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Gear Up for Hepatitis Awareness Month 2017!
It’s time to get ready to celebrate Hepatitis Awareness Month and the sixth annual national Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19th!...
Apr 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Gear Up for STD Awareness Month!
April is STD Awareness Month. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is focused on tackling the dangerous...
Mar 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Promoting Patient Safety: Overcoming Challenges at the Local Level
March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, a campaign developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation to increase awareness...
Mar 13, 2017 | Erin Laird
Special Feature: Local Approaches to Preventing Teen Dating Violence
By Blaire Bryant, MPH, NACCHO and Melanie Ruhe, MPH, NACCHO February marks Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Teen Dating Violence...
Feb 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases New Radon Resources
At the culmination of January’s Radon Action Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two new...
Feb 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Communication Toolkit: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a...
Dec 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Launches New Immunization Resources Website
CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) recently launched a new website for national, state, and local...
Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference
Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject...
Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Now Recruiting: NACCHO Informatics Champions
NACCHO is recruiting local public health practitioners to join the Informatics Champions Initiative, an information network of...
Oct 27, 2016 | Sarah Chughtai
Gear Up for Hepatitis Awareness Month 2017!It’s time to get ready to celebrate Hepatitis Awareness Month and the sixth annual national Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19th! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a comprehensive list of activities and opportunities for local health departments to get engaged in promoting awareness of viral hepatitis in their communities. In […] Apr 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Gear Up for STD Awareness Month!April is STD Awareness Month. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is focused on tackling the dangerous resurgence of syphilis. Reported cases and rates for primary and secondary syphilis are the highest they have been in more than 20 years. Rates have increased in every region, a majority of age groups, […] Mar 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Promoting Patient Safety: Overcoming Challenges at the Local LevelMarch 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, a campaign developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation to increase awareness about patient safety among health professionals and the public. Broadly defined, patient safety refers to the prevention of harm to patients, such as accidental or preventable injury or infection, while receiving medical care. Patient safety practices […] Mar 13, 2017 | Erin Laird |
Special Feature: Local Approaches to Preventing Teen Dating ViolenceBy Blaire Bryant, MPH, NACCHO and Melanie Ruhe, MPH, NACCHO February marks Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Teen Dating Violence (TDV) – the physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship – is a serious matter that affects many teenagers. According to a 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey, 23% […] Feb 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases New Radon ResourcesAt the culmination of January’s Radon Action Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two new resources to fight the nation’s second leading cause of lung cancer, contributing to over 20,000 deaths annually. These include a radon-focused webpage and a customizable communication toolkit. The website includes key information and resources on what individuals... Feb 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Communication Toolkit: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic ResistanceThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a toolkit to help public health departments enhance communication and coordination around healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and stopping the spread of antibiotic resistance. Health departments can use these tools to reach and engage various public... Dec 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Launches New Immunization Resources WebsiteCDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) recently launched a new website for national, state, and local immunization partners. Now, instead of having to search through all of NCIRD’s resources to find the one you need, you can more easily find materials to help supplement vaccine conversations and educate parents, pregnant women, and adults, […] Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction ConferenceHarm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject drugs and their sex partners were dying of AIDS at alarming rates. Harm reduction is a framework for meeting people where they are at and reducing the negative consequences of drug use. […] Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Recruiting: NACCHO Informatics ChampionsNACCHO is recruiting local public health practitioners to join the Informatics Champions Initiative, an information network of informatics practitioners from local health departments (LHDs). Through the initiative, the group shares innovative and promising informatics resources and tools with the greater public health community. Background Developed in Fall 2014 at the suggestion of NACCHO’s... Oct 27, 2016 | Sarah Chughtai |
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