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Using IT to Enhance Public Health Practice and Impact Outcomes
By Informatics Workgroup Chairs Joseph Gibson and Oscar Alleyne, Marion County (IN) Public Health Department and Rockland County (NY)...
Nov 10, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Public Health Informatics: A Call to Action
By NACCHO’s Informatics Workgroup This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. To most effectively serve communities...
Nov 03, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Parents Need Support to Prevent Youth Violence
By Alyssa Banks, Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, Minnesota This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the...
Oct 24, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Mass Incarceration and Racism Policy
By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO According to civil rights attorney and former Stanford University Law...
Oct 19, 2016 | NacchoVoice
LHD of the Year Award Winner Harris County Public Health Focuses on Closing the Gap...
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO is pleased to recognize Harris County Public Health (HCPH) as a recipient...
Oct 11, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Every Child Deserves To Celebrate Their First Birthday
By Folashade Osibanjo, MPH, CLC, Program Analyst, Breastfeeding Project As the annual commemoration of Infant Mortality Awareness...
Sep 28, 2016 | NacchoVoice
LHD of the Year Award Winner, the Kansas City Missouri Health Department, Works...
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO is pleased to recognize the Kansas City (MO) Health Department as a...
Sep 26, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Local Health Departments Showcase Public Health Programs and Build Relationships...
By Eli Briggs, Senior Director of Government Affairs, NACCHO For many local health departments (LHDs), communicating with Members of...
Sep 14, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Preparedness Month 2016: Raising Local Awareness this September and Beyond
By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO September marks National Preparedness Month, a golden opportunity for local...
Aug 29, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Using IT to Enhance Public Health Practice and Impact OutcomesBy Informatics Workgroup Chairs Joseph Gibson and Oscar Alleyne, Marion County (IN) Public Health Department and Rockland County (NY) Department of Health This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. Informatics sounds like the name of a class that would put any junior in high school to sleep, and the term is often […] Nov 10, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Public Health Informatics: A Call to ActionBy NACCHO’s Informatics Workgroup This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. To most effectively serve communities in today’s information-driven world, local health departments (LHDs) must develop the capability to transform data into public health action (e.g., services, interventions, and policies). But forging that capability is no easy feat. There are a multitude of... Nov 03, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Parents Need Support to Prevent Youth ViolenceBy Alyssa Banks, Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, Minnesota This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. Parent support group programs can be an effective strategy to teach caregivers necessary skills to better parent at-risk youth. Poor parenting can have many negative effects on families and children. For example, it can […] Oct 24, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Mass Incarceration and Racism PolicyBy LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO According to civil rights attorney and former Stanford University Law Professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, there are currently more black men in prison or jail, on probation, or on parole than were enslaved in 1850, before […] Oct 19, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
LHD of the Year Award Winner Harris County Public Health Focuses on Closing the Gap on Health Inequity in its CommunityBy Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO is pleased to recognize Harris County Public Health (HCPH) as a recipient of the 2016 Local Health Department of the Year Award. This award recognizes and honors outstanding accomplishments of local health departments (LHDs) across the country for their innovation, creativity, and impact on communities. HCPH provides comprehensive... Oct 11, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Every Child Deserves To Celebrate Their First BirthdayBy Folashade Osibanjo, MPH, CLC, Program Analyst, Breastfeeding Project As the annual commemoration of Infant Mortality Awareness Month draws to a close, let’s reaffirm our commitment to protect the lives of all children in our communities. Local health department (LHDs), in particular, have a unique opportunity to redouble their efforts to reduce infant deaths by promoting […] Sep 28, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
LHD of the Year Award Winner, the Kansas City Missouri Health Department, Works Toward Health Equity and Social JusticeBy Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO is pleased to recognize the Kansas City (MO) Health Department as a recipient of the 2016 Local Health Department of the Year Award. This award recognizes and honors outstanding accomplishments of local health departments (LHDs) across the country for their innovation, creativity, and impact on communities. Kansas City, […] Sep 26, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Local Health Departments Showcase Public Health Programs and Build Relationships with Congressional StaffBy Eli Briggs, Senior Director of Government Affairs, NACCHO For many local health departments (LHDs), communicating with Members of Congress and Congressional staff about their work and the need for federal support is part of how they protect the public’s health. Below NACCHO profiles two LHDs that have successfully taken on this challenge. This summer, the […] Sep 14, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Preparedness Month 2016: Raising Local Awareness this September and BeyondBy LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO September marks National Preparedness Month, a golden opportunity for local health department (LHD) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Unit leaders, staff, and volunteers to highlight the importance of public health preparedness. Whether it is a natural disaster, like the current flooding in New Orleans, or a sudden […] Aug 29, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
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