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This story originally ran in Preparedness Brief blog. At the 2018 Preparedness Summit, speakers representing the state, local and...
Jun 06, 2018 | NacchoVoice
State and local health departments have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of the populations they serve following a...
Jun 05, 2018
In a scene all too frequent in our schools, ten people were killed last Friday in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in...
May 22, 2018
Behavioral health is an essential part of community resilience and recovery from traumatic events, after which individuals and first...
May 21, 2018
The 2018 Preparedness Summit took place last month at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. As the first and longest running national...
May 16, 2018
On May 10, the Dr. Robert Kadlec, the current U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, authored an article on the...
May 11, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
NACCHO Submits Comments on PAHPA Reauthorization
May 10, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
This article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes...
Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In light of the multiple package detonations over the last several weeks in Austin, Texas, the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH)...
Mar 22, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
This story originally ran in Preparedness Brief blog. At the 2018 Preparedness Summit, speakers representing the state, local and territorial perspectives on last year’s hurricane and wildfire events gave an overview of what happened, what went well, and what could have been done better. Susan Fanelli, assistant director, California Department of Public Health, provided the […]
State and local health departments have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of the populations they serve following a radiological event. In addition, jurisdictions may be asked to monitor, decontaminate, and shelter displaced populations that evacuate to their region from impacted areas in the event of a large-scale radiological event. While there are […]
In a scene all too frequent in our schools, ten people were killed last Friday in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in southeastern Texas. From a young man who had just turned 17 and was preparing to celebrate with friends to a Pakistani exchange student working to build bridges between her host […]
Behavioral health is an essential part of community resilience and recovery from traumatic events, after which individuals and first responders may experience a range of emotional, behavioral, physical, and cognitive responses. Individuals who had a mental illness (whether diagnosed or not) prior to the event may experience re-triggering or increased severity of symptoms, which could […]
The 2018 Preparedness Summit took place last month at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. As the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness, it drew a wide variety of professionals and experts with a stake in the field—local and state public health department staff; federal agency staff including the U.S. Department […]
On May 10, the Dr. Robert Kadlec, the current U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, authored an article on the American Medical Association website on the need for a disaster health response system. Of note, Dr. Kadlec is advocating for a shift from the current health care coalition model to a regional disaster health […]
This article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) that the Alabama Department of Public Health conducted focusing on indoor air pollutants in seven neighborhoods in Madison County, Alabama, where a large percentage of homes were built before...
In light of the multiple package detonations over the last several weeks in Austin, Texas, the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector – a public and private partnership focused on critical infrastructure facilitated by DHS and HHS – has compiled valuable resources for local health departments and their community partners to use in preparing for and responding to such incidents....
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