Health Promotion Staff- (left to right) Megan, Jamie, Brent, Desiree
Falls in elderly, concussions, car seats, keeping kids safe online and injury partners with Zero Fatality and Utah Highway Patrol.
Tobacco handler, compliance, ending nicotine dependence, etc.
Physical Activity and Nutrition policies, Worksite Wellness, Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans, etc.
Focuses on promoting physical activity and nutrition, reducing screen-time, and supporting breastfeeding-friendly environments.
Tooele County Health Educators provide disease and injury prevention activities in Tooele County. Health Education activities take place in a variety of settings including: presentations speaking engagements one-on-one counseling programs in the local schools and community Tooele County Health Educators wear many hats including training, community organizers, and health program managers. A healthy community is […]
The Tooele County Health Department has an extensive Injury Prevention Program. The focus of this program is to increase knowledge and prevention efforts to reduce injury (both intentional and unintentional), disability, death, and costs associated with injuries. The health department believes injuries are not just random acts or perchance happenings. They aren’t just “bad luck”, […]
The Tooele County Health Department is working with the public as well as day care providers to discuss and educate about the obesity epidemic in our community and on a state level. Obesity, especially in children, is the moving force in our educational goals. For more information, please contact Malaena, public health educator at (435) 277-2365 or mtoohey@tooelehealth.org […]
The Tooele County Health Department provides an Extensive Tobacco Program including health education, prevention, Tobacco Handler Classes, and retail information. Tooele County Health Department is working with the Tooele City Council and has been successful in making all of Tooele’s Parks Smoke Free. Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United […]
