The Essentials
PCHD's Infant Safe Sleep Program is included in which essential service
What is Essential Service #3- Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it
This person has been providing HIV education in Portage County for 25+ years
Who is Kat Holtz- Health Education Division
He is considered the father of Epidemiology
Who is John Snow
ODH is the acronym for...
What is Ohio Department of Health
This is the largest hospital system in Ohio
What is Cleveland Clinic (main campus) but credit for just saying Cleve Clinic
Essential Public Health Service #10 includes ensuring that appropriate needed resources are allocated equitably; which PCHD division is associated with this service
What is the Finance Division
This person is on the planning committee for the Northeast Ohio Environmental Health Association
Who is Emily Speck- Environmental Health Division
In 1945, this chemical treatment was added to public drinking water to help reduce tooth decay in school children
What is Fluoride
The art and science of preventing disease and promoting healthy lifestyles
What is Public Health
The fire on the Cuyahoga River happened in 1968 and created this act in 1972.
What is the Clean Water Act
These are the 3 core functions of public health
Assessment, Policy Development, Assurance
This person at PCHD volunteers as a Girl Scout Leader and Band Booster
Who is Rachel Stratton- WIC Division
He is the father of Medicine (we still use his oath)
Who is Hippocrates
FEMA is an ancronym for....
What is Federal Emergency Management Agency
This is the number of health departments in the state of Ohio
What is 113 Health Departments
Epidemiology analyzes the health of the county by using collection of data, what essential service includes this
What is essential service #1- Assess and monitor population health status
This person at PCHD could assist a family who has a child with special healthcare needs
Who is Kayla Scheufler- Nursing Division
WIC started nationally in this year
What is 1972
Ways in which diseases can spread
What is Modes of Transmission
This Ohio city is where the first case of Norvirus occurred
What is Norwalk, Ohio
What essential service includes licensing and inspecting mobile food trucks
Essential Public Health Service #6- Utilize legal and regulatory actions
This person at PCHD has been an official canter at their church for over 20 yrs
Who is Maria Gill- Finance Division
This American virologist created one of the earliest successful vaccines for Polio, released in 1955
Who is Jonas Salk
The Acronym DAWN stands for _______ in this community-based drug overdose education and Naloxone distribution?
What is Deaths Avoided with Naloxone
Portage County's CHIP Priorities for 2023-2025
What are Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Addiction
Chronic Disease
Family, Pregnancy, Infant, and Child Health