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While the need to better support breastfeeding families in safety-net clinics is well recognized, internal resources are often...
Oct 29, 2019 | Guest Author
As thousands of cities and counties hard-hit by the opioid crisis move closer to settlements with opioid manufacturers and...
Oct 24, 2019 | Guest Author
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Guest Author
In New York City, we have witnessed staggering inequities in maternal health outcomes, which is largely driven by racial...
While finishing this blog post, two major earthquakes struck the very area that I am writing about.
Sep 16, 2019 | Guest Author
By Manal J. Aboelata, MPH, Deputy Executive Director, Prevention Institute Across the country, local jurisdictions are employing a...
Mar 26, 2019 | Guest Author
By Luz Caicedo, MPH, CPH, CIC and Danielle Walden, MPH, Florida Department of Health in Orange County In 2018, the Florida Department...
Aug 29, 2018 | Guest Author
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Guest Author
Residents of multi-unit housing are at a greater risk of being exposed to secondhand smoke. El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) is...
Apr 18, 2018 | Guest Author
While the need to better support breastfeeding families in safety-net clinics is well recognized, internal resources are often limited. Likewise, many community-based initiatives have difficulty engaging high-risk families who would most from their efforts and supports.
As thousands of cities and counties hard-hit by the opioid crisis move closer to settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors, it’s time to talk about how communities can use these funds to meet urgent needs for treatment and invest in what it will truly take to stop this epidemic.
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the public from the impacts of wildfire smoke.
In New York City, we have witnessed staggering inequities in maternal health outcomes, which is largely driven by racial discrimination.
By Manal J. Aboelata, MPH, Deputy Executive Director, Prevention Institute Across the country, local jurisdictions are employing a variety of tactics to achieve health equity and racial justice. In 2016, as Los Angeles County prepared to integrate the departments of mental health, public health, and health services under a single health agency umbrella, the Board […]
By Luz Caicedo, MPH, CPH, CIC and Danielle Walden, MPH, Florida Department of Health in Orange County In 2018, the Florida Department of Health (Department), Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) Infection Prevention Program, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange), established the HAI Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) Study...
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health sector, you work together. What? Who gets the profit, the prize, the prosperity? As it turns out, the profit is in the partnership; community health is the prize; and we all prosper.
Residents of multi-unit housing are at a greater risk of being exposed to secondhand smoke. El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) is partnering with the Colorado Springs Housing Authority (CSHA) to implement a 100% smoke-free policy, with the objective of reducing secondhand smoke exposure and the harmful health effects of tobacco.
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