The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
In the United States, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise, reaching record levels in 2017. Young people aged 15-24...
Apr 10, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Advocates for Youth is accepting applications to join its cohort of youth activists for the 2019-2020 school year. Every year, the...
Apr 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released a new toolkit, Priority Resource Dissemination Toolkit, which highlights...
Apr 03, 2019 | Kat Kelley
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new fact sheet highlighting the impact of their adolescent and...
Mar 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy....
Mar 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers’ (NNPTC’s) National Quality Improvement Center (NQIC) is...
Feb 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics February is National Children’s Dental Health...
Feb 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A baby is born with a birth defect in the United States every 4.5 minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Jan 17, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a new health care provider resource, Strategies for...
Jan 14, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
In the United States, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise, reaching record levels in 2017. Young people aged 15-24 account for half of new STIs each year, due in part to barriers they face in accessing sexual health services. Many young people are reluctant to seek sexual health services due to stigma or […]
Advocates for Youth is accepting applications to join its cohort of youth activists for the 2019-2020 school year. Every year, the organization chooses 120 youth activists, aged 14-24, to be in a year-long fellowship and provides training, support and financial resources to advocate for reproductive and sexual health in their local communities. There are two programs available: Engaging […]
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released a new toolkit, Priority Resource Dissemination Toolkit, which highlights useful resources for the implementation of school-based HIV and STI prevention interventions. The toolkit was developed collaboratively with NACCHO, Advocates for Youth (Advocates), and the School-Based Health Alliance (the Alliance) as part of Expanding...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new fact sheet highlighting the impact of their adolescent and school health program, titled CDC’s Adolescent and School Health Program: Protecting our Nation’s Youth from HIV, STDs and Pregnancy. The fact sheet details where CDC funding for youth HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention goes, […]
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy. Pregnancy rates among women with disabilities have grown in recent years and are similar to pregnancy rates of women without disabilities in the same age and income groups.[1,2] Despite these statistics, women with disabilities remain at heightened risk […]
The National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers’ (NNPTC’s) National Quality Improvement Center (NQIC) is recruiting state and city STD programs to serve as Clinical Support Coordinators for a new multi-state clinical quality improvement (QI) project for primary care practices: the Improving Chlamydia Screening among Adolescents in Primary Care eLearning Collaborative...
By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics February is National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM), a month-long national health observance to promote the oral health of children and families. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) joins the month’s sponsor, the American Dental Association, in providing resources for local health departments and...
A baby is born with a birth defect in the United States every 4.5 minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Birth defects are defined as any structural changes present at birth that affect how the body looks, works, or both, and they can vary from mild to severe. While not […]
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a new health care provider resource, Strategies for Integrating Immunizations into Routine Obstetric-Gynecologic Care. The tip sheet offers suggestions for ob-gyns, other health care providers, and practice staff on ways to optimize immunization programs in ob-gyn practices and integrate immunizations into routine patient...
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