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The Community Guide Launches YouTube Channel

CDC’s StreamingHealth YouTube channel now has a Community Guide playlist. Link to the channel to view two new Community Guide in Action videos described below:

Creating Walkable Communities in Rural Granville County, North Carolina

Watch this video to learn how the North Carolina Granvile-Vance District Health Department used the Community Guide to address chronic disease and obesity in their community.

Black Corals: A Gem of a Cancer Screening Program in South Carolina

Watch this video to learn how the South Carolina St. James-Santee Family Health Center used the Community Guide to develop a cancer screening program targeting African American women.

NACCHO is proud to present a two-part webinar series titled, "Build a Higher Performing, Evidence-Based Public Health Agency."

Part I: "Promote an Evidence-Based Culture in Your Public Health Agency"

Speakers include Ross Brownson, Jonathan Fielding, and Bob
Harmon. Participants will learn:

What evidence-based public health is, Why it matters, and What is new;
What makes "The Guide to Community Preventive Service" a credible resource for; evidence-based decision-making and how it may be used to establish goals and identify effective strategies; and
How practitioners have used evidence-based practices in their agencies' leadership,
strategic planning, budgeting, and performance measurement.

Click here to access the archived webinar and more information.

Part II: "Translating Evidence-Based Practice into Programs and Policies that Work for Your
Community"

Speakers include Ross Brownson,
Steven Teutsch, Bob Harmon, and Charlotte Burke. Participants will learn:

The key tenets of evidence-based public health and where to find credible evidence-based recommendations;
The challenges of selecting and implementing the right strategies for your community;
How to estimate costs and adapt a strategy without undermining its effectiveness; and
Issues to consider when the scientific evidence is limited or equivocal.

Click here to access Part II of the webinar.

NACCHO Community Guide Factsheet

Visit NACCHO's Community Guide Factsheet for more information, click here