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 Local Health Department in Action: Baltimore City Health Department
Men's Health Center
The Men's Health Center (MHC) provides primary care, screening and health education to uninsured males residing in Baltimore City. Based on screening, the Center provides referrals to various specialty care services including oral health, STD, podiatry, radiology, cardiology, urology, ophthalmology, substance abuse, and mental health service.
For more information, visit Baltimore City's Men's Health Center Website at http://www.baltimorehealth.org/mhc.html |
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Archived NACCHO Webcast:
Men's Health: The Father's Role in Growing Healthy Families
This webcast focuses on how Men's Health affects the health of all members of the family, as well as why Men's Health is an important issue for women and children too.
Speakers
Joseph T. Jones, Jr.
President & CEO
Center for Fathers, Families & Workforce Development
Baltimore, MD
Reginald Randolph, Sr.
Program Coordinator
Father Services Program
Pinellas County Health Department
St. Petersburg, FL
Clarence Jones
Project Manager, Fathers and Families Initiative
The Urban League
St. Paul, MN
To view the archived webcast, visit:
http://www.naccho.org/topics/hpdp/mch/emch/archived/03-04/november03.cfm |
Active Dads Make for Well-Balanced Sons
Active father figures have a key role to play in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to a review published in the February issue of Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers also found that regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among children in low-income families and enhances cognitive skills like intelligence, reasoning and language development. Children who lived with both a mother and father figure also had less behavioral problems than those who just lived with their mother. The researchers are urging healthcare professionals to increase fathers' involvement in their children's healthcare and calling on policy makers to ensure that fathers have the chance to play an active role in their upbringing. For the full article, visit http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00572.x |
Chromosomal Abnormalities In Sperm Reveals Link with Folate A Vitamin B
The first study to investigate the effect of father's diets on chromosomal abnormalities has shown an association between a vitamin found in leafy green vegetables and fruit with levels of chromosomal abnormalities in men's sperm. Men who consumed high levels of folate (a water-soluble B vitamin that occurs naturally in food) and folic acid (the synthetic form of the vitamin) tended to have lower levels of abnormal sperm where a chromosome had been lost or gained (known as aneuploidy). For more, visit The Oxford Journal. | |
International Focus: Fathers Still 'Shut Out' From Birth of Their Children in UK, Report Claims
Leading fatherhood think-tank the Fatherhood Institute will launch a 12 point action plan on April 14, over claims that maternity services across the UK are disadvantaging children from birth by 'shutting out' their fathers. The report: The Dad Deficit: The Missing Piece of the Maternity Jigsaw, will argue that paternal involvement at birth is still treated as the 'icing on the cake' - despite both a mass of evidence proving the profound long term benefits to the child and mother of the father's involvement at birth and the support of many maternity professionals for change.
The report's 12 point action plan will include a call for mothers and fathers to stay together overnight on postnatal wards, for there to be a change in birth registration so that both parents sign the birth certificate and for the introduction professional training for midwives to include engagement with fathers The Dad Deficit: The Missing Piece of the Maternity Jigsaw will also include first-hand evidence from fathers, mothers and maternity professionals highlighting the importance of involving fathers in maternity services; and the current failure of the system to do so. For more on this report, visit http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/102610.php |
Excerpts from NACCHO Public Health Dispatch
MCH- Related Tools and Resources
 This monthly newsletter sent to all active NACCHO members contains brief updates, events, resources, job postings, funding opportunities, member highlights, and other information of relevance to LHDs. Regular sections include family health, reproductive health, environmental health, emergency preparedness, mental health, and immunizations among others.
For a free download of past issues, visit http://www.naccho.org/pubs/category.cfm?Category_ID=8 | |
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