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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
HHS Blog: When it Comes to Curing Hepatitis C, Your Health Care Provider May Not...
This blog, written by Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health...
Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability Fellows
The NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Resources: Social Determinants of Health in HIV Prevention and Care
The Capacity Building Assistance Provider Network (CPN) recently developed a video and a flyer in an effort to increase the capacity...
Feb 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
PH3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public Health
As the nation’s local public health departments begin to consider what Public Health 3.0 (PH3.0) will mean for their missions in...
Nov 17, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier
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
Disability Inclusion Works for All
While 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies
Dr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members,...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0
As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
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 |
HHS Blog: When it Comes to Curing Hepatitis C, Your Health Care Provider May Not Need to Be A SpecialistThis blog, written by Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was originally published on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Viral Hepatitis Blog. Below is a brief snippet. Summary: Study published in Annals of Internal Medicine found no differences in sustained virologic response among... Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability FellowsThe NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an invaluable opportunity for undergraduate and/or graduate students pursing degrees in public health to receive hands on experience in the health and disability field. The fellowship includes providing support to local health departments (LHDs) through NACCHO’s... Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Resources: Social Determinants of Health in HIV Prevention and CareThe Capacity Building Assistance Provider Network (CPN) recently developed a video and a flyer in an effort to increase the capacity of the HIV-prevention workforce to address social determinants of health as it relates to and affects HIV prevention and care service delivery. Social determinants of health can create implicit and explicit barriers to HIV prevention and care, […] Feb 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
PH3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public HealthAs the nation’s local public health departments begin to consider what Public Health 3.0 (PH3.0) will mean for their missions in addressing the full range of factors that influence a person’s overall health and well-being — in short, the social determinants of health — NACCHO recommends taking a comprehensive approach to create sustainable, lasting improvements for […] Nov 17, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier |
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 |
Disability Inclusion Works for AllWhile 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a resource titled, Disability Inclusion Works for All, providing information on how to build an inclusive workforce, including stories from CDC staff on their commitment to inclusivity in the workplace. Local health […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce CompetenciesDr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members, recently presented their work on including people with disabilities into public health workforce competencies at the 2016 Southwest Conference on Disability. The purpose of the competencies are to provide information on the relationship between public health programs and... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the virus. It is essential that public health practitioners understand the spectrum of needs that babies born with Zika may experience. The Public Health is for Everyone toolkit, a collection of resources to […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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