Quality Improvement and Accreditation: Essential Aims for All Health Departments

By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) In 2011,...

Jan 12, 2017 | NacchoVoice

  • A Look Back: The Best of NACCHO Preparedness

    By Anastasia Sonneman, NACCHO Communications Specialist This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief. The year 2016...

    Jan 04, 2017 | NacchoVoice

  • A Year in Review: The Best of NACCHO Preparedness

    From the onset of Zika virus disease to international acts of violence related to terrorism, to the worst global migrant crisis since...

    Jan 03, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Resource Portfolio: CDC Public Health Preparedness Capabilities

    As local health departments (LHDs) strive to achieve and enhance community preparedness, response, and recovery capacity and...

    Dec 13, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults & Children

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis of...

    Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • NACCHO Honors Local Health Departments: Exemplary Emergency Preparedness Model and...

    By Chelsea Gridley-Smith, NACCHO Program Analyst By creating the Model Practice and Promising Practice Program, the National...

    Nov 11, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Project Public Health Ready October Report

    During the month of October, NACCHO staff held the Annual Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) Review Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana...

    Nov 02, 2016 | Madison Ferraro

  • ACIP, CDC Recommend Two HPV Shots for Younger Adolescents

    After more than six months of thoroughly reviewing data on 2-dose HPV vaccination schedules, the Advisory Committee on Immunization...

    Oct 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • New Health Impact Assessment Resources for Local Health Departments

    The NACCHO Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Community of Practice has developed four new tools to support local health department (LHD)...

    Oct 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Quality Improvement and Accreditation: Essential Aims for All Health Departments

    By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) In 2011, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched its voluntary national accreditation program for public health departments with the goal of improving and protecting the public’s health by advancing performance improvement. PHAB accreditation seeks to...

    Jan 12, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    A Look Back: The Best of NACCHO Preparedness

    By Anastasia Sonneman, NACCHO Communications Specialist This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief. The year 2016 brought a whole new meaning to the importance of public health emergency preparedness. From the onset of Zika virus disease to international acts of violence related to terrorism, to the worst global migrant crisis since World War II, NACCHO […]

    Jan 04, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    A Year in Review: The Best of NACCHO Preparedness

    From the onset of Zika virus disease to international acts of violence related to terrorism, to the worst global migrant crisis since World War II, the year 2016 brought a whole new meaning to the importance of public health emergency preparedness. Throughout the last twelve months, NACCHO has worked diligently in collaboration with many of […]

    Jan 03, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO Resource Portfolio: CDC Public Health Preparedness Capabilities

    As local health departments (LHDs) strive to achieve and enhance community preparedness, response, and recovery capacity and capability, they are often faced with searching through hundreds of randomly assorted tools across a wide‐range of sources. In an effort to create a more seamless process, NACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

    Dec 13, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse

    Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults & Children

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. The guidelines—developed by CDC, American Thoracic Society (ATS), and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and endorsed by the European Respiratory Society—update the previous tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics guidelines...

    Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    NACCHO Honors Local Health Departments: Exemplary Emergency Preparedness Model and Promising Practices

    By Chelsea Gridley-Smith, NACCHO Program Analyst By creating the Model Practice and Promising Practice Program, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) recognizes the best local public health practices in the country. This initiative was designed to inspire continued innovation and highlight local health departments already making significant strides in the field....

    Nov 11, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Project Public Health Ready October Report

    During the month of October, NACCHO staff held the Annual Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) Review Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana from October 18-19. At the meeting, 51 PPHR reviewers came together to finalize their evaluations and requests for additional evidence for the 42 PPHR applications that are currently under review. During the meeting, reviewers […]

    Nov 02, 2016 | Madison Ferraro

    ACIP, CDC Recommend Two HPV Shots for Younger Adolescents

    After more than six months of thoroughly reviewing data on 2-dose HPV vaccination schedules, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), voted to approve a recommendation that reduces the number of HPV vaccine doses from three to two […]

    Oct 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    New Health Impact Assessment Resources for Local Health Departments

    The NACCHO Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Community of Practice has developed four new tools to support local health department (LHD) capacity through the use of HIA. Included resources are a fact sheet on the value of HIA to LHDs, and three mechanisms for HIA data entry and evaluation. Each tool’s purpose, intended use and direct […]

    Oct 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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