Town Hall Teleconferences
About Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconferences
OSTLTS hosts a Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference on the second Tuesday of each month following the release of CDC's Vital Signs report. These monthly reports offer recent data and calls to action for important public health topics.
Each month's teleconference provides a forum for you, our nation's health officials, to broaden the conversation, build momentum, and ensure active implementation of evidence-based, effective programs within the public health areas covered by Vital Signs. Each teleconference features lessons learned and success stories from the state, tribal, local or territorial perspective.
We know you are busy and your time is valuable, so we are working hard to make these calls relevant and useful to you in your work to protect and improve the health of the public.
Next Town Hall Teleconference
August 17, 2012
Past Town Hall Teleconferences
Prescription Painkiller Overdoses
While all prescription painkillers have contributed to an increase in overdose deaths over the last decade, methadone has played a central role in the epidemic. More than 30% of prescription painkiller deaths involve methadone, even though only 2% of painkiller prescriptions are for this drug. This teleconference featured a
Vital Signs summary and discussion on Prescription Drug Overdoses in the United States.
Child Injury
Child injuries are preventable, yet more than 9,000 children died from injuries in the United States in 2009. Car crashes, suffocation, drowning, poisoning, fires, and falls are some of the most common ways children are hurt or killed. This teleconference featured a
Vital Signs summary and discussion on Child Injury.
Making Healthcare Safer: Stopping Clostridium
difficile Infections
While most types of healthcare-associated infections are
declining, one - caused by the germ C. difficile -
remains at historically high levels. C. difficile
infections cost at least $1 billion in extra health care
costs annually. This teleconference featured a Vital
Signs summary and discussion on making healthcare safer.
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