Health Matters

Volume 1, Issue V October 2009

CHD enhances Dr. Maseru honored at

News and Notes
emergency Cincinnati NAACP’s dinner
“H1N1” is dis- preparedness Congrats Dr. Maseru! munity Service.
cussed during The Cincinnati Chapter of The keynote speaker at
October’s “We To better respond to the NAACP honored Cin- the event, held on Friday,
terrorist or bioterrorist at- cinnati Health Commis- Oct. 16, was Patricia Rus-
Know Health tacks, emergency re- sioner Dr. Noble Maseru at sell-McCloud, a motiva-
Matters,” CHD’s sponders, Camille Jones, its “54th Annual Freedom tional speaker who is fo-
show on CitiCa- MD, MPH; Mohammad Fund Dinner.” cused on delivering a posi-
ble Time Warner Alam, PhD, RS; Ken He received a 2009 tive message adults
Channel 23. Sharkey, RS; Denisha NAACP award for Com- should share with their
Garland, MPH, RS; Christl kids.
Playback times: Wigner, SIT; and Allison
Franklin, SIT, completed a
M– 9, 11 a.m. three-day long training
offered by the Center for Keep up with H1N1 info
W– 5 p.m. Domestic Preparedness
(CDP). We’re all busy with H1N1 preparations. In addition
Th.– 12 p.m. The CDP is operated to our website keep yourself and the citizens we
by the United States De- serve up to date with the latest H1N1 info:
F– 9 a.m. partment of Homeland Se-
curity’s Federal Emer- Cincinnati Health Department H1N1 Info and Vac-
Su.– 3 p.m. gency Management cine Line: 513-357-7499.
Agency and is the only
federally-chartered Weap-
School Health Vaccine Line: 513-357-2815.
ons of Mass Destruction
Follow CHD on Twit- (WMD) training facility in
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CinciHealthDept
The advanced hands-
CinciHealthDept
on training enables re-
sponders to effectively
prevent, respond to and
recover from real-world
incidents involving acts of
terrorism and other haz-
ardous materials.
“I was impressed with
the content of the presen-
If you have an item tation, the group activities,
you would like to and the educational re-
include e-mail sources provided to each
Rocky Merz at participant,” said Jones.
rocky.merz@ Information about CDP
training programs can be Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati Public
cincinnati-oh.gov. Schools and volunteers are vaccinating school chil-
found at http://
cdp.dhs.gov. dren, pregnant women and other at-risk groups with
the H1N1 vaccine.
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Vital Statistics CHD improves Infant Vitality

fee increase
The Cincinnati Vital
Statistics Office fee for
certified copes is $27 as
of Oct. 16.
This increase is a
result of the Ohio De-
partment of Statistics
increase in he moderni-
zation fee local offices
pay.
Contact Vital Statis-
tics at 352-3120.
Lead
Program’s
new location
Cincinnati Health
Department’s Child-
hood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program
has moved to 3301
Beekman Street Cincin-
nati, OH 45225, the site
of the old Millvale
Health Center.
They can still be
reached at 357-7420.
rates through early intervention
There is perhaps no our city die within the fant mortality rate of Cin-
better measure of a first year of life. This is cinnati Health Depart-
society’s health and compared to a rate of ment clients is 7.1—right
well being than the in- 6.7 nationally. Although in line with the national
fant mortality rate. Cin- we are disappointed average. This is due to
cinnati’s Infant Mortality Cincinnati’s rate is not the implementation of an
rate was 13.1 in 2007, closer to the national early intervention model
according to the Ohio number there is good which has been suc-
Department of Health. news…..we can make a cessful. We refer to
On average more difference. these efforts positively
than 13 children out of Through innovation as “Infant Vitality.”
every 1000 live births in and hard work the in- Our Infant Vitality
model relies heavily on
Five Important Facts early intervention, edu-
cation and support.
Our home nursing
Talk to your doctor about a healthy pregnancy
before becoming pregnant.
visitation programs and
partnerships such as the
If you are pregnant start prenatal care early—
in the first 2 months.
Nurse Family Partner-
ship, Every Child Suc-
You may qualify for assistance—If you don’t ceeds, Healthy Start,
have insurance call your local community health Women Infant Child, the
center. Fetal and Infant Mortality
Having a baby doesn’t end at delivery. Get a Review and Quality Im-
follow-up visit with a doctor in the first month after provement efforts in our
delivery for you and your baby. OB/GYN centers are
critical to fulfilling this
Pregnant women and young children are at success.
greater risk so get your seasonal and H1N1 flu
Contact 357-7200 for
vaccines this fall. more information.

Collaborative effort to promote children’s health

Study will look at pollutions’ effects on kids with asthma and will encourage healthier school environments
Cincinnati Health existing asthma, the find this quantitative those with asthma.
Department, University proposed study will try data and also develop This project will en-
of Cincinnati public to determine whether and implement a com- gage public health
health researchers and kids are exposed to munity-driven anti-idling nurses, school employ-
Cincinnati Public increased levels of pol- campaign that is de- ees, bus drivers, children
Schools have formed a lution in their school signed to reduce chil- with asthma and their
new partnership to cre- communities, compared dren’s exposure to pol- families.
ate a community-driven to levels present near lution during school. The results will help
study to promote chil- their homes. Researchers will guide future public health
dren’s health. Currently, this quan- assess how pollution actions in Cincinnati and
Since traffic-related titative data does not reduction at schools will encourage future
pollution has been exist. impacts the health of collaborations between
known to exacerbate This study aims to children, specifically CHD, UC and CPS.