Public Health Information
  • Home
  • About
  • Tech Tools
  • Resources & Local Data
  • Careers
  • Classes
    • Introduction to Public Health
    • Health and Social Justice
    • US Health Care System
  • Blog

Health Resources and Health in the news


Data websites

Data By Issue
CDC Injury Data - Data Link
STI (see quarterly data too) Local Data
Central Oregon Quarterly Data - Click here
COVID 19
- Twitter
- Johns Hopkins Page

Homeless Report

Kern Data
  • County Health Rankings - See how Kern County ranks
  • Kidsdata- Data for kids in Kern and California
  • California School Data - truancy, suspensions, fitness, and wellness data.
  • Kern County Report Card- data on how children are faring in Kern County
  • Burden of Diabetes in CA report
  • Toxic Stress in Kern County
  • STD Data for State and Kern County
  • Kern Health Indicators
  • Food Safety and Pesticides Information
    • This one is a great data base tool on pesticides use
    • This one is on endocrine disruptors
    • Antibiotic Resistance and food
    • Biosolids and Kern lost article

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS IN THE
CLASSROOM CLICK HERE
Examples of successful navigator programs
2017_innovations_conference_ojc_presentation_3.13.17.pptx_[autosaved].pptx
File Size: 3671 kb
File Type: pptx
Download File

kan_june_8_2016.pptx
File Size: 2451 kb
File Type: pptx
Download File


Public Health in the News



  • E-coli Outbreak - Feb 2016 - E-coli outbreak linked to Chipotle
  • Updates regarding Zika Virus - Zika Virus is a serious public health concern.
  • Scientists Move Closer to Understanding Schizophrenia's Cause - genetic research unlocks part of the puzzle.
  • Drug overdose ripples across America - death rates are impacted.
  • Population Ages- Where are the Geriatricians?
  • Can we be retrained to like healthier food? - exposure to food can change behaviors.
  • Food Hardship Study

The Bakersfield Californian Articles on Public Health Issues
  • Treatment Crisis, The Bakersfield Californian, Harold Pierce, The Bakersfield Californian, (November 5, 2017) 
  • An Invisible crisis: Toxic Stress is helping to shorten lives in Kern County communities. The Bakersfield Californian, Harold Pierce (July 15, 2017).
  • Suicide rates among kids startles Kern County advocates, The Bakersfield Californian, Harold Pierce, (
  • What's killing America's new mothers? Quartz, Annalisa Mereli, October 29, 2017








Proudly powered by Weebly