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Public Health Law Workgroup March Report

This month, NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup held a joint workgroup meeting with the Association of State and Territorial Health...

Mar 27, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider...

    Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public Health

    Imagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it...

    Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author

  • NACCHO Launches Health and Disability Technical Assistance Program

    NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program is pleased to offer Technical Assistance (TA) to health departments interested in...

    Mar 14, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Health and Disability Fellowships Offer Hands-On Experience at NACCHO

    NACCHO is pleased to announce that we have recently hired three fellows to work on our Health and Disability Program. The fellows...

    Mar 12, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Radiation and Local Public Health

    The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by...

    Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Preparedness Checklist for Pediatric Practices

    The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has developed a Preparedness Checklist for Pediatric Practices based on concepts and...

    Jan 02, 2014 | Guest Author

  • FDA Proposed Rule on Intentional Adulteration of Food

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as required by Food Safety Modernization Act, proposed a rule that would require large food...

    Dec 27, 2013 | Guest Author

  • Public Health Law Workgroup March Report

    This month, NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup held a joint workgroup meeting with the Association of State and Territorial Health Official’s (ASTHO) Public Health Law Workgroup. NACCHO and ASTHO members from across the country came together for a discussion of issues relevant to the practice of public health law at both the state and local […]

    Mar 27, 2014 | Guest Author

    Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider Moving Forward

    Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author

    Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public Health

    Imagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it is a little sobering to think that ten years from today, the UN estimates that 1.8 billion people will remain living in water scarce environments while two-thirds of the planet will be water stressed.

    Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author

    NACCHO Launches Health and Disability Technical Assistance Program

    NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program is pleased to offer Technical Assistance (TA) to health departments interested in increasing inclusion and engagement of people with disabilities in emergency plans and/or policies. This program is sponsored by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why...

    Mar 14, 2014 | Guest Author

    Health and Disability Fellowships Offer Hands-On Experience at NACCHO

    NACCHO is pleased to announce that we have recently hired three fellows to work on our Health and Disability Program. The fellows started work March 3, and will stay with NACCHO through June 30. The fellows are all graduate-level students or post-grads who have demonstrated knowledge and passion in the field of health and disability. […]

    Mar 12, 2014 | Guest Author

    Radiation and Local Public Health

    The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by the dose of exposure, the type of radioactive material involved in the exposure, the exposure pathway, and the duration of the exposure and can be de minimis or can produce severe immediate and delayed […]

    Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author

    Preparedness Checklist for Pediatric Practices

    The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has developed a Preparedness Checklist for Pediatric Practices based on concepts and information from the organization’s Pediatric Preparedness Resource Kit. The checklist offers steps that pediatricians or their practice staff can take to improve office preparedness. Pediatricians need to be ready to provide care for their patients, even when...

    Jan 02, 2014 | Guest Author

    FDA Proposed Rule on Intentional Adulteration of Food

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as required by Food Safety Modernization Act, proposed a rule that would require large food businesses in the U.S. and abroad to take steps that would prevent intentional attempts to contaminate the food supply in food facilities. The proposed rule requires food facilities to have a written food defense […]

    Dec 27, 2013 | Guest Author

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