The Hub Report - 04.08.24 Edition

Posted 03.29.24

Join VDH and the American Public Health Association in celebrating #NationalPublicHealthWeek. Learn how you can support public health at https://ow.ly/KPlu50R5KaK #NPHW  

Link to Blog Post: https://ow.ly/KPlu50R5KaK

This new page on the Comms Hub offers toolkits for various public health awareness observances. Check back often for updates! This tool is meant to complement the Strategic Communications Calendar. 

📌 This can be found in Public Health Awareness.

💡 Use these tool kits to inform your social media, newsletters, + emails. 

This new page on the Comms Hub toolkits and resources for animal-related illness, infections, and hazards as well as resources for prevention and wellness. 

📌 This can be found in Animal Health

💡 Use these tool kits to inform your social media, newsletters, emails, + other communications. 

VDH offers four social media posts + plus post copy for mpox on the following topics: 

• If you have mpox

• If you think you have mpox

• Mpox spreads through close contact

• Mpox symptoms

📌 This can be found in mpox 

🎙️ Available in English + Spanish

💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails

This identification chart from VDH has images and sizes of various ticks for easy identification. It also includes when ticks are active in Virginia as well as a chart of tick species and tick-borne diseases. Digital and print-ready versions are available.

📌 This can be found in Ticks

🎙️ Digital Version Available in English + Spanish

🎙️ Print Version Available in English + Spanish

💡 Print or share digitally in newsletters + emails. 

This printable card from VDH has information about preventing tick bites as well as directions on how to safely remove a tick. Print marks are included on the image, so this is intended for print use only. 

📌 This can be found in Ticks

🎙️ Available in English + Spanish

💡 Print and distribute in waiting rooms, with doctor's offices, and with community partners. 

This resource from the USDA offers biosecurity checklists, materials, videos, social media, webinars, and partner materials to help you "defend the flock." 

📌 This can be found in Animal Health

💡 Use these tool kits to inform your social media, newsletters, emails, + other communications. 

These five images are part of a social media "swipe" carousel. Viewers will learn about respiratory illness symptoms, what to do if you're sick, prevention strategies, and how to stay healthy year-round. 

📌 This can be found in Respiratory Health

💡 Share on social media + newsletters