The Hub Report - 04.15.24 Edition

Posted 04.08.24

Virginia will recognize #BlackMaternalHealthWeek from April 11-17. Black Maternal Health Week is an annual observance designed to bring awareness to rising cases of adverse maternal and birth outcomes for people of African descent. Learn more: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blog/2024/04/08/virginia-joins-other-states-in-observing-black-maternal-health-week/ #BMHW24  

Link to Blog Post: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blog/2024/04/08/virginia-joins-other-states-in-observing-black-maternal-health-week/ 

Posted 04.10.24

April is #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth. Organizers are working to bring attention to what’s considered a public health issue. Learn more about what's being done and what you can do to support healthy, safe, and respectful environments at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blog/2024/04/10/building-connected-communities-in-observance-of-sexual-assault-awareness-month/ #SAAM24 

Link to Blog Post: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blog/2024/04/10/building-connected-communities-in-observance-of-sexual-assault-awareness-month/

The new Brain Health page offers several resources for dementia, thanks to the Brain Health team at VDH! More to come!

📌 This can be found in Brain Health

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

This resource from VDH encourages people to get their 2-dose mpox vaccine and reminds them that they can still get the second dose, even if the first dose was a long time ago. It includes three social media graphics with associated post copy. 

📌 This can be found in Mpox

🎙️ Available in English + Spanish (coming soon)

💡 Share on social media + newsletters

This resource from VDH encourages viewers to get their 2-dose mpox vaccine before summer starts and includes two social media graphics with associated post copy. 

📌 This can be found in Mpox

🎙️ Available in English + Spanish (coming soon)

💡 Share on social media + newsletters

Looking for content to show your Pride and support Pride month? CDC's got you covered! This Let’s Stop HIV Together Social Media Toolkit contains ready-to-go messages for posting on Facebook, Instagram, or X. 

📌 This can be found in STIs. 

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This resource from VDH is for those who have been prescribed Paxlovid for the treatment of COVID-19. It provides the phone number and website for the PAXCESS Patient Support Program, which can help reduce the cost of their medication. Print-ready and digital versions are available.  

📌 This can be found in COVID-19 + Respiratory Health

🎙️ Print resource available in English + Spanish

🎙️ Social media graphic available in English + Spanish

💡 Print resources can be printed for waiting rooms + clinics, or shared digitally with partners + providers. 

💡 Social media graphics can be shared on social media, in newsletters + emails.

CDC offers two graphics and post copy, formatted for Facebook, Instagram, and X, to spread the word about the recent H5 bird flu outbreak. Messages are targeted to people with occupational or recreational exposure to infected birds and people with backyard poultry. 

📌 This can be found in Animal Health

🎙️ Available in English + Spanish

💡 Share on social media + newsletters

This infographic from CDC provides useful information on how infected backyard poultry could spread bird flu to people. It also includes information about bird flu in wild birds, in people, and in other birds. 

📌 This can be found in Animal Health

🎙️ Available in English, Spanish + Simplified Chinese

💡 Print or share digitally in newsletters + emails. 

This resource from the USDA provides information on what to do to reduce the spread of HPAI and is part of the "Defend the Flock" toolkit. 

📌 This can be found in Animal Health

💡 Print or share digitally in newsletters + emails. 

This toolkit from the BOLD Center for Early Detection of Dementia, in collaboration with the CDC, is designed for clinicians, administrators, and patients engaged with large health systems who are interested in promoting early detection of dementia, establishing supportive services, and becoming more "dementia-capable."

📌 This can be found in Brain Health

💡 Print or share digitally with clinicians + providers. 

The Virginia Memory Project is a survey for all adults in Virginia about brain health, memory and caregiving. It is the first expansive web-based brain health registry in the Commonwealth. Your answers will help policymakers and public health workers prioritize resources for people with memory loss and caregivers in Virginia.  

*Note all responses are kept anonymous.

📌 This can be found in Brain Health

💡 Share the survey via social media, newsletters, emails, + other communications. 

This document is a guide to help families know what to do when someone has dementia. It helps families see what might happen next and gives them advice on choices they may need to make.

📌 This can be found in Brain Health

💡 Print or share digitally in newsletters + emails. 

This document is a shortened version of the Virginia Dementia Road Map. 

📌 This can be found in Brain Health

💡 Print or share digitally in newsletters + emails. 

This provider toolkit incorporates factsheets and rack cards sourced from the Virginia Dementia Road Map: A Guide for People Impacted by Dementia but also integrates resources for Providers from the Alzheimer’s Association, CDC, and NACDD. Additionally, it encompasses materials focusing on risk reduction, early detection, communication with persons living with ADRD, cognitive impairment care planning, and more.

📌 This can be found in Brain Health

💡 Print or share digitally with clinicians + providers.