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NPHW 2020: Local Health Departments on the Frontlines of COVID-19

Each year, National Public Health Week (NPHW) serves to recognize the contributions of public health and center issues that are...

Apr 06, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

  • Climate Change, Research & Reports

    CDC Technical Report on Heat Response Plans

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Climate and Health Program released a technical report on heat response...

    Feb 04, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Climate Change, Vector Control

    Summer Environmental Health Hazards Are Coming: Are You Ready?

    This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on...

    Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Reflections from STD Engage 2019: Finding Community, Celebrating Impact

    As we have done for the last several years, NACCHO provided several full scholarships for local health department disease intervention...

    Jan 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

  • Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    New HepVu Data Visualizes Hep C’s Impact on Americans By Age, Sex, and Race

    HepVu has launched new interactive maps illustrating the prevalence of Hepatitis C in the United States between 2013 and 2016,...

    Jan 15, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

  • 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...

    Dec 10, 2019 | Guest Author

  • Climate Change, Extreme Weather

    Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Health Course

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new...

    Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Climate Change

    2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

    The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is a comprehensive yearly analysis tracking the impact of climate change on human...

    Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Health Equity & Social Justice

    The Guardian Launches Year-long Series on Environmental Justice

    The Guardian is launching a year-long series, Our Unequal Earth, investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and...

    Oct 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    • COVID-19, Emergency Response, Leadership, Workforce Development

    NPHW 2020: Local Health Departments on the Frontlines of COVID-19

    Each year, National Public Health Week (NPHW) serves to recognize the contributions of public health and center issues that are important to improving our nation’s health. This NPHW, we’ll be highlighting some of the ways that local health departments (LHDs) are standing on the front-lines of COVID-19 response to protect public health at the community level. […]

    Apr 06, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Climate Change, Research & Reports

    CDC Technical Report on Heat Response Plans

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Climate and Health Program released a technical report on heat response plans. The document gives a summary of extreme heat, the health burden of heat exposure, the impacts of climate change, and components and effectiveness of heat response plans with a focus on relevant peer-reviewed literature and […]

    Feb 04, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro

    Climate Change, Vector Control

    Summer Environmental Health Hazards Are Coming: Are You Ready?

    This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on Groundhog Day, spring is on its way and summer won’t be far behind. Along with beach trips and backyard barbecues, summer also brings environmental health risks from mosquitoes and ticks, recreational water activities, extreme heat, […]

    Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Reflections from STD Engage 2019: Finding Community, Celebrating Impact

    As we have done for the last several years, NACCHO provided several full scholarships for local health department disease intervention specialists (DIS) to attend the STD Engage conference and build expertise in STD prevention and control within a broader sexual health approach. Held November 19-22, 2019, STD Engage 2019: Innovate. Impact. Empower brought together DIS, clinic and program staff,...

    Jan 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    New HepVu Data Visualizes Hep C’s Impact on Americans By Age, Sex, and Race

    HepVu has launched new interactive maps illustrating the prevalence of Hepatitis C in the United States between 2013 and 2016, stratified at the state level by age, sex, and race. Published in Hepatology Communications, the data demonstrate that of the estimated 2.3 million people living with Hepatitis C infection in the U.S. during this time, the […]

    Jan 15, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    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

    Climate Change, Extreme Weather

    Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Health Course

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new online course, Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Heath, with continuing education credit provided by the CDC. The free course includes sections on: Health effects Lifestages and populations at greater risk of experiencing health effects Air […]

    Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Climate Change

    2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

    The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is a comprehensive yearly analysis tracking the impact of climate change on human health across 41 indicators. The report also projects the health benefits that would come from meeting the Paris Agreement targets, and the health harms of business as usual. The project is a collaboration of […]

    Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Health Equity & Social Justice

    The Guardian Launches Year-long Series on Environmental Justice

    The Guardian is launching a year-long series, Our Unequal Earth, investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and climate disasters have the harshest impacts on people of color, native tribes and those on low incomes. The introductory article features five luminaries of the movement explaining “environmental justice” in their own words.

    Oct 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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    Funding Opportunity, COVID-19, Immunization, Partnerships

    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

    Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

    Opportunity

    Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative strategies for engaging with rural...

    The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...

    Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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    It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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    Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

    COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, ID Featured, Infection, Prevention, and Control

    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

    Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

    COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, ID Featured, Infection, Prevention, and Control

    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

    Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

    COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, ID Featured, Infection, Prevention, and Control

    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

    The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...

    Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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