The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released a new issue brief about creating a comprehensive...
Jul 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On average, 100 Americans die every single day as a result of opioid overdose. The opioid crisis has gotten so bad that the federal...
Jul 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to...
The Massachusetts Health Officers Association (MHOA) recently released Essential Measures: A Local Public Health Toolkit for...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced two new funding opportunities to support organizations...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Today is the last day of Hepatitis Awareness Month. Our final blog post of the month focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its...
May 31, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a grant funding opportunity announcement...
May 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released several resources on how to dispose used syringes in a safe manner....
The Hill hosted a symposium to convene lawmakers, educators, physicians and addiction experts for a conversation about the role...
May 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released a new issue brief about creating a comprehensive response to the intersecting issues of opioid and other drug use, hepatitis, and HIV. This brief outlines the core elements necessary to create such a response and the evidence behind them. As you know, the nation […]
On average, 100 Americans die every single day as a result of opioid overdose. The opioid crisis has gotten so bad that the federal government has labeled it a public health emergency. To address this serious issue, state and local agencies are turning to GIS technology. For example, by integrating GIS into their opioid strategy, […]
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to Action,” was featured in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Since then, it’s only become clearer that to effectively serve communities in today’s information-driven world, public health – and its cross-sector partners – must advance...
The Massachusetts Health Officers Association (MHOA) recently released Essential Measures: A Local Public Health Toolkit for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic. The toolkit has been endorsed by the Massachusetts Coalition of Public Health (the five major public health associations of the state) and communities can use it as a framework to plan from, initiate, expand upon, and collaborate on […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced two new funding opportunities to support organizations working to reduce the impact that the opioid crisis has on communities across the country. The Rural Communities Opioid Response funding opportunity provides support for development of community plans to implement opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery...
Today is the last day of Hepatitis Awareness Month. Our final blog post of the month focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its disproportionate impact on people who inject drugs (PWID). What is Hepatitis C? Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by HCV. For some people, HCV is a short-term, acute illness. Approximately […]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a grant funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled, “Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication-Assisted Treatment—Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction.” The short title for this program is “MAT-PDOA.” Applications are due no later than July 9, 2018! Details on the FOA are outlined below and also...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released several resources on how to dispose used syringes in a safe manner. Learn more.
The Hill hosted a symposium to convene lawmakers, educators, physicians and addiction experts for a conversation about the role prevention can play in curbing opioid addiction in teenagers. The discussion sought to answer: What steps should be taken by family members, physicians, schools, public health officials and leaders in Congress to prevent the misuse of prescription drugs? How […]
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