The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Smoke from wildfires in the southern plains spread this weekend through areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri....
Apr 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Below is an excerpt from a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. For many infectious diseases, for example...
Apr 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Public Health Innovations, LLC is seeking input on the use of the wet rags and buckets used to clean and sanitize food contact and non...
Apr 16, 2018 | Amy Chang
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) plans to award up to 75 grants...
Apr 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Data utilization is one of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) priorities. One...
Overview Local health departments (LHDs) play an important role in the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV, sexually transmitted...
Communication between providers and parents is key to improving HPV vaccination. HPV Vaccine: Same Way, Same Day™ is a brief,...
In response to the vulnerability to rapid dissemination of hepatitis and HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), which is being...
Apr 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO hosted the 2018 Vector Control Summit on March 13 – 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. The summit focused on building mosquito...
Apr 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Smoke from wildfires in the southern plains spread this weekend through areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. Wildfires produce air pollution that can impact people’s health and other aspects of daily life. The increased frequency and intensity of wildfires in the United States are adversely affecting air quality and putting more people at […]
Below is an excerpt from a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. For many infectious diseases, for example foodborne infections, tuberculosis, and Ebola virus, identifying and controlling outbreaks is a routine component of the public health response. Although this approach has not been a traditional focus of prevention efforts for HIV, […]
Public Health Innovations, LLC is seeking input on the use of the wet rags and buckets used to clean and sanitize food contact and non food contact surfaces in restaurants. The data will be used for an article on the risk of improper cleaning and sanitation using this method. State and local health regulators can […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) plans to award up to 75 grants to rural communities as part of a new Rural Communities Opioid Response (Planning) (RCORP) initiative in FY 18. Successful awardees will receive up to $200,000 for one-year to develop plans to implement opioid use […]
Data utilization is one of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) priorities. One related activity is the analysis and dissemination of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services Report (RSR) data. HRSA HAB has released eight slide decks with national-level data from the 2016 RSR. These slide decks complement the 2016 Ryan White […]
Overview Local health departments (LHDs) play an important role in the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and viral hepatitis. We have the tools and technologies to end the HIV epidemic, eliminate hepatitis B and C, and effectively prevent and treat STIs, but we must ensure that local public health has […]
Communication between providers and parents is key to improving HPV vaccination. HPV Vaccine: Same Way, Same Day™ is a brief, interactive role-play simulation designed to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to introduce the HPV vaccine and address hesitant parents’ concerns. The simulation was developed by the Academic Pediatric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Kognito....
In response to the vulnerability to rapid dissemination of hepatitis and HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), which is being fueled by our nation’s opioid epidemic, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is pleased to announce the release of Community Response Planning for Outbreaks of Hepatitis and HIV Among People […]
NACCHO hosted the 2018 Vector Control Summit on March 13 – 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. The summit focused on building mosquito control capabilities in local jurisdictions and featured speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, local vector control organizations, and other national environmental health organizations. View summit resources and presentations.
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