October 2020

October Occupational Safety Meeting:

Wednesday, October 28, noon

Virtual via Zoom

Topic: Preventing Disease from the Inside Out

Speaker: Dr. John Sottery**

Dr. John Sottery is a scientist who is focused on understanding and optimizing human health at a molecular level. He has been an invited speaker at a number of prestigious scientific conferences around the world (New York, London, Sydney, Cannes, Orlando, etc.) including an Invited Keynote Presentation at Formula III in La Grande Motte, France, chaired by the 1991 Nobel Prize Winner, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. Dr. Sottery is one of the experts featured in the recently launched PBS Special "Life 201"—currently airing on Public Television stations across the United States.

Dr. Sottery believes that "aging normally" is a disaster and he is focused on helping individuals understand (and take advantage of) many of the incredible health breakthroughs of the last decade. His goal is to empower individuals with health knowledge and advanced strategies so that these individuals can take a collaborative approach with their healthcare providers to avoid chronic disease — and to enhance their health, vitality and longevity.

** Dr. John Sottery is a Ph.D. Scientist and is not a medical doctor. This presentation is educational —and he is not providing medical advice on any health condition. Any questions regarding your own health should be addressed to your own physician. Please do not start or stop any medications, or make any changes to your diet and/or supplements without first consulting with your doctor.

Make your reservation now, space is limited.

Maximum capacity of 100 participants.

Reduce Your Risks In the Workplace: COVID-19 Resources

We encourage you to share this information as broadly as possible. Although this is by far not an exhaustive list of all the resources available to businesses, it provides a lot of information and resource links compiled in one location. It includes a list of general COVID-19 resources grouped by agency, a section with resources on reopening workplaces, and additional industry-specific section. If you have additional resources we can share with others please let us know.

COVID-19 Resources

National Teen Driver Safety Week

The leading cause of death for teens ages 15-20 in the United States is traffic crashes. The efforts of Butler County Safe Communities are focused on many areas of traffic safety, but especially so for areas of great concern like youth drivers.

It’s important that new drivers, parents, educators, and communities engage in awareness and education to reach our most vulnerable drivers with these important life saving messages. Check out our Butler County Safe Communities pages for great resources on the State of Ohio GDL laws, videos, links, and tools for parents to keep our young drivers “Alive Past 25.”

Mental Health America (MHA) recognizes November as National Family Caregivers Month - a time to celebrate the contributions of caregivers, provide them with tools that they need, and continue to advocate for individuals with mental illness.

There are over 60 million Americans who are unpaid caregivers to family, friends and neighbors.

One in 5 caregivers help someone with a mental illness.

Forty-five percent of caregivers for adults with mental illness are parents, 14 percent are adult children and 11 percent are spouses.

The need for caregivers is expected to continue to grow as the US older adult population increases.

Caregiving can often have a significant impact on the life of the caregiver in more ways than one. It can make maintaining your physical and mental health more difficult and may put a strain on work and social life.

Caregivers of people with mental illness are 15 percent more likely to feel emotional stress, 11 percent more likely to report fair or poor health and 9 percent more likely to feel financial strain than caregivers of people with a physical illness. It’s important for caregivers to take care of their own mental health. Visit mhascreening.org to take a free, anonymous and confidential screen.

Supporting caregivers with information and resources can help them maintain their mental health and serve loved ones with mental illness better.

The Coalition for a Healthy Middletown works to provide knowledge and skills to increase the number of those parenting for prevention. All parents and guardians are encouraged to sign up and be in the KNOW. Click the link below to receive their newsletters.