Family Health
In the Spotlight
Healthy Living Calendars
Check out the new 2010 Healthy Families, Healthy Communities, Healthy Women,
and Healthy Men calendars These one-page calendars promote safe and healthy
living in 2010 and are available in two sizes.
Healthy Families
Be Active and Play, 60 Minutes Every Day!
Youth gain physical and mental health benefits when they participate in regular
physical activity. Schools, families, and communities can help youth be physically
active and stay active throughout their lives.
Be Prepared: Staying Safe and Healthy in Winter Weather
Winter storms and cold temperatures can be hazardous, but if you plan ahead,
you can stay safe and healthy. Prepare your home and cars. Keep emergency
kits stocked. Be ready for power outages. Wear appropriate clothing. Check
on children, the elderly and pets.
Coping With Stress
Sometimes after experiencing a traumatic event that is especially frightening—including
personal or environmental disasters, or being threatened with an assault—people
have a strong and lingering reaction to stress. Getting the right care
and support can put problems in perspective and help stressful feelings
and symptoms subside.
Health Tips for Visiting Nursing Homes and Hospitals
When you visit relatives and friends in nursing homes and hospitals, remember
to take steps to prevent spreading illnesses.
Healthy Communities
Physical
Activity Guidelines for Americans: Children and Adolescents
The toolkit can be used by anyone who promotes youth physical activity, including
community leaders; physical education and health education teachers; physical
activity coordinators at the school, district, and state levels; and physical
activity practitioners working in health or community-based organizations.
Measuring Our Health, Tracking Our Progress with BRFSS
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based
surveillance tool. Data are collected on health risk behaviors, preventive
health practices, and healthcare access through monthly phone surveys;
more than 350,000 adults are interviewed each year. For many states, the
BRFSS is the only available source of timely, accurate data on health-related
behaviors.
Climate Change and Health
Essential public health services are key to preventing injuries and illnesses,
enhancing public health preparedness, and reducing the risk from climate
change.
Innovative Childhood Obesity Practices
Statement of Dr. William H. Dietz before the House Committee on Energy
and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, provides an overview of the childhood
obesity epidemic and examples of innovative approaches to combat this epidemic.
Shade
Planning for America’s Schools 
This manual helps schools maintain a physical environment that supports
sun safety by ensuring that school grounds have adequate shade.
Science and Research
Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Released
The Fourth Report is a 527-page document that summarizes blood and urine levels
for 212 chemicals, including levels for 75 chemicals which have never before
been measured in a representative sample of the U.S. population.
Death in the United States, 2007
Mortality in 2007 continued to decline among all groups defined by sex,
age, and race and Hispanic ethnicity. With few exceptions, the trend is
one of increases in life expectancy at birth for the population as a whole,
and for white and black males and females in particular.
Counting Autism
CDC’s most recent data show that between one in 80 and one in 240
children with an average of one in 110 have an autism spectrum disorder. This
is a prevalence of about one percent.
Impact of Seasonal Influenza-Related School Closures on Families
- Southeastern Kentucky, February 2008
This report summarizes a survey, which indicated that 97.0% of respondents
agreed with the decision to close schools. In 29.1% of households, an adult
had to miss work to provide child care, and in 15.7% of households, at
least one adult lost pay because of missed work.
This site contains documents in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader
to access the file. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, you may download a
free copy from the Adobe Web site.
Content Source: CDC Office
of Women’s Health
Page last modified:
January 11, 2010
Page last reviewed: January 11, 2010