Healthy Greer

Oklahoma has much to celebrate.  Since statehood, we have seen the creation of an ever-expanding immunization system, greater control of infectious diseases, a safer food supply system, fluoridation, advances in injury prevention, better family planning, improvement in care for mothers and babies, decreased use of tobacco products, and more.  The changes have been truly incredible.

Still Oklahoma struggles with its health status.  We need to continue working to ensure all of our children are up-to-date with their immunizations.  More family planning options are available now than ever before and yet, too many unplanned and unintended children are born every day in Oklahoma.  Even though we now know more about safe and healthy foods along with the importance of regular exercise, childhood obesity is rising at epidemic levels.  For more information on these and other health topics refer to the State of the States Health 2007: 2007

National goals- leading health indicators
www.healthypeople.gov/

County Health Profiles including Greer - 2005
Profiles 2005

Oklahoma State Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics: Statistics
OK2Share

Another area of interest concerns our youth in Oklahoma.  The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. These behaviors, often established during childhood and early adolescence, include tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, inadequate physical activity, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection, and behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence.  More information can be found at the following sites:
OSDH YRBS and CDC YRBS.