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Kristin Magnussen MSN, RN Ledge Light Health District (New London, CT) The 65-years and older population is falling and in some cases,...
Aug 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Health literacy is one of the best predictors of health status. It affects an individual’s ability to seek appropriate healthcare...
Aug 01, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
With funding from NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) Challenge Award program, Eau Claire City-County Health Department and the Eau...
Jun 15, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
NACCHO is pleased to announce the local health departments (LHDs) selected for the LINC (Lessons in INfection Control) Initiative....
May 04, 2016 | Christina Baum
Mar 29, 2016 | Guest Author
As a Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS), I’m often the first person responding to a patient’s sexual health crisis. In addition to...
Feb 10, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author
From 2009 to 2014, seven cases of neonatal herpes emerged in Rockland County, New York. The cases occurred in the local Orthodox...
Mar 17, 2015 | Guest Author
Interview by Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO honored the exceptional achievements of local health...
Aug 22, 2014 | Ian Goldstein
Kristin Magnussen MSN, RN Ledge Light Health District (New London, CT) The 65-years and older population is falling and in some cases, not getting back up. Falls among older adults account for more than 25,000 deaths, 2.5 million emergency department visits, and 700,000 hospitalizations per year nationally. In Connecticut falls are the third leading cause […]
Health literacy is one of the best predictors of health status. It affects an individual’s ability to seek appropriate healthcare services and adhere to treatment. Poor health literacy contributes to high healthcare costs, overuse of emergency departments, and underuse of preventive services. Low health literacy disproportionately affects the people who most often seek public health services.
With funding from NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) Challenge Award program, Eau Claire City-County Health Department and the Eau Claire County Medical Reserve Corps are hosting trainings to help prevent one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States: suicide.
NACCHO is pleased to announce the local health departments (LHDs) selected for the LINC (Lessons in INfection Control) Initiative. These sites were selected through a competitive process and, with support from CDC, have been awarded up to $25,000 each to improve both healthcare and community infection control and enhance coordination for preparing and responding to […]
As a Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS), I’m often the first person responding to a patient’s sexual health crisis. In addition to doing the background work of keeping statistics and ensuring each patient is properly treated for their sexually transmitted infection, a large part of my job is educating and interviewing patients, confidentially notifying partners, and providing linkages to...
From 2009 to 2014, seven cases of neonatal herpes emerged in Rockland County, New York. The cases occurred in the local Orthodox community and were suspected to result from the metzitzah b’peh practice during circumcision.
Interview by Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO honored the exceptional achievements of local health departments (LHDs) and local health officials at the 2014 NACCHO Annual Conference, held July 8–10 in Atlanta. NACCHO’s LHD of the Year Award recognizes and honors outstanding accomplishment of LHDs across the country for their innovation, creativity, and impact […]
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