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

  • 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

  • Celebrate National DIS Recognition Day!

    The 5th Annual National DIS Recognition Day is October 7, 2016. Created by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and...

    Oct 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Health Impact Assessment: An Essential Tool for Health Department Accreditation

    By Shannon Browlee, MPH, Public Health Educator, Okaland County Health Division (MI) and Stephanie Souter, MS, Planner II,Washington...

    Aug 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • A Call to Action: Prepare for Climate Change

    By Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department...

    Jun 15, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Taking a Regional Approach to Statewide Preparedness and Response

    Emerging and evolving threats like Ebola and Zika continue to demonstrate how infectious disease transcends jurisdictional boundaries,...

    May 09, 2016 | Sara Chang

  • Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health...

    By Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an...

    Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author

  • NACCHO Hosts First Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop in Richmond, VA

    On December 8-9 2015 the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in conjunction with Institute for Public...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

  • 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 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

    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, 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 2.0

    As 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

    Celebrate National DIS Recognition Day!

    The 5th Annual National DIS Recognition Day is October 7, 2016. Created by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and celebrated annually on the first Friday of October, National DIS Recognition Day aims to praise, congratulate, and honor disease intervention specialists (DIS) – the “warriors” of the sexually-transmitted disease (STD) world. To reward this workforce’s...

    Oct 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Health Impact Assessment: An Essential Tool for Health Department Accreditation

    By Shannon Browlee, MPH, Public Health Educator, Okaland County Health Division (MI) and Stephanie Souter, MS, Planner II,Washington County (MN) Public Health & Environment Seeking accreditation status from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), and integrating Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into community-wide, decision-making practice are two goals shared by many health departments...

    Aug 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    A Call to Action: Prepare for Climate Change

    By Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department Regardless of the current political debates on the existence of climate change, there is mounting and compelling scientific evidence that not only indicates climate change is occurring, but also predicts significant health risks, especially for vulnerable populations....

    Jun 15, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Taking a Regional Approach to Statewide Preparedness and Response

    Emerging and evolving threats like Ebola and Zika continue to demonstrate how infectious disease transcends jurisdictional boundaries, organizational silos, and job descriptions. In response to this reality, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is joining a diverse group of stakeholders across the state to enhance preparedness for high-consequence infectious diseases. From McAllen...

    May 09, 2016 | Sara Chang

    Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health Workforce

    By Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an integral part of the public health workforce. Originally established in the field of STD prevention, DIS have increasingly been utilized in other program areas such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and HIV linkage and re-engagement in care. During times of public...

    Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author

    NACCHO Hosts First Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop in Richmond, VA

    On December 8-9 2015 the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in conjunction with Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI), Creating Community Change Consulting, and the Richmond City Health District, conducted Richmond, Virginia’s first Health in All Policies Workshop. Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a change in the systems that determine […]

    Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

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