{"id":4491,"date":"2020-09-01T19:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packardhealth.org\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:22:38","slug":"disease-prevention-keeping-our-community-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packardhealth.org\/es\/disease-prevention-keeping-our-community-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Disease Prevention: Keeping Our Community Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children’s Immunizations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thought of a schedule can be intimidating.\nThey can be complicated to create, follow, and maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s immunization schedules are\nno exception. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that this schedule,\nwhich includes the prevention of 13 diseases, be carefully followed.  Packard Health understands that taking the\ntime to educate our patients\u2019 parents or guardians about each vaccination on\nthe schedule is an important part of this process.  Packard Health providers are willing and\neager to answer questions and discuss concerns around vaccinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global pandemic has caused fear and\nuncertainty about leaving the safety of home and risking exposure.  While no public place can be deemed entirely\n\u201csafe,\u201d a medical facility rests at the top of the list of the safest given the\nsafety and cleaning protocols and procedures firmly in place, such as enforcing\nmask wearing, physical distancing, and plexiglass barriers.  Skipping an important medical appointment can\nhave serious consequences.  Packard\nHealth is helping to ensure that its patients\u2019 medical needs, including disease\nprevention, are attended to during COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe avoidable suffering and death caused\nby children missing out on routine immunizations could be far greater than\nCOVID-19 itself,\u201d according to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health\nOrganization Director-General. \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t have to be that way. Vaccines\ncan be delivered safely even during the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Echoing such statements on the\nimportance of vaccinations is Packard Health Nurse Practitioner Cathy Buiten, APRN-C<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSARS-CoVid-19 has rocked the world,\u201d\nsaid Buiten. \u201cMore personally it has taken us away from school, work, and the\ngym, and it has taken some we love in painful ways.  Scientists are developing vaccines to prevent\nus from this personally, socially, and economically destructive disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, we need to continue\nto take advantage of the vaccines we already have. It is easy to forget the\ntragedies that led to their development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buiten shared a story about a\nchildhood neighbor. \u201cShe had polio. She\nremembered being sent to the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago for\neight months in her childhood.  No one from her family could visit\nher.  She was disabled until her natural death at age 88.\u201d  According\nto Buiten, since the development of vaccinations to combat polio, there has not\nbeen a case of type 2 wild poliovirus since 1999, and cases of\ntype 3 wild poliovirus have not been found anywhere in the world\nsince 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\ncan be difficult for the current, post-vaccine generations to comprehend what\nlife was truly like during those times. In some way, the fear that has resulted\nfrom the current pandemic gives us all a taste. The significant drop in the\nnumber of vaccinations since the pandemic began is of great concern. While vaccinations have been challenged, they work,\nbut only when widely administered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSmallpox was the\nfirst disease combated with a vaccine, which was developed in 1796.  We no\nlonger immunize the general population against smallpox,\u201d shared Buiten. \u201cHowever,\nmeasles, pertussis, hepatitis and other diseases run through our world. \nFortunately, we have immunizations that prevent these diseases from having a\nharmful impact on our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advice from Buiten, \u201cTalk to older neighbors \u2013 learn about what they lived through.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Make an appointment today for immunizations:
https:\/\/packardhealth.org\/contact\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn about the steps taken to develop a vaccine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Fcvgp6gNh6o\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Schedules & Resources:
Birth \u2013 6 Year Schedule<\/a> \u2013 Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>
7 \u2013 18 Year Schedule<\/a> \u2013 Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>
Vaccines for Children Program<\/a> (no cost vaccinations) \u2013 Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>
Vaccination Guidance During a Pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cervical Cancer Screening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like immunizations, cervical\ncancer screening is all about prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having access to a simple\nscreening tool can be the difference between discovering the onset of cancer or\nan advanced diagnosis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Cancer Society<\/a> estimates that about\n4,290 women will die from cervical cancer in the United State this year.\nCervical cancer is most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 35 and 44 and\nwas once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women.
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\nThe cervical cancer death rate dropped significantly with the increased use of\nthe Pap\ntest<\/a>, which detects both changes in the cervix before cancer develops and\nearly, curable cancer.  In conjunction\nwith the more recently developed HPV\ntest<\/a>, which detects infection by high-risk types of HPV that are more\nlikely to cause pre-cancer and cancers of the cervix, prevention is even better\nversus a Pap test alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Risk\nfactors<\/a> that can be managed include: HPV vaccines, HPV treatments, sexual\nhistory, smoking, a weakened immune system, chlamydia infection, long-term use\nof oral contraceptives, multiple full-term pregnancies, young age at first\nfull-term pregnancy, economic status, and a diet low in fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, Hispanic\nwomen, followed by Black\/African-American women, have the highest risk of\ndeveloping cervical cancer.  Fifty two\npoint nine percent of Packard Health patients are women and approximately 80%\nof those women are in the age range for regular cervical cancer screenings. Of\nthe almost 65% of female patients that disclosed their race, about 33% are Black\/African\nAmerican. Approximately 43% of women disclosed their ethnicity, just fewer than\n14% of them identified as Hispanic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many in our Packard Health community are at a higher risk of being impacted. Let us help to prevent and detect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: American Cancer Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Make an appointment today for a cervical cancer screening:
https:\/\/packardhealth.org\/contact\/<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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