The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude...
Jul 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The July 2018 MAHC Network webinar on July 24 gave an overview of the newly released third edition of the MAHC. Michael J. Beach,...
Jul 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Government agencies and the aquatics sector can use the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) to reduce risk for outbreaks, drowning, and...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During...
Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In early 2018, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)...
Jul 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Local health departments play a critical role in promoting effective strategies to improve and maintain oral health. NACCHO’s new...
Jun 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On May 30, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar exploring national guidance and local experiences on Legionella. Legionnaires’ disease is a...
Jun 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken...
May 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about...
Mar 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude that affects the health of all Americans. Climate change deteriorates the health of the public by exacerbating extreme weather events and altering natural ecosystems, which affects food sources and the migration of vector-borne diseases. The implications […]
The July 2018 MAHC Network webinar on July 24 gave an overview of the newly released third edition of the MAHC. Michael J. Beach, Associate Director for Healthy Water at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), presented in this webinar, which provided a look back at the 2017 CMAHC Conference where the process […]
Government agencies and the aquatics sector can use the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) to reduce risk for outbreaks, drowning, and pool-chemical injuries at public pools and hot tubs/spas at apartment complexes, hotels, and waterparks. This third edition of the MAHC has been updated in the areas of disinfection and water quality, lifeguarding and bather […]
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During 2000–2014, public health officials from 35 states and Guam voluntarily reported 140 outbreaks resulting in at least 4,958 cases of disease and two deaths. Enteric pathogens caused a majority of the illnesses investigated (87%), including norovirus […]
In early 2018, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) interviewed health and environmental agency staff from 13 states regarding their risk communication strategies and lessons learned for two priority waterborne contaminants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (6 states) and harmful algal blooms (HABs) (7...
Local health departments play a critical role in promoting effective strategies to improve and maintain oral health. NACCHO’s new Community Water Fluoridation Communications Toolkit has resources to help local health departments and other organizations educate and inform their communities about the benefits of fluoridation: Community Fluoridation Online Resources for Local Health Departments 9...
On May 30, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar exploring national guidance and local experiences on Legionella. Legionnaires’ disease is a respiratory disease caused by Legionella bacteria, which can be found in the water systems of large buildings. In 2016, there were an estimated 6,100 cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States. During the webinar, […]
The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken a host of public health vectors (animals and insects that can transmit diseases to humans). Public pools reopen, with children flocking to splash around in—and, most likely, swallow—water that local health departments must ensure is adequately chlorinated. […]
The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about the code itself. Members will receive updates on the code, have access and provide input to newly developed resources, and join bi-monthly webinars featuring the code and users. On March 27, 2018, NACCHO […]
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