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Public health week is celebrated April 5 through April 11. In the midst of the most challenging public health crisis of our lifetimes, it’s more important than ever to celebrate public health. Saturday April 10 of public health week is dedicated to uplifting mental health and wellness. We want this article to celebrate the partnership between the Marietta/Belpre Health Department, the Washington County Health Department, and the Washington County Behavioral Health Board. Mental health is a critical component of public health Strong mental health isn’t just the absence of mental health problems. Being mentally or emotionally healthy is much more than being free of depression, anxiety, or other psychological issues. Rather than the absence of mental illness, mental health refers to the presence of positive characteristics. ....
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jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Middle school students are escorted to a pedestrian refuge island on Glendale Road by Mellissa Farley on Wednesday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) A tractor-trailer pulls off of Franklin Street in the lower west side of Marietta and onto Clinton Street on Wednesday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Middle school students are escorted to a pedestrian refuge island on Glendale Road by Mellissa Farley on Wednesday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Adjusting to the virtual world that coronavirus has imposed even on Marietta, one neighborhood civic organization offered its residents, business partners and aligning nonprofits a chance to watch how west side consensus is reached. ....
jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Planning was at the center of three discussions amidst three hours of Marietta City Council committees Thursday. Pedestrian Safety Planning Streets Committee Chairwoman Susan Boyer focused her questions on grant administration of the Ohio Department of Health’s Creating Healthy Communities’ programmatic funding Thursday following the citizen-driven outline of pedestrian safety needs along the Franklin Street Corridor in the lower west side (Harmar). “We were recently contacted as a neighborhood, from the county health department’s Creating Healthy Communities Coalition as part of their 2021 work plan for improving pedestrian infrastructure,” prefaced Councilman Geoff Schenkel, D, Fourth Ward (the ward in which Harmar and the lower west side sit). ....
jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Many elderly residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley are calling into local health departments, the Times and local pharmacies with the same question. “How do I schedule my shot? How can I get the vaccine?” they ask. “I can’t get anyone to call me back and give me a straight answer.” Ohio is moving into Phase 1B of its coronavirus vaccination effort, coordinated through the state’s regional readiness coordinators and county emergency management coordinators. That’s how first responders in Washington County saw the first opportunities for shots in the first weeks of the new year following medical professionals like those published on social media by Memorial Health System. ....