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San Diego County is one of 17 regions in the nation funded to expand an electronic health information exchange that will improve the reporting of communicable diseases and reduce the hospital readmissions of chronically-ill patients.
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The Breakfast in the Classroom program puts a meal on students’ desks so they can put their minds on their work.
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They get them at local pharmacies. They buy them online. They steal them. However, most prescription drugs people use to get high come from their own or other people’s homes.
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First 5 San Diego’s oral health commercials earn the top Public Service Announcement award from the Public Relations Society of America.
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A new grant award will help a program that serves at-risk mothers in the North Inland and North Coastal regions of San Diego County to expand to help more first time mothers.
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The County wants parents and caregivers to understand the lifetime damage caused by Abusive Head Trauma, formerly known as Shaken Baby Syndrome, and learn steps to prevent it.
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Abusive head trauma – formerly known as shaken baby syndrome – can cause a lifetime of trauma. A County-produced video is part of an effort to prevent it.