Now Available: Featured Content from 2017 Environmental Public Health Tracking...

Recorded presentations and supplementary materials from the third annual Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Virtual...

Jun 05, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • National Women’s Health Week 2017: Promoting Sexual Health Across the Lifespan

    National Women’s Health Week, celebrated this year from May 14-20, is an annual observance to empower women to make their health...

    Jun 01, 2017 | Samantha Ritter

  • It’s All About Diarrhea During Healthy and Safe Swimming Week 2017

    The thirteenth annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is happening this week, May 22–28. Every year in the week leading up to Memorial...

    May 22, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • National Public Health Week 2017: Endeavoring to Create the Healthiest Nation

    National Public Health Week (NPHW), organized annually by the American Public Health Association (APHA), presents an opportunity for...

    Apr 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of Defense

    This week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens...

    Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Blog Series: Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health Security – Collaborative...

    So far in this blog series, NACCHO has explored how disease surveillance can combat antimicrobial resistance and highlighted how local...

    Nov 10, 2016 | Sara Chang

  • Call for Submissions: NACCHO Annual 2017 Abstracts

    The Conference Planning Workgroup invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference,to be hosted July 11–13 in...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • 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 Available: Featured Content from 2017 Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Virtual Conference

    Recorded presentations and supplementary materials from the third annual Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Virtual Conference are now accessible online until June 23, 2017. Organized by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Environmental Health Tracking Branch, the event took place on April 5-6, 2017...

    Jun 05, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    National Women’s Health Week 2017: Promoting Sexual Health Across the Lifespan

    National Women’s Health Week, celebrated this year from May 14-20, is an annual observance to empower women to make their health a priority. This year, NACCHO highlights the importance of sexual and relationship health for women at every age. Note that while some of this information pertains specifically to cisgender women, most of it applies […]

    Jun 01, 2017 | Samantha Ritter

    It’s All About Diarrhea During Healthy and Safe Swimming Week 2017

    The thirteenth annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is happening this week, May 22–28. Every year in the week leading up to Memorial Day–—the kickoff to the summer swim season–—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promotes tips, resources, and guidelines for how swimmers, parents of young swimmers, and aquatic professionals can put health […]

    May 22, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    National Public Health Week 2017: Endeavoring to Create the Healthiest Nation

    National Public Health Week (NPHW), organized annually by the American Public Health Association (APHA), presents an opportunity for communities across the United States to reflect on the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation. More importantly, NPHW serves as an excellent reminder of why public health exists: to […]

    Apr 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of Defense

    This week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens in events that debunk myths about drugs and alcohol, NACCHO is instead taking this opportunity to provide a sneak-peek into our Winter NACCHO Exchange issue, “On the Frontlines: Local Public Health versus America’s Opioid […]

    Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Blog Series: Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health Security – Collaborative Efforts in Disease Surveillance (Part 2)

    So far in this blog series, NACCHO has explored how disease surveillance can combat antimicrobial resistance and highlighted how local health departments can play a role in protecting communities from this public health threat. In this final post, we provide additional cases of how local public health can serve as a key partner in the […]

    Nov 10, 2016 | Sara Chang

    Call for Submissions: NACCHO Annual 2017 Abstracts

    The Conference Planning Workgroup invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference,to be hosted July 11–13 in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme of this year’s conference is Public Health Revolution: Bridging Clinical Medicine and Population Health. Local public health has a central role in convening discussions and efforts around population health, clinical medicine,...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    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 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

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