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An Inclusive Community Health Assessment Process

Community health needs assessments (CHA) allow community agencies and service providers to discuss issues. However, this process...

Feb 12, 2018 | Alyson Jordan

  • Member Spotlight: Health and Human Services Director Chris Dobbins Shares His...

    Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health...

    Feb 12, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    • Success Story, Vector Control

    Opportunity: Share Vector-borne Disease Prevention Stories

    NACCHO’s Vector Control team is looking to highlight best practices through our Stories from the Field program. We are interviewing local health department officials who are willing to share their stories of novel vector control interventions they have implemented in their communities. Through this initiative, we aim to give a voice to the local health […]

    Mar 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Call for Comments, Communications & Public Relations

    Member Spotlight: Boston Public Health Commission Executive Director Monica Valdes Lupi Discusses the Evolution of Local Health Departments’ Role in Public Health and Her Path to Leadership

    Interview by 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 interview features Monica Valdes Lupi, JD, MPH, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission (MA). She is also a member of NACCHO’s Board of Directors. Below, she […]

    Mar 20, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    Tools & Resources, Climate Change, Success Story

    Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons from Success Stories

    Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate, often while saving money. Their findings on what is possible and how it can be accomplished are presented in the report: Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons From Success Stories. With a […]

    Mar 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Success Story

    New Installment: Ending the Epidemics Success Stories

    As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released another installment in a series of success stories collected from around the nation. This installment features programs from Alabama and Indiana and highlights their health department’s efforts to […]

    Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Call for Comments, Chronic Disease, Health Equity & Social Justice, Infectious Disease

    Member Spotlight: Health Director Dr. Muntu Davis Discusses the Social Determinants of Health and Public Health’s Focus Shifting from Infectious to Chronic Disease

    Interview by 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 interview features Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, Director of the Alameda County Public Health Department in Oakland, CA. He is also a member of NACCHO’s Board of Directors. Below […]

    Mar 02, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    Tools & Resources, Health in All Policies

    The State of Health in All Policies

    ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies (HiAP) team interviewed representatives from nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont) to discuss their HiAP initiatives. For each case study, background information, drivers behind...

    Feb 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    An Inclusive Community Health Assessment Process

    Community health needs assessments (CHA) allow community agencies and service providers to discuss issues. However, this process lacked representation from people that utilize community services and experience health inequities. Staff were successful in applying an inclusive approach to engage residents and organizations that represented low-income and minority populations through CHA workgroup...

    Feb 12, 2018 | Alyson Jordan

    Member Spotlight: Health and Human Services Director Chris Dobbins Shares His Nontraditional Path into Public Health and Highlights the Success of the Gaston Youth Connected Program

    Interview by 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 interview features Christopher C. Dobbins, MPH, Director, Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services, in Gastonia, NC. He is also a member of NACCHO’s Board of Directors. […]

    Feb 12, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    Upcoming Events

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    2024 Vector Control Hurricane Crisis Workshop

    In-person workshop for improving mosquito control capacity in select low-resource jurisdictions affected by 2022 Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.

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    Apr 25

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    NACCHO Rural Café

    Sharing Smarter: Using Knowledge Management in Rural/Frontier Public Health Connect with and learn from other health departments.

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    Apr 30

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    2024 Public Health Law Practitioners Convening

    Empowering Public Health Through Law and Policy

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    May 01

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    Opioid Settlement Funds for Overdose Prevention Campaigns

    Join our impactful webinar to explore community-centered strategies for combating the opioid crisis.

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    Jul 23

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    The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.

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    Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), Performance Improvement, Workforce Development

    Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)...

    Registration is now open for NACCHO’s in-person Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) 2.0 training series.

    Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

    Partnerships

    Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building More Resilient Communities

    Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...

    Mar 08, 2024

    Tools & Resources, Brain Health, Healthy Aging, Healthy Living & Prevention

    New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into Health Improvement Planning: The...

    NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...

    Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

    Funding Opportunity, COVID-19, Immunization, Partnerships

    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

    Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

    Opportunity

    Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative strategies for engaging with rural...

    The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...

    Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

    Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted

    Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...

    Oct 16, 2023

    More NACCHO Blogs

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    The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

    The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

    Preparedness Brief

    The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.

    Stories from the Field

    Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
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