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Curbing Opioid Overdose Using Programmatic and Geospatial Data
By Kate Lena, MPH, Linkages to Care Coordinator, AHOPE Needle Exchange Program, Boston Public Health Commission This is an excerpt...
Mar 17, 2017 | NacchoVoice
2017 Preparedness Summit: A Must for Public Health Preparedness Professionals
By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) Our...
Mar 08, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Member Spotlight: Local Health Official Doug Mathis Discusses Why Building...
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department...
Mar 01, 2017 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Releases 2016 Annual Report
NACCHO has released its 2016 Annual Report, which summarizes the association’s significant accomplishments last year. In 2016, NACCHO...
Feb 22, 2017 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Partners with the EPA to Advance Environmental Health at the Local Level
By Anastasia Sonneman, NACCHO Communications Specialist This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. The first...
Feb 21, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Commemorating American Heart Month: Resources and Strategies for LHDs
By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) The burden...
Feb 16, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Member Spotlight: Local Health Official Melanie Hutton Shares Her Path in Public...
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department...
Feb 08, 2017 | NacchoVoice
The Disaster Divide: Opportunities for Rebuilding Communities
By Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO Think back to the nightmare of Hurricane Katrina. Those tragic images of...
Jan 31, 2017 | NacchoVoice
2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments
By Sarah Newman, MPH, NACCHO Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst NACCHO recently released the 2016 National Profile of Local Health...
Jan 25, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Curbing Opioid Overdose Using Programmatic and Geospatial DataBy Kate Lena, MPH, Linkages to Care Coordinator, AHOPE Needle Exchange Program, Boston Public Health Commission This is an excerpt from the 2017 NACCHO Exchange Winter Issue on opioids. Opioid misuse is highly stigmatized and criminalized, making people who inject opioids an especially hard-to-reach, high-risk population and hampering public health surveillance efforts to understand the […] Mar 17, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
2017 Preparedness Summit: A Must for Public Health Preparedness ProfessionalsBy Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) Our nation’s resilience—how we collectively adapt in the face of adversity—often depends on the strength of individual communities and their ability to respond to and recover from emergencies. Public health preparedness, one of NACCHO’s signature program areas, […] Mar 08, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Member Spotlight: Local Health Official Doug Mathis Discusses Why Building Relationships Has Been the Highlight of His CareerBy Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department leaders and staff about their careers in public health. This entry features Doug Mathis, MA, Administrator of the Henry County Health Department in New Castle, IN. Mr. Mathis has served on NACCHO committees including the Profile Workgroup, the Ebola […] Mar 01, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO Releases 2016 Annual ReportNACCHO has released its 2016 Annual Report, which summarizes the association’s significant accomplishments last year. In 2016, NACCHO advanced the work of local health officials and their staffs by building local health department (LHD) capacity, highlighting innovation, advocating for public health priorities, and connecting its members to improve public health practice. NACCHO awarded more than... Feb 22, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO Partners with the EPA to Advance Environmental Health at the Local LevelBy Anastasia Sonneman, NACCHO Communications Specialist This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. The first month of 2017 marked the beginning of a very exciting and timely collaboration, between NACCHO and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dr. Thomas Burke, EPA Senior Advisor and Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Research and Development, hosted... Feb 21, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Commemorating American Heart Month: Resources and Strategies for LHDsBy Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) The burden of cardiovascular disease poses significant risk to the health and well-being of our communities. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. According to the CDC, […] Feb 16, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Member Spotlight: Local Health Official Melanie Hutton Shares Her Path in Public Health and Highlights Successes and Challenges Facing Her DepartmentBy Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department leaders and staff about their careers in public health. This inaugural installment features Melanie J. Hutton, BSN, RN, Administrator of the Cooper County Public Health Center in Boonville, MO. She has been a NACCHO member for 17 years. She […] Feb 08, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
The Disaster Divide: Opportunities for Rebuilding CommunitiesBy Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO Think back to the nightmare of Hurricane Katrina. Those tragic images of high waters and despair. Broken levees. Survivors desperately searching to find missing relatives while struggling to reach higher ground. Victims stranded on rooftops waiting to be airlifted to safety. The chaotic overcrowding of temporary […] Jan 31, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
2016 National Profile of Local Health DepartmentsBy Sarah Newman, MPH, NACCHO Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst NACCHO recently released the 2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments report. The Profile is a comprehensive survey of local health department (LHD) infrastructure and practice that NACCHO administers every three years. This year, 76% of all LHDs across the United States responded to the Profile […] Jan 25, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
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