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At Your Service: CDC’s Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Provide Guidance...
By Elizabeth Pace, Public Health Advisor, Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention If...
Jan 27, 2016 | Katie Regan
HRSA HAB Consultation Summaries
The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) collaborated with the Office of the Assistant...
Jan 15, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Now Available: FAQ Document and Audio Recording for the Lessons in INfection Control...
Following the January 8 informational webinar on NACCHO’s Lessons in INfection Control (LINC) funding opportunity, the audio recording...
Jan 13, 2016 | Sara Chang
NACCHO Releases Updated Policy Statement on Health in All Policies
NACCHO has recently updated its Health in All Policies (HiAP) policy statement providing guidance and recommendations for Health in...
Nov 24, 2015 | Bridget Kerner
Communications and Marketing: A Foundational Capability for Local Health Departments
Can your residents describe what your local health department does? In 2002, only 29% of residents served by the Yellowstone...
Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the...
Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NACCHO Food Safety Technical Assistance Program Now Accepting Applications
NACCHO is pleased to announce the launch of its new food safety technical assistance program. The program will help local health...
Nov 02, 2015 | Amy Chang
Clinical Toolkit from Rhode Island Defeats Hepatitis C
Rhode Island Defeats Hepatitis C (RID Hep C) has developed a clinical toolkit for both patients and providers to enhance hepatitis C...
Oct 22, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Celebrate World Environmental Health Day Sept. 26
Ensuring the public’s health is a multifaceted challenge requiring expertise in more than just the health threats that come from...
Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
At Your Service: CDC’s Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Provide Guidance and Resources for Local and State Health DepartmentsBy Elizabeth Pace, Public Health Advisor, Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention If your New Year’s resolution is to improve your health department’s foodborne illness investigations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (CoEs) can help. The CoEs were established under the […] Jan 27, 2016 | Katie Regan |
HRSA HAB Consultation SummariesThe HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) collaborated with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the National Institutes of Health to host three expert consultations in 2015 to identify methods for improving care and treatment for people living with HIV. Lessons learned from these consultations will help inform... Jan 15, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Now Available: FAQ Document and Audio Recording for the Lessons in INfection Control Initiative Funding OpportunityFollowing the January 8 informational webinar on NACCHO’s Lessons in INfection Control (LINC) funding opportunity, the audio recording and a document providing answers to frequently asked questions about the LINC Initiative request for applications (RFA) are available. Responses to new questions submitted by potential applicants after January 13 will be posted on this blog. Applications must... Jan 13, 2016 | Sara Chang |
NACCHO Releases Updated Policy Statement on Health in All PoliciesNACCHO has recently updated its Health in All Policies (HiAP) policy statement providing guidance and recommendations for Health in All Policies at local health departments. HiAP is a strategy to assist leaders and policymakers in integrating considerations of health, well-being, and equity during the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies and services. HiAP is defined […] Nov 24, 2015 | Bridget Kerner |
Communications and Marketing: A Foundational Capability for Local Health DepartmentsCan your residents describe what your local health department does? In 2002, only 29% of residents served by the Yellowstone City-County Health Department (now RiverStone Health) in Billings, MT could say that they had ever heard of the health department. However, thanks to the health department leadership’s investments in a rebranding effort, 10 years later, 88% of residents were able […] Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual MeetingThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the wide range of issues affecting HIV and STD programs across the country, including staffing, evaluation, performance outcome measures, surveillance, state policy to the re-emergence of congenital syphilis, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention, and adapting... Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO Food Safety Technical Assistance Program Now Accepting ApplicationsNACCHO is pleased to announce the launch of its new food safety technical assistance program. The program will help local health departments address challenges, barriers and emerging issues related to food safety. NACCHO can provide technical assistance on include the Food and Drug Administration’s Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program, foodborne disease outbreak response, retail... Nov 02, 2015 | Amy Chang |
Clinical Toolkit from Rhode Island Defeats Hepatitis CRhode Island Defeats Hepatitis C (RID Hep C) has developed a clinical toolkit for both patients and providers to enhance hepatitis C care. The toolkit includes information on drug-drug interactions, elastography, endoscopy, hepatitis C evaluation for providers, and a recommended reading list. Find the toolkit here. Oct 22, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Celebrate World Environmental Health Day Sept. 26Ensuring the public’s health is a multifaceted challenge requiring expertise in more than just the health threats that come from within. As the United States continues to experience increasing numbers of severe weather events and national foodborne illness outbreaks, the nation’s environmental health is pushed front and center. Addressing environmental health issues such as climate... Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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