Popular Categories
Now Recruiting: NACCHO Informatics Champions
NACCHO is recruiting local public health practitioners to join the Informatics Champions Initiative, an information network of...
Oct 27, 2016 | Sarah Chughtai
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
NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship Program
By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development...
Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Preventing the Next Flint: Fighting Lead Poisoning at Home
This Year’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Awareness Week is Vital After state officials switched the Flint, Michigan, water source...
Oct 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Resource: Building Support for Environmental Health at the Federal Level
A coalition of diverse public health agencies including NACCHO partnered to design a new document titled Investing in a Robust...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship Program
The National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Infographic: Syndromic Surveillance in Local Health Departments
In 2015, with funding support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with the International...
Oct 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community Outreach
By: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually...
Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is Recruiting
NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians,...
Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Now Recruiting: NACCHO Informatics ChampionsNACCHO is recruiting local public health practitioners to join the Informatics Champions Initiative, an information network of informatics practitioners from local health departments (LHDs). Through the initiative, the group shares innovative and promising informatics resources and tools with the greater public health community. Background Developed in Fall 2014 at the suggestion of NACCHO’s... Oct 27, 2016 | Sarah Chughtai |
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 |
NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship ProgramBy Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development opportunity for graduate level students and recent alumni interested getting hands on experience in the public health disability field. Last year’s fellows along with NACCHO Health and DIsability leadership staff are pictured on the right, presenting their... Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Preventing the Next Flint: Fighting Lead Poisoning at HomeThis Year’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Awareness Week is Vital After state officials switched the Flint, Michigan, water source to the polluted Flint River, residents suffered from unprecedented levels of lead poisoning. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with numerous other organizations intervened to protect the health of thousands of families and children, who are... Oct 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Resource: Building Support for Environmental Health at the Federal LevelA coalition of diverse public health agencies including NACCHO partnered to design a new document titled Investing in a Robust Environmental Health System. This resource is a valuable tool for public health officials advocating for the value and the need of investment in environmental health services, especially when addressing either local, state or federal decision […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship ProgramThe National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third annual National Environmental Public Health Internship Program, which is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Health Services Branch. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments are highly encouraged to apply to host... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Infographic: Syndromic Surveillance in Local Health DepartmentsIn 2015, with funding support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with the International Society for Disease Surveillance and the NACCHO Biosurveillance Needs Assessment Survey (BNAS) Workgroup, NACCHO conducted a survey of 500 local health departments to assess the management and use of electronic syndromic surveillance (SyS) practice and identify... Oct 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community OutreachBy: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually and can cause mild to severe illness, which can lead to hospitalizations and even death. Certain groups, such as elderly people, young children, and people with health conditions like heart disease, asthma, or weakened immune systems have a […] Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is RecruitingNACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians, environmental health professionals, and environmental health directors who are interested in enhancing food safety policies and practices are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. NACCHO’s Food Safety Workgroup provides leadership and guidance to NACCHO, local... Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Subscribe Today
Sign Up for the E-mail Digests
Create an account or login to MyNACCHO and go to "My Subscriptions."
SUBSCRIBE NOW
