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You should wash your hands for at least this many seconds.
What is 20 seconds?
This deadly pandemic in 1918 killed millions worldwide.
What is the Spanish Flu?
This chronic disease is often linked to high sugar intake and insulin resistance.
What is Type 2 Diabetes?
This vitamin, often called the "sunshine vitamin", supports bone health.
What is Vitamin D?
This state agency oversees public health in NC.
What is the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)?
What is 165 degrees F?
This organization was established in 1948 to promote global health.
What is the World Health Organizations (WHO)?
This substance is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.
Adults should aim for at least this many minutes of moderate physical activity per week.
What is 150 minutes?
This system is used in North Carolina to track immunizations across providers.
What is NCIR (North Carolina Immunization Registry)?
This common household item should be replaced every 3-4 months.
What is a toothbrush?
This vaccine, introduced in 1955, helped eliminate a once-feared childhood disease in the U.S.
What is the polio vaccine?
This condition has increased significantly in children and is linked to diet and physical activity.
What is childhood obesity?
This lifestyle factor, along with diet, is one of the most important modifiable contributors to chronic disease prevention.
What is physical activity?
This factor-like income, education, or housing- greatly influences health outcomes in NC Communities.
What are Social Determinants of Health?
This type of infection is commonly caused by bacteria and can result from improper hand hygiene.
What is a gastrointestinal (foodborne) infection?
This public health milestone involved adding ______ to salt to prevent deficiencies.
What is iodine?
This mental health condition is characterized by persistent sadness and loss of interest.
What is depression?
This type of fat is considered heart-healthy and is found in foods like avocados and olive oil.
What is unsaturated fat?
These departments make up Bladen County Health and Human Services.
What is Health, Division on Aging, and Social Services?
This habit helps prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses besides handwashing.
What is covering your cough/sneeze?
This U.S report in 1964 linked smoking to lung cancer.
What is the Surgeon General's Report?
This epidemic has involved opioid misuse and overdose deaths across the U.S.
What is the opioid crisis?
This mineral helps regulate fluid balance and muscle contractions.
What is potassium?
This economic factor significantly impacts health outcomes in Bladen County and similar rural counties.
What is poverty (low income)?