Talking about, Testing for, and Treating STDs: The Important Role of Disease...

The theme for STD Awareness Month 2016 is Talk. Test. Treat. Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) play an important role in local...

Apr 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Share Your Best Emergency Management and Response Practices at Water and Wastewater...

    The Water Research Foundation (WRF), with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), is conducting a research project titled...

    Apr 12, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • Community Planning Framework Available to Help with Medical Surge Planning

    Medical surge – defined by the CDC as “the ability of a healthcare system to provide adequate medical care during events that exceed...

    Apr 07, 2016 | Stephen Maheux

  • Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with...

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications...

    Apr 05, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Local Health Departments Mark National Public Health Week 2016 and Look Ahead to 2030

    The following post was originally published on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog.For more information about environmental...

    Apr 05, 2016 | NacchoVoice

  • Using Participatory Disease Surveillance Data through Flu Near You

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Nov 24, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in Disasters

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control Programs

    From the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have...

    Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown

  • Talking about, Testing for, and Treating STDs: The Important Role of Disease Intervention Specialists

    The theme for STD Awareness Month 2016 is Talk. Test. Treat. Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) play an important role in local health department HIV/STD programs and work to improve the sexual health of their community by talking to them about STD prevention, testing in the field, and linking the clients in need to care. For […]

    Apr 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Share Your Best Emergency Management and Response Practices at Water and Wastewater Utilities

    The Water Research Foundation (WRF), with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), is conducting a research project titled “Innovative Preparedness and Response Practices to Support Water System Resilience” to identify best emergency management and response practices and procedures currently in use at drinking water and wastewater utilities. The ultimate goal of the project is to […]

    Apr 12, 2016 | Amy Chang

    Community Planning Framework Available to Help with Medical Surge Planning

    Medical surge – defined by the CDC as “the ability of a healthcare system to provide adequate medical care during events that exceed the limits of the normal medical infrastructure of an affected community” – is a major concern among the healthcare community during a natural disaster, disease outbreak, or act of terrorism. While many […]

    Apr 07, 2016 | Stephen Maheux

    Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with Ana-Marie Jones, Part 1

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications and Information Sharing Workgroup member; Interview by Eric E. Holdeman, Principal, Eric Holdeman & Associates Ana-Marie Jones is the Executive Director of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters, a nonprofit located in Alameda County, CA....

    Apr 05, 2016 | Guest Author

    Local Health Departments Mark National Public Health Week 2016 and Look Ahead to 2030

    The following post was originally published on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog.For more information about environmental health and infectious disease, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. During the first full week of April each year, the American Public Health Association brings together communities across the United States to observe National Public Health Week (NPHW) as a...

    Apr 05, 2016 | NacchoVoice

    Using Participatory Disease Surveillance Data through Flu Near You

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, NACCHO As flu season continues to ramp up, public health surveillance is an essential tool to identifying outbreaks early and having necessary, community-level data to be able to respond to...

    Nov 24, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in Disasters

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health The importance of incorporating the mental health needs of a community and individuals into emergency and disaster response is gaining attention. During and after a disaster, many people are not only […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control Programs

    From the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have always been a lurking environmental threat, capable of compromising the public’s health. In addition to potentially carrying parasites and pathogens, rodents have been destroying infrastructure, infesting houses and businesses, and damaging property for centuries. To...

    Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown

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