FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Delays

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape...

Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • National Handwashing Week 2017: The Power of a Preventative and Primary Intervention

    By Steve Metcalf, Communications Specialist, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department “Wash your hands!” As young children,...

    Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • National Influenza Vaccination Week 2017: Spotlighting a Local Flu Fighter

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) in 2005 as a national...

    Dec 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?

    The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity,...

    Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain

  • Take Action: National Health IT Week 2017

    National Health IT Week (NHIT Week), which will take place October 2-6, 2017, is a nationwide awareness week that highlights the value...

    Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • CDC Digital Media Toolkit: 2017-18 Flu Season

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a digital toolkit to assist public health professionals in...

    Sep 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located Clinics

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...

    Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Delays

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes diagnosis delay among persons infected with HIV: Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States. This activity is intended for infectious disease clinicians,...

    Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    National Handwashing Week 2017: The Power of a Preventative and Primary Intervention

    By Steve Metcalf, Communications Specialist, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department “Wash your hands!” As young children, we heard this message often. Parents, teachers, and other well-meaning adults reinforced this hand hygiene mantra: before mealtimes, after bathroom visits, and when we had the sniffles or coughs. It’s sound and simple advice to ward off germs, viruses, and […]

    Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    National Influenza Vaccination Week 2017: Spotlighting a Local Flu Fighter

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) in 2005 as a national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination. In this blog post, we sat down with local “flu fighter,” Brendan Bedard, MPH, Director of Community Health Services and Deputy Public Health Director at Genesee […]

    Dec 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?

    The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity, environmental and occupational health, and more. Regardless of how well-established agriculture is within the United States, climate change poses a serious threat to food systems and the people who rely on them. Unusual rain […]

    Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain

    Take Action: National Health IT Week 2017

    National Health IT Week (NHIT Week), which will take place October 2-6, 2017, is a nationwide awareness week that highlights the value of healthcare IT and offers healthcare stakeholders an opportunity to unite under one banner, one message: the benefits health information technology can bring to U.S. healthcare. This year, NHIT Week’s points of engagement will focus on: Supporting...

    Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Digital Media Toolkit: 2017-18 Flu Season

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a digital toolkit to assist public health professionals in communicating about the importance of vaccination. The toolkit includes details on events/activities, sample social media and newsletter content, graphics, web assets, and media prep material. This material is downloadable, shareable, and some of the material is customizable....

    Sep 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located Clinics

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this week’s post, we sat down with Denver Public Health’s (DPH’s) Alejandra Santisteban, MPH, ‎Program Assistant for the Immunizations Program, to discuss DPH’s in-school immunization program. Tell us about...

    Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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