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Communication Toolkit: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a...
Dec 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Features: Helping Everybody to Quit Smoking
Data shows that people with disabilities have a higher smoking rate than people without disabilities. The Center for Disease Control...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Legal and Policy Resources Related to Disability and Health
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program and the Healthy People 2020 initiative recently...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Paid Student Internship in Environmental Health
The Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP), in partnership with NSF International, is offering a paid...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
2017 AEHAP Student Research Competition
The Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) is seeking student entries for a 20-minute platform presentation and...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Travel Funding Available: Central/Midwest Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet Meeting
With support from the CDC and FDA, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Article: Insights on Improving Children’s Environmental Health
The Children’s Environmental Health Network recently released a new article titled “Children’s Environmental Health:...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Webinar Recording: Legionella – New Science, Insights and Standards
The Michigan Public Health Training Center in collaboration with the Genesee County Health Department (Flint, MI) recently hosted a...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Positively Speaking: Provider Resource for Talking about Safer Sexual Behaviors
In the summer of 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched Positively Speaking, an educational tool that is...
Dec 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Communication Toolkit: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic ResistanceThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a toolkit to help public health departments enhance communication and coordination around healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and stopping the spread of antibiotic resistance. Health departments can use these tools to reach and engage various public... Dec 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Features: Helping Everybody to Quit SmokingData shows that people with disabilities have a higher smoking rate than people without disabilities. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently highlighted how the State Disability and Health Programs provide inclusive tobacco cessation programs and services in their communities. These state-funded programs work to improve the health of people with disabilities through […] Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Legal and Policy Resources Related to Disability and HealthThe Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program and the Healthy People 2020 initiative recently developed a catalog of resources on law and health policy topics related to disability and health. Law and health policies that support people with disabilities can contribute to the success of the Healthy People 2020 Disability and […] Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Paid Student Internship in Environmental HealthThe Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP), in partnership with NSF International, is offering a paid internship (worth $3,500) for undergraduate students. The NSF International Scholarship Program is open to all college juniors and seniors currently enrolled in a National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC)-accredited programs. The... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
2017 AEHAP Student Research CompetitionThe Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) is seeking student entries for a 20-minute platform presentation and poster at the National Environmental Health Association’s Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition in Grand Rapids, MI, July 10–13, 2017. Selected presenters will also receive a $1,000 cash prize plus up to $1,000 to cover travel expenses to attend the... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Travel Funding Available: Central/Midwest Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet MeetingWith support from the CDC and FDA, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are offering travel funds for environmental health specialists interested in attending the joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet regional meeting for the Central/Midwest region. This in-person event is scheduled to take place on March 7-9, 2017 in Chicago, IL.... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Article: Insights on Improving Children’s Environmental HealthThe Children’s Environmental Health Network recently released a new article titled “Children’s Environmental Health: Homes of Influence” featured in the December 2016 issue of the Environmental Health Perspectives journal. The publication discusses the potential positive impact of “homes of influence” (i.e. individuals, organizations, government entities,... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Webinar Recording: Legionella – New Science, Insights and StandardsThe Michigan Public Health Training Center in collaboration with the Genesee County Health Department (Flint, MI) recently hosted a webinar providing new insight on Legionnaires’ disease. Special Pathogens Laboratory owner, Janet E. Stout, PhD, discusses the disease in context of the 2015 ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems.A set of... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Positively Speaking: Provider Resource for Talking about Safer Sexual BehaviorsIn the summer of 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched Positively Speaking, an educational tool that is part of the Prevention IS Care campaign. Positively Speaking is a free, web-based, continuing education activity to educate HIV health care providers about the importance of delivering brief prevention messages to their patients to […] Dec 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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