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Cochise County prevention services detail 2024 outreach, naloxone expansion and WIC milestones
Summary
Prevention Services outlined 2024 activities including health-education presentations, teen health curriculum outreach, tobacco prevention, naloxone distribution expansion, home visiting and WIC program milestones.
Suzanne Hiegal, prevention services division director for Cochise County Health and Social Services, summarized the division's 2024 work on Dec. 6, highlighting outreach to underserved communities, expansion of overdose-prevention services and a 50th anniversary milestone for the county's WIC program.
Hiegal said prevention services is one of seven divisions in the department and accounts for roughly 30% of the department's work. She listed several programs under prevention services: Health Promotion (chronic disease prevention, tobacco prevention, teen health, worksite wellness), HealthStart home visiting, overdose prevention and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program.
Health Promotion: Hiegal said one health educator delivered 67 free community presentations in 2024 on topics including brain…
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