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Barren River District Health Department Partners with Western Kentucky University...
By Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO To strategize how to increase vaccination rates for human papillomavirus...
May 28, 2015 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Helps Three West Virginia Health Departments Strategize How to Increase HPV...
By Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On March 26–27, NACCHO hosted the first of 10 strategic action planning...
Apr 23, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis...
Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the...
Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
NCIPH Launches Real-Time Assessment Tool to Help Local Health Departments Address...
The North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH) has launched a real-time assessment tool to provide local health departments...
Mar 31, 2015 | Rachel Schulman
National Youth Violence Prevention Week: How Planning and Partnerships Can Help LHDs...
By Sasha Cotton, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, City of Minneapolis Health Department March 23–27 is National Youth Violence...
Mar 26, 2015 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Award
by Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness...
Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse
New Evidence-Based Planning Guidance for Patient Decontamination Released
Every day large quantities of hazardous materials are made, transported, stored, and used in communities throughout the United States....
Dec 19, 2014 | Justin Snair
Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup November Report
On November 10, the MCM workgroup held its fifth monthly call of the project year. On the call, a representative from the Centers for...
Nov 26, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Ready vs. Project Public Health Ready
By Leigh Wilsey, Preparedness Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Clay County This article was originally published in NACCHO...
Nov 21, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Barren River District Health Department Partners with Western Kentucky University for HPV Prevention EffortsBy Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO To strategize how to increase vaccination rates for human papillomavirus (HPV), NACCHO worked with the Barren River District Health Department (KY) to host an action planning meeting on April 30 and May 1. This meeting is one of ten action planning meetings with local health departments (LHDs) selected […] May 28, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO Helps Three West Virginia Health Departments Strategize How to Increase HPV Vaccination RatesBy Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On March 26–27, NACCHO hosted the first of 10 strategic action planning meetings in Shepherdstown, WV, with health departments from Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties. Each strategic action planning meeting is focused on identifying or developing strategies to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates. NACCHO’s HPV project... Apr 23, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis PlanningAnthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the public health response following a jurisdiction-wide exposure and provision of an initial 10-day supply of antibiotics from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). But mass dispensing of the subsequent 50-day course of antibiotics and administration […] Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
NCIPH Launches Real-Time Assessment Tool to Help Local Health Departments Address CDC Public Health Preparedness CapabilitiesThe North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH) has launched a real-time assessment tool to provide local health departments with a rapid means to assess their preparedness capabilities and readily access top-tier resources. In a recent pilot, local health departments from 15 states were able to complete their assessments in 10 minutes or less, receiving […] Mar 31, 2015 | Rachel Schulman |
National Youth Violence Prevention Week: How Planning and Partnerships Can Help LHDs Address the ProblemBy Sasha Cotton, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, City of Minneapolis Health Department March 23–27 is National Youth Violence Prevention Awareness Week. The week offers an excellent opportunity for public health practitioners to think about the critical role we play in preventing youth violence. It challenges each of us to think about how our efforts are, […] Mar 26, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Awardby Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness NACCHO, in partnership with the Division of Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), has selected 43 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units to receive 2014-2015 NACCHO MRC Challenge Awards. More than 175 MRC units across the country applied for […] Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse |
New Evidence-Based Planning Guidance for Patient Decontamination ReleasedEvery day large quantities of hazardous materials are made, transported, stored, and used in communities throughout the United States. With nearly 25 million people living near chemical facilities in the nation, many could be exposed to chemicals following a catastrophic incident. To protect health and save lives in such catastrophic incidents, first responders, medical providers, […] Dec 19, 2014 | Justin Snair |
Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup November ReportOn November 10, the MCM workgroup held its fifth monthly call of the project year. On the call, a representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of the Strategic National Stockpile spoke about a new mass dispensing training course that is under development. MCM workgroup members were asked to review the […] Nov 26, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Ready vs. Project Public Health ReadyBy Leigh Wilsey, Preparedness Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Clay County This article was originally published in NACCHO Exchange. To read the entire issue, download the newsletter from NACCHO’s online bookstore (login required). As a local health department (LHD), the Florida Department of Health in Clay County (DOH-Clay) has had many opportunities to respond to […] Nov 21, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
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