Key messages
- Thanks for celebrating National Public Health Week!
- We can help connect families with children who have special needs to a variety of resources.
- We’ve made huge strides to end smoking. But there’s more work to do.
Updates
Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate National Public Health Week!
This week is National Public Health Week! The theme this year is “It starts here: Your health is our mission.” We kicked things off Monday with a blog looking at the hard and vital work of our Disease Investigation team. Then, we followed with social media posts celebrating each day of the week!
- Tuesday: Climate action starts here: Championing resilience for health.
- Wednesday: Health equity starts here: Optimizing health for all.
- Thursday: Advocacy starts here: Amplifying voices for public health.
- Friday: The future of public health starts here: Strengthening the public health workforce.
Our Director of Public Health Chantell Harmon Reed accepted proclamations from Tacoma and Pierce County.
We also celebrated with a staff party, recognizing all the hard work we do. Remember, even if you’re not thinking about public health, we’re thinking about how we can protect and improve your family’s health!
Do you know a child or youth with special healthcare needs?
We can help families with children who have chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions.
- Do you know a child with a disability? We can help get them connected with:
- Health insurance.
- Primary or specialty care.
- Early support.
Head to tpchd.org/cyshcn for more info. Or call us at (253) 649-1912 if you’d like to get connected to services.
You can find help to stop smoking
April 1 was Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action. Did you know smoking rates were somewhere between 20% and 25% at the turn of the century? We’ve made big improvements.
- Smoking rates have declined to around 10% in the state.
- Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease has dropped from the third most common cause of death in Pierce County in 2010, to the fifth most common cause now.
- We still have a long way to go, and we can still make strides in Pierce County!
Head to tpchd.org/quit to find resources and ideas to help you and others stop smoking.
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