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STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM
April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on...
Apr 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability Fellows
The NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Cancer Disparities Among People with Disabilities: How Local Health Departments Can...
By Evelyn Arana, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow In recognition of February’s World Cancer Day, Evelyn Arana, one of two NACCHO...
Mar 02, 2017 | Guest Author
RECENTLY UPDATED RFP: Funding Opportunity for Public Water Systems
NACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for...
Jan 26, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Legal and Policy Resources Related to Disability and Health
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program and the Healthy People 2020 initiative recently...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Fact Sheet: Inclusive & Accessible Communication
In an effort to promote inclusive and accessible communication at local health departments (LHDs) and partner agencies, NACCHO created...
Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Important Update from the NACCHO Podcast Series
Recently, in an effort to make the NACCHO podcast more easily accessible to NACCHO staff and members, we switched hosting providers on...
Aug 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Request for Proposal: Advocates for Youth Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project
Advocates for Youth is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for community-based organizations to receive capacity building...
Jun 07, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Project Inform Releases New PrEP Resource
Project Inform and Outshine NW have developed “Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure,” a resource guide available in...
Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSMApril is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). As noted in the first blog post of the series, syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily spread through sexual contact. […] Apr 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability FellowsThe NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an invaluable opportunity for undergraduate and/or graduate students pursing degrees in public health to receive hands on experience in the health and disability field. The fellowship includes providing support to local health departments (LHDs) through NACCHO’s... Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Cancer Disparities Among People with Disabilities: How Local Health Departments Can HelpBy Evelyn Arana, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow In recognition of February’s World Cancer Day, Evelyn Arana, one of two NACCHO Health and Disability Fellows, took some time to discuss the intersection between cancer, disability, and public health. Currently completing her doctoral dissertation on how to lower barriers related to cancer screening for women with […] Mar 02, 2017 | Guest Author |
RECENTLY UPDATED RFP: Funding Opportunity for Public Water SystemsNACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for Public Water Systems to either replace aging water fluoridation equipment or implement new equipment for the fluoridation of community water. Eligible grantees include: State or Local Government Entities; Oral Health Coalitions; Rural Water Associations; State […] Jan 26, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Legal and Policy Resources Related to Disability and HealthThe Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program and the Healthy People 2020 initiative recently developed a catalog of resources on law and health policy topics related to disability and health. Law and health policies that support people with disabilities can contribute to the success of the Healthy People 2020 Disability and […] Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Fact Sheet: Inclusive & Accessible CommunicationIn an effort to promote inclusive and accessible communication at local health departments (LHDs) and partner agencies, NACCHO created a new fact sheet. titled Five Steps for Inclusive Communication: Engaging People with Disabilities (accessible via the NACCHO bookstore). This resource provides five action steps for LHDs to ensure that accessibility and inclusion are agency-wide priorities when... Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Important Update from the NACCHO Podcast SeriesRecently, in an effort to make the NACCHO podcast more easily accessible to NACCHO staff and members, we switched hosting providers on iTunes. Those who are currently subscribed to the podcast will continue receiving podcasts as usual, but there may be some technical glitches with individual episodes if you have old episodes downloaded on your device. […] Aug 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Request for Proposal: Advocates for Youth Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia ProjectAdvocates for Youth is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for community-based organizations to receive capacity building assistance through their Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project. Advocates launched its Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project almost 10 years ago, and seeks to build the capacity of organizations interested in and committed to improving the sexual health of all... Jun 07, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Project Inform Releases New PrEP ResourceProject Inform and Outshine NW have developed “Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure,” a resource guide available in English and Spanish about PrEP for women who are transgender and for other trans/gender variant people who were assigned male sex at birth. This resource guide provides information on PrEP as an HIV prevention tool, how to find […] Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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