{"id":21705,"date":"2013-04-01T18:45:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T22:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=21705"},"modified":"2013-04-01T18:45:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T22:45:01","slug":"april-1st-thru-7th-is-national-public-health-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=21705","title":{"rendered":"April 1st thru 7th is National Public Health Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21706\" alt=\"PH week\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/PH-week.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/PH-week.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/PH-week-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/PH-week-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/PH-week-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/tag\/nativenewyorker\/\" target=\"_blank\">By NativeNewYorker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is National Public Health Week &#8211; a great time for all of us to focus on the health and safety of our homes and our community.\u00a0 Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nphw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">APHA (American Public Health Association) website <\/a>for daily tips to prevent injuries and illness at home, at school, in the workplace and while travelling. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nphw.org\/tools-and-tips\/themes\/ensuring-a-safe-healthy-home-for-your-family\" target=\"_blank\">today&#8217;s tips <\/a>about preventing injuries in your home:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The majority of fire-related deaths happen at home.\u00a0Someone dies in a fire every 169 minutes and\u00a0about two-thirds of home fire deaths happen in homes without working\u00a0 smoke alarms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>WHAT You CAN DO:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoke alarms can double your chance of surviving a fire, so install alarms on every floor of your home and test that they&#8217;re working monthly. While you&#8217;re at it, install a carbon monoxide alarm on every floor of your home as well.<\/li>\n<li>Help prevent fires \u2014 as well as serious health problems and chronic diseases \u2014 by making your home tobacco- and smoke-free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nine out of every 10 childhood poison exposures happens at home, with medications being among the top culprits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>WHAT You CAN DO:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep potentially dangerous household products, such as cleaning products, cosmetics and prescription medications, locked up and out of children&#8217;s reach. Also, never store household chemicals in old food containers or in the same place you keep food items. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upandaway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.upandaway.org\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Put this number on your fridge and in your cell phone: 1-800-222-1222. It will automatically connect you to your regional poison control center and often life-saving information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among people ages 65 and older. Each year, one out of every three adults ages 65 and older experiences a fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>WHAT You CAN DO:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Assess your home, or the home of a loved one, for factors that could contribute to a fall, such as: poor lighting, uneven flooring, throw rugs\u00a0and clutter.\u00a0 For more infomations on falls prevention go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/Features\/OlderAmericans\/\" target=\"_blank\">CDC Focus on Preventing Falls<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21709\" alt=\"fallrisks_355px\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/fallrisks_355px.jpg\" width=\"355\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/fallrisks_355px.jpg 355w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/fallrisks_355px-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker This is National Public Health Week &#8211; a great time for all of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124715430,15005908,124718155,13985,124715477,124715431,296199],"tags":[124715488,124715489,124715485,124715482,124715483,124715481,124715486,124715484,124715479,124715480,124715487],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21705"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21713,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21705\/revisions\/21713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}