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Member Spotlight: Health Director Dr. Crystal Miller Discusses Needle Exchange...
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health...
Jul 28, 2017 | NacchoVoice
World Hepatitis Day 2017: Local Health Departments Move Toward Elimination
World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and influence real...
Jul 28, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss
Inside My NACCHO Fellowship Experience: Attending the 2017 Preparedness Summit
By Tara Lutz, MPH, CHES, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow As a NACCHO fellow I had the opportunity to attend one conference or...
Jul 27, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
New NACCHO Report: Population Monitoring Data Management during Radiological...
Radiological emergencies can vary by size and type and result from transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, explosive...
Jul 26, 2017 | Alexandra Harris
Report: CDC-funded HIV Testing in the U.S., DC, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) receives, analyzes, and disseminates data on CDC-funded HIV testing. HIV test...
Jul 25, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Linking Data Systems for Faster Flu Responses in the County of San Diego
With another flu season come and gone, the summer season is a prime opportunity to make improvements and prepare for the next year’s...
Jul 24, 2017 | Sara Chang
Call for Abstracts: 2017 National Transgender Health Summit
UCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health is hosting the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit (NTHS) in Oakland,...
Jul 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
New NACCHO Fact Sheet: Five Steps for Inclusive Health Promotion
NACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released a new fact sheet, titled “Five Steps for Inclusive...
Jul 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Utah County Health Department: Increasing Tobacco Cessation by Integrating CDC’s...
Jul 20, 2017 | Taylarr Lopez
Member Spotlight: Health Director Dr. Crystal Miller Discusses Needle Exchange Programs, Critical Partnerships, and Sustainable FundingInterview 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 Crystal Miller, DrPH, MPH, Director of the WEDCO District Health Department in Kentucky. She is also a member of NACCHO’s Board of Directors. Below she shares […] Jul 28, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
World Hepatitis Day 2017: Local Health Departments Move Toward EliminationWorld Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and influence real change. Viral hepatitis is a major global health threat with around 240 million people living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and up to 150 million people living with chronic hepatitis C […] Jul 28, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss |
Inside My NACCHO Fellowship Experience: Attending the 2017 Preparedness SummitBy Tara Lutz, MPH, CHES, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow As a NACCHO fellow I had the opportunity to attend one conference or national meeting that aligned with the focus of the Health and Disability Fellowship program. I chose the Preparedness Summit, a conference annually coordinated by a NACCHO-led coalition, which is nationally recognized as both […] Jul 27, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New NACCHO Report: Population Monitoring Data Management during Radiological EmergenciesRadiological emergencies can vary by size and type and result from transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, explosive radiological dispersal devices (RDDs/ dirty bombs), radiation exposure devices, and improvised nuclear devices (INDs). However, regardless of origin, large scale radiation emergencies, are likely to leave a sizeable group of individuals impacted by radiation... Jul 26, 2017 | Alexandra Harris |
Report: CDC-funded HIV Testing in the U.S., DC, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, 2015The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) receives, analyzes, and disseminates data on CDC-funded HIV testing. HIV test event-level data are reported by CDC grantees through the National HIV Prevention Program’s Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) system. These data are used to describe the demographics of persons tested and other programmatic activities that are funded […] Jul 25, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Linking Data Systems for Faster Flu Responses in the County of San DiegoWith another flu season come and gone, the summer season is a prime opportunity to make improvements and prepare for the next year’s response. As such, NACCHO staff took time to speak with Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow Robyn Matthews, MPH, to learn about her project to improve public health response to influenza by leveraging […] Jul 24, 2017 | Sara Chang |
Call for Abstracts: 2017 National Transgender Health SummitUCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health is hosting the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit (NTHS) in Oakland, California, from November 10-12, 2017. NTHS is the premiere national conference in transgender health. This landmark program will present cutting-edge research, evidence-based educational sessions, training opportunities across many disciplines. NTHS is now accepting... Jul 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
New NACCHO Fact Sheet: Five Steps for Inclusive Health PromotionNACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released a new fact sheet, titled “Five Steps for Inclusive Promotion,” now available via the NACCHO Health and Disability webpage. This four-page resource provides health department staff with five action steps for the development and delivery of inclusive health promotion programs and activities. Each action step provides helpful... Jul 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Utah County Health Department: Increasing Tobacco Cessation by Integrating CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers™ Campaign into an External Health Center with a Predominantly Low-Income and Spanish Speaking...Jul 20, 2017 | Taylarr Lopez |
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