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UNCOVER EH: New Environmental Health Workforce Initiative
The CDC in partnership with the the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and Baylor University are launching a 2017...
Jan 04, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Report: Using HIA to Assess Potential Health Outcomes for a Proposed Trail in...
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) recently released a new report...
Dec 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
PH3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public Health
As the nation’s local public health departments begin to consider what Public Health 3.0 (PH3.0) will mean for their missions in...
Nov 17, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier
NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship Program
By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development...
Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Disability Inclusion Works for All
While 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies
Dr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members,...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0
As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship Program
The National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Celebrate National DIS Recognition Day!
The 5th Annual National DIS Recognition Day is October 7, 2016. Created by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and...
Oct 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
UNCOVER EH: New Environmental Health Workforce InitiativeThe CDC in partnership with the the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and Baylor University are launching a 2017 assessment of health department staff focused on environmental health. Titled “UNCOVER EH“ this project aims to identify key workforce challenges and other issues impacting this field from the perspective of environmental health professionals working in... Jan 04, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Report: Using HIA to Assess Potential Health Outcomes for a Proposed Trail in ChicagoThe Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) recently released a new report examining the health implications of a proposed trail, set to cover 1.7 miles across two Chicago-based communities. The assessment for this project was conducted by using a Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Titled, Health Impact Assessment of […] Dec 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
PH3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public HealthAs the nation’s local public health departments begin to consider what Public Health 3.0 (PH3.0) will mean for their missions in addressing the full range of factors that influence a person’s overall health and well-being — in short, the social determinants of health — NACCHO recommends taking a comprehensive approach to create sustainable, lasting improvements for […] Nov 17, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier |
NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship ProgramBy Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development opportunity for graduate level students and recent alumni interested getting hands on experience in the public health disability field. Last year’s fellows along with NACCHO Health and DIsability leadership staff are pictured on the right, presenting their... Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Disability Inclusion Works for AllWhile 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a resource titled, Disability Inclusion Works for All, providing information on how to build an inclusive workforce, including stories from CDC staff on their commitment to inclusivity in the workplace. Local health […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce CompetenciesDr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members, recently presented their work on including people with disabilities into public health workforce competencies at the 2016 Southwest Conference on Disability. The purpose of the competencies are to provide information on the relationship between public health programs and... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the virus. It is essential that public health practitioners understand the spectrum of needs that babies born with Zika may experience. The Public Health is for Everyone toolkit, a collection of resources to […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship ProgramThe National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third annual National Environmental Public Health Internship Program, which is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Health Services Branch. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments are highly encouraged to apply to host... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Celebrate National DIS Recognition Day!The 5th Annual National DIS Recognition Day is October 7, 2016. Created by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and celebrated annually on the first Friday of October, National DIS Recognition Day aims to praise, congratulate, and honor disease intervention specialists (DIS) – the “warriors” of the sexually-transmitted disease (STD) world. To reward this workforce’s... Oct 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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