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Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist Nasseam McPherson James, MBA, MSW, is the Interim Health Officer for the Florida...
Apr 29, 2019 | NacchoVoice
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green...
Apr 25, 2019 | NacchoVoice
By Lori Tremmel Freeman, NACCHO CEO “Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed there have been 626...
Apr 23, 2019 | NacchoVoice
STD Awareness Month is an opportunity to raise awareness about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), also referred to as Sexually...
Apr 18, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Apr 02, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health...
Mar 18, 2019 | NacchoVoice
By JP Leider, Senior Lecturer at the University of Minnesota, Associate Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
Mar 04, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Q&A with National Association of County and City Health Officials Chief Executive Officer Lori Tremmel Freeman Measles have...
Feb 19, 2019 | NacchoVoice
The Scholarship of Public Health is a blog series from the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice that addresses topics...
Feb 12, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist Nasseam McPherson James, MBA, MSW, is the Interim Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (FL DOH). In the following post, she discusses her role within the department, shares how FL DOH in Orange County is addressing infant mortality and decreasing new HIV infection rates, […]
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, New Jersey The effects of climate change are visible in communities across the country, from increasingly severe storms (e.g., the recent “bomb cyclone” in the Plains and Midwest) to more frequent wildfires, record-breaking floods, […]
By Lori Tremmel Freeman, NACCHO CEO “Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed there have been 626 individual cases of measles diagnosed across 22 states in the United States since the first of this year. We are on track to have the highest number of measles cases in the United States in 25 […]
STD Awareness Month is an opportunity to raise awareness about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), also referred to as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), with local health departments and with local and national policymakers, stakeholders, and the public. The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health […]
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, New Jersey Data and research help us to understand our world and make informed decisions. As local health officials, data allow us to measure progress over time, identify emerging trends, and understand how our […]
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department leaders and staff about their careers in public health. This interview features Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, Health Director of the Granville Vance Public Health Department in North Carolina. Below, she shares the how her department is addressing mental...
By JP Leider, Senior Lecturer at the University of Minnesota, Associate Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and independent consultant based out of Minneapolis, MN As NACCHO’s Profile Study returns to the field, I’ve decided to share a reminder of its importance to public health and thank practitioners. The field of […]
Q&A with National Association of County and City Health Officials Chief Executive Officer Lori Tremmel Freeman Measles have reemerged as a public health threat in the United States in 2019. New York and Washington state are facing the worst measles outbreak in a generation, but cases have also been reported in 10 states so far […]
The Scholarship of Public Health is a blog series from the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice that addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of current and future professionals. As soon as I entered academia, one of the most common questions I received from students was some […]
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