Delaware County Public Health

10/30/2025

Help trick-or-treaters head out safely: 🎃🎃 Light the way with a flashlight. 🎃🎃 Be seen. Wear lightcolored or reflective clothing. 🎃🎃Use crosswalks.🎃🎃Stay on the sidewalk.If there’s no sidewalk, face
traffic as you walk. Watch for more tips: youtube.com/watch?v=JsVhdUv409s

10/27/2025

What do new and older car seats have in common? Both should be checked for recalls and proper installation by certified technicians. Find a car seat check event near
you: health.ny.gov/prevention/injury_prevention/carseats/

10/23/2025

10/21/2025

What is health literacy? Health Literacy is being informed and understand the health information given to you.

Improve your health literacy:
>Get your health information from accredited sources
>Ask your health care provider questions
>Write down your questions before your appointment, and ask them
>Repeat what your provider says in your own words to verify you understand what they are telling you

You are not alone in feeling like you don't understand what your health care provider tells you. The more you understand the better health decisions you make and the more comfortable you are with your health.

10/21/2025

A blood test is the only sure way to know if your child has been exposed to lead. Ask about a lead test at ages 1 and 2. Learn more: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/

10/20/2025

October 19-25, 2025, is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW). Each year, NLPPW is a call to bring together individuals, communities, organizations, industry, and state, Tribal, territorial, and local governments to reduce childhood exposure to lead by increasing lead poisoning prevention awareness and education. NLPPW highlights the many ways parents, caregivers, and communities can take action to reduce children’s exposure to lead and prevent its serious health effects.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) collaborate to heighten awareness of lead exposure and lead poisoning by providing resources for the public to use to encourage preventive actions during NLPPW and beyond.
Find out more about National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week by visiting: https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/php/nlppw/index.html
https://www.epa.gov/lead/national-lead-poisoning-prevention-week

10/20/2025

Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. It is believed that causes of Alzheimer’s disease include some combination of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors. Learn how to take charge of brain health. https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/conditions/dementia/brain_health/

10/15/2025

Everything you touch has germs that stay on your hands. Make clean hands a healthy habit everywhere you go so you don't get sick.

10/15/2025

Handwashing can become a lifelong healthy habit if you start teaching it at an early age. Give kids frequent reminders of how and when to wash hands.

10/15/2025

More cinnamon products have been added to FDA Public Health Alert due to containing lead.
Read more at: https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/more-ground-cinnamon-products-added-fda-public-health-alert-due-presence-elevated-levels-lead?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

10/03/2025

Delaware County LEICC Meeting will be held November 4th from 2:00-3:30 PM via ZOOM.
For more information, please contact our Early Intervention Program at 607-832-5200.