Nurses Week focus on good health for nurses promotes resilience

May 9, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

Burnout is a problem in many professions – and particularly in nursing. For National Nurses Week this year, the focus is on promoting good health for nurses themselves. Within Public Health – Seattle & King County, this fits squarely with many efforts to help people overcome the impacts of burnout and “secondary trauma” (which comes […]

There’s no place like home: family home child care in King County

January 13, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

By MyKa’La Alexander, Ilma Vikovic, and Julianne Korn, Healthy Eating and Active Living Interns The walls of Anaji Aman’s home are lined floor to ceiling with colorful posters depicting numbers, shapes, fruits and veggies, maps, animals, and the months of the year, as well as children’s artwork. There are books in many different languages and […]

Give peas a chance! Help us beet hunger year round

December 21, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

With New Years’ resolution season looming, you might be thinking of ways to be healthier in 2017. This year, we’d like to ask you to take it one step further: make a resolution to help others be healthier too. Public Health is partnering with the emergency food system to bring healthier foods to food banks, […]

5 health tips for the Sounders Parade

December 12, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SEATTLE SOUNDERS, MLS CHAMPIONS!!!! Naturally, as your Public Health department, we have a few health tips for those of you heading out to the Sounders Parade on Tuesday: Dress warmly. Save the naked body paint looks for the warmer weather of the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade. By all means, wear the scarves! […]

Quittin’ kittens: where are they now?

November 17, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

This year, 10 kittens made headlines by making 2016 their year to quit tobacco, and one question has been keeping us up at night: where are they now? In honor of the Great American Smokeout, Public Health Insider caught up with the quittin’ kittens to find out.

Growing produce and community at Elk Run Farm

September 1, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Food banks in South King County serve 30,000 families a month, but fresh produce can be hard to come by. Our partner Elk Run Farm is changing that, and growing community in Maple Valley in the process.