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Smart Growth America released case studies from Orlando, FL; Lexington, KY; and South Bend, IN describing the roll-out of the Safe...
Jul 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis released a report called Putting Evidence to Work for Health: How...
Yesterday, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable’s Power to Prevent HPV Cancer communications package makes it easy for you to encourage...
Jul 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The 2018 National Immunization Conference (NIC) was held in May and brought together together more than 1,500 local, state, federal,...
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), held in August, is an annual observance to promote the importance of vaccination for...
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) released its recommendation for primary prevention interventions to reduce...
Jul 10, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During...
Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In early 2018, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)...
Jul 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Smart Growth America released case studies from Orlando, FL; Lexington, KY; and South Bend, IN describing the roll-out of the Safe Streets Academy. This program worked to build skills in safer street design, creative placemaking, and community engagement, then helped the cities put these skills into practice. Read the case studies.
The Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis released a report called Putting Evidence to Work for Health: How Health Departments Can Encourage Evidence-Based Decision Making. Health department staff work every day to develop and implement programs and policies that keep people healthy and disease free. Evidence-based decision making (EBDM) uses the best […]
Yesterday, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with the release of four new amfAR reports, “Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Are Coming: Preparing for Potential Game Changers.” The reports highlight the education and policy dialogues needed to prepare for innovative long-acting products […]
The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable’s Power to Prevent HPV Cancer communications package makes it easy for you to encourage the healthcare providers, systems administrators, clinical practice staff and immunizers in your local health department and at other local organizations to flex their super powers and prevent HPV cancers. This package has eight weeks of content to keep […]
The 2018 National Immunization Conference (NIC) was held in May and brought together together more than 1,500 local, state, federal, and private-sector immunization stakeholders and partners to explore science, policy, education, and planning issues related to immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases. The NIC mission is to offer information that will help participants provide comprehensive...
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), held in August, is an annual observance to promote the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. To facilitate local support of this national awareness effort, the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) developed a communications and messaging toolkit for each week of NIAM 2018: Back to School (July/August) Pregnant women (August...
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) released its recommendation for primary prevention interventions to reduce perpetration of intimate partner violence and sexual violence among youth. The recommendation aligns with and supports strategies and approaches described in CDC’s Technical Packages on intimate partner violence and sexual violence. Evidence shows these interventions...
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During 2000–2014, public health officials from 35 states and Guam voluntarily reported 140 outbreaks resulting in at least 4,958 cases of disease and two deaths. Enteric pathogens caused a majority of the illnesses investigated (87%), including norovirus […]
In early 2018, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) interviewed health and environmental agency staff from 13 states regarding their risk communication strategies and lessons learned for two priority waterborne contaminants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (6 states) and harmful algal blooms (HABs) (7...
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