The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
This article from the American Journal of Public Health discusses some perspectives that illuminate how problem areas including...
Feb 20, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
A new American Journal of Public Health article reviews an in-depth assessment and analysis of the current challenges and emerging...
Dating apps, porn, sex toys, user-generated media, virtual reality—sexuality is interacting with technology today in a way like never...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
By Kimberly Aguillard, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health epidemics in...
Feb 07, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) recently launched an immunization campaign – in partnership with The Community, a...
Dec 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In this success story, Harris County Public Health (HCPH) shares their insights on two vector control strategies that were originally...
Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In an effort to deliver even more value to our members, NACCHO has created affinity partnerships with two companies — LiveStories and...
Sep 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying...
Aug 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
With funding from the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP), NACCHO leads the Express STI Visits Initiative, which is designed to...
Jul 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
This article from the American Journal of Public Health discusses some perspectives that illuminate how problem areas including effective leadership, workforce development, equipment and technology, information systems and data, garnering support, and partnerships and collaboration are affecting the delivery of environmental health services at the state and local levels. Read more.
A new American Journal of Public Health article reviews an in-depth assessment and analysis of the current challenges and emerging issues faced by EH professionals: the Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision, and Emerging Roles in Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH) initiative. The article provides results of the assessment, which included more than 1,700 practitioners. Focus...
Dating apps, porn, sex toys, user-generated media, virtual reality—sexuality is interacting with technology today in a way like never before. As a health or education professional, are you prepared? Healthy Teen Network’s 41st annual national conference (November 16-18, 2020; Portland, OR) prepares professionals for the real-life experiences of the young people they work with. If […]
By Kimberly Aguillard, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health epidemics in America. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being isolated, left out, and lacking quality social connections. Social isolation refers to a quantitative count of social networks and relationships. People can be surrounded by social acquaintances (e.g., coworkers,...
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 […]
In this success story, Harris County Public Health (HCPH) shares their insights on two vector control strategies that were originally carried out in India, Brazil, and Australia before they were adopted by Harris County.
In an effort to deliver even more value to our members, NACCHO has created affinity partnerships with two companies — LiveStories and Academy of Science — that can help local health departments (LHDs) and public health professionals strengthen their data collection and analysis and gain better insight into their community health needs and outcomes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying foodborne illness in a new way, using advanced technology called whole genome sequencing (WGS) to detect and stop outbreaks and combat drug-resistant bacteria. PulseNet, the national network of laboratories that detects outbreaks of foodborne […]
With funding from the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP), NACCHO leads the Express STI Visits Initiative, which is designed to increase the evidence base for express STI clinical visits and support clinics in quality improvement efforts to strengthen, scale-up, and evaluate express STI visits. We define express STI visits as triage-based STI testing without […]
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