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Contents Winter/Spring 2022
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Stressed, Anxious, and Depressed
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Infant Screenings
The other side effects of COVID
6
Childhood Asthma
Understanding and managing your child’s
asthma
20
Stroke Awareness
8
Caring for Caregivers
22
Winter Recipes
Source: The American Institute of
Stress
Warming winter recipes that taste good
and are good for you
See p.5 for resources on
dealing with stress.
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Vaping Dangers
12
Tips for avoiding caregiver burnout
From lung damage to addiction, vaping isn’t
safe at any age
Colorectal Screenings
How you can beat the second-leading cause
of cancer deaths
14
Love Your Heart
16
Recovery is Within Reach
How to boost your heart health
Living a life without alcohol begins with the
right resources and support
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How to spot a stroke
Not cool
Group yawn
Keeping your baby’s
development on track
IN SHORT
53%
48%
of people
have trouble sleeping
because of stress.
high school
students in
Bennington County
reported having
tried vaping.
Source: 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
See p.10 for tips to talking to your teen
about the dangers of vaping.
Stronger Together: GBCS
How GBCS helps keep families and individuals
healthy and hopeful
Community Health Resources
SVHC Resources Directory
of
Everybody’s doing it
The number of adults ages 50-75 screened
regularly for colorectal cancer
between 2012 and 2018 increased by
million individuals.
9.3
Source: National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
See p.12 to learn more about screenings.
Recovery by the numbers
Try, try…succeed
In 2019, over 1 million
Americans sought help
for their
alcohol
use disorder.
According to the American Cancer Society,
smokers make an average of
to
attempts before
they successfully
quit smoking.
8 10
Source: National Institue of Health
See p.17 for information
on where to find help near you.
• STOP SMOKING
• DRINK LESS ALCOHOL
• EAT HEALTHY
• REDUCE SALT
• LOSE WEIGHT
• EXERCISE MORE
You’ve got the power
80% of strokes can
be prevented.
Source: CDC
See p.21 for tips on stroke prevention.
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