The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a digital toolkit to assist public health professionals in...
Oct 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Join NACCHO and the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation (AZHCF) for a two-part webinar series exploring ways to share lessons learned...
Oct 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD)...
Sep 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
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
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health...
Sep 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Despite the many successes and advancements in the field of children’s environmental health over the past few decades, today’s...
Aug 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), has an opening for...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Every August, NACCHO participates in observing National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) to highlight the importance of...
Aug 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a digital toolkit to assist public health professionals in communicating about the importance of vaccination. The toolkit includes details on events/activities, sample social media and newsletter content, graphics, web assets, and media prep material. This material is downloadable, shareable, and some of the material is customizable....
Join NACCHO and the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation (AZHCF) for a two-part webinar series exploring ways to share lessons learned from your community health programs and rethink how you communicate your program milestones. Using the AZHCF Dissemination and Communications Guide as a starting point, national-level speakers will walk you through how to develop and disseminate your […]
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) serves approximately 1.1 million people in the greater Salt Lake City area. To keep the population safe and healthy, SLCoHD epidemiology staff review and analyze several data streams to identify the cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, as seen […]
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 […]
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance across the globe. The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private industries, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance. The challenge encourages a One Health...
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...
Despite the many successes and advancements in the field of children’s environmental health over the past few decades, today’s children face an epidemic of chronic diseases and developmental disabilities linked to environmental exposures and our changing climate. There is an urgent need to put children and families back into the forefront of our nation’s actions […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), has an opening for a research fellowship in Washington, DC. The ORISE Fellow will support a range of activities related to the HIV.gov mission. The Fellow will be involved in a team environment in the Office of HIV/AIDS and […]
Every August, NACCHO participates in observing National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) to highlight the importance of immunizations throughout the lifespan, particularly among school-aged children, pregnant women, babies and infants, pre-teens and teens, and adults. Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in increasing awareness about immunizations as a tool to protect communities...
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