The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
NACCHO, with support from CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, is pleased to provide funding for the Building Local...
Jun 03, 2020 | Christina Baum
The environment contributes to human health and well-being through benefits including clean water, clean air, and protection from...
Apr 16, 2020 | Guest Author
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)-NRPA Award for Health Equity recognizes an individual, or team of no more than two...
Feb 21, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
By Kimberly Aguillard, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health epidemics in...
Feb 07, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Climate and Health Program released a technical report on heat response...
Feb 04, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO is recruiting local health departments to participate in its HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network (Sentinel Network)....
Jan 07, 2020 | Kat Kelley
The National Environmental Health Association is pleased to announce the launch of the Private Water Network (PWN). The Private Water...
Dec 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO’s environmental health team hosted nearly 20 webinars throughout 2019 to share the latest resources and best practices...
Dec 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO, with support from CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, is pleased to provide funding for the Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19 (BLOC COVID-19) demonstration site project to strengthen local infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity.
The environment contributes to human health and well-being through benefits including clean water, clean air, and protection from natural hazards, also known as ecosystem goods and services. This year, as we celebrate the international 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also marks 50 years of protecting human health and the environment.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)-NRPA Award for Health Equity recognizes an individual, or team of no more than two individuals, who has successfully implemented a systems change approach to reduce health disparities in his/her community within the past two years. The award supports RWJF’s Culture of Health initiative that seeks to ensure that everyone […]
By Kimberly Aguillard, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health epidemics in America. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being isolated, left out, and lacking quality social connections. Social isolation refers to a quantitative count of social networks and relationships. People can be surrounded by social acquaintances (e.g., coworkers,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Climate and Health Program released a technical report on heat response plans. The document gives a summary of extreme heat, the health burden of heat exposure, the impacts of climate change, and components and effectiveness of heat response plans with a focus on relevant peer-reviewed literature and […]
NACCHO is recruiting local health departments to participate in its HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network (Sentinel Network). The Sentinel Network is an important mechanism for gathering the local health department perspective so that NACCHO can fulfill its mission to be a leader, partner, catalyst, and voice for local health departments. The Sentinel Network […]
The National Environmental Health Association is pleased to announce the launch of the Private Water Network (PWN). The Private Water Network (PWN) is a virtual community of practice for those individuals working to protect the public’s health from contaminants in private drinking water sources. Prior to the launch of the PWN, there was no one-stop-shop […]
NACCHO’s environmental health team hosted nearly 20 webinars throughout 2019 to share the latest resources and best practices with local health departments across the country. Explore all of the webinar recordings below, and please share them with colleagues who may be interested. Adapting to Climate Change in Local Health Departments In January 2019, NACCHO awarded […]
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