The City of St. Louis has many groups who currently experience health disparities due to the lack of access to health care for a variety of reasons. The Health Institute is designed to reduce those barriers by providing the resources they need on-site or provide a durable link to those services in the community, while […]
Small Changes for Health is a wellness program originally designed for the Department of Health employees in 2003. First used in calendar year 2004, Small Changes for Health focuses on trying out small, health-related behaviors for a week. We encourage St. Louisans to have health success through small, weekly changes. They are motivated to continue […]
Nutrition Services’ mission is to promote good health and lifestyle practices that will reduce the incidence of chronic disease and obesity in the City of St. Louis through the provision of targeted nutrition and health education messages. Visit http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/health/nutrition/index.htm for info.
N2 HEALTH 4 LIFE is an umbrella campaign that has multiple programs and campaigns that will encourage the implementation of regular nutrition and exercise routines to impact mortality rates particularly heart disease and diabetes in the St. Louis area. “Good 4 U” is a health eating cooking show featuring national recording artist Murphy Lee and […]
Pet Ownership Comes With Responsibilities In the wake of recent events, we’d like to re-emphasize some of the actions involved in being a responsible pet owner. Within the City, pet owners should: Abide by leash laws (dogs). With very few exceptions dogs are required to be on leashes when in public areas. Examples of exceptions […]
Adolescent Sexually-Transmitted Disease (STD) Infection – In the City of St. Louis, approximately 31% of STD cases are among teenagers between the ages of 12 -18, most of whom are African American (of known race). In 2008, the Health Department created The Body and Soul Project: an STD Education Workshop for St. Louis Teens. This […]