CDC continues to collaborate with public health officials in many states and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. As of 9 PM Wednesday, January 21, 2009, the case count is 488 in 43 states and one case in Canada.
We hope you will share the following information and resources with the public and other stakeholders through your channels and contacts:
In order to make it easier for consumers to determine whether any of the peanut butter-containing products they have at home are subject to recall, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created and posted an expanded, searchable database that will be updated as new information becomes available: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm.
For information on products containing peanut butter from companies not reporting recalls, consumers may wish to consult the company's website or call the toll-free number listed on most packaging. Please note that information consumers may receive from the companies has not been verified by FDA.
Information about recalled products and Salmonella can be found by calling 1-800-CDC-INFO.
A podcast on the outbreak, response, and consumer information can be downloaded from CDC's Web site at http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=10684
Persons who think they may have become ill from eating peanut butter are advised to consult their health care providers. Most persons infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12–72 hours after infection.
Diane Allensworth, PhD
Associate Director for Education Partnerships
Division of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In December 1987, an expanded concept of the school health program was introduced by leaders in the health education field. This school health program model includes the eight components shown here. Although our services primarily address Comprehensive Health and Physical Education we coordinate our programs with the other six components in an effort to bring quality programs to the children of Oakland County.
All the strategies, activities, and services offered by, in, or in association with schools that are designed to promote students' physical, emotional, and social development make up a school's health program.
When a school works with students, their families, and their community to provide these strategies, activities, and services in a coordinated, planned way, then the term coordinated school health program applies. Ideally, a coordinated school health program would include several, if not all, of the following: a healthful environment; nursing and other health services that students need to stay in school; nutritious and appealing school meals; oportunities for physical activity that include physical education; health education that covers a range of developmentally appropriate topics taught by knowledgeable teachers; programs that promote the health of school faculty and staff; and counseling, psychological and social services that promote healthy social and emotional development and remove barriers to students' learning.
For more information on school health programs, visit the web site of the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/index.html
Upcoming workshops-
HIV/AIDs for Special Populations, January 28, 2009
Special Education Sexuality, Relationship and Abuse Issues, January 28, 2009
Presenting Special Education Sexuality Education Curriculum, January 29, 2009
Introduction to Sexuality, HIV/AIDS Training for Elementary Teachers, February 4 & 11, 2009
Preventing Dating Violence, February 5, 2009
Oakland County Health Division - Spring Into Health, March 11, 2009
Creating Safe Schools for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and questioning youth, April 28, 2009