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Cov tub ntxhais kawm theem siab Merced yeej Vax Facts Challenge

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Scotts Valley, Calif., Lub Plaub Hlis 7, 2025 - Central California Alliance for Health (lub Alliance), koom tes nrog Merced County Office of Education (MCOE), zoo siab tshaj tawm Areesha Tariq, ib tug menyuam kawm ntawv ntawm El Capitan High School, raws li tus yeej ntawm lub inaugural Vax Facts Challenge-kev sib tw video tsim los koom nrog Merced County cov tub ntxhais kawm theem siab hauv kev kawm txog kev noj qab haus huv rau pej xeem.

Cov lus tshaj tawm no los txog thaum Lub Limtiam Kev Tiv Thaiv Cov Hluas (Lub Plaub Hlis 7-11), lub tebchaws pib txhawb cov hluas thiab cov hluas kom ntseeg tau cov peev txheej, nug cov lus nug thiab nqis tes ua kom ntseeg siab txog kev txhaj tshuaj. Areesha qhov yeeb yaj kiab yeej, "Cov Tshuaj Tiv Thaiv rau Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Yav Tom Ntej," tsuas yog qhov ntawd - xa cov lus qhia meej, muaj tswv yim thiab txaus siab txog lub luag haujlwm tshuaj tiv thaiv hauv kev tiv thaiv tib neeg thiab zej zog kev noj qab haus huv.

Raws li tus yeej kev sib tw, Areesha yuav tau txais a $500 khoom plig card thiab a daim ntawv pov thawj ntawm kev txaus siab. Tsis tas li ntawd, El Capitan High School yuav tau txais khoom plig $1,500 txhawb nqa tsev kawm ntawv cov kev pab cuam. Nws cov vis dis aus yuav nthuav tawm ntawm MCOE's website thiab Alliance txoj kev sib txuas lus los pab nthuav qhia kev paub txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev txhaj tshuaj raws sij hawm.

Dr. Omar Guzman, Chief Health Equity Officer ntawm Alliance tau hais tias "Peb txaus siab rau qhov zoo thiab muaj tswv yim ntawm Areesha qhov kev xa tawm," said Dr. "Tus menyuam kawm ntawv no tau qhia txog kev cog lus zoo tshaj plaws rau kev kawm txog kev noj qab haus huv rau pej xeem, thiab peb zoo siab lees paub lawv qhov kev ua tiav thaum Lub Ob Hlis Kev Txhaj Tshuaj Rau Cov Hluas."

"Lub Nroog Merced Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Kawm txaus siab rau txoj haujlwm muaj tswv yim muab tso rau hauv Vax Facts Challenge," said Merced County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steve Tietjen. "Peb zoo siab tau pom qhov cuam tshuam zoo ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab uas yeej yuav muaj los txhawb kev paub txog cov lus tseem ceeb ntawm kev noj qab haus huv rau cov tub ntxhais kawm."

Vyog qhov winning video thiab kawm ntxiv txog qhov Vax Facts Challenge. Yog xav paub ntxiv txog Lub Limtiam Kev Txhaj Tshuaj Tiv Thaiv Cov Hluas thiab yuav ua li cas txhawb kev txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv menyuam yaus, mus saib Unity® Consortium.

Hais txog Central California Alliance for Health (lub Alliance)

Lub Alliance yog ib cheeb tsam Medi-Cal tswj kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv txoj kev npaj tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1996, mob siab rau kev txhim kho kev nkag mus rau kev kho mob rau ntau tshaj 450,000 tus tswv cuab hauv Merced, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Mariposa thiab San Benito counties. Ua haujlwm raws li lub xeev lub County Organized Health System (COHS) qauv, Alliance txuas cov tswv cuab nrog cov neeg muab kev pabcuam kom xa cov kev pabcuam thiab kev saib xyuas raws sijhawm, hais txog kev tiv thaiv, kev tshawb nrhiav ntxov thiab kev kho mob zoo. Nrog lub zeem muag ntawm "cov neeg noj qab haus huv, cov zej zog noj qab haus huv," Alliance tseem cog lus los txhawb kev nkag mus rau kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv zoo rau nws cov tswv cuab. Yog xav paub ntxiv, mus saib www.thealliance.heath.

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Linda Gorman yog Tus Thawj Coj Kev Sib Txuas Lus ntawm Central California Alliance for Health (the Alliance). Nws saib xyuas Alliance cov phiaj xwm kev sib txuas lus thoob plaws txhua txoj hauv kev thiab cov neeg tuaj saib, txheeb xyuas cov sijhawm los txhawb kev paub txog Alliance thiab cov ncauj lus tseem ceeb ntawm kev noj qab haus huv. Linda tau nyob nrog Alliance txij li xyoo 2019 thiab muaj ntau tshaj 20 xyoo ntawm kev lag luam thiab kev sib txuas lus hauv kev tsis muaj txiaj ntsig, kev tuav pov hwm, thiab kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv. Nws tau kawm tiav Master of Arts hauv Kev Sib Txuas Lus thiab Kev Coj Ua.