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Outbreak Communications Guide
The National Public Health Information Coalition has released the Outbreak Communications Guide to help public health communicators...
Aug 25, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
“Vaccine” Releases Special Issue on Vaccine Hesitancy
On August 14, Vaccine released a special issue on vaccine hesitancy. The articles in this issue describe the current understanding of...
Aug 25, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Update on Partner Treatment for STIs
The Guttmacher Institute recently released a State Policy Brief on partner treatment for STIs which explores state policies around...
Aug 24, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NARMS Now: Human Data
The CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users...
Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool
The Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a software tool that assists drinking water and wastewater utility...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
Food Related Emergency Exercise Budget
The Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B) is a compilation of scenarios based on both intentional and unintentional food...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
FDA Announces Email Alerts Service for Retail Food Protection
The U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has established a free email alert service that allows subscribers to receive updated...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
EPA Launches School Indoor Air Quality Assessment Mobile App
EPA recently launched a new mobile app to help schools and school districts perform comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) facility...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
Adaptive Leadership and Public Health
Local health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and identifying new...
Aug 19, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Outbreak Communications GuideThe National Public Health Information Coalition has released the Outbreak Communications Guide to help public health communicators effectively manage communications during an outbreak. View the guide for suggestions and resources to guide communications before, during, and after an outbreak. Aug 25, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
“Vaccine” Releases Special Issue on Vaccine HesitancyOn August 14, Vaccine released a special issue on vaccine hesitancy. The articles in this issue describe the current understanding of vaccine hesitancy and give broad recommendations for moving forward. Aug 25, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Update on Partner Treatment for STIsThe Guttmacher Institute recently released a State Policy Brief on partner treatment for STIs which explores state policies around Expedited Partner Therapy, the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing prescriptions or medications to take to his or her partner without first being examined by a […] Aug 24, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NARMS Now: Human DataThe CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users to display information filtered by bacterial serotype, antibiotic, year, and state. This tool makes it easier to see how resistance has changed over time and by region and the results can be displayed as […] Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness ToolThe Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a software tool that assists drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators in understanding potential climate change threats. The tool also aids in assessing the related risks at respective utilities. The tool helps to identify threats based on regional differences in climate change projections it then assists […] Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Food Related Emergency Exercise BudgetThe Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B) is a compilation of scenarios based on both intentional and unintentional food contamination events. It is designed with the intention of assisting government regulatory and public health agencies in assessing existing food emergency response plans, protocols and procedures that may be in place, or that they are in […] Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
FDA Announces Email Alerts Service for Retail Food ProtectionThe U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has established a free email alert service that allows subscribers to receive updated Retail Food Protection information as it becomes available. Among other things, this will include alerts about new guidance documents, new postings to the Food Code Reference System, and quarterly updates to the Listing of Jurisdictions Enrolled […] Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
EPA Launches School Indoor Air Quality Assessment Mobile AppEPA recently launched a new mobile app to help schools and school districts perform comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) facility assessments to protect the health of children and school staff. The School IAQ Assessment mobile app is a one-stop shop for accessing guidance from EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit. Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Adaptive Leadership and Public HealthLocal health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and identifying new ways of operating within and influencing the economic and social conditions of our health system. Such work demands a new kind of leadership – a transition from our typical spheres of influence and authority to mobilizing […] Aug 19, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
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