Poorly educated whites . Weve asked today to discuss this complex and interesting and very troubling topic, we have three people. First to my left is pramod dwivedi, who is t linn county director of Public Health. Next to him is erin davis, associate professor of sociology from cornell. Erin davis morning bob sessions and david jepsen, retired prorossor of education frfr university of iowa. David jepsen thank you for having us. Bob sessions thank you all for joining us this morning. Pramod dwivedi thank you. Good morning. Bob sessions we dont have a lot of time. Its only a half hour but i do want to be sure that were fairly clear on exactly whats being claimed by these two professors and what some of the concerns are with their data and so on but i dont want to spend our whole time talking about those details. Erin, why dont you give us your perspective on exactly what it is that theyre telling us . Youre the mostly looking at changes in mortality rate. Morbidity and mortality but i th
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A Linn County panel devoted to raising awareness of stigma surrounding mental health and resources for support recommended the county explore changes to county worker benefits and improving communication about mental health to employees.
Amid rising rates of some sexually-transmitted infections, Linn County Public Health wants people to know: “If you use it, test it.” This evocative message is intended to broaden awareness about the risk of spreading infections through sex that isn’t intercourse.