The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health...
Oct 15, 2020 | Anu Varma
Pregnant people have been largely invisible in efforts to better manage harm to human health from the increasing number of...
Oct 08, 2020 | Guest Author
NACCHO partners with Children's Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.
Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author
As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 10, 2019 a proposed rule that...
Oct 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day (CEH Day) in 2016 as a...
Aug 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day in 2016 as a way to...
Jun 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Young children often are hardest hit by the consequences of poor environmental public health systems. For their size, they breathe...
Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health...
Sep 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Despite the many successes and advancements in the field of children’s environmental health over the past few decades, today’s...
Aug 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) in the United States, NACCHO will be releasing a bi-weekly blog consisting of an up-to-date collection of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resources for our members working at the intersection of environmental health and COVID-19.
Pregnant people have been largely invisible in efforts to better manage harm to human health from the increasing number of hotter-than-usual days and nights, and worsening heat waves across U.S. cities and counties. This is a problem.
As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 10, 2019 a proposed rule that significantly improves the actions that water systems must take to reduce lead in the nation’s drinking water. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the proposal at an event in Green Bay.
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day (CEH Day) in 2016 as a way to raise awareness about how environmental exposures impact children’s health. It is also a day of action that can be used to mobilize individuals, families, organizations, and communities to champion, on behalf of all children, the right […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day in 2016 as a way to raise awareness about how environmental exposures impact children’s health. It is also a day of action that can be used to mobilize individuals, families, organizations, and communities to champion, on behalf of all children, the right to clean […]
Young children often are hardest hit by the consequences of poor environmental public health systems. For their size, they breathe more air and eat more food than adults, making them particularly vulnerable to environmental public health hazards. And even low levels of toxic exposures can affect children’s physical and mental development. While everyone suffers the […]
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health department professionals are uniquely aware of the health issues and risks affecting their towns and cities. Some counties have a disproportionate number of homes with lead paint, and others have increasing asthma prevalence rates among children. Children are especially...
Despite the many successes and advancements in the field of children’s environmental health over the past few decades, today’s children face an epidemic of chronic diseases and developmental disabilities linked to environmental exposures and our changing climate. There is an urgent need to put children and families back into the forefront of our nation’s actions […]
Create an account or login to MyNACCHO and go to "My Subscriptions."
Calendar
Sharing Smarter: Using Knowledge Management in Rural/Frontier Public Health Connect with and learn from other health departments.
Register
Empowering Public Health Through Law and Policy
Join our impactful webinar to explore community-centered strategies for combating the opioid crisis.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
Celebrate with us!
Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma
Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...
Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
This blog embodies NACCHO's mission to empower local health departments and drive positive change.
The NACCHO website uses cookies to offer our visitors a better browsing experience, to analyze our website traffic, and to present personalized content; cookies are small data files that are attached to your computer when you visit websites. You can read about how we use cookies by clicking on the "details" button below. If you continue to use this website, you are consenting to our use of cookies.