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BRITTANY SMART
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Hawai`i County Council rr'
District 6 ... .i;s1;;•
Upper Puna, Ka`u, South Kona '.
Hawaii County Council
County of Hawai`i
25 Aupuni Street --- -"
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
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DATE: June 13, 2012
TO: Dominic Yagong, Council Chair
And Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: XL:erBrittany Smart, Councilmember
SUBJECT: Comm 740 - PRESENTATION REGARDING RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
POPULATION HEALTH IN VOG-EXPOSED COMMUNITIES: ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Here is additional information from Dr. Longo (2 pages, double sided). Please have hard
copies available for all members of the Hawaii County Council during the HSSPSC
presentation that will be on June 18, 2012.
Thank you.
BS/jk
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Ref. To: RR SC psi
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island ttef. Dote JUN 1 8 20tZ
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Public Health Recommendations for Vog-Exposed Communities
Prof. Bernadette M. Longo - University of Nevada Reno
Monday:June 18,201,
3:30 PM
6/13/2012
What can we do to ).
prevent disease?
PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK
Primary Prevention:
Prevent onset
Promote general health
Secondary Prevention:
Detect early&treat promptly
Ted$ary Prevention:Chronic Disease
Prevent progression of disease
Maintain Quality of life
What con we do to
prevent disease?
PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK
'on will
Vulnerable members of
the Community
Children
Elderly
Existing disease
Primary Prevention
GOAL:Minimize Exposure to Vog
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Primary Prevention
GOAL:Minimize Exposure to Vog
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Nosier Shedter(s)&Hospsal renoyoions —_
re Cos*tu.i h,i,ov.
• School's VOG Response Plan ta%scnools.et:moment sating)
AsSinanCe So Senor Center{COY$**.Q.AC Volts for voo days/
• Emergency Response Plan/levee retreat egi+ror^en•,x".
wo.tdg?Homebound Persons)
• Comnuncduon with vaconotogists at HVp
• Listen d lean from§*rmioenrs IT
Primary Prevention
GOAL:Promote General Health
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GOAL:Identity early&tr= n O"°"O"•
more a PasMS tMu
Screen: lungs
Head i I ung disease
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Educate:
Wren Symptom>m c wren
Treat:
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Tertiary Prevention — — -
GOAL Reduce Disease Progression
Persons with ASt! -- ---
Ensure onpoeer*,how o Cu(fenl"AstAnw A<lion Pion
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Considero yearly Aram Co p lo/CPOdrenas hos been
offered by Homdtvo HsW{h Center kv Hona*OO
• Support and educate It*parents
• COMInue to follow**State of Hawn; r a.;rl�
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Tertiary Prevention
GOAL Reduce Disease Progression
Persons with heart diseases
Promote self core:
Impatonce W toinno*er**art&81=r eascne
Cot n comp wet*et ooclo or nurse woo none..
Morotonnothee eP
feting'Heart Hept*y`
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Support Vog Research
Effects(heath a environmer+td)
Interventions
• Promote community
participation in health
• Hawaii Island has on
Opportunity
• Share lessons learned!
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Thank You!
Acknowledgements
Co-Investigators;r we v:3^2 a,n>f,cny io•..,y,:
• HI State Senator Dr.Joshua GrNn,MD
The Clinics and Hospitals:
'he Ka.;nospi+ai and 0+nic,The Boy Clinics,Ocean
View Family Health,Hamakuo Health Center
Local Hawaiian Clinicians
Hawaii Department of Health
Kau District Schools
USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
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