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New NACCHO Fact Sheet: Five Steps for Inclusive Health Promotion
NACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released a new fact sheet, titled “Five Steps for Inclusive...
Jul 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Newly Released: New Hampshire Disability and Public Health Project Resources
The New Hampshire Disability and Public Health Project recently released a number of valuable resources, including a new report, video...
Jun 30, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
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
Archived Webinar: Healthy Communities – An Assessment and Implementation Framework...
The New York State Disability and Health Program in partnership with the SUNY Albany School of Public Health released a recording of...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Fact Sheet: Disability Stigma and Your Patients
The University of Washington Healthy Aging Rehabilitation Research Training Center has released a fact sheet entitled, “Disability...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
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
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice features NACCHO Health and...
NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program was recently highlighted in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The article,...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Seeking Local Health Department Input: Community Inclusion Efforts
NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program is working on a project with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the National...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability Fellows
The NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
New NACCHO Fact Sheet: Five Steps for Inclusive Health PromotionNACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released a new fact sheet, titled “Five Steps for Inclusive Promotion,” now available via the NACCHO Health and Disability webpage. This four-page resource provides health department staff with five action steps for the development and delivery of inclusive health promotion programs and activities. Each action step provides helpful... Jul 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Newly Released: New Hampshire Disability and Public Health Project ResourcesThe New Hampshire Disability and Public Health Project recently released a number of valuable resources, including a new report, video and two fact sheets, please see below for details and links to access each item. Local health departments and partners are strongly encouraged to use these resources as tools to support disability inclusion within the […] Jun 30, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Seeking Input: Disability Data in Community Health AssessmentsThe 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 |
Archived Webinar: Healthy Communities – An Assessment and Implementation Framework to Achieve Inclusion of Persons with DisabilityThe New York State Disability and Health Program in partnership with the SUNY Albany School of Public Health released a recording of their March 2016 webcast, “Healthy Communities: An Assessment and Implementation Framework to Achieve Inclusion of Persons with Disability.” During the webcast, featured presenter, Yochai Eisenberg, MUPP, from the Center on Health Promotion Research for […] Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Fact Sheet: Disability Stigma and Your PatientsThe University of Washington Healthy Aging Rehabilitation Research Training Center has released a fact sheet entitled, “Disability Stigma and Your Patients.” This fact sheet is designed as a guide for health care providers on how to have respectful, stigma-free interactions with their patients. Local health officials are encouraged to share this fact sheet among their […] Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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 |
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice features NACCHO Health and Disability ProgramNACCHO’s Health and Disability Program was recently highlighted in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The article, is titled “NACCHO’s Baseline Assessment of Disability Inclusion Within Local Health Department,” and reviews the results of a 2014 baseline assessment. The assessment was conducted to increase understanding related to local health officials’ knowledge... Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Seeking Local Health Department Input: Community Inclusion EffortsNACCHO’s Health and Disability Program is working on a project with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the National Center for Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) to get a better understanding of local health departments’ (LHDs) successes and challenges in including disability and health information into their Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) […] Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability FellowsThe NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an invaluable opportunity for undergraduate and/or graduate students pursing degrees in public health to receive hands on experience in the health and disability field. The fellowship includes providing support to local health departments (LHDs) through NACCHO’s... Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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