Public Health

 

September 2019 - ​Focus On Preparedness Month

• Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to have a family emergency plan.
• Montana has wildland fires, flooding, and winter storms.  The FEMA mobile app allows you to add emergency contact information and meeting place locations on every family member's phone so that your family knows how to connect during a disaster. Information can be accessed without internet connectivity.
• Having a Disaster Supply Kit during an emergency or disaster can reduce the impact it has on your family.

April 2018 - See Public Health Differently:  Town in the ‘middle of nowhere’ is Montana’s First Cardiac Ready Community

• Glasgow, Montana has been designated as the ‘middle of nowhere.’ In rural Montana, many places may seem like the middle of nowhere when needing emergency care.
• Montana communities can save the lives of their residents by coming together to form a Cardiac Ready Community.  Valley County and the community of Glasgow are the first, and only, Cardiac Ready Community in the State of Montana.
• Learn how your community can become a Cardiac Ready Community.

December 2018 - Montana State Health Assessment and Health Improvement Plan

• Did you know the 2017 Montana State Health Assessment (SHA) provides an overview of the health issues Montanan’s face?
• Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services partnered with 24 agencies across Montana to create the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), which addresses 5 top health concerns.
• Get involved by reviewing the documents and providing feedback.

November 2018 - Public Health Laboratories (PHLs)

• Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) form a backbone of a national laboratory reporting network on alert 24/7 to respond to novel strains of disease, natural disasters, chemical spills, foodborne outbreaks and other health emergencies.
• PHLs use a One Health approach by providing diagnostic testing across the spheres of human, animal and environmental health.
• The State of Montana PHLs recently celebrated 100 years of service to Montana, learn more about the role of Montana’s clinical and environmental laboratories.