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NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship Program
By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development...
Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Resource: Building Support for Environmental Health at the Federal Level
A coalition of diverse public health agencies including NACCHO partnered to design a new document titled Investing in a Robust...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Emergency Preparedness: Including People with Disabilities
State Disability and Health Programs, funded by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NBCDDD), created...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Disability Inclusion Works for All
While 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies
Dr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members,...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
AUCD Awarded Grant for Health Care Provider Training
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently received a grant award from the Special Hope Foundation. The...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0
As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship Program
The National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third...
Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Infographic: Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared an infographic that provides a visual explanation of the three...
Oct 25, 2016 | Amy Chang
NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship ProgramBy Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development opportunity for graduate level students and recent alumni interested getting hands on experience in the public health disability field. Last year’s fellows along with NACCHO Health and DIsability leadership staff are pictured on the right, presenting their... Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Resource: Building Support for Environmental Health at the Federal LevelA coalition of diverse public health agencies including NACCHO partnered to design a new document titled Investing in a Robust Environmental Health System. This resource is a valuable tool for public health officials advocating for the value and the need of investment in environmental health services, especially when addressing either local, state or federal decision […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Emergency Preparedness: Including People with DisabilitiesState Disability and Health Programs, funded by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NBCDDD), created an online catalog to enhance disability inclusive emergency preparedness plans. Resources to support people with disabilities in emergency preparedness and response are available for people with disabilities and their caregivers, emergency managers, first... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Disability Inclusion Works for AllWhile 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a resource titled, Disability Inclusion Works for All, providing information on how to build an inclusive workforce, including stories from CDC staff on their commitment to inclusivity in the workplace. Local health […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce CompetenciesDr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members, recently presented their work on including people with disabilities into public health workforce competencies at the 2016 Southwest Conference on Disability. The purpose of the competencies are to provide information on the relationship between public health programs and... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
AUCD Awarded Grant for Health Care Provider TrainingThe Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently received a grant award from the Special Hope Foundation. The project, entitled Health is for Everyone: Action Team (HEAT), will support the creation of an action team to incorporate disability training into health care provider training. The goals of the project include attaining training standards for […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the virus. It is essential that public health practitioners understand the spectrum of needs that babies born with Zika may experience. The Public Health is for Everyone toolkit, a collection of resources to […] Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NEHA Recruiting Environmental Health Departments for Summer Internship ProgramThe National Environmental Health Association NEHA is currently seeking environmental health departments to take part in its third annual National Environmental Public Health Internship Program, which is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Health Services Branch. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments are highly encouraged to apply to host... Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Infographic: Foodborne Disease OutbreaksThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared an infographic that provides a visual explanation of the three types of data used to link illnesses to contaminated foods and solve outbreak. The infographic describes how the three data types are used, actions to stop the outbreak, and how experts are constantly improving and developing […] Oct 25, 2016 | Amy Chang |
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