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

  • CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health Departments

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their...

    Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • CDC: STD Prevention Success Stories

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) recently developed a series of...

    Aug 03, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Conference Recap: NACCHO at the 2016 National Environmental Health Association...

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted its annual conference and exhibition (AEC) in partnership with the U.S....

    Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • New Food Safety Performance Measurement Tool

    The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) recently released a new data entry tool to support state and local health...

    Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Roundtable Report: Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection...

    During the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, NACCHO hosted a roundtable session titled, “Local...

    Jul 18, 2016 | Christina Baum

  • Eliminating Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat: The Important Role Local...

    My first job in public health was as a health educator and HIV test counselor at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in San...

    Jun 30, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • 250+ Sites Participate in National PrEP Listening Session

    Community representatives from around the country recently joined federal leaders from the White House and the Department of Health...

    Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Vector Control Tools and Resources for Environmental Health Professionals

    Environmental health professionals are on the frontline of helping individuals, institutions, and communities reduce threats from...

    Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • 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 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

    CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health Departments

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their efforts of tracking, investigating and preventing foodborne illness. Grant recipients will receive training for and access to advanced technology, including whole genome sequencers to improve detection and surveillance for antibiotic-resistance intestinal bacteria....

    Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    CDC: STD Prevention Success Stories

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) recently developed a series of STD prevention success stories to highlight state and local achievements in STD prevention. The CDC has worked with state and local health department programs to prevent the spread of STDs for more than 50 years. These programs are critical to […]

    Aug 03, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Conference Recap: NACCHO at the 2016 National Environmental Health Association Annual Conference

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted its annual conference and exhibition (AEC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), earlier this summer in June. Described as the “nexus for environmental health training, education, networking and achievement,” this four-day event focused on how to move environmental health outside the box. As a...

    Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    New Food Safety Performance Measurement Tool

    The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) recently released a new data entry tool to support state and local health departments and partner agencies in measuring their food safety progress. In collaboration with the Minnesota Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence (CoE) and CoE Metrics Work Group, and through a contract managed by the Association of Public […]

    Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Roundtable Report: Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection Control, Preparedness and Response to Infectious Disease Threats

    During the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, NACCHO hosted a roundtable session titled, “Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection Control, Preparedness and Response to Infectious Disease Threats.” The roundtable featured local health departments’ (LHDs’) experiences and lessons learned through the LINC Initiative and NACCHO’s...

    Jul 18, 2016 | Christina Baum

    Eliminating Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat: The Important Role Local Health Departments Play

    My first job in public health was as a health educator and HIV test counselor at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in San Diego. There, I taught classes on HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and TB prevention to individuals in alcohol and drug treatment programs and offered field-based rapid HIV testing following the class. After […]

    Jun 30, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    250+ Sites Participate in National PrEP Listening Session

    Community representatives from around the country recently joined federal leaders from the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services to discuss improving access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and strengthening PrEP delivery systems in the United States. More than 250 sites participated in the national listening session that yielded many thoughtful suggestions from a...

    Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Vector Control Tools and Resources for Environmental Health Professionals

    Environmental health professionals are on the frontline of helping individuals, institutions, and communities reduce threats from mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors. In this column, CDC’s Kelli Foster discusses training and other resources designed to advance environmental health professionals’ awareness of public health threats posed by vectors and pests. The article was published in the...

    Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

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