Seeking Participants: NEHA Recreational Water Health Assessment

Annually, Americans average over 300 million visits to swimming pools, waterparks, and spas, visits that also account for over 3,000...

Jun 14, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Funding Opportunity: Health Impact Assessment Grants

    The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, announced a new...

    Jun 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Seeking Feedback: Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response Metrics

    The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is seeking feedback on the CIFOR metrics. Interested epidemiologists and...

    May 23, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • Resource: Meaningful Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS

    AIDS United published a new resource on meaningful involvement of people with HIV/AIDS (MIPA), a principle focused on about ensuring...

    May 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Food Safety Resource: 2015 NEARS Summary Report

    The National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system to capture environmental assessment data from...

    May 17, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • Allegheny County Embraces Health in All Policies: Advancing Local Health Through...

    By Erica Bryson, Health in All Policies Coordinator, Allegheny County Health Department The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD)...

    May 15, 2017 | Guest Author

  • CDC Study: Food Allergies and Restaurants

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new study titled “Environmental Health Specialists...

    May 10, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Project Inform: Hepatitis C Treatment Videos

    At least 3.5 million Americans are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and approximately three-fourths of this group are “Baby...

    May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Seeking Input: Disability Data in Community Health Assessments

    The NACCHO Health and Disability Program is seeking success stories from local health departments (LHDs) on ways the disability...

    Apr 27, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Seeking Participants: NEHA Recreational Water Health Assessment

    Annually, Americans average over 300 million visits to swimming pools, waterparks, and spas, visits that also account for over 3,000 unintentional drownings, 4,500 chemically-related emergency room visits, and 5,000 recreational water illnesses. In an effort to improve water safety nationwide, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is conducting an assessment of aquatic inspection...

    Jun 14, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Funding Opportunity: Health Impact Assessment Grants

    The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, announced a new funding opportunity, which will award at least four, two-year grants of up to $100,000 to advance Health Impact Assessments (HIA) implementation. The grant aims to (1) support the use of HIA to improve community health […]

    Jun 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Seeking Feedback: Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response Metrics

    The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is seeking feedback on the CIFOR metrics. Interested epidemiologists and food safety and lab professionals are asked to read the information listed below and email Amy Chang at [email protected] for additional guidelines. The deadline to provide feedback is June 15, 2017. Background In preparation for the release of the third […]

    May 23, 2017 | Amy Chang

    Resource: Meaningful Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS

    AIDS United published a new resource on meaningful involvement of people with HIV/AIDS (MIPA), a principle focused on about ensuring that the communities most affected by HIV are involved in decision-making, at every level of the response. MIPA requires dedication, planning and assessment, organizational buy-in, and a champion to help usher its development and continued […]

    May 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Food Safety Resource: 2015 NEARS Summary Report

    The National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations. The 2015 NEARS Summary Report is now available. In 2015, a total of 114 outbreaks were reported to NEARS. This summary provides information on characteristics of those outbreaks and the establishments where the outbreaks...

    May 17, 2017 | Amy Chang

    Allegheny County Embraces Health in All Policies: Advancing Local Health Through Collaboration

    By Erica Bryson, Health in All Policies Coordinator, Allegheny County Health Department The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) recently adopted a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to advance its countywide health strategy, Live Well Allegheny. By using HiAP to inform this initiative, ACHD hopes to achieve its overarching goal of improving health outcomes for Allegheny […]

    May 15, 2017 | Guest Author

    CDC Study: Food Allergies and Restaurants

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new study titled “Environmental Health Specialists Network study,” which examines the level of safety measures taken by restaurants to prevent allergic reactions. This assessment found that while most restaurants have readily available ingredient lists for their dishes, many did not take any additional steps to...

    May 10, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Project Inform: Hepatitis C Treatment Videos

    At least 3.5 million Americans are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and approximately three-fourths of this group are “Baby Boomers” — people born between 1945 and 1965. Since hepatitis C disease usually has no symptoms early on, about half of those living with it are unaware. Thus, now that hepatitis C can easily be cured, Project Inform, […]

    May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Seeking Input: Disability Data in Community Health Assessments

    The NACCHO Health and Disability Program is seeking success stories from local health departments (LHDs) on ways the disability community has been highlighted as a part of community health assessments and/or community health improvement plans. These stories will be used  to create a “best practices” resource designed to encourage LHDs to engage individuals with disabilities […]

    Apr 27, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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