Public Health Nurse Manager Debra Haar gave more details on the contract.
The total amount of funding available is $114,000 for the contract which will run from July 1
st of 2021 through June 30
th of 2022.
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As a New York State citizen, we invite YOU to become a designated NYS Citizen Public Health Leader in your community.
Over the past year, New Yorkers have come together to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and support health and wellbeing in their communities. Governor Cuomo has pledged to use this experience to build an even stronger network of community health leaders to help now and to prepare for the future.
The goal of this program is to have at least one citizen public health leader in every neighborhood and community. Leaders will understand the state of health in NY and the factors that influence health. They will have foundational knowledge related to key public health issues and skills to connect and communicate with peers, allies, and key social resources. As a citizen public health leader, you will be able to take an active role in helping your community prevent and rebuil
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State Senator Laura Acasio represents Hilo, taking over the seat of Kai Kahele at the start of this year. She’s wasted no time in getting down to big changes. Acasio requested funding from the state for a new initiative that would help small business owners reduce their dependence on single-use plastics. The ambitious project didn’t make it to the budget this time around, but we spoke to her about community members in Hilo moving forward anyway.
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When COVID-19 patients began filling up ICUs throughout the country in 2020, health care providers faced difficult decisions. Health care workers had to decide which patients were most likely to recover with care and which were not so resources could be prioritized.
But a new paper from the University of Georgia suggests that unconscious biases in the health care system may have influenced how individuals with intellectual disabilities were categorized in emergency triage protocols.
The state-level protocols, while crucial for prioritizing care during disasters, frequently allocated resources to able-bodied patients over ones with disabilities, the researchers found.