Please send your National Public Health Week Announcements to us for posting on this page. Send to txpha@aol.com or tphajournal@gmail.com with the subject line NPHW.
After NPHW is over, send us a summary of your week's events and we will post that on this page as well as include in a summary of Texas activities in our Spring issue of the Texas Public Health Journal. Summaries must be submitted by April 18th for inclusion.
Enjoy a HAPPY HEALTHY WEEK TEXAS!!
UTMB Preventive Medicine & Community Health
Public Health Symposium
April 7, 2016, 4:00pm
William C. Levin Hall
UTMB Campus Galveston, TX
Keynote Speaker:
Kathryn Kost, PhD, Guttmacher Institute
“Unintended Pregnancy in Texas and Beyond”
Dr. Kost is a demographer, studying both
individual-level behavior and population-level
trends in sexual and reproductive health.
Her areas of research include estimation of the
incidence of unintended pregnancy and teen pregnancy,
of contraceptive failure rates and the impact of unintended childbearing on parents and families. She directs the Guttmacher Institute’s
ongoing surveillance of state-level statistics on
unintended pregnancy and collaborates with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to provide national-level pregnancy surveillance for the United States.
Dr. Kost’s estimates of contraceptive failure rates are widely used throughout the U.S. and other countries for counseling women and couples in selection of a family planning method.
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Texas Department of 
State Health services:
Throughout TEXAS
Mon., April 4, 2016
Statewide:NPHW Proclamations to the Governor (PDF), and to county and local officials.For more information, contact Monica Hughes at Monica.Hughes@dshs.state.tx.us, call (512)776-7770, or contact your local or regional health department.Health Service Region 1: "Employee Appreciation Breakfast"NPHW Kick-Off Event held at 8:30am-9:30amHealth Service Region 6/5S:Zika Virus Presentation and HIV/STD Testing: Sam Houston University, CommunicableDisease ProgramHealth Service Region 9/10: JEOPARDYFrom 11:00am-12:00noon, located in room 250. Activity coordinator is Tom Jeffreys at(915) 834-7675Health Service Region 11: Employee Appreciation DayLocated at Harlingen Headquarters from 9:00am-10:00am & 3:00pm-5:00pm
Tue., April 5, 2016
Health Service Region 6/5S:Neighborhood Walkability Audit, Community Health ProgramHealth Service Region 7:Employee Immunization Clinic will be held.Health Service Region 8:The University of Texas, School of Public Health’s San Antonio Regional Campus "First AnnualCareer and Practicum Fair" 11am-3pm. One Technology Center Building, 7411 John SmithDr. San Antonio, TX. 78229. 11th Floor, Room 1134 & 1135Health Service Region 9/10: Spa DayDiscussion about different types of mental health challenges and relax to soothing music11:00am-12:00noon, located in room 250. Activity coordinator is Tom Jeffreys at (915) 834-7675 Health Service Region 11:Headquarters Open House for Community Health Workers, 601 W. Sesame Dr. Harlingen, TX. 78550 from 9:00am-4:00pm
Wed., April 6, 2016
Health Service Region 6/5:Overview of Special Health and Social Services, Kimberly Adams, LBSW. Specialized HealthServices Program. For more information you can contact Brandii Mays at (713) 767‐3005Health Service Region 9/10: Back to the 80’sGroup exercise with hula hoops and all that’s 80’s, located at the El Paso office in the ParkingGarage on the 3rd floor, from 9:00am-10:00am.Health Service Region 11: Immunization Clinics & Public Health FairLocated-Enterprise Medical Center, 400 Enterprise Blvd., Rockport, TX. 78382 -Riverview Family Center, 80 E. Grant St., Roman, TX. 78584 9:00am-12:00noon
Thurs., April 7, 2016
Health Service Region 1: Campus Public Health Fair (Texas Tech University)10:00am-2:00pm, Texas Tech College of Human Sciences Building, Lubbock, TXPublic Health Informational Fairs for students and faculty with displays, information,educational materials, focusing on community public health initiatives.For more information, contact Tammy Moriearty at Tammy.Moriearty@dshs.state.tx.us orcall (806) 783-6472.Campus Public Health Fair (West Texas A&M University)10:00am-2:00pm, Jack B. Kelley Student Center, Canyon, TXPublic Health Informational Fairs for students and faculty with displays, information,educational materials, and giveaways focusing on community public health initiatives.For more information, contact Tammy Moriearty at Tammy.Moriearty@dshs.state.tx.us orcall (806) 783-6472.
Fri., April 8, 2016
Health Service Region 1:"Give Everyone A Choice of Healthy Food": Presentation-Texas Hunger Initiative & the South Plains Food Bank. Located in Lubbock office rooms 201/202/203Health Service Region 6/5S:"Globalization 2: Revisiting Neglected Tropical Diseases" The presenter will be Catherine Kisavi-Atatah, PhD, MA, LBSW, hosted by Specialized Health Services.Health Service Region 9/10: Eating Healthy SubstitutionsTo advocate eating healthier, 11:00am-12:00noon, located in room 570. Please bring your favorite healthy dish with recipe.