Health
- Health Information for Texans! Family and Consumer Sciences website

- Walk Across Texas! website
- End of Year County Brief (Word|PDF|WP)
- 2008 WAT Update (PowerPoint format)

(Please note this is a large file, 6MB, and could take approximately 30 minutes to download using 28K modem.)- 2008 WAT Update (PDF
format)
(Smaller file size [1.5MB] to allow faster download. This file is formatted to fit one page at a time on screen for presentation. You may also print this document.)
- 2008 WAT Update (PDF
format)
- Children
Who Learn to Live Healthy, Live Longer. (PowerPoint presentation–1.8MB)
- Children Who Learn to Live Healthy, Live Longer. (Presentation in PDF format–990K)
Fact Sheets
- Understanding Cholesterol Handout (PDF)

- Understanding Blood Pressure Handout (PDF)

- Overall Core Competencies for Health (PDF)
- Fact Sheet on Physical Activity and the Brain (PDF)
- Reliable Health Resources (PDF)
- Anthrax Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Anthrax Radio Script (PDF)
Slide Presentations
- Stress: The Spice of Life! (PowerPoint
- talking points are included in this file)
(note:
this is a very large file - 23MB)
- Your Stress Diary Handout (PDF)
- Cholesterol Counts – What
you should know about your cholesterol (PowerPoint)
- Understanding Blood Pressure – Knowing
your numbers and what they mean (PowerPoint)
- Avian and Pandemic Flu – What Families Need to Know (PowerPoint) (updated 05/30/2006)
- Preparing for Flu Season (PowerPoint)
- Finding Reliable Health Resources on the Web (PowerPoint)
- Self-Care and Health Costs (PowerPoint)
Lesson Plans
- Stress: The Spice of Life! (PowerPoint
- talking points are included in this file)
(note:
this is a very large file - 23MB)
- Your Stress Diary Handout (PDF)
- Cholesterol Counts – What you should know
about your cholesterol (PowerPoint)
- Understanding Blood Pressure – Knowing
your numbers and what they mean (PowerPoint)
- Let’s Have a Heart to Heart Talk: Heart Attacks and Strokes – What Women Should Know (PDF)
- Reduce Your Cancer Risk
- What is Diabetes?
- Getting More From Your Doctor’s Visit

- The Eyes Have It!

- Let’s Breathe Easier: Asthma Management in the Home
- Diabetes, Obesity, and Acanthosis Information is located under the Child Health category
County Health Programs
- Managing Health Care Costs for Texas Counties (PDF)
- Healthwise Workshop – Training Manual (PDF)
- Healthwise Workshop – Presentation (PowerPoint)
How to Build a Coalition
- Coalition Building: 8 Easy Steps (PowerPoint) (Note, this is a large file, 2.8MB, and could take approximately 30 minutes to download using 28K modem.)

