Programs and Activities

NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments (LHDs). NACCHO supports efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practice and systems. NACCHO provides resources, tools, and assistance to LHDs in the following focus areas:

		The Public Health Infrastructure and Systems program helps LHDs perform their core functions and essential services.
		The Community Health program helps LHDs promote health and prevent disease.
		The Environmental Health program helps LHDs promote human health and safe environments by focusing on the relationship between people and their environments.
		The Public Health Preparedness program helps LHDs enhance their readiness to respond to emergencies.

In the Spotlight

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine

The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) project was derived from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) workshop in March 2009 where the Federal Risk-Based Border Strategy (RBBS) was unveiled. NACCHO, with support from the CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, strives to enhance the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to provide risk-based disease screening strategies to reduce the impact of pandemic influenza and other communicable disease.

The Local Health Department Workforce (PDF)

This report uses data from the 2005 and 2008 National Profile of Local Health Department (Profile) studies to provide supplemental information on the local health department (LHD) workforce not available in the main 2008 Profile report. Topics covered include trends on specific occupations; LHD top executives; staff recruitment and retirement; workforce development; and changes in staff size. This is a great resource for LHD leaders and staff, program evaluators, policy analysts, and public health researchers who want to know more about the public health workforce. More »