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Supporting College Students Living with HIV: Staying Healthy While in School & Beyond
Students living with HIV might have many concerns about embarking on college life. Will they be treated differently? Will they be...
Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Delays
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape...
Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NASTAD Call to Action: Supervised Injection Facilities
In response to increasing incidence of hepatitis, HIV, and overdose death related to opioid and other drug use in America, the...
Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Webinar Recording: Strategies to Combat Opioid Use in Rural Communities
The Rural Health Research Gateway recently hosted a webinar to share a wide range of strategies that rural communities can use to...
Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Prevent to Protect: National Birth Defects Prevention Month
By Katelynd Todd, NACCHO Health & Disability Fellow January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month in the United States. A...
Jan 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Register Now! 2018 NACCHO Annual Conference
Registration is now open for the 2018 NACCHO Annual Conference, to be held July 10–12 in New Orleans, LA. The theme for this...
Jan 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Winter 2018 NACCHO Exchange: Bridging Local Public Health and Healthcare
In the latest issue of NACCHO Exchange, local health departments from around the nation discuss how they are connecting public health...
Jan 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Tune In: CDC/NPHIC Monthly Health Promotion Call
Each month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) co-host...
Jan 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
IBM Health Corps Opportunity to Address Health Disparities
IBM Health Corps, a pro bono service that focuses on bringing data, design, and technology to address health disparities around the...
Jan 24, 2018 | Christina Baum
Supporting College Students Living with HIV: Staying Healthy While in School & BeyondStudents living with HIV might have many concerns about embarking on college life. Will they be treated differently? Will they be stigmatized or discriminated against? Aspiring students will be happy to learn that they shouldn’t be treated any differently than anyone else on their college campus. Modern medical treatments mean college students with HIV can […] Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis DelaysThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes diagnosis delay among persons infected with HIV: Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States. This activity is intended for infectious disease clinicians,... Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
NASTAD Call to Action: Supervised Injection FacilitiesIn response to increasing incidence of hepatitis, HIV, and overdose death related to opioid and other drug use in America, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has evaluated evidence-based interventions intended to address these intersecting epidemics, including Supervised Injection Facilities. As part of this work, NASTAD released Call to Action: Supervised... Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Webinar Recording: Strategies to Combat Opioid Use in Rural CommunitiesThe Rural Health Research Gateway recently hosted a webinar to share a wide range of strategies that rural communities can use to combat the opioid problem. The webinar discusses cost-effective, evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery programs that have been successfully implemented in rural communities. It concludes by describing community organizing strategies to engage a wide... Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Prevent to Protect: National Birth Defects Prevention MonthBy Katelynd Todd, NACCHO Health & Disability Fellow January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month in the United States. A birth defect can be defined as a biochemical or physical abnormality that forms within an infant before or during birth. These defects are normally found within the first year of life. While some birth defects […] Jan 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Register Now! 2018 NACCHO Annual ConferenceRegistration is now open for the 2018 NACCHO Annual Conference, to be held July 10–12 in New Orleans, LA. The theme for this year’s conference is Unleashing the Power of Local Public Health, designed to highlight the ways in which local public health officials have and will continue to positively affect health outcomes in communities […] Jan 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Winter 2018 NACCHO Exchange: Bridging Local Public Health and HealthcareIn the latest issue of NACCHO Exchange, local health departments from around the nation discuss how they are connecting public health and healthcare to improve population health. The issue includes the following articles: BUILD Health Challenge: Using Multi-Sector Community Partnerships to Improve Community Health Integrating Routine Chlamydia Screening into Primary Care Practices... Jan 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Tune In: CDC/NPHIC Monthly Health Promotion CallEach month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) co-host a conference call to help public health professionals promote information on a range of public health topics to their audiences. This standing call takes place on the fourth Thursday of each month, from 2:00-2:30pm ET and call topics – […] Jan 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
IBM Health Corps Opportunity to Address Health DisparitiesIBM Health Corps, a pro bono service that focuses on bringing data, design, and technology to address health disparities around the world, is calling for proposals from organizations interested in tackling heath disparities in the areas of cancer and health workforce strengthening. The application deadline is February 13, 2018. Visit the application page to learn […] Jan 24, 2018 | Christina Baum |
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