The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
A health impact assessment (HIA) is an approach to identify how a proposed policy or project might impact a community and the health...
Sep 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health...
Sep 10, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from...
Sep 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
As the 2018 United States Conference on AIDS gets underway, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors released an...
Sep 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical...
Sep 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released two new fact sheets: Medicaid 1115 Waivers:...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a press release pertaining to the number of cases of measles...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kerry Premo
The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program developed the Hepatitis C Screening Flyer as a quick reference tool for...
Sep 04, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
A health impact assessment (HIA) is an approach to identify how a proposed policy or project might impact a community and the health of its citizens. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a rapid HIA to assist Dover, DE in making a decision about turning a former EPA brownfield site into an aquaponics food production […]
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health department professionals are uniquely aware of the health issues and risks affecting their towns and cities. Some counties have a disproportionate number of homes with lead paint, and others have increasing asthma prevalence rates among children. Children are especially...
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from vector-borne disease by integrating surveillance, control, education, research, and technology. Harris County Public Health Mosquito & Vector Control Division wrote an issue brief for NACCHO describing their comprehensive approach to vector-borne disease...
As the 2018 United States Conference on AIDS gets underway, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors released an updated policy statement to reaffirm the conclusive scientific evidence that people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and are virologically suppressed do not sexually transmit HIV. With the release of this […]
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series covering the Capabilities for Public Health Agency Involvement in Land Use and Transportation Decision Making to Increase Active Transportation Opportunity from the UMass Worcester Prevention...
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released two new fact sheets: Medicaid 1115 Waivers: Considerations for HIV and Hepatitis Programs and Medicaid 1115 Waivers: Exemptions for People Living with HIV and Hepatitis, as well as an updated version of our Medicaid Waiver Map. These resources were created as part of a […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a press release pertaining to the number of cases of measles in the U.S. According to CDC, 107 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 21 states and the District of Columbia in 2018. Comparatively, in all of 2017, 118 people from 15 […]
The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program developed the Hepatitis C Screening Flyer as a quick reference tool for providers on hepatitis C virus. It provides a snapshot view of the screening, testing, and treatment recommendation for people living with HIV. It was adapted from a similar resource developed by the New York Department […]
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