Oklahoma City-County Health Department

Oh Baby! The Incredible Years - New classes for parents of infants scheduled to begin next Monday

Beginning next Monday, the Child Guidance division of the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD) will offer an eight-week series of classes to help parents learn how to interact with infants and newborn babies.
Board of Health Agenda for March 16th, 2010 Meeting

The Board of Health meeting agenda is now online for our March 16th meeting. To view it, please click here.
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Tracking the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injuries

An estimated 1.7 million deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur in the United States each year, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2010 Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Leadership in Public Health Lecture - "Public Health in an Interdependent World: Cash, Commodities, Capacities, and Conspiracies" - Margaret Chan, MD, MPH

The Jeffrey P. Koplan Lecture on Global Leadership in Public Health was established in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Lecture series honors Dr. Koplan’s lifelong commitment to the development of public health leaders around the world.
CDC to Co–Host Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) are bringing together multidisciplinary experts from around the world for the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections.
CDC Releases First Ever County Level Report on Heart Disease Hospitalizations

Heart disease hospitalization rates among Americans aged 65 years and older.

March 2010