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The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Seeking Midwest Providers’ Input on Survey about HIV Prevention and Pregnancy...
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is assessing the current landscape of HIV prevention and pregnancy planning through a brief...
Feb 04, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
NACCHO, ASTHO Release Joint Statement on the Lead Contamination Crisis in Flint, MI
The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan touches on almost every aspect in the daily life of a health department: lead poisoning,...
Feb 02, 2016 | Katie Regan
The Lead Contamination Crisis in Flint, Michigan: A Joint Statement from NACCHO and...
The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan touches on almost every aspect in the daily life of a health department: lead poisoning,...
Feb 02, 2016 | NacchoVoice
New Materials on Reimbursement for Female Condoms
The National Coalition of STD Directors and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association released two new...
Dec 15, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NACCHO Updates Health and Disability Policy Statement
NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program recently updated its policy statement. NACCHO fellow Erin Linden, MPH student at The University...
Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control Programs
From the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have...
Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats During Children’s Health Month
We face environmental health threats every day in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the homes in which we live. And though we...
Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus DiseaseThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO If you were writing a popular novel designed to terrify, you could hardly come up with a better plot device than introducing Zika virus disease. A perfect storm of a... Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Seeking Midwest Providers’ Input on Survey about HIV Prevention and Pregnancy PlanningThe AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is assessing the current landscape of HIV prevention and pregnancy planning through a brief survey to inform the Midwest HIV Prevention and Pregnancy Planning Initiative (MHPPPI). The MHPPPI is an effort aimed at increasing medical providers’ capacity to meet women’s HIV prevention and pregnancy planning needs throughout the Midwest. In order to assess... Feb 04, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO, ASTHO Release Joint Statement on the Lead Contamination Crisis in Flint, MIThe lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan touches on almost every aspect in the daily life of a health department: lead poisoning, water quality, health equity, reproductive health, and other social, political, and environmental impacts. This crisis underscores the basic fundamental need to have safe food, air, and water. As always, the role of our […] Feb 02, 2016 | Katie Regan |
The Lead Contamination Crisis in Flint, Michigan: A Joint Statement from NACCHO and ASTHOThe lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan touches on almost every aspect in the daily life of a health department: lead poisoning, water quality, health equity, reproductive health, and other social, political, and environmental impacts. This crisis underscores the basic fundamental need to have safe food, air, and water. As always, the role of our […] Feb 02, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
New Materials on Reimbursement for Female CondomsThe National Coalition of STD Directors and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association released two new resources for Female Condoms. The first piece is a factsheet for providers with background on the female condom and its reimbursability, including codes and a prescription sample. The second piece is a palm card designed for patients to educate […] Dec 15, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO Updates Health and Disability Policy StatementNACCHO’s Health and Disability Program recently updated its policy statement. NACCHO fellow Erin Linden, MPH student at The University of Minnesota, and NACCHO’s Health and Disability workgroup members were instrumental in developing the revised policy statement. The overarching goal of NACCHO’s health and disability program is to promote the successful inclusion and engagement of people […] Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control ProgramsFrom the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have always been a lurking environmental threat, capable of compromising the public’s health. In addition to potentially carrying parasites and pathogens, rodents have been destroying infrastructure, infesting houses and businesses, and damaging property for centuries. To... Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats During Children’s Health MonthWe face environmental health threats every day in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the homes in which we live. And though we are all susceptible, the level of risk experienced is not equal: For children, these threats pose an even greater risk to health than they do for adults. Children are a […] Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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