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FCC to Strengthen Emergency Alert System Rules
On Thursday, January 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt proposed rules to strengthen the Emergency...
Feb 22, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Just Say Hi: Communicating Effectively with People Who Have Disabilities
By Meredith Williams, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow This fall, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation launched its Just Say Hi campaign...
Feb 10, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Gaps Remain for Pediatric Medical Countermeasures
During public health emergencies, children are a particularly vulnerable population as they have unique physical, physiological, and...
Jan 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: How Local Health Departments Can...
By Meredith Williams, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO On December 3, 2015, the global community commemorated the International...
Dec 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges
NACCHO Updates Health and Disability Policy Statement
NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program recently updated its policy statement. NACCHO fellow Erin Linden, MPH student at The University...
Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
NACCHO Staff to Present at APHA Conference
Staff working on NACCHO’s Health and Disability project will present at the American Public Health Association’s...
Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
Congress Should Support Fund that Prevents Disease and Saves Lives
The following article was originally published in The Hill. View the original article. By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH In 1736 Benjamin...
Oct 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Incorporating At-Risk Populations into Medical Countermeasure Planning
Defining “At-Risk” Populations When asked to define which population groups are included under the “at-risk population”...
Sep 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
FCC to Strengthen Emergency Alert System RulesOn Thursday, January 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt proposed rules to strengthen the Emergency Alert System (EAS), our national public warning system. The major proposed change includes new EAS designations to more accurately reflect current roles and responsibilities of key EAS participants—which include radio and television broadcast stations, cable... Feb 22, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Just Say Hi: Communicating Effectively with People Who Have DisabilitiesBy Meredith Williams, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow This fall, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation launched its Just Say Hi campaign to address the discomfort and hesitation many people feel when first attempting to communicate with people who have disabilities. Many local health departments face a similar uncertainty when attempting to communicate with people who have […] Feb 10, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Gaps Remain for Pediatric Medical CountermeasuresDuring public health emergencies, children are a particularly vulnerable population as they have unique physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics that vary from adults. Additionally, the medical products and formulations children need often differ from adults and some medical products may not have the same usage approvals for children as they do for adults. Earlier this month... Jan 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: How Local Health Departments Can Promote InclusionBy Meredith Williams, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO On December 3, 2015, the global community commemorated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). This year’s theme was “Inclusion Matters: Access and Empowerment for People of All Abilities.”1 NACCHO’s Health and Disability Project Team joins the President of the United States, the United Nations (UN), and […] Dec 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
NACCHO Updates Health and Disability Policy StatementNACCHO’s Health and Disability Program recently updated its policy statement. NACCHO fellow Erin Linden, MPH student at The University of Minnesota, and NACCHO’s Health and Disability workgroup members were instrumental in developing the revised policy statement. The overarching goal of NACCHO’s health and disability program is to promote the successful inclusion and engagement of people […] Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
NACCHO Staff to Present at APHA ConferenceStaff working on NACCHO’s Health and Disability project will present at the American Public Health Association’s (APHA’s) Annual Meeting and Exposition. The annual meeting is Oct. 31-Nov. 4 in Chicago. The NACCHO session, “Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for People with Disabilities,” will explore the results of a national assessment of local health... Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Congress Should Support Fund that Prevents Disease and Saves LivesThe following article was originally published in The Hill. View the original article. By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH In 1736 Benjamin Franklin said “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In 2010 Congress followed this wise advice and created the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF), which has invested nearly $5.25 billion to […] Oct 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO For much of the general public, the local health department is the place that inspects restaurants and assigns letter grades based on cleanliness. In reality, of course, the... Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Incorporating At-Risk Populations into Medical Countermeasure PlanningDefining “At-Risk” Populations When asked to define which population groups are included under the “at-risk population” umbrella in a jurisdiction, the answers could vary greatly from person to person. There are a wide variety of public health preparedness planning considerations that need to be met to ensure specific at-risk groups get access to emergency information and […] Sep 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
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