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Prevent to Protect: January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month
By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst, Health and Disability Every four and half minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the...
Jan 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Local Approaches to Eliminating Viral Hepatitis: Exploring the End Hep C SF...
Approximately 3.5 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis C virus (HCV), yet only around half are aware of their...
Jan 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
HRSA & HUD Initiative Aims to Improve HIV Care and Housing Coordination
Addressing HIV Care and Housing Coordination Through Data Integration to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum is a...
Jan 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
The Digital Bridge Initiative: Improving Public Health Surveillance in the U.S.
Local health departments (LHDs) are the keystone to successful public health surveillance – the systematic and ongoing collection,...
Dec 28, 2016 | Lisa McKeown
Funding Opportunity: Tips from Former Smokers™ campaign
With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Association of County and City Health Officials...
Dec 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Technical Assistance Resource: Health Center Provision of HIV Pre-Exposure...
The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Health Center Program, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),...
Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Apply Now: Help Define the Future of Case Reporting
The Digital Bridge initiative is a collaboration of most of the largest health care providers, electronic health record (EHR) vendors,...
Dec 12, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data...
Dec 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference
Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject...
Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Prevent to Protect: January is National Birth Defects Prevention MonthBy Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst, Health and Disability Every four and half minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States. In an effort to address this serious public health issue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) celebrates National Birth Defects Prevention Month every January. This year’s theme […] Jan 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Local Approaches to Eliminating Viral Hepatitis: Exploring the End Hep C SF InitiativeApproximately 3.5 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis C virus (HCV), yet only around half are aware of their infection. In 2013, hepatitis C-related mortality surpassed the total number of combined deaths from 60 other infectious diseases, including HIV and tuberculosis, reported to CDC. Fortunately, direct-acting antivirals have transformed the treatment landscape and now... Jan 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
HRSA & HUD Initiative Aims to Improve HIV Care and Housing CoordinationAddressing HIV Care and Housing Coordination Through Data Integration to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum is a pilot initiative led by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in collaboration with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The goal of the initiative is to improve health outcomes for persons living with HIV by […] Jan 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
The Digital Bridge Initiative: Improving Public Health Surveillance in the U.S.Local health departments (LHDs) are the keystone to successful public health surveillance – the systematic and ongoing collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data to stimulate public health action. As local providers of health services, LHDs are well-positioned to monitor community health data, flag potential public health threats, and intervene to prevent endemics, pandemics,... Dec 28, 2016 | Lisa McKeown |
Funding Opportunity: Tips from Former Smokers™ campaignWith support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for local health departments to increase smoking cessation rates by supporting, leveraging, and extending the Tips from Former Smokers (Tips)™ campaign resources in healthcare provider practices. Through […] Dec 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Technical Assistance Resource: Health Center Provision of HIV Pre-Exposure ProphylaxisThe Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Health Center Program, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), recently shared a technical assistance resource highlighting information and resources for the provision of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in health centers. This resource is intended to assist health centers considering providing PrEP including: summary guidelines... Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Apply Now: Help Define the Future of Case ReportingThe Digital Bridge initiative is a collaboration of most of the largest health care providers, electronic health record (EHR) vendors, and public health practice associations in the United States. Within the next year, it is likely to define the essential operations of electronic case reporting from healthcare providers to public health. A standard, robust reporting […] Dec 12, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data ReportThe Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2015 is now available on the HAB website. This publication reflects HAB’s ongoing commitment to ensuring the availability of timely program information in a variety of consumer-friendly formats. The report providers stakeholders and partners access to... Dec 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction ConferenceHarm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject drugs and their sex partners were dying of AIDS at alarming rates. Harm reduction is a framework for meeting people where they are at and reducing the negative consequences of drug use. […] Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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