[caption id="attachment_4657" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image from Clipart-Library[/caption] For all parents, Back to School season can be a chaotic time of year. Buying new supplies, finding new classrooms, and sometimes, even starting new schools can cause a lot of business, and even in some situations stress. However, for parents of kids with medical conditions, disabilities, or special needs, your Back to School preparations may also include lining up tutors, doctors appointments, speech therapy appointments, refilling extra medications to be kept with the school nurse, and more.

Yesterday began National Public Health Week. While public health sounds pretty straightforward—public! people around us! health! not being sick!—is public health as simple as what it sounds like? What is the purpose of National Public Health Week? And how do we do better at ensuring we stay healthy and keep our communities the same way?

In searching for public heath on Google, I primarily encountered governmental agencies responsible for public health. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) stated the activi