Mississippi Department of Health Office of Preventive Health Victor Sutton, Director

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Mississippi Department of Health Office of
Preventive HealthVictor Sutton, Director

• Making it possible for all Mississippians
• to achieve their health potential!

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Preventive Health Victor Sutton
Health Services Danny Bender, Director
Oral Health Dr.Nicholas Mosca
Child and Adolescent Health Geneva Cannon
Women, Infants, and Children Kathy Burk
Womens Health Louisa Denson
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Office of Women, Infants and ChildrenKathy Burk,
Director

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
  Infants, and Children
• Farmer's Market Nutrition Program
• The Commodity Supplemental Food Program
• Breastfeeding Program

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Office of Child and Adolescent HealthGeneva
Cannon, Director

• First Steps Early Intervention Program
• MS Childhood Lead Poisoning Program
• Childrens Medical Program
• Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

• Prenatal High-Risk Management
• Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and
  Treatment
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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Office of Child and Adolescent HealthContinued

• Vaccines for Children
• Genetics Program
• Child Abuse Hotline
• Infant Mortality Task Force
• The Early Intervention Library
• Medicaid For Children

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Office of Womens HealthLouisa Denson, Director

• Perinatal High-Risk Management Infant Service
  System (PHRM)
• Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey
  (PRAMS)

• Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
• Family Planning
• Domestic Violence Program
• Osteoporosis Screening

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Office of Oral HealthDr. Nicolas G. Mosca,
Director

• Public Water Fluoridation Program
• Preventive Dental Sealant Program
• School Fluoride Mouth Rinse Program
• Dental Corrections Program

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Office of Preventive HealthVictor D. Sutton,
Director

• Cardiovascular Health
• Community Health
• Diabetes Prevention and Control
• Comprehensive Cancer Control
• Child Occupant Protection
• Fire Prevention
• Tobacco Use Prevention and Control
• School Health Nurses for a Tobacco-Free
  Mississippi

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Office of Preventive Health
Preventive Health Director
Injury Violence Prevention
Community/ School Health
Chronic Disease
Diabetes
Tobacco
Fire Prevention
Injury Program
Health Educators
Preventive Health Nurses
Injury Program
Cancer
CVH
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Cardiovascular Health ProgramTennille Howard,
Director

• Develop and Coordinate Partnerships
• Develop Scientific Capacity to Define the CVD
  Burden
• Develop an Inventory of Policy and Environmental
  Strategies
• Develop a State Plan
• Provide Training and Technical Assistance
• Develop Population Based Strategies
• Develop Culturally-Competent Strategies for
  Priority Populations

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CVH Priority Areas

• Control High Blood Pressure
• Control High Cholesterol
• Know Signs and Symptoms Call 911
• Improve Emergency Response
• Improve Quality of Life
• Eliminate Disparities

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CVH Current Activities

• 1. Health Promotion/ Education
• Coordinated School Health Mini-Grants
• Stroke and Heart Attack Signs/Symptoms Public
  Awareness Campaigns
• 2. Professional Education
• Annual CVH Seminars
• Advanced Stroke Life Support
• 3. Health Disparities
• Federally Qualified Community Health Center
  Mini-Grants

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CVH Current Activities, Continued

• 4. Quality Improvement
• Get With The Guidelines
• Primary Stroke Center Certification
• Chronic Disease Management
• 5. CVD Surveillance
• Community assessments
• Burden Documents
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

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CVH Program Partners

• American Heart Association
• Mississippi Chronic Illness Coalition
• MS Alliance for School Health
• Jackson Heart Study
• MS Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
• Tobacco Policy and Prevention
• Bureau of EMS

• Information and Quality Healthcare
• MS Primary Health Care Association
• Delta States Stroke Consortium
• MS Department of Education
• MS Hospital Association
• Methodist Rehab

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Diabetes Prevention and Control ProgramCassandra
Dove, Director

• Increase Required Clinical Testing
• Foot Examinations
• Eye Examinations
• Flu/Pneumococcal Vaccinations
• HgA1c Testing
• Reduce Health Disparities
• Establish Success Wellness Programs
• Establish Measurement Procedures to Track
  Progress

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DPCP Current Program/Activities

• PAAC Partnership with African American Churches
• LEAP Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention
• Community Health Center Support (Diabetes
  Collaborative
• Community Based Initiatives
• Statewide Diabetes Public Health Performance
  Assessment
• Diabetes State Plan
• Continuing Education
• IQH Symposium
• DFM Symposium

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Tobacco Control ProgramTanya Funchess, Director

• Reduce Tobacco Related Morbidity/Mortality
• Tobacco Use Prevention
• Youth Cessation Programs
• Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure
• Identifying/Reducing Tobacco Use Disparities

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Tobacco Control Activities

• Reducing Health Disparities
• Increasing Public Awareness of
• Dangers of Second Hand Smoke
• Advantages of Smoke-Free Worksites/Homes
• Health Disparity Data Collection
• Tobacco Control Strategic Plan
• Tobacco Nurse Program
• Youth Tobacco Survey
• Cessation Grant (IQH)

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Tobacco Control Partners

• American Lung Association
• Local Health Departments
• Tobacco Nurses
• Community Youth Programs
• ACT Center
• Mississippi State Social Science Research Center

• Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi
• American Heart Association
• Information and Quality Health Care
• Mississippi Alliance for School Health
• American Cancer Society

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School Health Nurses for a Tobacco-Free
Mississippi

• 51 School Districts Across the State Have a Nurse
  
• Utilize Tobacco Prevention Curriculum
• Implement Tobacco Awareness Activities
• Red Ribbon Week
• Great American Smoke-Out Week

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Comprehensive Cancer Control Mina Li, Director

• State Plan for Cancer Prevention and Control
• Annual Cancer Professional Education Seminar
• Survivor/Caregiver Conference
• Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer
  Control (MP3C)

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Injury/Violence Prevention BranchRoderick
Richardson, Coordinator

• Child Occupant Protection Program
• Car Seat Distribution Program
• Child Passenger Safety Guidelines
• Fire Prevention Program
• Smoke Alarm Installation Program
• Remembering When Fire/Fall Prevention Program
• Fire Academy For Kids
• Fire Prevention Awareness

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Community Health BranchJohn Hester, Director

• Advocates Community Awareness
• Policy Development
• Public Health Education
• Focus on Environmental Factors
• Coordinated School Health Education

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Community Health Strategies

• Preventive Screenings
• Community Engagement
• Schools, Worksites, Civic Organizations,
  Healthcare Providers
• Seminars
• Continuing Education
• Healthy Choices
• Nutrition
• Physical Fitness
• Safety -Avoidance of Risky Behaviors

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The doctor of the future will give no medicine,
but will interest his patients in the care of the
human frame, in diet, and in the cause and
prevention of disease. Thomas Edison
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Contact InfoVictor D. SuttonOffice of
Preventive Heath(Ofc 601-576-7781)(Fax 601-
576-7444)Vsutton_at_msdh.state.ms.uswww.HealthyMS.c
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