| Health Education |
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| Education is the first step in
prevention. |
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| The Dallas County Health Department has
a variety of resources on a large number of subjects.
Topics A-Z |
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| You can access a majority of the same
resources at Department of Health and Senior Services website |
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www.health.mo.gov |
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| Working with community partners to
address health issues in Dallas County is a primary component of
the job of Health Educator. |
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| With funding from the
Healthy Active Community grant we have been able to focus on several
different priority areas. |
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| Good Nutrition,
Physical Activity and Tobacco Cessation |
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| Dallas County Shape Up is a bi-annual
event that has participants track a variety of factors such as
weight, fruit and vegetable consumption and amount of physical
activity |
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| Free exercise classes
every Tuesday at 9:30am at the DAV building (1100 N Maple,
Buffalo) for any age |
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Smokebusters is a program involving
youth in tobacco education.
The focus is to empower youth
to take action to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand
smoke. |
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| With funding from MFFH and the CDPP
program, we were able to provide Buffalo High School with a
Salad
Bar (pictures) and a milk machine for students |
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| We have been able to funded
improvements to the Buffalo City Park walking trail and swimming
pool |
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| Playground equipment for both Buffalo
and Urbana city parks |
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| Sports equipment for elementary schools |
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| Restaurants that are
on the
Inspection Results
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