Browsing by Author "Jill DeBoer"

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    Importance of handwashing
    (2007-12-03) Finnegan, John; Jill DeBoer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. This week is National Handwashing Awareness Week. Keeping our hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. That’s according to Jill DeBoer, associate director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. As a result, DeBoer says it’s important to wash our hands often and thoroughly. With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.
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    Pandemic Flu planning
    (2007-01-08) Finnegan, John; Jill DeBoer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. If and when a pandemic flu strikes, local governments will be better prepared to deal with it, thanks to planning efforts at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. According to the University’s Jill DeBoer, the initiative will identify the most problematic issues state and local agencies may confront in a pandemic, and then collect and disseminate options for addressing them.
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    Seasonal Influenza
    (2007-10-29) Kris Stouffer; Jill DeBoer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Between 5 and 20 percent of Americans will fall ill this year from seasonal influenza. Symptoms include fever, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Your best defense against the flu is to have a flu vaccination each year, says Jill DeBoer, associate director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy. DeBoer says that, on average, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year from flu complications and 36,000 die. For more information, go to www.cidrap.umn.edu For John Finnegan and Public Health Moment, I’m Kris Stouffer.
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    A website developed by the University of Minnesota serves as a national clearinghouse for best practices in pandemic preparedness for local and state health departments.
    (2008-04-29) Finnegan, John; Jill DeBoer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. A Web site developed by the University of Minnesota serves as a national clearinghouse for best practices in pandemic preparedness for local and state health departments. Jill DeBoer, director of the University’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, tells us more about the site, called Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools. DeBoer says that the Web site, developed with the Pew Center on the States, is intended to facilitate collaboration among state and local health departments. For more information, go to www.pandemicpractices.org With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.