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This page is an index of all audio clips on the DHHS Website including sound bites associated with DHSS news releases, public service announcements (PSAs) and podcasts.  All audio clips are provided in MP3 format.  Sound bites and PSAs are listed below by the most recent publishing date.

Podcasts

- Conversations for a Healthy Life
    (Office of Womens' Health)

Sound bites and Public Service Announcements

5/22/2013
Nebraska Tobacco Quitline and the CDC Note the Importance of “Talking with Your Doctor” to Quit Tobacco Use / Dr. ​Joseph M. Acierno, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health

1. Talk to your Doctor
2. Quitline: 1-800-QuitNow

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  5/16/2013
May is Children's Mental Health Awareness Month / Scot Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health

1. When should a parent be concerned?
2. How can parents find resources to help their child?
3. Where can a parent get help?

1. Parents and Caregivers
2. Consistent Relationships

3. Small Acts of Kindness

1. What can happen if you drink?

1. What does this survey show?
2. What is the value of the services?

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  1/24/2013
Super Bowl and Problem Gambling: More to Lose Than Money / Maya Chilese, Program Manager for the Division of Behavioral Health's Gambers Assistance Program

1. Betting on the playoffs?
2. What are the signs of problem gambling?
3. Where can a problem gambler get help?

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  1/17/2013
Nebraska Has High Levels of Radon in Homes / Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health

1. What is radon?
2. Why is radon a health concern?
3. Why is it important to test your home for radon?

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  1/08/2013
Child Flu Death Reported to DHHS / Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health

1. This is a sad reminder of how serious flu can be.
2. Vaccination is one of the most important ways to protect children from the flu.

 12/18/2012
CT Events Can Stir Emotions / Scot Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health and Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health

1. Can a mass tragedy trigger anxiety in others? (Adams)
2. Can talking to someone help? (Adams)
3. Is talking to someone about it helpful? (Schaefer)
4. How does someone cope? (Schaefer)

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  12/17/2012
December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month / Scot Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health

1. Save lives
2. Have a designated driver
3. Drive sober
4. Have safe and happy holidays

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  12/3/2012
12 Tips to a Healthy Holiday Season / Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health

1. Get your flu vaccine
2. Wash your hands… a lot
3. Stay warm
4. Manage stress
5. Don’t drink and drive
6. Buckle up
7. Be smoke-free
8. Get a check up
9. Watch the kiddos
10. Prevent injuries
11. Handle and prepare food safely
12. Eat healthy

1. Knowing Your Risk Factors
2. Diabetes Test

1. Tip 1
2. Tip 2
3. Tip 3
4. Tip 4

1. Takes many people to save a life
2. System helps ensure people in every area of state to have access to trauma care
3. Network of health care facilities provides life-saving care

1. Annual Recognition of Businesses
2. Breastfeeding Criteria
3. Breastfeeding Federal Law Now

1. What is the purpose of the training video?
2. What is the best resolution to a psychiatric crisis?
3. Who developed the training?

1. What are the warning signs your child is being bullied?
2. Tips for parents

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  10/19/2012

1. What is on some people's minds during the playoffs?

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  10/19/2012

1. No Neb. cases tied to outbreak at this time
2. Recalled products received in Neb are not the products implicated in outbreak
3. DHHS is working with local health departments to remind local health care providers of recall
4. Encourage physicians to follow up with patients who received an injectable NECC product

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  9/7/2012
Behavioral Health Consumers Can Achieve Recovery - September is Recovery Month / Scot Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health

1. PSA - I Own My Recovery
2. People can recover.
3. What is recovery all about?
4. What are resources for recovery?

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  8/28/2012
PSA - Free Water Screening Offered at Husker Harvest Days / Jack Daniel, head of the state drinking water program 

1. Bring in a water sample to be screened for nitrates.

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  8/6/2012
Survey: Behavioral Heal Consumers Satisfied / Scott Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health

1. How many report being satisfied with behavioral health services?
2. What is the health conditions of respondents?
3. Why does DHHS conduct a survey?
4. What is the level of satisfaction with behavioral health services?

