In 1992, Sonoma County undertook the reorganization of Aging and Adult Services as part of a planning process that involved a comprehensive restructuring of many county government programs. It was predicated on the Board of Supervisors’ goal of reducing the cost of government and consolidating services with the idea that the newly created division would be the focal point for accessing services...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of dietary counselling and complementary food supplements on anaemia and stunting prevalence in children aged 6-23 months. DESIGN A controlled intervention study with measurements of height and haemoglobin levels, and cross-sectional surveys in August 2012 (baseline), 2013 (mid-term) and 2014 (end-line). SETTING One intervention county and one control c...

In late 2010 , a request was made by members of the public to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors (the Board) to ban the use of smart meters in Monterey County due to concerns about potential adverse health effects. On January I Ph, 2011 , the Board requested that the Monterey County Health Department review the literature and produce a report summarizing scientific findings related to sma...

Introduction As the summer temperatures soared to their highest ever recorded, Oklahoma experienced its highest disease count ever since the disease had been discovered in New York in 1999. Tulsa County is the second most populous county in Oklahoma and accounted for over onefourth of the West Nile Cases in Oklahoma. Tulsa City County Health Department is also the only funded mosquito control p...

CITE ERflE EXECUTIVE , Erie County chapter of the Civil Service Employees Assn. last weeic aclaiowledged the activities of County Executive Edward A. Rath toward creating a better understanding between civil servants and the public and engenderinga harmonius worthing relationship among the County's woricers and its administration. Mailing the presentation of the citation to Mr. Rath, left, is A...

Although the 1st published record of Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus in Georgia (Rabun County) occurred in 2004, we report here a 2002 collection and identification in Fulton County, Georgia (metro Atlanta). The finding of Oc. j. japonicus in Fulton County represents the most southern record of this species in the United States to date. Also, subsequent collections in North Carolina and 4 addi...

Agent specialization as a concept of providing expertise closer to program delivery, was introduced by the Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service as a way to improve the county agent’s ability to work across county lines and across program lines. While the extension agent was still to be a resident community educator working with a broad range of county problems, he/she also would be expected ...

Rural areas have always played a significant role in the global economy by providing a variety of foods and raw materials. This role is much more prominent in developing countries. Rural development is also an important part of regional policies, covering agriculture, forestry, natural resource management, land use, and economic diversity in these areas. The present study focused on investigati...