Community & Environmental Health - Dhw Admin

The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program is designed to ensure that young people in Idaho have access to reliable information, resources, and supportive networks that empower them to make informed choices about their sexual health and actively participate in their communities. This program promotes evidence-based educational materials focused on delaying sexual activity, accessing contraception, fostering healthy relationships, enhancing parent-child communication, and developing negotiation skills, thereby equipping teens with essential knowledge. Collaborating with Health Departments, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, and Centro de Communidad, the program aims to create a supportive environment for youth. Additionally, the Sexual Violence Prevention Program seeks to lower the rates of sexual violence in the state through primary prevention initiatives that enhance awareness and shift societal attitudes and behaviors. This program partners with various state and community organizations to cultivate leadership aimed at eradicating sexual violence. The Fit and Fall Prevention initiative offers exercise-based fall prevention strategies for older adults in Idaho, focusing on functional exercises to minimize fall risks. Local volunteers are trained to lead classes in community venues such as senior centers, churches, libraries, and hospitals. For further details, reach out to Katie Lamansky at lamanskk@dhw.idaho.gov. The Idaho Diabetes Prevention and Control Program collaborates with the Diabetes Alliance of Idaho and other healthcare and public health partners to raise awareness about prediabetes, enhance diabetes care quality, and promote diabetes prevention and self-management education statewide. For more information, contact Nicole Runner at runner@dhw.idaho.gov. Project Filter serves as Idaho's tobacco prevention and control initiative, aiming to prevent youth tobacco use, decrease overall tobacco consumption, and eliminate second-hand smoke exposure. The program offers free cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy through the Idaho Quitline (1-800-Quit Now or www.quitnow.net/Idaho), with services available in English and Spanish. Intake procedures can be obtained by contacting the program.