It’s under construction but visit gogarrettcounty.com to see @sisler524 share some powerful insights about the difference between a sports physical and a wellness check-up! We appreciate Dr. Sisler and everyone who is emailing me content for this exciting new population health program soon to launch!

CDC released the, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Summary & Trends Report: 2009-2019, which provides an in-depth look at trends in sexual behavior, high-risk substance use, experience of violence, mental health, and suicide. Risk behaviors co-occur, and many students experience multiple risks across these four priority areas that are closely…[Read more]

Hi! @kessesmjsbns48arl just wrote a piece about this workgroup for possible publication to the newspaper! We think it would be a great letter to the editor and would serve as a kick-off for our campaign. I will post the draft in the docs section. Please feel free to comment. Thanks, Karl for doing the hard work- has anyone started writing?

Hello!  The HSCRC diabetes measures workgroup has met twice since I asked for feedback. The discussions have been comprehensive with thoughtful in-depth points made from people of various backgrounds. There is still work to be done but it seems as a group we are landing toward measuring diabetes incidence although it does yield some measurement c…[Read more]

Health Education and Outreach at the health department is partnering with worksites, community planning groups, after school programs, and Youth in Action Teams to promote healthy eating, physical activity and access to community resources. Through pre- and post-testing (although currently hindered by COVID-19), we measure BMI and blood pressure…[Read more]

Mountain Laurel Medical Center would choose our DSME (Diabetes Self Management Education) program as a tracking measure. We already track patient successes and report them yearly to the AADE. Our clinical goal for this year is that all patients who complete the 10 class DSME program will lower their fasting blood glucose level 5%.