Our mission is to promote and protect the health and safety of all Idahoans. From birth throughout life, we can help enrich and protect the lives of the people of our state. We offer programs that deal with complex social, economic and individual issues. They range from Medicaid to Food Stamps, Child Protection to Disease Prevention. Last year, we helped almost 340,000 people in our state, one out of every four Idahoans. Many of our programs are designed to help families in crisis situations, giving a helping hand to vulnerable children and adults. Our programs are integrated to provide the basics of food, health care, job training and other assistance to get families back on their feet and be self-reliant members of our communities. By helping families solve their problems, we can build a healthier Idaho.
Our mission is to promote and protect the health and safety of all Idahoans. From birth throughout life, we can help enrich and protect the lives of the people of our state.
We offer programs that deal with complex social, economic and individual issues. They range from Medicaid to Food Stamps, Child Protection to Disease Prevention. Last year, we helped almost 340,000 people in our state, one out of every four Idahoans. Many of our programs are designed to help families in crisis situations, giving a helping hand to vulnerable children and adults. Our programs are integrated to provide the basics of food, health care, job training and other assistance to get families back on their feet and be self-reliant members of our communities. By helping families solve their problems, we can build a healthier Idaho.
We offer programs that deal with complex social, economic and individual issues. They range from Medicaid to Food Stamps, Child Protection to Disease Prevention. Last year, we helped almost 340,000 people in our state, one out of every four Idahoans.
Many of our programs are designed to help families in crisis situations, giving a helping hand to vulnerable children and adults. Our programs are integrated to provide the basics of food, health care, job training and other assistance to get families back on their feet and be self-reliant members of our communities. By helping families solve their problems, we can build a healthier Idaho.
The number of Idaho adults who smoke dropped a full percentage point to 16.8 percent between 2005 and 2006, and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s “Project Filter – Idaho Fights Tobacco” is asking for the public’s help to keep up the momentum. Audio Interview
If you forgot to wear green on Saint Patrick’s Day, here is another chance to show your true colors. Wear blue on May 14 and you’ll be part of the Blue Shirt Campaign, showing your support for National Foster Care Month.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Idaho Vital Statistics 2006 report is out, offering a wealth of information about the major life events happening in the state. Audio Interview
Idaho parents are urged to check the immunization records of their children, as outbreaks of measles have erupted in two western states this year, California and Arizona. Public health officials are worried that the highly contagious, respiratory illness could be imported and spread in Idaho because many children are not up-to-date on their immunizations.
After a lifetime of unhealthy eating and little physical activity, Deb Filler, a project manager in the Department of Health and Welfare’s Information Technology Division, found herself diagnosed with type-2 diabetes at age 45. Four years later, after making the kind of healthy lifestyle changes recommended by the Department’s Idaho Diabetes and Prevention and Control Program, Filler is 92 pounds lighter and diabetes free. Click here for audio interview!!!
Health officials are reporting two influenza-related deaths this week; one from Southeast Idaho and one from Southwest Idaho. Both deaths involved women over the age of 50 and are the first reported flu-related deaths in Idaho this year.
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