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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

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Request for Proposals: Consultant to Develop Communications Products for Community Prevention Framework Pilot Project

NACCHO is seeking a consultant to develop a suite a communications materials highlighting the Strengthening Capacity in...

May 26, 2023 | Amie Myrick

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  • COVID-19
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Immunization

Request for Applications: Partnering for Vaccine Equity

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is pleased to provide funding for the...

May 22, 2023 | Victoria Thompson, Katherine Waters

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
  • Emergency Response
  • Leadership

NACCHO Releases Two Administrative Preparedness Resources

These new resources can be personalized in your health department, and offer guidance to public health officials to use...

May 01, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Immunization

Reducing Vaccination Disparities this National Infant Immunization Week

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is observed yearly the last week of April. This week serves as a great...

Apr 24, 2023 | Amy Frandsen

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  • COVID-19
  • Immunization

Viewing Vaccine Hesitancy through a Health Equity Lens

Although the emergent time of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, the work in BIPOC communities continues due to the low...

Apr 20, 2023 | Guest Author

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured

Request for Proposals - Technical Assistance Consultant: Conduct Assessment for Website Usability and Implement Website Re-design and Migration

With support from CDC, NACCHO is seeking a consultant, or consulting firm to understand how to optimize the usability,...

Apr 07, 2023 | Kristen Ross, Jaclyn Abramson

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  • Community Health
  • Rural Health
  • Workforce Development

Highlighting the Work of Rural Health Departments During National Public Health Week

Today, we celebrate and highlight the services and needs of rural health departments in the US.

Apr 07, 2023 | Mackenzie Galloway

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  • Health in All Policies
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Success Story

Local Health Departments Implement Health in All Policies Strategies in Innovative Work to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Franklin County Public Health, Kent County Health Department, and Minneapolis Health Department received funding and...

Mar 24, 2023 | Rachel Siegel

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  • Health & Disability

Research Participants Needed! Physical Activity Among Adults with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities with Concurrent Mobility Impairments Requiring the Use of a Wheelchair: The Perspectives of Family Caregivers and Clinicians

If you are or know of a family caregiver or a clinician of people with these disabilities who live in the United...

Mar 23, 2023 | Valerie Perkoski

  • Tools & Resources
  • Health & Disability

Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities: The Importance of Caring for the Nation’s Caregivers

Ways that local health departments (LHDs) may support caregivers to better serve those with developmental disabilities.

Mar 23, 2023 | Valerie Perkoski

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MAPP Roadmap
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
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RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

NACCHO is seeking a qualified consultant to provide graphic design for the new...

Nov 07, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Training

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

We are partnering with Climate for Health and ecoAmerica to offer an...

Jul 11, 2022 | Anu Varma

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
  • ID Featured

New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to...

Jul 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young

New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

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  • Webinar
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

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  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

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