1. We’re pleased to see declines in tobacco and alcohol use. 

1. Avoid Mosquito Bites

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  6/13/2012
New Service Options Available for Children with Developmental Disabilities/Jodi Fenner, Director Division of Developmental Disabilities

1. What we have done...
2. New services include...
3. More options...

1. Actions can mean the difference between life and death – Schaefer
2. It take a special type of person to do the job – Schaefer
3. Working with children is different – Kuhn

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  3/20/2012
Problem Gambling: More to Lose than Money / Maya Chilese, manager, Gamblers Assistance Program

1. What is the impact of gambling on the gambler and family?
2. What are the consequences of gambling?
3. The Problem Gambling Helpline - 1-800-GAMBLER

 1/26/2012

1. Outbreaks in facilities mean norovirus is most likely circulating in communities too
2. Norovirus symptoms

 2/04/2012
Local Radon Projects Underway / January is Radon Action Month, Sara Morgan, Indoor Air Quality Program Manager

1. What is radon?
2. Why test for radon in the winter?   

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  12/30/2011
Quitting Smoking is a Good New Year's Resolution / Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer/Director of Public Health and Scott Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health

1. What are the health effects of quitting smoking?
2. Congratulations to those who make quitting smoking there New Year resolution!

  Scot Adams

1. Quitting smoking is a great New Years resolution.
2. People with psychiatric disorders consume more cigarettes.

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  12/15/2011
Happy Holiday Tips / Scott Adams, director of the Division of Behavioral Health

1. Can we do anything about the holiday blues?
2. What causes the holiday blues?
3. Happy Holiday Tips
• Tip 1
• Tip 2
• Tip 3

1. Getting your flu vaccine protects more people than yourself
2. Here are some other things to do to keep from getting the flu

1. Flu activity will go up
2. Flu shot is tested and safe
3. Vaccine protects others too
4. Flu surveillance

 11/4/2011
Child Death Review Team Releases Report / Dr. Joseph Acierno, Deputy Chief Medical Officer

1. How many child deaths were preventable?
2. How about premature births?
3. How many motor-vehicle releated deaths occured?
4. What are the risk factors for SIDS?
5. What is the purpose of the Child Death Review Team?

1. What time of the year are glare-related crashes most likely to occur?
2. What can you do to avoid glare-related crashes?
3. When are glare-related crashes most likely to occur?

1. 30-second PSA

1. West Nile Virus is part of our landscape
2. Precautions you can take

1. Children depend on both parents
2. Wage withholding to set up payments
3. If support isn’t paid
4. Focus on getting kids resources

1. Best defense to heat is prevention
2. Fans available in many communities
3. Get the fans to people who need them
4. Some also eligible for cooling program

1. Bird tests positive for West Nile Virus in Boone County
2. We’ll see West Nile showing up more as summer progresses
3. Most people infected have no symptoms or only mild flu-like symptoms
4. Precautions You Can Take

1. Flooding and Mosquitoes
2. Precautions You Can Take
3. It’s Early in the Season

1. Sun Protection
2. Learn CPR
3. Kid-Free Zone
4. Insect Repellent
5. Food Temperature
6. Drink Fluids
7. Children Using Fireworks
8. Barbequing and Temperature

1. Nebraska has zero error rate
2. SNAP critical in meeting nutritional needs
3. Achievement due to outstanding staff
4. Check if eligible for SNAP benefits

1. Test water if there is a change in taste of color

1. If stress interfering with life, get help
2. Resilient people recover
3. Stress is normal response to flooding
4. Warning signs of stress

6/13/11
Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15, 2011

1.  Mp3 Report Elder Abuse

1. Why is flood water in a well unsafe?
2. What should be done to prevent contamination of wells
   • Caulk
   • Seal vents

1. When in doubt, call
2. Keep reporting if child in danger
3. State law says we’re obligated

1. Believe in the power of music
2. What is TUNE?
3. TUNE’s goal

1. Children can develop serious psychological problems
2. Recovery is possible
3. Call the Nebraska Family Helpline

1. Make a call and protect a child
2. I appreciate public’s willingness to act
3. Look for possible signs of abuse
4. Hotline is available 24/7
5. Only law enforcement can remove children
6. Department and law enforcement work together

1. How much is too much
2. Men at risk 4 drinks one day
3. Rethinking drinking website

1. Injuries Are Major Public Health Problem
2. Misconception about Accidents

1. New Dental Health Program
2. The fluoride varnish program.
3. Children are most vulnerable

1. Gambling can become a serious problem for some.
2. Problem gambling can destroy finances, families and friends.
3. Three signs of problem gambling

1. Second dose of chickenpox vaccine builds stronger immunity
2. Chickenpox is a serious disease
3. It’s not too early to vaccinate for next school year

What effects does alchohol have on a child?

1. I know the impact of the disease and hope that support systems can provide...
2. Greater risk for emotional problems...
3. Anxiety, guilt or confusion...

1. What did the survey indicate?
2. What did parents think?
3. What did adults think?
4. How did consumers fell about behavioral health services?
5. Were consumers satisfied by Nebraska's public behavioral health system?

1. What might people feel after a traumatic event?