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From DHW Director Dave Jeppesen: Project Filter helps Idahoans quit tobacco to live healthier lives
Project Filter offers free resources and support in Idaho to help people quit smoking, vaping, and chewing, as staffers work toward an Idaho that is free from tobacco-related deaths and disease.
The program promotes healthy behaviors and offers free Nicotine Replacement Therapy in the form of nicotine patches, gum, and lozenges, to help people on their journey to quit commercial tobacco. Staff works closely with Idaho’s seven local public health districts and two tribes to make sure free
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Kinship care is when relatives or important adults in the lives of children take on the responsibility of parenting when the child’s parents are not able to take care of them. We are celebrating Idaho’s kinship families in September during National Kinship Care Month and every
The monkeypox outbreak has now been declared a global and national public health emergency. Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, which is in the same virus family as the virus that causes smallpox.
Even though Idaho has
National Immunization Awareness Month is observed every August to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages, and it’s a good time to check the records of everyone in your family. Being up to date on recommended immunizations is the most effective way to
I am excited to share that the Idaho Health Report Card is now available on the Get Healthy Idaho website.
The report card covers 10 major health indicators and their impacts on Idahoans. It shows the rate or percentage of the population affected, the trend (
Idaho recently passed a grim, sad pandemic milestone. More than 5,000 Idaho residents have now died from COVID-19 related factors.
Let’s take a look at the demographics for those 5,017 deaths, which amounts to 274.6 deaths for every 100,000 Idahoans.
More men
I am very pleased to announce the completion of our new five-year Strategic Plan.
We will continue working toward the same four goals we pledged in our previous Strategic Plan because those goals are still relevant:
Goal 1: Ensure affordable, available
Wildfire smoke can cause irritating symptoms for healthy people. It can cause more serious health issues for people with respiratory problems and heart and lung disease. It's important to know how to protect yourself and your family from smoky air whenever possible
Note: Sen. Fred S. Martin is the chairman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, a member of the Board of Health and Welfare, and a champion for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Sen. Martin is our guest blogger this week, while Director Dave Jeppesen is on vacation
For most people, the COVID-19 vaccine offers the most consistent protection from severe disease associated with COVID-19., However, for those who can’t get the vaccine or who aren’t able to develop a strong immune response from the vaccine because they have a weakened immune
I recently sat down and thought hard about something I didn’t really want to think about – how I would want to be cared for if I were too sick or injured to speak for myself. It’s difficult to think about that. But it would be even more difficult if I were incapacitated.
The
Idahoans now have a simple, secure way to see their immunization records on their mobile devices if they choose. It’s secure, easy to use, and very convenient when you need to provide your or your children’s immunization records for travel, or for registration for child care or