Free HIV and STD Testing: Santa Clara County The Crane Center

I was downtown San Jose when someone asked me if I wanted to be screened for HIV.  He was in front of a medical van.  This appeared to be an outreach by The Crane Center, which is part of Public Health in Santa Clara County.

Working Together to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Santa Clara County Campaign

Working Together to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes is a growing epidemic across the nation where one out of four people do not even know they have diabetes. Last year, diabetes was one of the leading causes of death in Santa Clara County! A recent UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California Center for Public Health Advocacy study estimated 46 percent (almost 672,000) of adult residents in Santa Clara County are pre-diabetic or have undiagnosed diabetes. It is time to work together to prevent type 2 diabetes and promote better health for all our residents. Studies show that you can prevent or delay the onset of the disease by losing 5 to 7 percent of your weight by eating healthy and being more physically active. Look for the newly updated “It’s in our hands – TOGETHER WE CAN PREVENT TYPE 2 DIABETES” ads throughout the community on buses, billboards, bus shelters, Facebook ads, and online newspapers. Share the attached flyers with your patients and have them visit https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/Residents/diabetes/Pages/diabetes.aspx to learn more!

Choose Water: Rethink Your Drink

This is a kitchen magnet form Public Health.  I think it pretty well explains it all.

Violence Free: We All Play a Role

**Tobacco-free

This reminder from Public Health Santa Clara County reminds us that being tobacco-free carries a lot of rewards.  Life is better without tobacco.  This is on a bag I was given at the recent health fair at work.

**Public Health: Peaceful Community

Because a peaceful community is a more healthy community, public health has created this pamphlet and website.  The website allows people to tell their stories of how they are promoting a peaceful community.

**Hydration and Infusion Recipe

Nothing is nicer than a cold drink of water on a hot Manteca day.  This is a card form Valley Health Plan at a recent Health Fair.  It talks of the importance, and then the back gives an infusion recipe.

Prevents headaches, boosts brainpower, improves mood, helps with weight loss.  Dink more by Keeping a glass by your bedside to drink when you wake up, infusing your water.

Public Health Director on Ebola

This note is from Public Health director in Santa Clara County on Ebola.

**Ebola: Letter from Jeff Smith, County Executive

I am taking excerpts from a letter by Jeff Smith, Santa Clara County Executive

...Please know there is no Ebola in Santa Clara County.  The risk of Ebola infection in our community is extremely low and we mean to keep it that way...

There are a few things that you should know about the current situation:  

 

Ebola only spreads from sick people and is not spread through the air or water.  The virus spreads only by contact with bodily fluids from an infected person.  It is NOT SPREAD by people who have been exposed to the disease but are not yet sick.  In essence, spread of this disease requires very close contact with an infected individual.

...Ambulance providers are now being required to begin all patient interactions by asking those who have a fever whether he or she has traveled to Sierra Leone, Liberia, or Guinea. These are the countries in West Africa where Ebola is currently spreading. 

...Staff at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center are currently screening patients for travel to the West African countries mentioned above and symptoms of a possible Ebola infection, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations.  

   

REMEMBER THESE EBOLA FACTS

·         There is no Ebola in Santa Clara County or California.

·         Santa Clara County has been preparing and continues to prepare for the extremely unlikely chance that a person in Santa Clara County becomes sick with Ebola.

·         The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has provided information to medical providers and hospitals in our community so that they are informed and prepared.

·         Ebola can only be spread by contact with the bodily fluids of a person who is sick and has symptoms of the disease. The disease is ONLY spread by direct contact with a sick person’s body fluids.