Health Matters Newsletters
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Latest Issue: 
  4-16-13   Health Department officially files for accreditation; Bright spots on the road to improving the community’s health; Kane County earns 98 points for emergency plans; Website survey
 Topics
3-20-13   County Health Rankings; KCHD wins Model Practice Award -- Again;
World TB Day aims to wipe out the disease 
2-19-13   Heart Month, Barbara Jeffers named Executive Director, Creating Healthier Communities Grants
1-22-13   It’s not too late to get your flu shot; Protecting your home against radon;
Fit Kids grants aim at reversing childhood obesity
11-27-12 National Influenza Vaccine Week;
Holiday Food Safety; Employee Wellness Program
10-23-12 Walk to School Day;
Caring for Kids: Kane County Children’s Environmental Health Conference; A Place to Keep In Touch for QI
9-25-12 Flu season is here; West Nile Virus cases on the rise;
KCHD and partners kick off TB outbreak Implementation Plan (TIP); Creating Healthier Communities Grants aiming at chronic disease; Planning Co-op and ULI to hold discussion on failed developments
8-28-12 West Nile Virus; Whooping Cough - Pertussis;
Tobacco - 5 A's; H3N2v Influenza; National Preparedness Month
7-24-12 TB Response featured in JAMA; Excessive Heat this Summer:
Joe Durczak honored; Kane grade on emergency response plan;
2040 Implementation Grants; KCHD goes to the fair
6-26-12 Ensuring summer festival food is safe;
Emergency drill; Annual audit of emergency plans;
Jackie Forbes asked to participate in NACCHO Webinar 
5-22-12 Barbara Jeffers named KCHD Interim Executive Director;
West Nile Virus Season; CHIP Workshop
4-24-12 Norovirus Outbreak; TB Monitoring; Whooping Cough Vaccine Requirements; Community Garden Plots Available; Text4Baby;
HIA Team Training; Animal Control Vaccination Clinic
4-19-12 Special Edition: Paul Kuehnert takes position with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
4-3-12 Special Edition: County Health Rankings
3-27-12   World TB Day, Division of Disease Prevention battles TB in Kane County; Integrated Planning & Policy; Maternal Child Health Service Profile; NACCHO Award; National Public Health Week
2-28-12 Kane County Community Health Improvement Plan, Flu, Heart Month, World TB Day
2-21-12 Kane County Draft 2040 Plan
2-3-12 Community Health Improvement Plan now online
1-24-12 Aurora Township & volunteers install playground equipment - Fit For Kids; Vaccinations for Whooping Cough/Pertussis; Community Health Improvement Plan
12-23-11 Community Health Improvement Plan; KCHD Staff awards; Fit Kids Grants awarded;
AU Nursing Students give flu shots at Hesed House; Holiday Food Safety; 2012 Permits & Fees
12-5-11 Vaccinations for Pertussis; Gift Idea - Emergency Kit; New Video about accreditation
10-31-11 Community Health Assessment Executive Summary
10-21-11 Online Survey for Community Health Assessment; Fit For Kids; Quality of Kane
9-28-11 Protect your family from the flu; Progress Report on Strategy Implementation;
"Contagion" premiere; RWJ Video on Accreditation; Rabies Vaccine Clinic
8-23-11 Summer of record heat - Heat Plan; Community Health Assessment Update; Kane emergency plan scores 97; Maternal Child Health Profile
6-28-11 Mosquitos - West Nile monitoring; Quality Improvement; Julie Sharp Employee of the Year;
Incident Command System & TB Response
5-24-11 TB Investigation at homeless shelter; Disease investigation is detective work;
Quality of Kane Open Houses
4-28-11 Pet Vaccination Clinic
3-30-11 County Health Rankings Released
3-23-11 County Health Rankings; Food Worker Training; National Public Health Week;
Fit Kids 2040 Plan
2-23-11 Blizzard of 2011;New Food Worker Training;Flu Shots; Phone calls about Maternal Child health services declining
1-25-11 Public Health Committee Report;Healthy Living Workshop; New Elgin office;
School Absenteeism Surveillance System
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