More than 600,000 Arizonans are affected by asthma, a controllable chronic disease, with approximately 80 deaths each year, according to the Arizona Asthma Coalition. There are approximately 120,000 Arizonan children with asthma and every year asthma has led to 3,000 hospitalizations, costing Arizonans several millions in direct medical costs, according to the Arizona Health Sciences…
A decreasing number of children being vaccinated concerns Arizona health officials. The growing rates of childhood immunization exemptions are not due to religious beliefs or medical backgrounds, but the parents’ personal beliefs, according to the state Department of Health Services. The exemption rates were more than twice as high in the 2012-2013 school year (3.9%) compared…
In order to combat obesity there have been many changes inside and outside of schools aimed at getting children and their families more focused on health and wellness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 13.1 percent of adolescents are obese, and 14.2 percent of children are obese. “Obesity prevalence has increased over…
