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Prioritizing the Health of MSM: Extragenital STD Screening Call-to-Action
The National Coalition of STD Directors’ Gay Men’s Health Equity Work Group developed a Call-to-Action and supplemental...
Oct 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Video: The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public Health
The Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) recently published a video on...
Oct 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: Sustainably Integrating Health Considerations into Systems and...
The Health Impact Project is seeking proposals from partner organizations who work nationally, regionally, or at the state level...
Sep 11, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Funding Opportunity: Southern HIV Impact Fund
AIDS United, in partnership with Funders Concerned About AIDS, and with generous support from Gilead Sciences, Ford Foundation, Elton...
Aug 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Webinar Series: Communicating Climate Change as a Public Health Issue
The San Luis Obispo Public Health Department is hosting a four-part webinar series titled “Communicating Climate Change as a...
Jun 27, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
CMS Issue Brief: Increasing Physical Accessibility in Health Care Facilities
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health recently released a new issue brief, titled:...
Jun 07, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Recently Released: Food Recovery Report
Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resources Defense Council recently released a joint report...
Jun 05, 2017 | Amy Chang
Prioritizing the Health of MSM: Extragenital STD Screening Call-to-ActionThe National Coalition of STD Directors’ Gay Men’s Health Equity Work Group developed a Call-to-Action and supplemental infographics encouraging improved STD screening of men who have sex with men (MSM), specifically of the throat and rectum. Per the executive summary: Though many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain undiagnosed and unreported, 2016 was the third consecutive... Oct 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Video: The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public HealthThe Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) recently published a video on “The Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Public Health.” Public health professionals have seen disparities in health outcomes along racial and ethnic lines for decades. Data point to disparities in life expectancy, rates of new HIV […] Oct 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: Sustainably Integrating Health Considerations into Systems and PoliciesThe Health Impact Project is seeking proposals from partner organizations who work nationally, regionally, or at the state level focused on implementing systems and policy change to improve social determinants of health and health equity. At least four organizations will be selected and receive up to $45,000 to carry out initiatives over a maximum of 18 […] Sep 11, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Funding Opportunity: Southern HIV Impact FundAIDS United, in partnership with Funders Concerned About AIDS, and with generous support from Gilead Sciences, Ford Foundation, Elton John AIDS Foundation, and ViiV Healthcare, recently announced the opportunity for grant support through the Southern HIV Impact Fund! The Southern HIV Impact Fund seeks to increase collaborative efforts across the U.S. South to end HIV […] Aug 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Webinar Series: Communicating Climate Change as a Public Health IssueThe San Luis Obispo Public Health Department is hosting a four-part webinar series titled “Communicating Climate Change as a Public Health Issue,” starting on July 19. Attendees will hear from internationally-recognized experts and innovative on-the-ground leaders discussing a range of issues critical to public health departments as they grapple with climate change impacts with... Jun 27, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Tools & Resources, Community Engagement, Health Equity & Social Justice, TrainingTraining Series: Health Equity and Social Justice 101NACCHO has recently launched a Health Equity and Social Justice 101 Training Series to increase the knowledge and inform the practices of local health departments and their multi-sector partners on health equity and social justice (HESJ) principles, key concepts, and applications. The training series kicks off with a pre-recorded presentation featuring Dr. Richard Hofrichter, Senior Director... Jun 20, 2017 | Andrea Grenadier |
CMS Issue Brief: Increasing Physical Accessibility in Health Care FacilitiesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health recently released a new issue brief, titled: “Increasing the Physical Accessibility of Health Care Facilities.” This resource provides an overview of barriers faced by individuals with disabilities attempting to enter or navigate health care facilitates; the current federal and state-level policies designed... Jun 07, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Recently Released: Food Recovery ReportHarvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resources Defense Council recently released a joint report titled, Don’t Waste, Donate: Enhancing Food Donations Through Federal Policy. The report addresses a troubling disconnect between the approximate 62.5 million tons of annual food waste in the U.S., and the 42.2 million of Americans who simultaneously face food... Jun 05, 2017 | Amy Chang |
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