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Lake County Health Update

August 2013   

 

This community e-newsletter is produced by the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center.

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Did you ever consider that eating leftovers may be helping the environment? LCHD dietitian Monica Wood provides a few tips about the importance of eating well and helping the environment in this short video.  
  
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In this edition, viewers are alerted to Lake County's tick problem, informed on ways to keep wildlife from moving into their yards, and given tips for maximizing a healthy summer lifestyle.
 
 
You may already know the Health Department checks sanitation at restaurants in the county, but what about festival food? Environmental Health Practitioner Mark Carlson demonstrates at the Lake County Fair what things a health inspector checks to help prevent food borne illness in Lake County.
Waukegan Cares

Walk for Awareness

Waukegan Cares Walk for Awareness is planned for Saturday, Sept. 21 along scenic Sheridan Road in Waukegan.
The event is designed to support local efforts to prevent suicide on the local level. The 5K walk registration will take place behind the Genesee Theater in downtown Waukegan between 11:15 a.m. and noon.  The step off is any time after registration. The entry fee is $25, which includes an event t-shirt and one free raffle ticket.  A festival with music, local food vendors and kids games is also being held from noon until 5 p.m. The monthly Waukegan Art Walk begins after the festival.  
The walk is sponsored by the Waukegan Cares Foundation, the City of Waukegan and the Lake County Suicide Task Force of which the Lake County Health Department is a member.
For more information, or to sign up, contact Tom  Granger at

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  In observance of National Immunizations Awareness Month in August, the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center is reminding parents to include immunizations on their back-to-school checklists, whether their children are heading for elementary school, high school or college.
  
  
Tony Beltran
Dear Lake County Residents:
  
I am excited to inform you that the Health Department will be playing a key role in enrolling eligible residents into health insurance options available under the Affordable Care Act.  The Department and the Alliance for Human Services have been awarded an $800,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health to launch
Enroll Lake County!, a countywide initiative to increase access to healthcare for Lake County residents. (Click here to continue.) 

 

Sincerely,  

 

Tony Beltran, M.B.A.
Executive Director
Lake County Health Department/
Community Health Center
Kids 1st Health Fair Marks 21st Year
About 400 volunteers, including 100 staff members from the Lake County Health Department, helped get more than 800 children from low-income families ready for school during this year's Kids 1st Health Fair.
 
Held on August 7 at Miguel Juarez Middle School in Waukegan, the event included dental and physical exams as well as immunizations and foot exams.  The fair was organized by the Health Department, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and United Way of Lake County.  
Fox Lake residents can get free microchips for their pets thanks to the Fox Lake Police Department during the low-cost pet vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, August 24 at Lakefront Park, 71 Nippersink Blvd., in Fox Lake. The Health Department's Animal Care and Control Program is holding the event in cooperation with the police department and the Fox Lake Parks and Recreation Department.
Mosquito pools (or batch of mosquitoes), sampled July 25 in Deerfield and July 26 in Lake Villa Township have tested positive for West Nile virus. mosquito full of blood The mosquito pools are the first confirmed indicators of the disease's presence in Lake County in 2013.
Immunizations Award
Immunizations Program Coordinator Karyn Lyons received the Immunizations Advocate Award from the Chicago Area Immunization Campaign. 
Congratulating Karyn at the July Lake County Board of Health meeting are from left, LCHD Population Health Services Director Mark Pfister, LCHD Executive Director Tony Beltran and Michael Waxman, president of the Board of Health.
Nominated by her peers, she was selected based on her commitment to increasing vaccination rates in Lake County and the Chicago area.
The CAIC is a coalition of more than 100 Chicago area public and private sector organizations. 

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