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November 19 is 3rd Annual Public Health Thank You Day November 19 marks the third annual national Public Health Thank You Day. During this season of giving thanks, we acknowledge our gratitude to our local public health professionals for leading the effort to protect the health of all Americans. Public health workers come from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and are dedicated to the communities they serve and are sometimes the “invisible” heroes who protect us. The work of public health professionals has a significant impact on our daily lives: protecting our food and water supplies, ensuring that immunizations are provided, identifying community health threats and implementing policies and programs to alleviate them; providing pregnant women with resources to ensure that they have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies; working with the elderly to ensure that they are safe in their homes and the community; teaching parents how to keep their children safe in motor vehicles; and performing surveillance for emerging diseases. Every year, prevention and public health research save millions of lives by giving people the information they need to avoid injuries, illnesses and chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. But because prevention isn’t something we can usually see, we often take it for granted. With merely one cent of every health dollar devoted to public health and prevention research, agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that lead the prevention effort work tirelessly to protect the health of our nation. The Yale School of Public Health’s faculty collaborates with the City of New Haven as well as other municipalities throughout the state, the State of Connecticut, and with local non-governmental organizations such as the Connecticut Public Health Association and the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health to enhance the health and meet the needs of the people in our state. Public Health Thank You Day, organized by Research!America, the American Public Health Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health, The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County & City Health Officials, and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health provides us the opportunity to recognize and appreciate the crucial role of our public health practitioners and advocates in ensuring our safety and well-being.
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