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Health Impact Assessment: An Essential Tool for Health Department Accreditation
By Shannon Browlee, MPH, Public Health Educator, Okaland County Health Division (MI) and Stephanie Souter, MS, Planner II,Washington...
Aug 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Albany, New York
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern The third and final story for our three-part blog series highlighting...
Aug 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
National Immunization Awareness Month: Local Health Departments Celebrate and...
By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department Vaccines...
Aug 16, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Funding Opportunity to Enhance Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Region
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is...
Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New FSIS Webpages: Supporting Foodborne Illness Investigation Capacity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the release of two new webpages...
Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Lansing, Michigan
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Lead Poisoning: Still an American Burden There are 24 million homes...
Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Report: Community Assessment of Public Health Emergency Response
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently released a new report illustrating the results of completing the Community...
Aug 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Incoming NACCHO President Claude-Alix Jacob Shares His Priorities for Local Health...
On July 1, Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department, became NACCHO’s...
Aug 05, 2016 | NacchoVoice
New Report: Retail Food Inspection and Grading Case Study
NACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed a new report to learn more...
Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Health Impact Assessment: An Essential Tool for Health Department AccreditationBy Shannon Browlee, MPH, Public Health Educator, Okaland County Health Division (MI) and Stephanie Souter, MS, Planner II,Washington County (MN) Public Health & Environment Seeking accreditation status from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), and integrating Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into community-wide, decision-making practice are two goals shared by many health departments... Aug 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Albany, New YorkBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern The third and final story for our three-part blog series highlighting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)‘s Lead Hazard Reduction (LHRD) awardees takes us to Albany County, New York. Similar to both the health departments serving Lansing (MI) and Cook County (IL), the Albany County Health Department... Aug 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
National Immunization Awareness Month: Local Health Departments Celebrate and Promote VaccinationBy Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department Vaccines are one of the most important achievements in public health and have prevented wide-scale illness and death since their conception. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million […] Aug 16, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Funding Opportunity to Enhance Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico RegionThe Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is awarding $10 million in an effort to enhancing coastal community resilience. Ideal grant recipients are researchers and community members engaged in both scientific and practical environmental efforts, seeking to identify key factors contributing to the […] Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New FSIS Webpages: Supporting Foodborne Illness Investigation CapacityThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the release of two new webpages focusing on supporting local and state agencies responding to foodborne illness outbreaks. Both pages are designed to advance communication between public health professionals and FSIS when addressing foodborne illness investigations involving FSIS-regulated products.... Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Lansing, MichiganBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Lead Poisoning: Still an American Burden There are 24 million homes in the United States that contain deteriorated lead-based paint and elevated levels of lead-based dust and four million of those households contain children. As a direct result, approximately 535,000 children between ages one and five have blood lead […] Aug 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Report: Community Assessment of Public Health Emergency ResponseThe California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently released a new report illustrating the results of completing the Community Assessment of Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) as a part of the Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE-EH) in South Gate, California. This report presents methods and results from the rapid needs assessment conducted in... Aug 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Incoming NACCHO President Claude-Alix Jacob Shares His Priorities for Local Health Departments and Explains Why a Career in Local Public Health is One of the Best-Kept SecretsOn July 1, Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department, became NACCHO’s President. Jacob is a long-standing and dedicated member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of different advisory groups including the Annual Conference Workgroup, the Health Equity and Social Justice Committee, the Survive and Thrive […] Aug 05, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
New Report: Retail Food Inspection and Grading Case StudyNACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed a new report to learn more about scoring, grading and placarding systems used by domestic food regulatory programs. This report provides a case study on the retail food establishment process and grading system used by the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). The […] Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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