Family Health
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Tips to Protect Yourself from Germ Monsters
Keep the germ monsters away! Follow these tips for a healthy Halloween
and all year long. Send a Halloween
Health-e-Card to family and friends!
Halloween Health and
Safety Tips
Learn how to help make Halloween festivities fun and safe for trick-or-treaters and
party guests! Send a
Halloween Health-e-Card to family and friends!
Autumn Health and Safety
Tips
Follow these tips to help you and your family stay safe and healthy this
autumn! Send an
Autumn Health-e-Card to family and friends!
Healthy Families
Questions and Answers: Use of Antiviral Medicines for the Treatment and
Prevention of Flu among Pregnant Women for the 2009-2010 Season
Pregnant women who are healthy have had severe illness from the 2009
H1N1 flu (also called “swine flu”). Compared with people in general,
pregnant women with 2009 H1N1 flu have been more likely to be admitted
to hospitals, and some have died. CDC advises doctors to give antiviral
medicines that treat 2009 H1N1 flu to pregnant women who have symptoms
of flu.
Focus on Preventing Falls
Falls threaten the health and independence of many older adults, but falls
can be prevented. Learn strategies that can help older adults maintain their
health and independence by reducing their risk of falling.
Meditation and Health
Tell your health care providers about any complementary and alternative
practices you use. Give them a full picture of what you do to manage your
health. Do not use meditation as a replacement for conventional care or as a
reason to postpone seeing a doctor about a medical problem.
Healthy Communities
A Systematic Approach to State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Programs
The Roadmap is a Web-based resource for training and information to help
build the competencies needed by state Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP)
program coordinators. It provides suggested steps for carrying out
requirements of the HDSP program as well as easy online access to training,
tools, and other resources needed for successful program development and
implementation.
Flu-Related K-12 School Dismissals
CDC and the U. S. Department of Education have established a School
Dismissal Monitoring System to report on novel influenza (H1N1)-related
school or school district dismissal in the United States. Your assistance in
reporting known school dismissals is very important.
Science and Research
Influenza Vaccination Coverage
among Children Aged 6-23 Months- United
States, 2007-2008 Influenza Season (10/13/09)
CDC analyzed data from the 2008 National Immunization Survey. The results of
those analyses indicated that, during the 4 months, 40.7 percent of children aged
6-23 months received 1 or more doses of influenza vaccine, and 23.4 percent were fully
vaccinated.
Nation′s Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, Variability Observed By Area,
Race/Ethnicity, and Poverty Status (10/13/09)
This survey found that, compared to 2007, there was a substantial increase
in the percentage of teens who had received the recommended vaccines.
Specifically, coverage went up about 12 percentage points for girls who
received at least one dose of HPV4, to about 37 percent, and coverage for
the recommended 3 doses of HPV4 was about 18 percent.
Majority of Americans not Meeting Recommendations for Fruit and Vegetable
Consumption (10/13/09)
No U.S. state is meeting national objectives for consumption of fruits and
vegetables, according to the first report to provide state–by–state data
about fruit and vegetable consumption and policies that may help Americans
eat more fruits and vegetables. National and state-specific information is
reported in the State Indicator Report for behavioral indicators and policy
and environmental indicators.
Nonfatal Scald-Related Burns Among Adults Aged 65 Years
and Older- United States,
2001-2006 (10/13/09)
The results indicated that adults aged 65 years and older made an estimated 51,700
initial visits to emergency departments for nonfatal scald burns during
2001-2006, for an average of 8,620 visits per year and an estimated average
annual rate of 23.8 visits per 100,000 population. Most (76 percent) of the
nonfatal scald injuries occurred at home; 42 percent were associated with hot food
and 30 percent with hot water or steam.
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Content Source: CDC Office
of Women’s Health
Page last modified:
October 27, 2009
Page last reviewed: October 13, 2009
