PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff

5 apps to conquer your emergency preparedness procrastination

September 12, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

If you’re like me, you’ve been reading the coverage of the hurricanes and feeling like you should do something to be prepared for disasters. Preparing for an emergency sounds like a huge task and I didn’t know where to start. But, since it is National Preparedness Month, I want to share some apps that helped […]

Building early brain development? There’s an app for that.

February 22, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

What do you get when you cross technology with brain science? One really cool concept for building strong, healthy minds. This concept – part app, part tool, part resource and part initiative – is called Vroom. The Vroom app In a nutshell, Vroom’s mobile app is designed to give parents and caregivers suggestions for activities […]