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Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference

Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject...

Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

COVID-19, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Join NACCHO’s RIM Advisory Group

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in partnership with the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM), is recruiting local health department (LHD) subject matter experts to participate in an ad-hoc RIM Advisory Group (RIMAG).

Feb 04, 2021 | Shalesha Majors

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COVID-19, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing among Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant (RIM) Populations: Important Considerations for Health Departments

New resource highlighting important topics that may affect contact tracing among refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations, including concerns regarding confidentiality, language barriers, and opportunities for community engagement.

Nov 10, 2020 | Julia Zigman

HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Free E-Course: Hepatitis B Health Disparities in Refugee & Immigrant Communities

This course will give you the tools you need to work with immigrant and refugee patients and ensure they are screened and effectively treated for hepatitis B.

Aug 18, 2020 | Kat Kelley

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

Food Safety & Inspection

FDA Releases Two New Foodborne Illness Testimonial Videos

Through its industry outreach efforts, the FDA’s National Retail Food Team is releasing two new foodborne illness testimonial videos showing the devastating effects of foodborne illness. One video highlights Sarah, a young woman whose life was changed forever six years ago after lunch at a Seattle restaurant left her stricken with an E. coli infection, […]

Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Food Safety & Inspection

2019 Crumbine Award: Serving Safety in Minneapolis

In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH developed Somali language Certified Food Protection Manager Training (CFPM) and a Latino Food Service Worker training.

Sep 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Health & Disability

Deaf Patients Need More from the Healthcare System and the Americans with Disabilities Act

By TraciAnn Hoglind, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Visualize this: You are at the hospital for a medical procedure. The doctor comes in, snaps the gloves on, and speaks to you. You don’t hear a thing. The doctor is ready to start the procedure, and you are unable to communicate. The doctor is now examining […]

May 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

All of Us, Policy, Policy Statement

2018 Compendium of Policy Recommendations from NACCHO

NACCHO’s more than 125 policy statements are drafted, reviewed, and updated by NACCHO advisory groups every three years. These policy statements form the basis for NACCHO’s federal advocacy. NACCHO recently released the 2018 Compendium of Policy Recommendations, which includes recommendations from more than 100 policy statements approved by the NACCHO Board of Directors. Topics added or […]

Nov 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference

Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject drugs and their sex partners were dying of AIDS at alarming rates. Harm reduction is a framework for meeting people where they are at and reducing the negative consequences of drug use. […]

Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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