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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2017 report, which...
Sep 25, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Director of Publications, NACCHO On July 1, Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, Health Officer and Director of the...
Sep 25, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Marilyn Gisser, Washington State Department of Health It takes a tireless dedication to help your community thrive and to assist...
Apply for an AIDSWatch scholarship to join hundreds of advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C. from April 1-2, 2019 to...
Sep 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Providers wrote approximately 4.45 billion opioid prescriptions in 2016—with wide variation across states. In addition, an almost 1.8...
Fungal Disease Awareness Week is October 1-5, 2018. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners organize...
By Deborah Mutschler, Massachusetts Essentials for Childhood Massachusetts Essentials for Childhood (MA EfC) promotes a variety of...
Sep 24, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD)...
Sep 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA)...
Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2017 report, which shows that rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis increased for the fourth consecutive year, with gonorrhea and syphilis rates being the highest since the early 1990s. Further, new data show that congenital syphilis cases have more than […]
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Director of Publications, NACCHO On July 1, Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, NJ, became NACCHO’s President. Sumner is a long-time, dedicated member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of advisory groups including the Membership Committee, the Performance […]
By Marilyn Gisser, Washington State Department of Health It takes a tireless dedication to help your community thrive and to assist those who struggle with health or social challenges. Often the work occurs in isolation and with limited feedback. Washington State received an overwhelming response when it offered to bring together individuals from across the state to […]
Apply for an AIDSWatch scholarship to join hundreds of advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C. from April 1-2, 2019 to educate Congress on HIV/AIDS and related policy and funding priorities! At last year’s 25th Anniversary AIDSWatch, advocates from 36 states, DC, and Puerto Rico came together to share their truth and advocate for […]
Providers wrote approximately 4.45 billion opioid prescriptions in 2016—with wide variation across states. In addition, an almost 1.8 million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on prescription opioids in 2016. Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines, can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective pain treatment […]
Fungal Disease Awareness Week is October 1-5, 2018. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners organize this week to highlight the importance of recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough in the course of a patient’s illness to provide life-saving treatment. Some fungal diseases go undiagnosed and cause serious infections in people in […]
By Deborah Mutschler, Massachusetts Essentials for Childhood Massachusetts Essentials for Childhood (MA EfC) promotes a variety of opportunities communities can employ to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments to prevent child abuse and neglect. To highlight an expansive view of partnership, MA EfC created the Essential Agent of Change Awards, which honors community...
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) serves approximately 1.1 million people in the greater Salt Lake City area. To keep the population safe and healthy, SLCoHD epidemiology staff review and analyze several data streams to identify the cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, as seen […]
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrating how public health leaders, artists and criminal justice reformers can work together to assess how parental incarceration harms children’s health. The HIA and health equity framework proved to be important tools for proposed policy change; art and...
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