The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The National Coalition of STD Directors recently published webcast recordings of each plenary session from the 2019 STD Engage...
Dec 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce...
Dec 10, 2019 | Guest Author
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Climate and Health Program have partnered with the National Environmental...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Advocates for Youth has announced an opportunity for community-based organizations to receive capacity-building assistance through...
Oct 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Guardian is launching a year-long series, Our Unequal Earth, investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and...
Oct 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO released a Health in All Policies success story from the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. The...
Oct 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A new book, “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities,” examines ways that community...
Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The New Jersey Department of Transit released a guide that is a one-stop resource for New Jersey municipalities, counties, agencies,...
To expand use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), interventions to increase PrEP awareness, should encourage health care providers...
Sep 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Coalition of STD Directors recently published webcast recordings of each plenary session from the 2019 STD Engage meeting. The plenaries included: Opening Plenary Innovations in Health Equity: STD Directors Leading the Way What’s in it for You? Driving Changes & Innovation: Federal STD Studies & Plans Rolling Back of Protections for LGBT Individuals […]
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce place-based arts practices within county and city public health agencies. This practice is referred to as creative placemaking, and it involves public, private, non-profit, and community sectors partnering up to strategically shape the physical […]
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Climate and Health Program have partnered with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to announce two $25,000 grants to support state, territorial, local or tribal (STLT) government health agencies that are already using a Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework to influence the Social Determinants of Health […]
Advocates for Youth has announced an opportunity for community-based organizations to receive capacity-building assistance through their Queer & Gender Equity Project (QGEP). The QGEP supports organizations interested in and committed to improving the sexual health of all young people, including LGBTQ youth of color.
The Guardian is launching a year-long series, Our Unequal Earth, investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and climate disasters have the harshest impacts on people of color, native tribes and those on low incomes. The introductory article features five luminaries of the movement explaining “environmental justice” in their own words.
NACCHO released a Health in All Policies success story from the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. The department’s Center for Health Equity recently enacted a health impact assessment (HIA) program, with the goal of informing local and state policies that affect root causes of health outcomes using HIA agency wide. Read more.
A new book, “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities,” examines ways that community groups, government agencies, academic institutions, and private institutions each play a role in addressing environmental health issues and how they can collaborate to address environmental health disparities.
The New Jersey Department of Transit released a guide that is a one-stop resource for New Jersey municipalities, counties, agencies, organizations, and advocates with an interest in implementing Complete Streets in their communities.
To expand use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), interventions to increase PrEP awareness, should encourage health care providers to discuss PrEP, destigmatize PrEP use, and promote racial/ethnic equity in PrEP access. PrEP is a daily oral pill that reduces the risk for sexual acquisition of HIV by about 99% when taken daily as prescribed.
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