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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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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

Disability Inclusive Work Cultures for Local Health Departments

An overview of disability inclusive workplaces and steps that local health departments can take to build a more...

Mar 22, 2023 | Haleigh Leslie

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  • Food Safety & Inspection

Lake County General Health District Relaunches Food Safety Ninja Website

The newly designed website provides important food safety information that can be used at home and for food services .

Mar 21, 2023 | Guest Author

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Syphilis among Communities of People who Use Drugs Webinar Series

NACCHO with AIDS United, NASTAD, NCSD, and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board will be co-hosting a webinar...

Mar 15, 2023

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Rural and Frontier Health

Increasing Rural Resilience to Climate Change: A Resource Roundup for Health Departments

This blog can give rural LHDs several approaches to increasing current capacity or establishing new baseline activities...

Mar 09, 2023

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis
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Let's Talk about Chest/Breastfeeding for HIV Positive People this National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 10th is the national observance of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, an annual campaign that...

Mar 07, 2023 | Talei Moore, Grace Murtha

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  • Health in All Policies

Connect with Health in All Policies Practitioners on LinkedIn!

Share resources, ask questions, and network with peers on ways to ensure that policy decisions have neutral or...

Mar 03, 2023 | Anu Varma

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  • Immunization

International HPV Awareness Day

On March 4th we recognize International HPV Awareness Day.

Mar 02, 2023 | Amiris Roberson

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  • 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...

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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  • 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
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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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