The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
In May 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a two-day National Leadership Summit on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl...
Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO’s Forces of Change survey examines the impact of the changing public health landscape on local health department (LHD) budgets,...
Feb 12, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and...
Feb 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO is pleased to announce the eighth cohort for its Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards, made possible through a...
Calling all health communicators! Looking to improve your engagement with journalists in print, television, radio & digital media?...
Jan 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) reviewed all state-level food safety legislation in 2018. State legislatures...
Jan 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
As of January 1, 2019, California law permits people to sell meals prepared in their home kitchens. However, individual counties have...
Jan 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
An article in Food Safety News looks at the effectiveness of using online review sites like Yelp to predict food safety non-compliance...
Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice is a self-paced, interactive learning module from...
In May 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a two-day National Leadership Summit on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Washington, D.C. that brought together more than 200 federal, state, and local leaders from across the country to discuss steps to address PFAS. Following the Summit, the agency hosted a series of visits […]
NACCHO’s Forces of Change survey examines the impact of the changing public health landscape on local health department (LHD) budgets, programs, and workforce. Forces of Change enables NACCHO to respond rapidly to emerging issues; by learning more about the trends affecting local health departments, we can develop and improve upon programs that support the work […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is conducting focus groups to collect input to enhance federal outreach efforts and information sharing in support of retail food safety – specifically, the control of Listeria monocytogenes […]
NACCHO is pleased to announce the eighth cohort for its Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards, made possible through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The peer mentorship program provides opportunities to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the FDA’s Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Calling all health communicators! Looking to improve your engagement with journalists in print, television, radio & digital media? USDA/FSIS and the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education are partnering to offer an intensive small group media training for health and food safety communicators to help them more effectively engage with the media. BAC Fighter Media […]
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) reviewed all state-level food safety legislation in 2018. State legislatures enacted 170 laws & adopted 18 resolutions related to food. The most common issues addressed included food donations (72 bills), food service in schools (57 bills), and food service in restaurants (57 bills). Forty-five milk and raw milk […]
As of January 1, 2019, California law permits people to sell meals prepared in their home kitchens. However, individual counties have to opt in, and so far, none have. The goal of the law is to give people an opportunity to experiment and see if opening a restaurant would be a good idea. The law […]
An article in Food Safety News looks at the effectiveness of using online review sites like Yelp to predict food safety non-compliance in restaurants. The article says that reviews can be unreliable indicators because people often attribute their foodborne illness to the last place they ate (even though the foodborne illness incubation period is usually […]
Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice is a self-paced, interactive learning module from CDC’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health that demonstrates the importance of interprofessional practice among health professionals to improve and protect population health in the context of a foodborne outbreak. The module will take approximately 90 minutes-two...
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A Call to build connection across the LHO community, ensure timely updates, and allow for discussion with federal partners on a regular basis.
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
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Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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