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Apply for NACCHO’s Health in All Policies Technical Assistance Program

UPDATE: Due to an overwhelming number of applications, the Health in All Policies (HiAP) Technical Assistance Program is now closed,...

Jan 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Emergency Response, Health Equity & Social Justice, Health in All Policies, Policy

Planning and Evaluating a Healthy Community: HiAP in Chatham, NC

By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health seems to be all the rage these days, with public health practitioners engaging partners from a range of sectors in hopes of finally making progress on those hard-to-change issues like obesity. At the Chatham County Public Health […]

Jul 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Tools & Resources, Health in All Policies

A Roadmap for Health in All Policies: Collaborating to Win the Policy Marathon

ChangeLab Solutions released a new Health in All Policies (HiAP) resource to provides strategies for collaboration, challenges to consider, and concrete guidance and inspiration from real people who have done HiAP work. Because HiAP is fundamentally about good governance, this roadmap focuses on using policy to build and institutionalize the public sector’s ability to collaborate […]

Jun 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Health Equity & Social Justice, Health in All Policies

Examining Whether the Health-In-All-Policies Approach Promotes Health Equity

A new article in Health Affairs examines whether the health-in-all-policies approach promotes health equity. Here is the abstract: “Scholars and public health advocates have expressed optimism about the potential for the health-in-all-policies approach to address social disparities in health, but little research has been done on whether it promotes health equity in practice. Based on...

May 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Tools & Resources, All of Us

NACCHO’s Top 5 Environmental Health Resources & Opportunities Right Now

National Public Health Week is April 2 – 8, and in honor of today’s theme of environmental health, we are sharing the top five environmental health resources and opportunities from NACCHO you need to know about right now: Participate in the Local Environmental Health Directors & Managers Collaborative: NACCHO is piloting a new collaborative to foster a […]

Apr 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Tools & Resources, Health in All Policies

Health in All Policies Fact Sheets

Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a change in systems that determine how decisions are made and implemented by governments to ensure policy decisions have neutral or beneficial impacts on health determinants. NACCHO developed a series of fact sheets to provides promising strategies, recommendations, and key assets for implementation for local health department HiAP initiatives. […]

Mar 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Tools & Resources, Webinar, Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning

Health Impact Assessment Webinar Recording

A recording is now available from a National Environmental Health Association webinar on “Using Tracking Data to Inform Health Impact Assessments.” The webinar showcases three Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) that used data from the Environmental Public Health Tracking portals to inform the process. Speakers also discussed the HIA Tracking toolkit that enables environmental health...

Mar 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Health in All Policies

HiAP Technical Assistance Program Now Closed

Due to an overwhelming number of applications, the Health in All Policies (HiAP) Technical Assistance Program is now closed, and no new applications will be accepted. NACCHO plans to re-open the HiAP Technical Assistance Program in fall 2018. For more information please contact Bridget Kerner at [email protected]. Learn more about HiAP on NACCHO’s website here.

Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Tools & Resources, Health in All Policies

The State of Health in All Policies

ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies (HiAP) team interviewed representatives from nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont) to discuss their HiAP initiatives. For each case study, background information, drivers behind...

Feb 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Apply for NACCHO’s Health in All Policies Technical Assistance Program

UPDATE: Due to an overwhelming number of applications, the Health in All Policies (HiAP) Technical Assistance Program is now closed, and no new applications will be accepted. NACCHO plans to re-open the HiAP Technical Assistance Program in fall 2018. NACCHO is now accepting applications for the Health in All Policies Technical Assistance Program for local health […]

Jan 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

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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

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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

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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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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