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Mitigating the Risks of Animal Importation: Who’s Responsible?
Hundreds of thousands of animals are imported into the United States every day, increasing the chance for infectious diseases...
Oct 13, 2016 | Erin Laird
SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education in the States
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) just released the latest edition of the SIECUS State...
Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
NMAC Launches New Initiative: Building Leaders of Color Living with HIV
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in partnership with the Transgender Law Center, HIV Caucus, and the Positive Women’s...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Newly Released: NACCHO Exchange Summer 2016 Issue
The newest issue of the NACCHO Exchange, our quarterly magazine was sent out to all local health departments (LHDs) across the country...
Sep 16, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New One-Pager: The Value of HIA to Community Partners
Across the country, local health departments (LHDs) often struggle to explain the value of health impact assessment (HIA) to community...
Sep 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Health Impact Assessment: An Essential Tool for Health Department Accreditation
By Shannon Browlee, MPH, Public Health Educator, Okaland County Health Division (MI) and Stephanie Souter, MS, Planner II,Washington...
Aug 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Publishes First National Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students’ Health
CDC recently published a new study, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-related Behaviors Among Students in Grades...
Aug 12, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Lansing, Michigan
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Lead Poisoning: Still an American Burden There are 24 million homes...
Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance
By Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or...
Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Mitigating the Risks of Animal Importation: Who’s Responsible?Hundreds of thousands of animals are imported into the United States every day, increasing the chance for infectious diseases transmittable to humans to be introduced with them. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates more than 60% of infectious diseases in humans are spread from animals. The elevated risk of infectious […] Oct 13, 2016 | Erin Laird |
SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education in the StatesThe Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) just released the latest edition of the SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education in the States. This fiscal year (FY) 2015 edition includes individual profiles for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the outer United States […] Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
NMAC Launches New Initiative: Building Leaders of Color Living with HIVThe National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in partnership with the Transgender Law Center, HIV Caucus, and the Positive Women’s Network – USA, recently launched Building Leaders of Color Living with HIV (BLOC). The BLOC will train people of color living with HIV to be full, active, and engaged participants on planning bodies, medical and support care teams, boards […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Newly Released: NACCHO Exchange Summer 2016 IssueThe newest issue of the NACCHO Exchange, our quarterly magazine was sent out to all local health departments (LHDs) across the country last week. The summer 2016 issue focuses on environmental health, highlighting topics including vector control, food safety, aquatic safety, healthy community design, climate change and more. The issue’s feature article describes the recent lead […] Sep 16, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New One-Pager: The Value of HIA to Community PartnersAcross the country, local health departments (LHDs) often struggle to explain the value of health impact assessment (HIA) to community stakeholders. In an effort to support this effort, NACCHO’s HIA community of practice, comprised of LHD HIA practitioners, created a one-pager. This resource details how HIA is a valuable tool for community health, relationship development, […] Sep 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Health Impact Assessment: An Essential Tool for Health Department AccreditationBy Shannon Browlee, MPH, Public Health Educator, Okaland County Health Division (MI) and Stephanie Souter, MS, Planner II,Washington County (MN) Public Health & Environment Seeking accreditation status from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), and integrating Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into community-wide, decision-making practice are two goals shared by many health departments... Aug 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Publishes First National Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students’ HealthCDC recently published a new study, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12—United States and Selected Sites, 2015” in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. This new study compares the prevalence of more than 100 health behaviors among lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) students to their heterosexual peers. These […] Aug 12, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Lansing, MichiganBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Lead Poisoning: Still an American Burden There are 24 million homes in the United States that contain deteriorated lead-based paint and elevated levels of lead-based dust and four million of those households contain children. As a direct result, approximately 535,000 children between ages one and five have blood lead […] Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial ResistanceBy Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing health challenges in our nation. Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes are able to spread despite the treatment of drugs, placing individuals at high risk for death. Recently, an […] Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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