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The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

Five Questions for Dr. Jiancheng Huang, Director of Public Health, Oswego County (NY) Health Department

Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO Voice spoke with Dr. Jiancheng Huang, Director...

Apr 29, 2015 | NacchoVoice

NACCHO Helps Three West Virginia Health Departments Strategize How to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates

By Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On March 26–27, NACCHO hosted the first of 10 strategic action...

Apr 23, 2015 | NacchoVoice

National Infant Immunization Week: Celebrate Vaccine Success

By Lisa McKeown, MPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO April 18–25 is National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), a part of...

Apr 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice

Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSW

By Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local...

Apr 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Tools for Local Health Departments

By Alyssa Banks, Senior Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO In April 2014, President Obama...

Apr 03, 2015 | NacchoVoice

National Youth Violence Prevention Week: How Planning and Partnerships Can Help LHDs Address the Problem

By Sasha Cotton, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, City of Minneapolis Health Department March 23–27 is National...

Mar 26, 2015 | NacchoVoice

Three Steps to Help Local Health Departments Prevent New Cases of Diabetes

By Camillia Easley, MPH, Program Analyst, Healthy Communities/Chronic Disease, NACCHO, and Brandie Adams-Piphus, MPH,...

Mar 24, 2015 | NacchoVoice

Tabletop Exercises Shed Light on Radiation Preparedness Efforts

By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response,...

Mar 20, 2015 | NacchoVoice

On-Road Use of ATVs Poses Substantial Safety Risks

By Stephen Oesch Hundreds die each year in all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes on public roads. Unfortunately, more...

Mar 17, 2015 | NacchoVoice

Steps to Implementing Drug Abuse Prevention Programs in Local Health Departments

By Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO The National Institute on Drug Abuse...

Mar 11, 2015 | NacchoVoice

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

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Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

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Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

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Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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