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CDC Unveils Redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People Website
CDC has launched its redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People website to coincide with World Animal Day on October 4. The enhanced site...
Oct 04, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to...
October 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Share What Works and be Recognized! Apply for a 2016 Model Practice Award this...
You and your local health department can be a winner. NACCHO will accept model practice applications October 1-31. NACCHO’s Model...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
CIFOR Guidelines and Toolkit Implementation Webinar Series
Two upcoming webinars, one for managers and directors of local and state environmental and public health departments (the decision...
Sep 14, 2015 | Katie Regan
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and...
NACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources,...
Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Adaptive Leadership and Public Health
Local health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and identifying new...
Aug 19, 2015 | Kate Drezner
National Environmental Health Association – Annual Educational Conference and...
By Amy Chang, Program Analyst, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO, and Lindsay Beattie,...
Aug 13, 2015 | Amy Chang
NPIN Campaigns Database Promotes Health Awareness
Would you like to increase visibility of your health prevention or awareness campaign? CDC’s National Prevention Information...
Jul 14, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Preparing for the Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
During the summer, mosquitoes can be a nuisance when trying to enjoy the warm weather. But with climate change and lack of...
Jul 14, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
CDC Unveils Redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People WebsiteCDC has launched its redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People website to coincide with World Animal Day on October 4. The enhanced site offers expanded information about zoonotic diseases that can spread to people from pets, farm animals, and wildlife. Users can now search alphabetically by animal and learn which zoonotic diseases they may carry. Healthy […] Oct 04, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition DayOctober 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October to recognize this critical part of the public health workforce. The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) led the development of DIS Recognition Day four years ago to celebrate and honor the often […] Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Share What Works and be Recognized! Apply for a 2016 Model Practice Award this OctoberYou and your local health department can be a winner. NACCHO will accept model practice applications October 1-31. NACCHO’s Model Practice Program nationally honors and recognizes outstanding local public health practice and shares the outstanding practices through the Model Practices Database. By submitting a practice, local health departments contribute to the overall improvement of public... Oct 02, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
CIFOR Guidelines and Toolkit Implementation Webinar SeriesTwo upcoming webinars, one for managers and directors of local and state environmental and public health departments (the decision makers) and one for public health professionals responsible for the investigation and control of foodborne diseases and outbreaks (the worker bees), will describe the CIFOR Guidelines, Toolkit, and other available resources to improve foodborne disease outbreak... Sep 14, 2015 | Katie Regan |
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and Promising PracticesNACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources, administrative practices, or tools that demonstrate exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a local public health need. A model practice meets the following criteria: local health department role, collaboration, innovation, responsiveness, and evaluation of both the... Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Adaptive Leadership and Public HealthLocal health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and identifying new ways of operating within and influencing the economic and social conditions of our health system. Such work demands a new kind of leadership – a transition from our typical spheres of influence and authority to mobilizing […] Aug 19, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
National Environmental Health Association – Annual Educational Conference and Exhibition’s Food Safety and Defense SessionsBy Amy Chang, Program Analyst, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO, and Lindsay Beattie, Program Analyst, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO NACCHO staff and members presented about food safety and defense at this year’s National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Educational Conference &... Aug 13, 2015 | Amy Chang |
NPIN Campaigns Database Promotes Health AwarenessWould you like to increase visibility of your health prevention or awareness campaign? CDC’s National Prevention Information Network’s (NPIN’s) searchable Campaigns Database features almost 70 English and Spanish prevention campaigns from national, state, and local agencies. Add your campaign to the database to augment your HIV, STI, viral hepatitis, and TB mobilization efforts. You... Jul 14, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Preparing for the Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne IllnessesDuring the summer, mosquitoes can be a nuisance when trying to enjoy the warm weather. But with climate change and lack of surveillance funding, mosquitoes are developing into more than an irritating pest—instead they pose a major threat to public health in the United States. Arboviral surveillance funding has decreased by nearly two-thirds in the […] Jul 14, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
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