- 5/7/2008
In honor of National Nurses Week, which begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, the Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) acknowledges the important work of public health nurses. This year’s national theme is “Making a Difference Every Day.”
- 5/1/2008
On Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., the City of Cleveland will collect unwanted, expired over-the-counter and prescription medications and dispose of them safely.
- 4/23/2008
In recognition of International TV Turnoff Week, April 21-27, 2008, the Cleveland Department of Public Health’s Steps to a Healthier Cleveland program challenges Clevelanders to “unplug.”
- 4/21/2008
On Thursday, April 24, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Cleveland’s Tower
City Center, the Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) and several community
organizations will host an information fair promoting free infant immunization programs and
resources. The event is free, open to the public, and will include give-aways, information and
activities for the whole family.
- 4/18/2008
On Monday, April 21, 2008, officials from the Cleveland Department of Public
Health and Divisions of Waste Collection and Water will come together to promote proper
disposal of unwanted medications and electronic waste.
- 4/10/2008
When students at Cleveland’s Louisa May Alcott Elementary School leave
school today, Thursday, April 10 at 3:30 p.m., they will have an unusual homework
assignment: to tell their moms and dads to turn off their running cars.
- 4/3/2008
On Monday, April 7, 2008, the Cleveland Department of Public Health and The
Cleveland Museum of Natural History will come together with community organizations and
residents to kick off National Public Health Week (April 7 – 13). Following the theme of the nationwide observance, “Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance,” leaders from the two organizations will ask individuals to take simple steps toward improving the health of our climate and our community.
- 4/2/2008
The City of Cleveland will kick off Minority Health Month with a community event on Friday, April 4, 2008 in the Cleveland City Hall Rotunda. The program will commence at 12 noon with a coinciding resource fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 3/27/2008
Steps to a Healthier Cleveland, a program of the Cleveland Department of Public Health, has released new data about how chronic diseases—diabetes, asthma and obesity—impact Cleveland adults and youth. Data also include information about various behaviors that are known risk factors for these diseases, such as tobacco use, lack of physical activity and poor nutrition.
- 3/18/2008
Clevelanders Dawn Imler and Kelley Brumfield will be among the seven community heroes honored at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Steps Program’s Action Institute for their extraordinary contributions in improving the health and well-being of Americans. The “Steps Community Heroes Award-2008” ceremony will be held in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2008.
- 2/13/2008
On Valentine’s Day, February 14, the City of Cleveland and its Steps to a Healthier Cleveland program will present “Follow the Music of Your Heart” in the City Hall Rotunda from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This free event supports the American Heart Association and its Go Red For Women movement to raise awareness about heart disease in women.
- 2/11/2008
Walking or biking to and from school will soon be a safer, healthier
activity for Cleveland students, thanks to a grant awarded to the Cleveland Department of
Public Health (CDPH) from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The $289,000
award is part of more than $4 million in federal dollars ODOT is investing in 87 Ohio
communities through its Safe Routes to School program.
- 1/29/2008
On Friday, February 1, 2008, hundreds of Cleveland’s homeless will access resources and health screenings as part of the 17th annual Homeless Stand Down from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Cleveland Convention Center.
- 1/14/2008
The Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) is offering a new schedule of smoking cessation clinics. The clinics are free to Cleveland residents, with registration. Developed by the American Lung Association, the 8-week Freedom From Smoking® (FFS) program, is led by a trained tobacco treatment specialist. The FFS program uses a positive behavior change approach that shows one how to become a nonsmoker.
- 1/3/2008
New surveillance information indicates that the 2008 Flu season has officially
begun in Northeast Ohio. Approximately 111 confirmed cases of Influenza have been reported by area providers, marking the real beginning of Flu season in the area. The health departments use the Real Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system to track disease in the community. This system tracks chief complaints at area emergency rooms and tracks over-the-counter sales of medications at area pharmacies across Ohio. Flu usually peaks in March so this spike of early activity is atypical.
- 11/28/2007
Cleveland, November 28, 2007— The Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced free daylong HIV testing at J.Glen Smith Health center located at 11100 St. Clair Avenue and McCafferty health center located at 4242 Lorain Avenue, in hopes of raising awareness for World AIDS Day.
- 11/20/2007
CLEVELAND, November 20, 2007— Public health officials encourage safe food practices as holiday meal preparations begin. Favorite dishes have the potential to become ridden with harmful bacteria during preparation, transportation, storage, etc.
- 10/22/2007
Cleveland—Friday, October 26, 2007 will kick off the flu vaccination season for all Cleveland residents beginning at Gunning Recreation Center located at 16700 Puritas Ave. Public Health nurses are ready to administer more than 9,000 doses of influenza vaccine over the months of October to January.