The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection...
Jan 27, 2020 | Guest Author
The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) recently launched an immunization campaign – in partnership with The Community, a...
Dec 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Environmental health (EH) professionals, one of the largest segments of the public health workforce, are responsible for delivery of...
Dec 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has released the 2018 School...
Nov 20, 2019 | Kat Kelley
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) administers the National Environmental Public Health Internship Program (NEPHIP)....
Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published a completely revamped edition of its popular “Environment...
Oct 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO recently published, From the Field: Improving Immunization Coverage and Services at the Local Level, a compendium of stories...
Oct 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
MC Bugg Z, known for insect-inspired music videos Tick Check 1-2 and Zika 101, released a new video just in time for the start of...
Jul 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Join APHA’s Speak for Health initiative in Washington, DC, for a two-day bootcamp training tailored to public health students...
May 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) For sixteen years running, researchers at EPA’s Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, have co-organized Water Fest, an annual community science education and outreach event for elementary-age students in Pontotoc County. The...
The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) recently launched an immunization campaign – in partnership with The Community, a local San Francisco Advertising Agency – with the goal of finding ways anyone can help spread the message and encourage more people to get their flu shot. The idea is called “FluDropped” and it uses the AirDrop feature on an iPhone […]
Environmental health (EH) professionals, one of the largest segments of the public health workforce, are responsible for delivery of essential environmental public health services. The challenges facing these professionals and research needs to improve EH practice are not fully understood, but 26% of EH professionals working in health departments of the United States plan to […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has released the 2018 School Health Profiles (Profiles) results. The School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a system of surveys assessing school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, and territories. Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) administers the National Environmental Public Health Internship Program (NEPHIP). The purpose of NEPHIP is to encourage environmental health students to consider careers at local, state, or tribal environmental public health departments following graduation.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published a completely revamped edition of its popular “Environment and Health A to Z” booklet, bringing environmental health to life for students, teachers, and the general public. With whimsical illustrations, the 13-page publication describes 26 different topics, one for each letter of the alphabet.
NACCHO recently published, From the Field: Improving Immunization Coverage and Services at the Local Level, a compendium of stories from the field that highlight local health department (LHD) immunization initiatives.
MC Bugg Z, known for insect-inspired music videos Tick Check 1-2 and Zika 101, released a new video just in time for the start of summer: West Nile Story. The part-time rapper, also known as Andy Lima, works as an insect biologist with the Fairfax County Health Department (VA). His new video is full of important information about mosquito bites and the diseases […]
Join APHA’s Speak for Health initiative in Washington, DC, for a two-day bootcamp training tailored to public health students and early-career professionals on how to be an effective public health advocate. We’ll cover the basics of how to advocate for evidence-based public health policies, including how to navigate Capitol Hill, how to amplify your advocacy […]
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