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Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Lansing, Michigan
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Lead Poisoning: Still an American Burden There are 24 million homes...
Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Take Action! August is National Immunization Awareness Month
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance to promote the importance of vaccination for people of all ages....
Jul 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report Assesses HIV-related Risk Behaviors in Male High School Students
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the first-ever nationally representative look at HIV-related...
Jul 25, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases Zika Guidance for Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released Zika Virus Response Planning: Interim Guidance for District and...
Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Using Data to Drive Public Health Strategy: ACIP’s Recommendation on FluMist
More and more, data is becoming a critical tool in honing public health practice to be most beneficial. The CDC’s Advisory Committee...
Jul 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable...
Per the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu...
Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) recently released the 2015...
Jun 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New Publication: Climate Change and Children’s Health
The Future of Children, a joint initiative between Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Report: Furthering the Adaptation and Implementation of LGBTQ-inclusive...
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), with support from the M·A·C AIDS Fund, has released Furthering the Adaptation and...
May 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Lansing, MichiganBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Lead Poisoning: Still an American Burden There are 24 million homes in the United States that contain deteriorated lead-based paint and elevated levels of lead-based dust and four million of those households contain children. As a direct result, approximately 535,000 children between ages one and five have blood lead […] Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Take Action! August is National Immunization Awareness MonthNational Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance to promote the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. To facilitate local support of this national awareness effort, the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) developed a scalable list of ways to get involved in NIAM. The range of suggested activities ensures that any local health department, regardless... Jul 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report Assesses HIV-related Risk Behaviors in Male High School StudentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the first-ever nationally representative look at HIV-related risk behaviors among gay, bisexual and heterosexual male high school students. The report found that while gay and bisexual male teens don’t engage in riskier sexual behaviors than their heterosexual counterparts, they are at higher risk for HIV. Read […] Jul 25, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases Zika Guidance for SchoolsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released Zika Virus Response Planning: Interim Guidance for District and School Administrators in the Continental United States and Hawaii, an interim guidance document outlining public health actions pertaining to Zika virus infection for kindergarten through grade 12 (K–12) district and school administrators. The guidance is intended to... Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Using Data to Drive Public Health Strategy: ACIP’s Recommendation on FluMistMore and more, data is becoming a critical tool in honing public health practice to be most beneficial. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP’s) recent vote on an interim recommendation for influenza vaccine highlights how and why evaluating public health practices benefits public health policies. Influenza (flu) causes substantial illness and death every […] Jul 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable VaccinePer the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season. Since many school-based influenza vaccination clinics rely heavily on FluMist, or use it exclusively, it’s critical to begin sharing examples, experiences, and resources that will help these clinics develop and implement alternative vaccination programs.... Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey ResultsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) recently released the 2015 national, state, and large urban school district Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results, which summarize input from more than 15,000 students in grades 9-12 in schools across the nation. The YRBS monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among […] Jun 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New Publication: Climate Change and Children’s HealthThe Future of Children, a joint initiative between Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Brookings Institution, recently released the latest issue of their biannual journal, titled Children and Climate Change. This issue identifies the adverse impacts of climate change on a child’s health and various policies that can help mitigate... May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Report: Furthering the Adaptation and Implementation of LGBTQ-inclusive Sexuality EducationTrust for America’s Health (TFAH), with support from the M·A·C AIDS Fund, has released Furthering the Adaptation and Implementation of LGBTQ-inclusive Health and Sexuality Education. The report reflects the discussions at a one-day consultation to consider strategies to advance the adaptation and implementation of schoolbased, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning... May 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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