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I see public health professionals as important transformational leaders as we unite our communities, address critical health issues,...
Aug 05, 2019 | George Roberts
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 9–11, over 1,300 local public health professionals gathered in Orlando for...
Jul 16, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Let me preface this conversation by mentioning how hard it was to gather...
Jun 28, 2019 | NacchoVoice
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) named its 2019 Model Practice Award Winners, an annual...
May 28, 2019 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO recently presented a multi-part webinar series to help local health departments build capacity to engage in public health...
May 22, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green...
May 21, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist Nasseam McPherson James, MBA, MSW, is the Interim Health Officer for the Florida...
Apr 29, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Q&A with National Association of County and City Health Officials Chief Executive Officer Lori Tremmel Freeman Measles have...
Feb 19, 2019 | NacchoVoice
The Scholarship of Public Health is a blog series from the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice that addresses topics...
Feb 12, 2019 | NacchoVoice
I see public health professionals as important transformational leaders as we unite our communities, address critical health issues, and work to improve population health.
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 9–11, over 1,300 local public health professionals gathered in Orlando for the 2019 NACCHO Annual Conference. Attendees participated in dozens of insightful sharing sessions, learned from leading experts, and discovered solutions to improve local public health in their communities. This year’s theme, “Improving the Nation’s Health...
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Let me preface this conversation by mentioning how hard it was to gather these reflections. It’s not that this past year has been so difficult—quite the contrary because it has been so rewarding, and busy— but because the end of the year is bittersweet. In many ways, the […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) named its 2019 Model Practice Award Winners, an annual recognition of programs demonstrating exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a critical local public health need. This year, 53 outstanding local health department programs have received this recognition, addressing a broad range of public health […]
NACCHO recently presented a multi-part webinar series to help local health departments build capacity to engage in public health communication. The webinar topics were selected based on a two-part needs assessment that NACCHO conducted in 2017-2018 to determine local health departments’ communications capacity, capabilities, and skills gaps. Each webinar in the series is now available for...
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, New Jersey The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives and engulfed entire communities, yet often feels too monumental to be seen as anything other than relentless and unending. But with as many harrowing […]
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist Nasseam McPherson James, MBA, MSW, is the Interim Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (FL DOH). In the following post, she discusses her role within the department, shares how FL DOH in Orange County is addressing infant mortality and decreasing new HIV infection rates, […]
Q&A with National Association of County and City Health Officials Chief Executive Officer Lori Tremmel Freeman Measles have reemerged as a public health threat in the United States in 2019. New York and Washington state are facing the worst measles outbreak in a generation, but cases have also been reported in 10 states so far […]
The Scholarship of Public Health is a blog series from the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice that addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of current and future professionals. As soon as I entered academia, one of the most common questions I received from students was some […]
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