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Public Health Preparedness


 

icon_phpreparedness100NACCHO’s preparedness work focuses on activities related to both practice and policy. NACCHO creates new tools and improves existing ones to help local health departments enhance their readiness to respond to public health emergencies and other disasters. NACCHO also serves as a conduit through which local input can reach and effect positive change on national initiatives.

 
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In response to confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) and a very clear threat of a pandemic, NACCHO has compiled tools and resources to help local public health practitioners address this influenza outbreak and augment their planning and response capacity. Click "More" for links to guidance documents, public education materials, exercise templates, and federal resources.

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Story from the Field
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The Latino Health Initiative of Montgomery County, Maryland and its health promotion program, Vías de la Salud, and the Montgomery County Advanced Practice Center for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (Montgomery APC), in collaboration with the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, developed, implemented, and assessed a cultural and linguistic intervention to increase the awareness, knowledge, and practices of emergency preparedness among the low-income Latino community. This intervention included the development of a training curriculum, the training of health promotion specialists, and conducting community-based education sessions.

"Story from the Field" is a regular feature in NACCHO's bi-monthly e-newsletter, "Preparedness Brief." Join the "Preparedness Brief" mailing list today!

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Preparedness Brief E-Newsletter
Preparedness Brief, NACCHO's monthly public health preparedness e-newsletter, features announcements, events, resources and "Stories from the Field" relevant to today's public health preparedness professional. Sign up to receive the Preparedness Brief today!
 
 
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Six Years of Achievement
This report is the result of a collaborative effort among NACCHO, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Association of Public Health Laboratories, and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Comparing data collected by these associations since 2001, this report highlights achievements in local and state public health preparedness and describes how federal funding was leveraged to advance prevention, response, and recovery capacities. More »
 
 
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Federal Public Health Preparedness Resources
Find links to relevant public health preparedness information from federal sources including the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Homeland Security. More »
 
 

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