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

  • Happy Healthy and Safe Swimming Week!

    The twelfth annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is happening this week, May 23–29. Every year in the week leading up to Memorial...

    May 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Building Healthy Online Communities Public Health Meeting Report

    In December of last year, NCSD’s Building Healthy Online Communities Project held a meeting of STD/HIV program directors, HIV...

    May 24, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • ATSDR Funding Announcement: Community Health Projects on Contamination

    The CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is announcing a new funding opportunity for community health projects...

    May 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

    By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and...

    Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

  • NCSD Blog Series for STD Awareness Month

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has created a blog series for STD Awareness Month. The series is a collaboration...

    Apr 12, 2016 | Nyana Quashie

  • Balancing Transparency and Integrity: How We Changed Public Notification of...

    The second half of 2015 felt like all foodborne illness, all the time. In the summer, we dealt with a statewide salmonella outbreak...

    Apr 07, 2016 | Guest Author

  • CDC Provides New Statistics on the Prevalence of Disability in Children

    By Erin Linden, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow New findings were published on March 11, 2016 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality...

    Apr 04, 2016 | Guest Author

  • New Resource on HIA and Housing

    The Health Impact Project recently released two issue briefs on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Housing. These briefs are designed...

    Mar 28, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

  • 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 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

    Happy Healthy and Safe Swimming Week!

    The twelfth annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is happening this week, May 23–29. Every year in the week leading up to Memorial Day–—the swim season kickoff–—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promotes tips, resources, and guidelines for swimmers, parents of young swimmers, and aquatic professionals to put health and safety first when […]

    May 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Building Healthy Online Communities Public Health Meeting Report

    In December of last year, NCSD’s Building Healthy Online Communities Project held a meeting of STD/HIV program directors, HIV community-based organizations, and CDC representatives to discuss how best to coordinate public health efforts to reduce HIV and STD transmission among gay and bisexual men who meet partners on dating and hook-up sites and mobile apps. […]

    May 24, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    ATSDR Funding Announcement: Community Health Projects on Contamination

    The CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is announcing a new funding opportunity for community health projects related to contamination at Brownfield/Land Reuse Sites. In alignment with ATSDR’s mission to promote healthy and safe environments, this opportunity will further the work of projects seeking to restore contaminated properties as an integral part of the...

    May 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

    By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations and to improve the health of children two years old or younger, and is taking place April 16-23, 2016. Since 1994, […]

    Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

    NCSD Blog Series for STD Awareness Month

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has created a blog series for STD Awareness Month. The series is a collaboration between NCSD’s members and partners, and will put a spotlight on important aspects of STD prevention, along with highlighting the work of may STD programs from across the nation. Last weeks featured blogs were: Female […]

    Apr 12, 2016 | Nyana Quashie

    Balancing Transparency and Integrity: How We Changed Public Notification of Potential Outbreaks

    The second half of 2015 felt like all foodborne illness, all the time. In the summer, we dealt with a statewide salmonella outbreak resulting from contamination at a supplier of whole hogs who sold to small food establishments in our county, as well as to individuals for backyard pig roasts.

    Apr 07, 2016 | Guest Author

    CDC Provides New Statistics on the Prevalence of Disability in Children

    By Erin Linden, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow New findings were published on March 11, 2016 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that indicates significant associations of early childhood mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) with socio-demographic factors and environmental influences. The report relies on statistics collected as part of the 2011-2012...

    Apr 04, 2016 | Guest Author

    New Resource on HIA and Housing

    The Health Impact Project recently released two issue briefs on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Housing. These briefs are designed to help practitioners from the housing sector and from the public health sector understand the role HIA can play in developing healthy housing policies. The briefs, “Health Impact Assessment and Housing: Opportunities for the Housing Sector” […]

    Mar 28, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

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