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SAMHSA Report Lists CATCH My Breath as only school-level vaping prevention program
June 25, 2021
CATCH My Breath has been recognized by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) and by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Schools often turn to CADCA and SAMHSA for guidance on program selection and CATCH My Breath was recognized as the go-to vaping prevention program for school-aged youth.
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3 Simple Rules for a Better Diet
March 08, 2021
The way diets usually get talked about these days, simply asking a fundamental question like how to eat healthy can seem a little naive, slightly entry-level. It's easy to feel like you should be immediately considering something extreme, like intermittent fasting or counting macros, not simply pondering what's for dinner.
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‘Money before lives.’ Lifting of mask mandate worries minority workers in Fort Worth
March 08, 2021
Jenber Abeb hasn’t allowed customers inside of her Ethiopian restaurant in a year, and she’s afraid the removal of mask mandates will just drag her reopening date further away.
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Hydrating Foods
This summer it is important to stay hydrated. Drinking water is super important as we talked about in one of our recent blogs and eating foods that are high in water content is another way to stay hydrated. Below are 9 foods that are high in water content. Incorporating these foods into your diet can be a great way to make sure you are getting enough water.
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Sun Safety
After covering heat safety and water consumption tips in our latest blog, our next summer safety topic is on sun safety. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Too much sun exposure can cause skin cancer and most skin cancers are caused by too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. UV rays are an invisible type of radiation that can come from the sun.
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Heat Safety and Water Consumption tips
After covering boating safety in our latest blog, it is important to take precautions related to the heat. Our next summer safety topic is heat safety. During the summer months, especially in Texas, heat can be very intense. Remember to follow precautions to protect yourself and others.
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Health promotion interweaving: Designing health promotion interventions in context via youth voice and community partnerships
07/20/2021
This webinar will explore the design method of health promotion interweaving into settings and environments, defined as weaving or blending health promotion strategies, practices, programs, and policies to fit within and build from existing context. In doing so, we will first share our experience with the Youth-led Community Health Learning Initiative, a youth-led community health assessment initiative aimed at identifying both needs and actionable opportunities for health improvement in partnership with two central Texas communities.
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Tobacco Exposure and Children’s Health: Identifying Critical Windows and Joint Effects
07/08/2021
Tobacco exposure is detrimental to early-life growth and the developing brain. Few epidemiological studies have examined prenatal and postnatal exposures within the same study.
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Texas Cares: A COVID-19 antibody project. How bad is COVID-19 in Texas and how should schools respond?
05/19/2021
As Texas schools close for the spring session, and prepare for summer and fall, experts at the UTHealth School of Public Health will provide information on a statewide COVID-19 antibody study called Texas Cares.
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