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Tackling the HIV Crisis: Implementing New Ways to Find and Connect Patients to the...
By Julia Hidalgo, ScD, MSW, MPH, National Program Office Director, Research Professor, George Washington University, Merck Foundation...
Sep 18, 2015 | Guest Author
Environmental Health and Accreditation in Indian River County, FL
By Julianne Price, Environmental Health Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Indian River County Environmental health...
Sep 15, 2015 | Katie Regan
MeasureUp, A New Tool for Assessing Health Impact in Community Development Efforts
The Build Healthy Places Network has announced the release of MeasureUp, a tool to help measure and communicate the impact of public...
Sep 10, 2015 | Bridget Kerner
New Funding Opportunity for Improving Health Equity
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Pew Charitable Trusts, has issued a...
Sep 03, 2015 | Bridget Kerner
Ten Local Health Departments Share Their Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates
NACCHO’s human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention project supports local health departments as they identify and prepare to implement...
Jul 20, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Three New Reports Offer Recommendations for Updating the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
The O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center has released series of three policy...
Jul 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Tackling the HIV Crisis: Implementing New Ways to Find and Connect Patients to the Health Care SystemBy Julia Hidalgo, ScD, MSW, MPH, National Program Office Director, Research Professor, George Washington University, Merck Foundation HIV Care Collaborative State and local health departments (LHDs) face daunting challenges to improving the quality of care for low income, uninsured populations living with communicable and chronic diseases. Despite these challenges, many LHDs are piloting... Sep 18, 2015 | Guest Author |
Environmental Health and Accreditation in Indian River County, FLBy Julianne Price, Environmental Health Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Indian River County Environmental health professionals who don’t have a seat at their local table for accreditation efforts should pull up a chair and join the group. For many years, the environmental health profession has held fast to the roots of enforcement and regulation. […] Sep 15, 2015 | Katie Regan |
MeasureUp, A New Tool for Assessing Health Impact in Community Development EffortsThe Build Healthy Places Network has announced the release of MeasureUp, a tool to help measure and communicate the impact of public health professionals’ work. Former HUD assistant director Raphael Bostic once said, “We cannot advance effective policy if we do not know what works.” That means measuring and quantifying successes and struggles. But for many, measuring impact […] Sep 10, 2015 | Bridget Kerner |
New Funding Opportunity for Improving Health EquityThe Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Pew Charitable Trusts, has issued a Call for Proposals (CFP) to target factors outside of the health care sector as a means for improving health equity in seven Southern and Appalachian states: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West […] Sep 03, 2015 | Bridget Kerner |
Ten Local Health Departments Share Their Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccination RatesNACCHO’s human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention project supports local health departments as they identify and prepare to implement strategies to improve HPV vaccination rates. HPV is the leading cause of cervical and several other types of cancers. However, vaccination rates remain low despite the availability of an HPV vaccine. NACCHO’s award supports ten local health departments […] Jul 20, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Three New Reports Offer Recommendations for Updating the Ryan White HIV/AIDS ProgramThe O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center has released series of three policy briefs issuing recommendations for ensuring that the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is updated to be maximally effective in a changing healthcare environment. Leading HIV/AIDS experts authored the briefs to help HIV community stakeholders conceptualize structural... Jul 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
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