The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Jan 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Library of Medicine announced a new design for the Tox Town website, which provides consumer-level information on...
Nov 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical...
Nov 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Marie Smith and Dylan Williams, NACCHO Interns Vector-borne diseases (e.g., Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease) are a...
Oct 03, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO’s Injury and Violence Prevention team, along with support from CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention, is sharing five stories...
Oct 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA)...
Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the FY18 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Notice of...
May 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Library of Medicine announced a new design for the Tox Town website, which provides consumer-level information on everyday locations and situations where toxic chemical exposure might occur. The new design, informed by extensive user research, will enhance search optimization and improve readability. New Tox Town features, reflecting consumers’ frequently asked questions,...
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three-part series covering the Capabilities for Public Health Agency Involvement in Land Use and Transportation Decision Making to Increase Active Transportation Opportunity from the UMass Worcester Prevention Research...
By Marie Smith and Dylan Williams, NACCHO Interns Vector-borne diseases (e.g., Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease) are a concern to many Americans, spreading among the population through mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and other vectors. The mosquitoes and ticks that spread disease are highly mobile creatures that are able to reproduce rapidly. As vector-borne […]
NACCHO’s Injury and Violence Prevention team, along with support from CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention, is sharing five stories of health departments engaged in projects based on the the Essentials for Childhood Framework. The framework calls for creating safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children, with the aim to prevent child abuse and […]
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrating how public health leaders, artists and criminal justice reformers can work together to assess how parental incarceration harms children’s health. The HIA and health equity framework proved to be important tools for proposed policy change; art and...
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture of this renowned New Orleans neighborhood. Only one tour focused exclusively on the pests, termites, and rodents roaming the streets and infiltrating buildings. The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB) […]
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health seems to be all the rage these days, with public health practitioners engaging partners from a range of sectors in hopes of finally making progress on those hard-to-change issues like obesity. At the Chatham County Public Health […]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the FY18 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). HUD is making available approximately $145 million for Implementation Grants of up to $30 million each. Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are...
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