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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), has an opening for...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its...
Jul 31, 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 Boston Public Health Commission is seeking an Informatics Director to provide strategic guidance to BPHC to assure that systems...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
HRSA’s new Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Provider Locator has launched! The locator, which has been around for over a decade,...
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on,...
Jun 13, 2018 | Christina Baum
Written by Nikole Gettings, Intern on NACCHO’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Team The State of Sexual Health in African-American...
Apr 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and four federal partners launched the next stage of a technology-accelerating water...
Mar 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), has an opening for a research fellowship in Washington, DC. The ORISE Fellow will support a range of activities related to the HIV.gov mission. The Fellow will be involved in a team environment in the Office of HIV/AIDS and […]
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its cross-sector partners are engaging in efforts to connect systems and people to improve population health. Check out the below descriptions for a sneak-peek into what you can expect to hear about during each plenary: Connecting People: Building […]
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 Boston Public Health Commission is seeking an Informatics Director to provide strategic guidance to BPHC to assure that systems support the information needs of the organization’s programs, policy development, research, and evaluation. The Director will: Evaluate necessary changes in existing information resources to 1) ensure that comprehensive, valid, and reliable data are available...
HRSA’s new Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Provider Locator has launched! The locator, which has been around for over a decade, just went through a ground-up re-design and re-engineering by HRSA’s Office of Information Technology, which manages the HRSA Data Warehouse. Improvements include a new map-based interface, better performance, and improved usability when using mobile […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on, more local health departments (LHDs) are building their capacity for HAI prevention and response. Enhancing LHD capacity can involve a wide variety of activities such as conducting exercises that test response plans, strengthening connections with healthcare...
Written by Nikole Gettings, Intern on NACCHO’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Team The State of Sexual Health in African-American Men As rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among racial and ethnic minorities continue to rise, local health departments and community-based organizations are continuously exploring effective methods of reaching these populations with sexual health...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and four federal partners launched the next stage of a technology-accelerating water quality challenge calling for demonstrated use of nutrient pollution sensors. The Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge builds on the 2014 Nutrient Sensor Challenge, which helped facilitate the development of affordable, high-performing, continuous nutrient sensors and...
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