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  • COVID-19
  • Community Engagement
  • Immunization
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Getting Children Caught Up on Recommended Vaccines

Both in-person learning and routine well-child visits have been disrupted over the past year due to COVID-19 and many...

Mar 25, 2021 | Beth Hess

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  • COVID-19
  • Webinar
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Webinar: CDC Guidance for Operating Child Care Programs during COVID-19

Join this webinar on Tuesday, March 30, 3:00-3:30 pm ET.

Mar 17, 2021 | Beth Hess

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  • COVID-19
  • Immunization
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

MCAH + COVID-19 Monthly Round Up

NACCHO’s Maternal Child and Adolescent Health team has rounded up noteworthy articles and release of new guidance...

Mar 15, 2021 | Hitomi Abe

  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Notice of Funding Opportunity from CDC: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children

CDC/ATSDR Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Mar 04, 2021 | Anu Varma

  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

RFP: Action Planning Facilitation Consultant for the Building Community Resilience through Maternal Child Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response Collaboration Project

NACCHO is seeking a qualified consultant to develop and facilitate action planning meetings for the Building Community...

Feb 18, 2021 | Hitomi Abe

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

RFA: Building Community Resilience through Maternal Child Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response Collaboration

Applications due March 26, 2021.

Feb 12, 2021 | Hitomi Abe

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

WPSI Launches "Guidance You Can Trust" Campaign

Women’s Preventive Health Services Initiative (WPSI), an effort led by ACOG and HRSA, has recently launched a new...

Jan 28, 2021 | Hitomi Abe

Coronavirus COVID 19
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

EH & COVID-19 Resource Roundup: December 23, 2020

Latest bi-weekly blog consisting of an up-to-date collection of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resources for our...

Dec 23, 2020 | Anu Varma

  • COVID-19
  • Access to Care
  • Epidemiology
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Utilizing an Equity Lens to Test Maternal and Child Health Populations for COVID-19: A Case Study from Harris County Public Health

Harris County Public Health developed the COVID-19 Equity Testing Strategy to ensure equitable testing opportunities,...

Dec 22, 2020 | Adelaide Appiah

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  • Access to Care
  • Breastfeeding
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

U.S. Surgeon General Releases a Call to Action to Improve Maternal Health

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the HHS Maternal Health Action Plan to reduce...

Dec 19, 2020 | Adelaide Appiah

Partner Articles

  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

New NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant Program...

The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is excited to announce...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

New NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant Program...

  • COVID-19

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the U.S....

Associate Professor, Erika Martin and Betty Bekemeier (University of Washington...

Apr 07, 2021 | Guest Author

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the U.S....

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

Ci Climate Change
  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

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  • COVID-19
  • Health in All Policies
  • Leadership
  • Workforce Development

Preparing Your Local Health Department for the Future

If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it is the importance of preparedness....

Jan 15, 2021 | Guest Author

Preparing Your Local Health Department for the Future

  • Tools & Resources
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Promoting Healthy Weight Success Stories & New Online...

The CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launched...

Dec 26, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez

Promoting Healthy Weight Success Stories & New Online...

Water Fountain
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

Covid
  • COVID-19
  • Webinar
  • Communications & Public Relations

Public Health Communications Collaborative Webinar

The Public Health Communications Collaborative will hold its first live Q&A...

Sep 21, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez

Public Health Communications Collaborative Webinar

2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize
  • Opportunity
  • Social Determinants of Health

Call for Applications: 2021 Robert Wood Johnson...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2021...

Jul 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

Call for Applications: 2021 Robert Wood Johnson...

Wildfire
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

The American Lung Association has developed a new fact sheet in Spanish to...

Jul 15, 2020

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

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Preparedness Brief

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

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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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