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Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies
Dr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members,...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
AUCD Awarded Grant for Health Care Provider Training
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently received a grant award from the Special Hope Foundation. The...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0
As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship Program
The National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Infographic: Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared an infographic that provides a visual explanation of the three...
Oct 25, 2016 | Amy Chang
Infographic: Syndromic Surveillance in Local Health Departments
In 2015, with funding support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with the International...
Oct 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community Outreach
By: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually...
Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Big Cities Health Coalition: Battling AIDS in Houston Latin-American Communities
Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) recently penned an op-ed, “Battling AIDS in Houston Latin-American Communities,” to...
Oct 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Now Available: Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide
The National Coalition of Sexual Health (NCSH) recently released Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide to help primary...
Oct 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce CompetenciesDr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members, recently presented their work on including people with disabilities into public health workforce competencies at the 2016 Southwest Conference on Disability. The purpose of the competencies are to provide information on the relationship between public health programs and... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
AUCD Awarded Grant for Health Care Provider TrainingThe Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently received a grant award from the Special Hope Foundation. The project, entitled Health is for Everyone: Action Team (HEAT), will support the creation of an action team to incorporate disability training into health care provider training. The goals of the project include attaining training standards for […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the virus. It is essential that public health practitioners understand the spectrum of needs that babies born with Zika may experience. The Public Health is for Everyone toolkit, a collection of resources to […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship ProgramThe National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third annual National Environmental Public Health Internship Program, which is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Health Services Branch. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments are highly encouraged to apply to host... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Infographic: Foodborne Disease OutbreaksThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared an infographic that provides a visual explanation of the three types of data used to link illnesses to contaminated foods and solve outbreak. The infographic describes how the three data types are used, actions to stop the outbreak, and how experts are constantly improving and developing […] Oct 25, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Infographic: Syndromic Surveillance in Local Health DepartmentsIn 2015, with funding support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with the International Society for Disease Surveillance and the NACCHO Biosurveillance Needs Assessment Survey (BNAS) Workgroup, NACCHO conducted a survey of 500 local health departments to assess the management and use of electronic syndromic surveillance (SyS) practice and identify... Oct 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community OutreachBy: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually and can cause mild to severe illness, which can lead to hospitalizations and even death. Certain groups, such as elderly people, young children, and people with health conditions like heart disease, asthma, or weakened immune systems have a […] Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Big Cities Health Coalition: Battling AIDS in Houston Latin-American CommunitiesBig Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) recently penned an op-ed, “Battling AIDS in Houston Latin-American Communities,” to reflect on National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day. Originally published in The Hill, the article explores how several American cities have created innovative strategies to lower AIDS and HIV rates by speaking directly to Hispanic residents – especially youth – about how... Oct 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Available: Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s GuideThe National Coalition of Sexual Health (NCSH) recently released Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide to help primary care providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive sexual health services into routine patient visits. Developed by the Health Care Action Group, the guide features tables and charts to help providers easily find key information,... Oct 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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