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Although only one-third of teens report drinking in the past 30 days in
NYC, half report binge drinking (5+ drinks in one event) during this
period.
- Promote Quality Health Care for All
- Be Tobacco Free
- Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
- Be Heart Healthy
- Stop the Spread of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Recognize and Treat Depression
- Reduce Risky Alcohol Use and Drug Dependence
- Prevent and Detect Cancer
- Raise Healthy Children
- Make All Neighborhoods Healthy Places
- Climate Change as a Public Health Issue
- Faith-Based "Health Ministries"
- School-based Health Center Reproductive Health Project
- Health Effects of Air Pollution
- Salmonella Surveillance
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- Take Care Staten Island
- Examining Animal Hoarding
- Assessing Health Risks of Synthetic Turf
- Grading Restaurants to Make Them Safer
- Detecting Disease Outbreak in NYC
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Minimizing Risks for Brooklyn Police Officers
Bushwick, Brooklyn is a community with a long history of open-air heroin markets, the markedly visible presence of heroin users and an HIV/AIDS death rate twice that of the general population in NYC. Narcotics officers in the 83rd NYPD precinct, which serves this community, are at high risk for needle-stick injuries while frisking suspects who are taken into custody for drug offenses such as possession or sales. To protect the health of the officers, the NYC Health Department conducted a pilot project with private sector funding that provided puncture-proof gloves for the 83rd precinct. The gloves were distributed to all 40 narcotics officers and have provided appropriate protection in their interaction with heroin users.