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Keep Calm and Carry On to School: Improving Arrival and Dismissal for Walking and Biking is a new infobrief from the Safe Routes to...
Jul 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary on the 2017...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Tuesday, June 5 is World Environment Day, the United Nations’ recognized day to encourage global awareness and action to protect...
Jun 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Jun 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Hill hosted a symposium to convene lawmakers, educators, physicians and addiction experts for a conversation about the role...
May 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the FY18 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Notice of...
May 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This blog post was written by Chrissie Juliano, Director, Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), and originally posted on the BCHC Front...
Apr 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Keep Calm and Carry On to School: Improving Arrival and Dismissal for Walking and Biking is a new infobrief from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. The brief provides information on how schools, districts, cities, counties, and community partners can address arrival and dismissal in school travel plans as well as other planning, policy, […]
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health seems to be all the rage these days, with public health practitioners engaging partners from a range of sectors in hopes of finally making progress on those hard-to-change issues like obesity. At the Chatham County Public Health […]
Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as in controlling cases of vaccine-preventable diseases. These local agencies work with public and private sector physicians and other stakeholders to ensure effective immunization practices, disease surveillance and reporting, education and outreach, and program...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary on the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). This report provides the most recent surveillance data on health behaviors and experiences among high school students across the country. This year, CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, […]
Tuesday, June 5 is World Environment Day, the United Nations’ recognized day to encourage global awareness and action to protect the environment. This year, the theme of World Environment Day is beating plastic pollution. Similar to the 2018 Earth Day theme of ending plastic pollution (read NACCHO’s Earth Day blog post on plastic straws here), […]
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders...
The Hill hosted a symposium to convene lawmakers, educators, physicians and addiction experts for a conversation about the role prevention can play in curbing opioid addiction in teenagers. The discussion sought to answer: What steps should be taken by family members, physicians, schools, public health officials and leaders in Congress to prevent the misuse of prescription drugs? How […]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the FY18 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). HUD is making available approximately $145 million for Implementation Grants of up to $30 million each. Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are...
This blog post was written by Chrissie Juliano, Director, Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), and originally posted on the BCHC Front Lines blog. STD Awareness Month is an opportunity to focus on raising awareness of a problem that affects millions of Americans every year. STDs in the United States are at record highs, despite years of dropping rates, […]
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