the

Directors of

Wykinia Hamblin brings her lifelong passion to DPH as the Office of Health

Health PromotionEquity's new fellow. She will work alongside DPH leaders to create strategies that

and Education's

will help reduce health disparities throughout Georgia.

Health Promotion

Policy Fellowship Program.



Most recently, Hamblin earned a Master of Public Health from Morehouse School of

Medicine and holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology from Kennesaw State

University.

Morehouse Receives $1.2 million Grant to Improve Health in East
Point
Antibiotics may be overused in many neonatal ICUs

During her fellowship, Hamblin will conduct an environmental scan to gain a historical perspective of the Department's past health equity efforts; establish an internal strategy to drive the mission of the office; draft a program plan with refined goals and objectives; and draft an evaluation plan.

Signs Ebola Spreads in Sex GAAC Hosts Training to Improve Autism Prompt a CDC Warning Evaluations for Georgia's Children

PHRECIPE

Of the 1 in 64

children

identified by age

8 with autism

spectrum

disorder (ASD) in

metro Atlanta,

only 45 percent

of them undergo

a developmental

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indicated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On

The Georgia Autism Assessment Collaborative (GAAC) conducted training for 22 licensed clinicians to improve the assessment of children suspected of having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

average, children

PHWEEK

with ASD are diagnosed at 4 years and 1 month of age.

Communications Director Shawn Ryan

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Emory Autism Center (EAC), under the umbrella of the Georgia Autism Assessment Collaborative (GAAC), are providing specialized training to improve early screening and diagnosis for children with autism.

Editor Ebony Brooks
Content Coordinator Connie F. Smith-Lindsey

GAAC, a component of the Georgia Department of Public Health's (DPH) Autism Initiative, is a pilot project which aims to build the capacity of licensed psychologists and other professionals to provide quality diagnostic assessments with a focus on young children suspected of having ASD.

Graphic Designer Darryl Moland
Web Developer Jimmy Clanton, Jr.
Editorial & Design Team Tammy Beasley Eric Jens Nancy Nydam

Registration for Bike to School Events Still Open

It's the ever-

present

challenge

parents face

every week day -

getting the kids

out of the house

to arrive at

school on time.

With the clock

ticking, parents

and students

scurry into cars

headed for the

bus stop or school drop-off line.

DPH's Injury Prevention team encourages parents to incorporate physical activity into their day while exploring policies that impact child safety by participating in
Bike to School Day on May 6.

While driving is a convenient transportation option, the National Center for Safe Routes to School is encouraging families to consider biking to school as a part of this year's Bike to School Day.

Taking place next week on May 6, families across the nation will put on their helmets and safety gear and head to school on their bikes with back packs in tow.

North Georgia Health District Holds Biometric Screening Event

The Georgia

Department of

Public Health's

(DPH) North

Georgia Health

District recently

held its

inaugural State

Health Benefit

Plan (SHBP)

Biometric

Screening at the

Hall County

Health

Department in A BeWell State Health Benefit Plan specialist discusses the program and biometric

Gainesville,

screening with Storie Allison, Breast and Cervical Cancer Program coordinator,

Georgia.

and her daughter, Kendall.

The event was a great success with a total of 107 participants screened in 10-minute intervals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the day of the event.

The screenings were provided through the BeWell SHBP program and are part of the wellness incentive program. Health metrics collected at the event included height, weight, blood pressure and a blood sample to check total cholesterol, HDL and LDL, triglycerides and glucose.

These types of screenings are vital not only for continued monitoring of one's health, but also for proactively detecting and preventing identified health issues.

App of the Week: A 7 Minute Workout
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This app guides you through the workouts with precise illustrations, visual timers, spoken instructions and even tactile feedback to switch between 30 seconds of intense exercise and 10 seconds of rest.

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