Health promotion and educational materials are available free of charge. Health Education staff are available to provide free community health education presentations and participate in health fairs and other community events. To request materials, schedule a presentation or for more information please call 973-579-0370 and ask for the Health Educator. Health Education Topics on this Website Hot Topics ↓ Communicable Disease Reporting Reqts ↓ NEW JERSEY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES To expedite the reporting of certain diseases or outbreaks of disease so that appropriate action can be taken to protect the public health. Reporting Requirements  School Exclusion List ↓ A School Exclusion List indicates for which illnesses a child must be excluded from, or kept out of, school. If you think that your child has an illness that can be spread to others, please keep him or her home from school. Contact your health care provider for further assistance. School Exclusion List Brochure School Exclusion List Rabies ↓ Rabies Information → Wild animals such as raccoons, skunks, bats, foxes, and coyotes are much more likely to carry rabies, however, dogs, cats, cattle (cows), or any warm-blooded animal can carry rabies and pass it to humans. Bed Bugs ↓ Bed Bugs → are small wingless insects that feed solely upon the blood of warm-blooded animals. Bed bugs and their relatives have evolved as nest parasites. Certain kinds inhabit bird nests and bat roosts and await the return of their hosts; others have adapted well to living in the "nests" (homes) of people. MRSA ↓ Exhaustive information on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). → Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a major concern for public health officials and health care providers. Influenza ↓ AVIAN, PANDEMIC, AND SEASONAL FLU The basics on influenza information → Learn why Hand Hygiene is so important  Emergency Preparedness ↓ Find out what we are doing to prepare → What you can do to prepare → A Public Health Guide to Emergency Planning  Guia de Salud Publica Para la Planificacion Contra Emergencias Childhood Obesity ↓ Learn how to identify and control obesity in children  More on childhood obesity  Seasonal ↓ WINTER Winter Safety Tips → Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide  SUMMER Summer Safety Tips → Lyme Disease --> Click here to watch the Lyme disease video SPRING Outdoor Allergies  FALL Indoor Allergies  Stay Safe and Healthy on Halloween  → Tobacco ↓ Health Effects, Quitting, Schools, Parents, more... → Tobacco Age of Sale Enforcement (TASE) → Burn Wise ↓ It is essential that people use clean well-seasoned wood and good fire building practices to reduce smoke inside and outside of the home. "Burn Wise" with Help from the US Environmental Protection Agency → Outdoor Wood Boilers ↓ An outdoor wood boiler is a wood-fired water heater that is located outside. The fires in the large fire boxes heat water that is circulated through underground pipes into a building or home. The energy may be used to heat homes, domestic hot water, greenhouses, swimming pools, and more. The units produce dense smoke because they have short stacks that disperse smoke poorly. Since, these units are intended for use year around, they are constantly emitting smoke. Outdoor Wood Boilers → Wellness ↓ DISEASE ↓ HIV/AIDS AIDS Rapid Testing Sites by County  When it's time to tell your loved one you are HIV Positive New Jersey State Division of HIV/AIDS Services  Diabetes  Hepatitis  Babesiosis → Lyme Disease → New! Click here to watch the Lyme disease video Obesity  Osteoporosis  WEST NILE VIRUS Sussex County Mosquito control → Protect Your Home Against Mosquitoes  West Nile Virus- There is No Match for Common Sense  Lice → Peanut Allergies → Herbal Supplements & Prescription Medications → DASH Away Your High Blood Pressure → PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TIPS ↓ American Council for Fitness and Nutrition  National Association for Health and Fitness  Guidelines for Healthy Meetings  Ejercicio y actividad fisica  NUTRITION ↓ Food Safety During Power Outage → Tips from the American Dietetic Association  ChooseMyPlate  Click here to learn about meal shopping, dietary supplements and much more  Government Food Safety Guidelines  Home Food Safety Tips  Vitamin D → NEED HELP QUITTING? ↓ NJ Quit Line  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ↓ Information You Should Know About Radon → Indoor Air Pollution  Water, Sanitation and Health  Global Environmental Change, Health and Protection  HAND WASHING ↓ Spread the Message, Not a Disease Click the play button to view the 30 sec. Hand Washing video --> And, Happy Birthday. General Health ↓ Increase your heart disease awareness  Adult Immunizations  Travel tips for going overseas  Why should I have a colonoscopy?  Body Image for Men and Women  Bone Health  Mental Health  WOMEN'S HEALTH ↓ Pregnancy  Menopause  Women and Sexual Health  Women and Mental Health  Breast Cancer  MEN'S HEALTH ↓ Prostate Cancer  Testicular Cancer  Sexual Health  CHILD HEALTH ↓ Vaccines  Kidshealth.org  SENIOR HEALTH ↓ Sussex County Division of Senior Services → National Institute on Aging  What to expect as you get older  Healthy aging for older adults  Depression and Older Adults  Sexuality in Later Life  Walking Problems  Medicines: Use them safely  Getting your affairs in order  Department of Environmental and Public Health Services Home