The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Following the recent nerve agent poisonings in the United Kingdom, the emergency response community has requested information and...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
As one of the biggest public health threats today, climate change is a health equity issue. Authored by Public Health Institute with...
Aug 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboratively developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Note: This is the first edition of NACCHO’s new Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. To learn more and submit a...
Aug 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Teaching and learning about sexual health doesn’t always need to be serious! The Illinois Community Health Foundation funded an...
Aug 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) is a growing strategy that can be used at state, tribal, local, and territorial levels to address...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its...
Jul 31, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On Friday, July 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sponsored a Congressional...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to...
Jul 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Following the recent nerve agent poisonings in the United Kingdom, the emergency response community has requested information and advice to enhance preparedness. The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and Department of Transportation’s National...
As one of the biggest public health threats today, climate change is a health equity issue. Authored by Public Health Institute with support from APHA, the Kresge Foundation, and the California Department of Public Health, Climate Change, Health, and Equity: A Guide for Local Health Departments is designed to help local public health departments integrate […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboratively developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) 20 years ago. The Retail Program Standards are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. When applied in the intended manner, the Retail Program Standards should identify program […]
Note: This is the first edition of NACCHO’s new Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. To learn more and submit a question for future editions, click here. August 2018 Dear Greener Guidance, I have been hearing about plastic straw restrictions and bans being implemented across the country. What are the implications for local health departments? […]
Teaching and learning about sexual health doesn’t always need to be serious! The Illinois Community Health Foundation funded an awesome “update” to Salt-N-Pepa’s classic song, “Let’s Talk About Sex,” which continues the HIV-advocacy of the original song. The updated version is by Chicago-based rapper KC Ortiz, features other artists and influencers, and is all about PrEP, […]
Cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) is a growing strategy that can be used at state, tribal, local, and territorial levels to address opportunities and challenges, such as tight budgets, limited key staff expertise, increased burden of disease, and regional planning needs. Since 2012, the Center for Sharing Public Health Services (CSPHS) with funding from the Robert Wood […]
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its cross-sector partners are engaging in efforts to connect systems and people to improve population health. Check out the below descriptions for a sneak-peek into what you can expect to hear about during each plenary: Connecting People: Building […]
On Friday, July 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sponsored a Congressional panel discussion, “Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Public Health and Natural Disasters.” Policy experts spoke on how the Federal government should incorporate climate change in its preparedness plan for natural disasters and how […]
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to Action,” was featured in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Since then, it’s only become clearer that to effectively serve communities in today’s information-driven world, public health – and its cross-sector partners – must advance...
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