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Firearm safety is a critical public health issue with significant implications for primary care providers. Join us at the TPCC Summit for a plenary session to explore the integration of firearm safety into primary care settings and the role of health care professionals in promoting safe firearm practices. Learn more about our plenary session, Integrating Firearm Safety into Primary Care: https://bit.ly/TPCC23

🤲 Celebrate the Power of Community This #GivingTuesday Week by advocating for improved access to obesity care! The Obesity Action Coalition is going to be on #CapitolHill this week advocating - show your support by urging your legislators to co-sponsor the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (#TROA)! 📣 Using the OAC Action Center, please send a message to your legislators to support TROA, and be sure to add some of your story to make your letter more powerful! . Senators: Support passage of S 2407 🙏 Us Senator Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott Representatives: Support passage of HR 4818 🙏 Nancy Mace ☑️ #Bipartisan: The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) is a bipartisan bill that will give Medicare-eligible Americans greater access to obesity healthcare services, treatments and providers. ☑️ #Support: Currently, this bill has Congressional support from 51 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives and 18 in the Senate. ☑️ #Access to #affordable, #quality, #comprehensive care is one of the most challenging hurdles that people with obesity face in their journey to improved health. ☑️ #Equity: Everyone should have access to all of the tools required for healthy weight management, including trained healthcare providers, medication, surgical options and more -- the same way that we treat other diseases. 

The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will today, share with us its highly anticipated Status Summary Report 2023 on Road Safety Risk Factors for Kampala. The report will particularly be shared with policy makers of the city to help them understand what needs to be deliberated on at their respective roundtables. The report presents crucial data on two key aspects of road safety: speed and helmet use in Kampala. The team worked diligently with Makerere University School of Public Health to collect and analyze data, providing valuable insights into the current road safety situation as far as those two risk factors go. One of the most important things to note about road safety, is the need to implement evidence-based strategies / data-driven approaches / targeted interventions, and that is why we are focussing on collecting as much data as we can. You cannot fix what you can't measure. Sincere appreciation to the JH-IIRU team Nukhba Zia and Makerere University School of Public Health Businge Otto Balugaba Bonny Enock, for closing the gap and supporting the city with this much needed data collection. Here's a link to the day's discussion... https://lnkd.in/dBQBUiuS

We applaud the U.S. Surgeon General's Office for issuing a first-of-its-kind advisory declaring firearm violence in America as a public health crisis. As the advisory concludes, it will take the collective commitment of the nation to turn the tide on this crisis. A public health approach has the potential to curb the alarming trends of firearm-related injury and death that we see in Colorado and across the country, which have devastating impacts to our physical and mental health. As we continue to champion a public health approach to firearm harm prevention in Colorado, Trailhead is excited to use our program office as a hub for building collaboration across the state and working alongside communities to enact solutions that work best for them. Read the Surgeon General's Advisory on Firearm Violence here: https://ow.ly/G7Yj50SpEuC And learn more about collaborative efforts to define a community-based approach to firearm harm prevention in Colorado: https://lnkd.in/g8pRsZAk

Should be an interesting presentation.

Really interesting post. It would be interesting to know numbers re the organisation/institution type that are subject to PFDs.

August is #GastroparesisAwarenessMonth. This month and all year long #Coram and #TeamCVS raise awareness to help increase public knowledge about this commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition. #LivingWithGP https://lnkd.in/gGF3m8y6 (https://lnkd.in/gGF3m8y6)

Meet the newest addition to our Emergency Department team: Dr. Chester Smith! As our Emergency Department Medical Director, Dr. Smith brings a wealth of experience and expertise to ensure top-notch care for all of our patients. Click this link to watch the video: https://lnkd.in/edXyr-7n Stay tuned for more introductions in this exciting series! #EmergencyMedicine #WelcomeDrSmith

Today's paper of the day is on the central role of the gut in intensive care https://lnkd.in/ddmA2hyy Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2023

Thank you to our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee for arranging for Maureen Hunter, Engagement Officer at the Stroke Association to deliver a presentation on ‘Stroke Awareness.’ Colleagues from Mabbett and GEP Environmental Ltd (a Mabbett Company) dialed in to the very informative and engaging presentation.   The presentation covered; what a stroke is, its impacts, risk factors and, the FAST test.   If you suspect a stroke, even if symptoms pass, do the FAST test and always call 999. A reminder of what FAST means? ▶ Face: Has their face fallen on one side? Can they smile? ▶ Arms: Can they raise both arms and keep them there? ▶ Speech: Is their speech slurred? ▶ If you see any single one of these symptoms, it’s Time to call 999   The Stroke Association provides vital services to support people to rebuild their lives after stroke, visit their website to learn more https://www.stroke.org.uk/ #strokeawareness #healthandwellness #csr