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Join the 2018 National Improvement Partnership HPV Learning Collaborative!

The National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN) and the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) have collaborated on a national...

Dec 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • March is National Nutrition Month!

    This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month® is “Put Your Best Fork Forward.” This month is a great way to promote messages...

    Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Legal and Policy Resources Related to Disability and Health

    The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program and the Healthy People 2020 initiative recently...

    Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • CDC: 2015 STD Surveillance Report

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of STD Prevention just released its 2015 STD...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • 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

    • Art & Creativity, Health in All Policies, Parks

    Creative Placemaking: Using Arts and Parks to Improve Community Health

    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 […]

    Dec 10, 2019 | Guest Author

    Funding Opportunity, All of Us, Community Health

    Barclay-Giel ​Seed Grants for Community-based Public Health Programs

    The PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation (COF) for the Advancement of Public Health seeks to support community-based public health programs. ​The Barclay-Giel Seed Grants program is named after the late Martha Barclay-Giel, a retired Captain of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Captain Barclay-Giel dedicated her life’s worth to advancing the health of […]

    Feb 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    2018 National Viral Hepatitis Progress Report

    The Centers Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an online 2018 National Viral Hepatitis Progress Report to share trends in viral hepatitis vaccination efforts, and disease incidence and mortality. This is the annual update to the 2017 inaugural report, Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States. In the new report, CDC highlights the […]

    Nov 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Healthy People 2030, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    STD Awareness Month 2018: The Value of a Community of Practice

    Written by Nikole Gettings, Intern on NACCHO’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Team The State of Sexual Health in African-American Men As rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among racial and ethnic minorities continue to rise, local health departments and community-based organizations are continuously exploring effective methods of reaching these populations with sexual health...

    Apr 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Join the 2018 National Improvement Partnership HPV Learning Collaborative!

    The National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN) and the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) have collaborated on a national practice-based quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed at improving adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates through strong provider recommendations and reducing missed opportunities. Any organization (e.g., pediatric or family practice, school based...

    Dec 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    March is National Nutrition Month!

    This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month® is “Put Your Best Fork Forward.” This month is a great way to promote messages about healthy eating in your community. Health.gov has developed a National Nutrition Month Promo Kit to help promote National Nutrition Month as well as the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The Centers for […]

    Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Legal and Policy Resources Related to Disability and Health

    The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program and the Healthy People 2020 initiative recently developed a catalog of resources on law and health policy topics related to disability and health. Law and health policies that support people with disabilities can contribute to the success of the Healthy People 2020 Disability and […]

    Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    CDC: 2015 STD Surveillance Report

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of STD Prevention just released its 2015 STD Surveillance Report, which presents statistics and trends for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States through 2015. The report found that reported STDs are at an unprecedented high in the U.S; 2015 was the second year in a row in […]

    Oct 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    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

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