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Safe Storage of Firearms Prevents Suicide

By Tony Gomez, BS, RS, Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention, Public Health Seattle & King County; Clinical Faculty Instructor,...

Dec 15, 2014 | NacchoVoice

  • NIDA and NACCHO Help Teens Shatter the Myths about Drugs and Drug Abuse

    By Brian Marquis, Public Liaison Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and...

    Jun 17, 2014 | NacchoVoice

  • Lancaster County: From Injury to Prevention

    This NACCHO Stories From the Field Video explores the Safe Kids Program in Lincoln/Lancaster County, NE and the collaboration between...

    Mar 13, 2014 | Alyson Jordan

  • Survive and Thrive Prepares New and Aspiring Leaders in Local Public Health

    NACCHO’s Survive and Thrive is a 12-month program that prepares new and aspiring local health officials with the skills needed...

    Dec 23, 2013 | Kim Grimmick

  • Making the Case for Local Injury and Violence Prevention

    By Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Violence and Injury Prevention, NACCHO The following is adapted from a guide NACCHO...

    Nov 13, 2013 | NacchoVoice

  • Injury and Violence Prevention, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Social Determinants of Health

    Always Buckle Up Children in the Backseat

    The Madison County Health Department promotes the Always Buckle up Children in the Backseat program through education.

    Oct 18, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Injury and Violence Prevention, Opioid Overdose Epidemic, Social Determinants of Health

    Alex’s Story

    For Alex’s parents, rural Ohio seemed like the perfect location to raise a family. In its rolling hills and vast farmland laid the...

    Oct 18, 2013 | Guest Author

  • Fit and Fall Proof

    Having trouble getting in and out of a car because the legs are feeling weak? Having trouble carrying groceries because the arms are...

    Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Injury and Violence Prevention, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    Hope

    I work closely with community partners to create formats that will hopefully open the eyes of individuals to the realities of...

    Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    • Safe Storage of Firearms Prevents Suicide

    By Tony Gomez, BS, RS, Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention, Public Health Seattle & King County; Clinical Faculty Instructor, University of Washington, School of Public Health There is an urgent public health need to reduce suicide rates in the United States. There were 40,600 suicides in 2012, making suicide the tenth leading cause of death.1 […]

    Dec 15, 2014 | NacchoVoice

    NIDA and NACCHO Help Teens Shatter the Myths about Drugs and Drug Abuse

    By Brian Marquis, Public Liaison Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO Monitoring the Future, an ongoing study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the University of Michigan, found that many teens are not aware of the serious risks drugs and […]

    Jun 17, 2014 | NacchoVoice

    Lancaster County: From Injury to Prevention

    This NACCHO Stories From the Field Video explores the Safe Kids Program in Lincoln/Lancaster County, NE and the collaboration between state and local partners. Jason Kerkman tells his story of how a spinal cord injury led him to a career in injury prevention.

    Mar 13, 2014 | Alyson Jordan

    Survive and Thrive Prepares New and Aspiring Leaders in Local Public Health

    NACCHO’s Survive and Thrive is a 12-month program that prepares new and aspiring local health officials with the skills needed to succeed as leaders. This year, NACCHO hosted a week long closing workshop for the program “graduates” that gave participants an opportunity to come to Washington, DC for in-person trainings in subjects such as strategic […]

    Dec 23, 2013 | Kim Grimmick

    Making the Case for Local Injury and Violence Prevention

    By Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Violence and Injury Prevention, NACCHO The following is adapted from a guide NACCHO recently published to help LHDs communicate with local, state, and national decision-makers and stakeholders. View the guide. Local health departments (LHDs) play an important role in coordinating the broader public health system’s efforts to address […]

    Nov 13, 2013 | NacchoVoice

    Injury and Violence Prevention, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Social Determinants of Health

    Always Buckle Up Children in the Backseat

    The Madison County Health Department promotes the Always Buckle up Children in the Backseat program through education.

    Oct 18, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Injury and Violence Prevention, Opioid Overdose Epidemic, Social Determinants of Health

    Alex’s Story

    For Alex’s parents, rural Ohio seemed like the perfect location to raise a family. In its rolling hills and vast farmland laid the safety and security of a small town setting. The schools were filled with neighbors’ children and residents did not think twice about leaving the doors to their homes unlocked. That is, until their teenage son became an opiate addict.

    Oct 18, 2013 | Guest Author

    Fit and Fall Proof

    Having trouble getting in and out of a car because the legs are feeling weak? Having trouble carrying groceries because the arms are not as strong as they once were? You could be losing functional mobility. You could be at risk of falling.

    Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Injury and Violence Prevention, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    Hope

    I work closely with community partners to create formats that will hopefully open the eyes of individuals to the realities of prescription drug abuse while empowering them to consider choices that can be made to avoid addiction.

    Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

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    Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...

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    NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...

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    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

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    Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted

    Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...

    Oct 16, 2023

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