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April 5-11, 2010 is National Public Health Week. The theme is A Healthier America:  One Community at a Time. The American Public Health Association (APHA) has a broad mission to make America the healthiest nation in one generation.  Like all things in public health, that can only happen at the local level:  the community level.  We are joining APHA in asking you to champion public health by making healthy changes- big and small in your families, individual neighborhoods, workplaces and schools.  What does this look like?
•    Add more fruits and vegetables to your family’s diet.
•    Build a garden.
•    Walk or bike to a school or work once per week.
•    Carpool.
•    Make sure your child is up to date on immunizations.
•    Plant a tree.
•    Try to quit smoking again and again because practice makes perfect.
•    Cover your sneeze or cough.
•    Wash your hands.
•    Visit www.nhpha.org click on Advocate and click Bill Tracking Chart.  Select a Bill that is important to you and encourage your legislator to vote for it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said:  “The first wealth is health.”  If you have ever stood vigil at a sick child’s bedside or watched a loved one deteriorate from a preventable condition, you know what this means.
All of these individual and community level changes will add up to big health improvements for you and your community.  Make it is small, but make it count!

If you would like more information about NPHW, go to www.c3ph.org.

April 5-11, 2010 is National Public Health Week. The theme is A Healthier America:  One Community at a Time. The American Public Health Association (APHA) has a broad mission to make America the healthiest nation in one generation.  Like all things in public health, that can only happen at the local level;  the community level.  We are joining APHA in asking you to champion public health by making healthy changes- big and small in your families, individual neighborhoods, workplaces and schools.  What does this look like?  Add more fruits and vegetables to your family’s diet.  Build a garden.  Walk or bike to a school or work once per week.  Make sure your child is up to date on immunizations.  Try to quit smoking again and again because practice makes perfect.  Visit www.nhpha.org click on Advocate and click Bill Tracking Chart.  Select a Bill that is important to you and encourage your legislator to vote for it.  All of these individual and community level changes will add up to big health improvements for you and your community.  Make it is small, but make it count!

Scroll down to view the 2 minute video:  Healthiest Nation in One Generation