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Reflections from the National Academies Meeting on Improving Population Health

By Mukti Kulkarni, MD, NACCHO Prevention Health Policy Resident With so many fiscal challenges, how can local health departments...

Nov 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to...

Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith

The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance

By Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or...

Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

Art & Creativity, Health in All Policies, Parks Creative Placemaking: Using Arts and Parks to Improve Community Health By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce place-based arts practices within county and city public health agencies. This practice is referred to as creative placemaking, and it involves public, private, non-profit, and community sectors partnering up to strategically shape the physical […] Dec 10, 2019 \| Guest Author
Health in All Policies Is your LHD engaged in a public-private partnership? We want to hear from you! The Bipartisan Policy Center is examining the role of partnerships in which public health organizations meaningfully engage the business community in addressing population health. The BPC has convened a group of multisectoral partners, including NACCHO, to guide this effort’s work. The BPC is developing a white paper that will include several case studies where local health […] Feb 07, 2019 \| Andrea Grenadier
Reflections from the National Academies Meeting on Improving Population Health By Mukti Kulkarni, MD, NACCHO Prevention Health Policy Resident With so many fiscal challenges, how can local health departments secure sources of perpetual funding for their vital work in advancing population health? On October 19, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement convened a workshop on Building Sustainable Financing... Nov 28, 2016 \| Kim Rodgers
Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to discuss high priority issues for the EPA and local, state, and tribal governments working on environmental efforts. The LGAC is composed of locally elected and appointed officials (e.g., mayors, county executives, city managers, commissioners, etc.), state... Sep 15, 2016 \| Chelsea Gridley-Smith
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance By Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing health challenges in our nation. Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes are able to spread despite the treatment of drugs, placing individuals at high risk for death. Recently, an […] Aug 05, 2016 \| Kim Rodgers