The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
In December 12, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released...
Dec 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
To coincide with National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) and Families Fighting Flu...
Dec 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published a new online toolkit developed to increase awareness about the...
Nov 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will hold four one-day public meetings to discuss the recently published...
Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Oct 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO recently published a follow-up to a 2014 assessment looking at practices, awareness, and inclusion of people with disabilities...
Aug 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
People with disabilities comprise 17.1% of America’s rural population, compared with 11.7% of the urban population. To support...
Jul 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Whitney Thurman, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as intentional behaviors toward an...
May 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO, in coordination with American Public Health Association (APHA), is pleased to be a supporting partner of the National...
May 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In December 12, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released a Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Analysis Tool as an enhancement to the Youth Online data analysis tool that provides users with easy access to data on health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes […]
To coincide with National Influenza Vaccination Week, the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) and Families Fighting Flu released resources to help promote and communicate the importance of flu vaccination. Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF): Investment in Immunization 2011-2017: Explains the areas of immunization that PPHF grants have supported; grant amounts and impact of the...
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published a new online toolkit developed to increase awareness about the dangers of influenza in U.S. adults with chronic health conditions and the importance of annual vaccination. As you know, influenza (flu) is a contagious and potentially deadly virus that can result in serious complications for individuals living […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will hold four one-day public meetings to discuss the recently published draft guidance created to help farmers meet the requirements of the Produce Safety Rule. The draft guidance, entitled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption: Draft Guidance for […]
NACCHO recently published a follow-up to a 2014 assessment looking at practices, awareness, and inclusion of people with disabilities in local health departments’ public health practices. The 2014 baseline assessment results indicated that LHDs may lack awareness of the people with disabilities in their jurisdictions and have poor knowledge of health disparities affecting people with...
People with disabilities comprise 17.1% of America’s rural population, compared with 11.7% of the urban population. To support local health departments in rural areas in filling resource gaps for people with disabilities, NACCHO released a new fact sheet on Engaging People with Disabilities:Strategies for Rural Health Departments. This fact sheet describes five strategies, including...
By Whitney Thurman, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as intentional behaviors toward an intimate partner in the form of intimidation; emotional abuse; physical, sexual, and/or psychological assault; or any other type of abusive action that is part of a systematic pattern of power and control. IPV has been associated […]
NACCHO, in coordination with American Public Health Association (APHA), is pleased to be a supporting partner of the National Institutes of Health “All of Us” Research Program. The All of Us Research Program is part of the Precision Medicine Initiative. Precision medicine is health care that is based on you as an individual. It takes into account […]
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