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Showing posts with label Prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prevention. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Tackling gun violence in Detroit: preventing disabilities and making everyone safer

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Gun violence is usually covered in terms of deaths and numbers of mass shootings. The survivors of gun violence often become part of the dis...
Monday, October 3, 2022

The emergency preparedness project from the National Council on Severe Autism

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This is from the National Council on Severe Autism with suggestions to get families thinking about emergency preparedness before it is too...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Michigan 2019: Tackling water contamination

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An article from Mlive.com, " State employees required to report health, safety threats in Gov. Whitmer’s first executive directive...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Project TENDR: Targeting Environmental Neuro-Developmental Risks

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A consensus statement  from Project TENDR, "Targeting Environmental Neuro-Developmental Risks" was published in Environm...
Saturday, March 5, 2016

Conflicting regulations on contamination endanger public health

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Since the country has been made aware of the poisoning of the Flint Michigan water supply with lead from corroded pipes, stories about lea...
Monday, January 25, 2016

The Flint Water Crisis : All of Flint's children should be assumed to have been exposed to lead

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I have already heard people trying to downplay the Fl int water crisis by saying that the lead poisoning wasn't as bad as reported or...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Kentucky: New regs require national background checks for employees caring for vulnerable populations

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  See Update below! This is a press release from the office of Governor Beshear of Kentucky: Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Go...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

When more costs less: more and better psychiatric care reduces overall costs

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An opinion piece in the New York Times, (8/3/13) by Christine Montross entitled "The Woman Who Ate Cutlery" illustrates the poi...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Lead poisoning in Detroit public school students linked to lower test scores

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An article in the Detroit Free Press, "High lead poisoning linked to lower test scores in DPS" by Keith Matheny from 2/25/13, r...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

How far have we come in preventing disabilities in Preemies?

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The answer is mixed, according to an article in Disability Scoop , "Despite Advances, Many Preemies Still Face Severe Disabilities...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Michigan's repeal of motorcycle helmet law leads to more deaths and incapacitating injuries

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This is from an article at MLive , "Analysis: Motorcycle helmet use falls, injury rate climbs since law change" by Jonathan Oo...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Preventing abuse with background checks

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A small item in today's AnnArbor.com caught my attention as an easy topic for a short blogpost: Michigan's Governor Rick Snyder sig...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

A drug to prevent premature birth priced out of reach for most women?

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[Premature birth is a significant risk factor for cerebral palsy and other disabilities] The Detroit Free Press featured an article on Ma...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Startling lead levels for students in Detroit schools

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Several articles in Sunday's Detroit Free Press, May 16, 2010, cover startling new findings about the level of lead in Detroit public sc...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Flu shots benefit pregnant women and their babies

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Two new studies show that pregnant women who are given flu shots during their pregnancy can reduce the risk of having children born prematur...