Healthy Ohioans
Healthy Ohioans
 

Disease Prevention

Healthy Ohio is working to enhance and integrate the Ohio Department of Health’s cancer, diabetes, heart & stroke, arthritis, injury, sexual assault and tobacco-use prevention programs to maximize their impact and efficiency. As a first step in this process, current programs will be inventoried to identify gaps in coverage and promising practices and to assist in establishing priorities for future programming or funding. The ultimate goal of these efforts is a decrease in Ohio’s chronic disease rates. 

 

Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month

The Ohio Connections for Children with Special Needs (OCCSN), Ohio’s birth defects program, calls attention to infections and pregnancy during Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month. “Preventing Infections in Pregnancy” is the theme of National Birth Defects Prevention Month during January, 2008. It is important to share the message that a mother’s health before, during and after pregnancy is an important foundation to having a healthy baby who grows up healthy.  Infections in pregnancy contribute to a number of preventable birth defects that occur each year. While some infections have been associated with birth defects, others have been linked to additional serious outcomes for mothers and infants. The 2008 Birth Defects Prevention Tool Kit provides helpful tools and resources to assist health care professionals, providers and staff for educational outreach and prevention activities that they conduct in their communities during Birth Defects Prevention Month and throughout the year.

Part 1--Introduction, Letters, Sample News Releases, Local Promotional Activities and Internet Resources:


Part 2--Posters, Bookmarks and Brochures:

 

 

Last updated 12/12/2007