TYLER \u2013 The Northeast Texas Public Health District (NET Health) is doing its part for National Public Health Week, April 1-7. Officials say every year in the United States, seven out of 10 deaths are due to preventable chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. In fact, chronic diseases account for a whopping 75 percent of national health care spending, yet only 3 percent of our health care dollars go toward prevention, according to a NET Health news release. \u201cBut there are steps we can take to help turn these statistics around,\u201d says NET Health CEO George Roberts. \u201cResearch shows that investing just $10 per person each year in proven, community-based public health efforts can save the nation more than $16 billion within five years. That\u2019s a $5.60 return for every $1 invested.\u201d <\/p>\n
Roberts says this year\u2019s National Public Health Week theme, \u201cSave Lives, Save Money,\u201d focuses on raising awareness on the roles of public health and prevention, and its benefits to the community. \u201cWe all have a role to play in making our communities healthier places and Northeast Texas Public Health District (NET Health) is excited to help lead the way,\u201d adds Roberts. \u201cMany small preventive steps can add up to make a big difference in transforming a health care system focused on treatment to one that equally values prevention.\u201d <\/p>\n
The week-long event has set daily themes for the community to observe and adapt within their daily lifestyles.
\nMonday, April 1: \u201cEnsuring a Safe, Healthy Home for Your Family\u201d
\nTuesday, April 2: \u201cProviding a Safe Environment for Children at School\u201d
\nWednesday, April 3: \u201cCreating a Healthy Workplace\u201d
\nThursday, April 4: \u201cProtecting You While You\u2019re On The Move\u201d
\nFriday, April 5: \u201cEmpowering a Healthy Community\u201d <\/p>\n
Visit http:\/\/www.nphw.org<\/a> or http:\/\/www.healthyeasttx.org<\/a> for more information about National Public health week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TYLER \u2013 The Northeast Texas Public Health District (NET Health) is doing its part for National Public Health Week, April 1-7. Officials say every year in the United States, seven out of 10 deaths are due to preventable chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. In fact, chronic diseases account for a whopping 75 … Continue reading National Public Health Week April 1-7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 07:32:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249431"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249555,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249431\/revisions\/249555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}