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This post is the second in a new Retail Program Standards blog series from NACCHO to showcase the progress that communities across the...
Sep 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the second edition of NACCHO’s new Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. To learn more and submit a...
Sep 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO invites all retail food regulatory programs to submit applications to participate in a mentorship program with their peers to...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Common Ground Health conducted a health impact assessment on the bike share program in Rochester, NY to analyze the impact on resident...
Aug 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
STEPS to Care, a new online toolkit to support engagement in HIV care, is now available for download on the Effective Interventions...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboratively developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Aug 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
This post is the second in a new Retail Program Standards blog series from NACCHO to showcase the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection. Each month, we are featuring the experiences, challenges, and successes of jurisdictions that have worked toward each standard. All jurisdictions featured have participated in NACCHO’s […]
Note: This is the second edition of NACCHO’s new Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. To learn more and submit a question for future editions, click here. September 2018 Dear Greener Guidance, One of our freshwater recreational lakes has had a harmful algal bloom (HAB) twice in as many years. What are your recommendations to address […]
NACCHO invites all retail food regulatory programs to submit applications to participate in a mentorship program with their peers to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards). Program Objectives The overall objective of the mentorship program, now in its eighth year, […]
Common Ground Health conducted a health impact assessment on the bike share program in Rochester, NY to analyze the impact on resident health and any barriers to access. The HIA recommended installing new bike stations in areas with higher rates of chronic disease, as well as increasing accessibility for low-income populations by expanding membership plans and […]
STEPS to Care, a new online toolkit to support engagement in HIV care, is now available for download on the Effective Interventions website. This multi-media package is designed to support service providers and agency personnel in the uptake and implementation of three evidence-informed linkage, retention and reengagement strategies: Patient Navigation, Care Team Coordination, and HIV...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboratively developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) 20 years ago. The Retail Program Standards are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. When applied in the intended manner, the Retail Program Standards should identify program […]
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders...
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health seems to be all the rage these days, with public health practitioners engaging partners from a range of sectors in hopes of finally making progress on those hard-to-change issues like obesity. At the Chatham County Public Health […]
Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as in controlling cases of vaccine-preventable diseases. These local agencies work with public and private sector physicians and other stakeholders to ensure effective immunization practices, disease surveillance and reporting, education and outreach, and program...
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