The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
CDC epidemiologists have published the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of waterborne disease in the United States, showing...
Dec 15, 2020 | Guest Author
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a consensus study recommending a four-phase framework...
Oct 06, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Building Healthy Online Communities and the National Coalition of STD Directors have launched a new resource, TellYourContacts.com,...
Apr 01, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce...
Dec 10, 2019 | Guest Author
NACCHO held a webinar on Oct. 8, 2019 focused on the process for updating the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC). Every three years,...
Oct 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A new book, “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities,” examines ways that community...
Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The New Jersey Department of Transit released a guide that is a one-stop resource for New Jersey municipalities, counties, agencies,...
In the fall of 2018, the residents of the United Kingdom’s northern city of Grimsby could have been forgiven for choking on their...
Sep 16, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, is pleased to announce that a new notice...
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC epidemiologists have published the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of waterborne disease in the United States, showing that every year, diseases that spread through water cause 7.15 million illnesses and 6,630 deaths, and cost our healthcare system more than $3.3 billion.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a consensus study recommending a four-phase framework to inform national and local guidelines for equitable COVID-19 vaccine allocation.
Building Healthy Online Communities and the National Coalition of STD Directors have launched a new resource, TellYourContacts.com, which allows individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 to notify their contacts via text or email that they may have been exposed. The site is currently built upon TellYourPartner.org, originally designed for STD partner notification. Access the […]
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce place-based arts practices within county and city public health agencies. This practice is referred to as creative placemaking, and it involves public, private, non-profit, and community sectors partnering up to strategically shape the physical […]
NACCHO held a webinar on Oct. 8, 2019 focused on the process for updating the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC). Every three years, everyone across the country and around the world has an opportunity to participate in the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code (CMAHC) process to update the MAHC by submitting recommendations for improvements.
A new book, “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities,” examines ways that community groups, government agencies, academic institutions, and private institutions each play a role in addressing environmental health issues and how they can collaborate to address environmental health disparities.
The New Jersey Department of Transit released a guide that is a one-stop resource for New Jersey municipalities, counties, agencies, organizations, and advocates with an interest in implementing Complete Streets in their communities.
In the fall of 2018, the residents of the United Kingdom’s northern city of Grimsby could have been forgiven for choking on their breakfast cereal when they saw in the news that their High Street (UK equivalent of a Main Street), was named by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), as the UK’s unhealthiest.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, is pleased to announce that a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for its APPLETREE program has been published on www.Grants.gov. This new three-year ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) cooperative agreement program will fund approximately...
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