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Public Health Law Workgroup March Report
This month, NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup held a joint workgroup meeting with the Association of State and Territorial Health...
Mar 27, 2014 | Guest Author
Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public Health
Imagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it...
Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author
Electronic Laboratory Reporting and the Public Health Workforce
By Roland Gamache, PhD, MBA, Senior Director, Informatics, NACCHO An informative article in this month’s Online Journal of Public...
Mar 13, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Public Health Law Workgroup February Report
The Public Health Law Workgroup held its monthly call on Feb. 26. During the call, workgroup members heard a presentation from...
Feb 27, 2014 | Andy Roszak
Now Trending: Monitor Disease Trends 140 Characters at a Time
It’s now easier than ever to monitor disease trends 140 characters at a time! The Division of Fusion within the Office of the...
Feb 06, 2014 | Admin
NACCHO Members Invited to Participate in Survey on Mass Fatality Preparedness
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Loyola University...
Feb 04, 2014 | Frances Bevington
New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave
On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local...
Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup January Report
Chairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup...
Jan 30, 2014 | Resham Patel
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding...
On Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile)...
Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Public Health Law Workgroup March ReportThis month, NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup held a joint workgroup meeting with the Association of State and Territorial Health Official’s (ASTHO) Public Health Law Workgroup. NACCHO and ASTHO members from across the country came together for a discussion of issues relevant to the practice of public health law at both the state and local […] Mar 27, 2014 | Guest Author |
Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public HealthImagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it is a little sobering to think that ten years from today, the UN estimates that 1.8 billion people will remain living in water scarce environments while two-thirds of the planet will be water stressed. Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author |
Electronic Laboratory Reporting and the Public Health WorkforceBy Roland Gamache, PhD, MBA, Senior Director, Informatics, NACCHO An informative article in this month’s Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, “Estimating Increased Electronic Laboratory Reporting Volumes for Meaningful Use: Implications for the Public Health Workforce,” shows the value electronic laboratory results reporting can bring to the public’s health. The article also describes how... Mar 13, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Public Health Law Workgroup February ReportThe Public Health Law Workgroup held its monthly call on Feb. 26. During the call, workgroup members heard a presentation from NACCHO’s Profile Team about data in the 2013 study that are relevant to the work done public health law practitioners. Workgroup members also discussed current issues in local public health law like legalization of […] Feb 27, 2014 | Andy Roszak |
Now Trending: Monitor Disease Trends 140 Characters at a TimeIt’s now easier than ever to monitor disease trends 140 characters at a time! The Division of Fusion within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has been working hand-in-hand with the MappyHealth team to bring you the official Now Trending website! ASPR Fusion is happy to announce this recent partnership with 2012 […] Feb 06, 2014 | Admin |
NACCHO Members Invited to Participate in Survey on Mass Fatality PreparednessResearchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Loyola University Maryland have invited NACCHO’s members to participate in a research study on mass fatality incidents funded by the National Science Foundation. Please see below for the full invitation text and contact Dr. Robyn Gershon for more information. Mass fatality […] Feb 04, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile WaveOn Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local Health Departments Need in Order to Adopt Social Media and Mobile Health Technologies for Emergency Preparedness. While the American public’s use of social media and mobile technologies has grown dramatically in recent years, most local health departments (LHDs) are... Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup January ReportChairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on Jan. 28. Geetika Nadkarni from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials provided an overview on implementation of the newly-launched National Health Security Preparedness Index (NHSPI). The group discussed resources available... Jan 30, 2014 | Resham Patel |
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding Cuts for PreparednessOn Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile) study, demonstrating continued funding cuts across several programmatic areas at local health departments (LHDs), including emergency preparedness Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
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