This Emergency Will Be Tweeted: What Local Health Departments Need to Know About...

With nearly three out of four American adults using social networking sites, first-hand reports on social media during unfolding...

Oct 17, 2013 | Frances Bevington

  • The Government Shutdown is Impacting Preparedness Activities of Local Health...

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s new Preparedness Brief Blog. For more preparedness news and resources, visit...

    Oct 16, 2013 | NacchoVoice

  • Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Partnering With Schools

    On any given day, educational institutions house more 20 percent of the United States population. This equates to more than 60 million...

    Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • NACCHO Releases Legal Preparedness Toolkit

    NACCHO, with guidance and funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program (PHLP), has developed...

    Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Project...

    Staff: Scott Fisher and Jack Herrmann ASPR approved two additional NACCHO reports on administrative preparedness for distribution. The...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

  • Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) September Report

    Chair: Chris Hoff; Staff: Samantha Morgan and Naomi Rennard PPAG held its monthly call on Sept. 11 where the group first received an...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

  • Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup September Report

    Chairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel and Naomi Rennard The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

  • Finney County Health Department Conducts Drive-thru Flu Clinic

    Finney County Health Department in Kansas made a fall flu clinic into a preparedness exercise by using a drive-thru point of...

    Oct 03, 2013 | Frances Bevington

  • Safety Village Educates Children

    Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • This Emergency Will Be Tweeted: What Local Health Departments Need to Know About Social Media

    With nearly three out of four American adults using social networking sites, first-hand reports on social media during unfolding situations present many opportunities for those in the fields of local public health and emergency response. However, local health departments have a long way to go with adoption of social media, with only 8 percent using Twitter and 24 percent using Facebook.

    Oct 17, 2013 | Frances Bevington

    The Government Shutdown is Impacting Preparedness Activities of Local Health Departments

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s new Preparedness Brief Blog. For more preparedness news and resources, visit http://www.nacchopreparedness.org. Local health departments are feeling the effects of the federal government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, with direct impacts to programs that protect the health and safety of people in their communities. Health officials have shared […]

    Oct 16, 2013 | NacchoVoice

    Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Partnering With Schools

    On any given day, educational institutions house more 20 percent of the United States population. This equates to more than 60 million students, facility, and staff. According to the U.S Secretary of Education, “Pandemic influenza could have a profound effect on our nation’s school systems. Children would be expected to have high rates of infection and are more likely […]

    Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    NACCHO Releases Legal Preparedness Toolkit

    NACCHO, with guidance and funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program (PHLP), has developed “Public Health and the Law: An Emergency Preparedness Training Kit” to enhance understanding among local public health professionals and their legal counsel of the legal authorities and issues that shape their ability to prepare for, respond […]

    Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Project September Report

    Staff: Scott Fisher and Jack Herrmann ASPR approved two additional NACCHO reports on administrative preparedness for distribution. The first, Administrative Preparedness and the Public Health Workforce: Suggested Strategies for Health Departments, identifies factors that affect staffing during emergency responses and offers strategies and a review checklist for health departments to consider when...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

    Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) September Report

    Chair: Chris Hoff; Staff: Samantha Morgan and Naomi Rennard PPAG held its monthly call on Sept. 11 where the group first received an update on the National Health Security Preparedness Index. Members of the PPAG had served as reviewers for the Index and were pleased to see that their comments had been incorporated into the new […]

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

    Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup September Report

    Chairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel and Naomi Rennard The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup held its monthly call on Sept. 24.  Members discussed the Peer Assessment Model Tool, developed by Georgetown University. While the tool could be potentially useful for After-Action Reporting, it seems to be burdensome for local health departments...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

    Finney County Health Department Conducts Drive-thru Flu Clinic

    Finney County Health Department in Kansas made a fall flu clinic into a preparedness exercise by using a drive-thru point of dispensing (POD) site as a model for the clinic. The health department along with Finney County Emergency Management and Finney County EMS organized the clinic to exercise part of the county’s pandemic preparedness plan. Read […]

    Oct 03, 2013 | Frances Bevington

    Safety Village Educates Children

    Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

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