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NACCHO Launches Hepatitis C Educational Series during Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month
By Alyssa Kitlas, Program Analyst, HIV/STI/HCV, NACCHO May is Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness that close to...
May 08, 2015 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition Highlights Emergency Preparedness at...
By Jasmine Tinoco, NACCHO Government Affairs/Media Relations Intern On April 28, NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) held a...
May 05, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Five Questions for Dr. Jiancheng Huang, Director of Public Health, Oswego County...
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO Voice spoke with Dr. Jiancheng Huang, Director of Public...
Apr 29, 2015 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Helps Three West Virginia Health Departments Strategize How to Increase HPV...
By Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On March 26–27, NACCHO hosted the first of 10 strategic action planning...
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 the World...
Apr 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen...
By Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health...
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 announced that April is...
Apr 03, 2015 | NacchoVoice
National Youth Violence Prevention Week: How Planning and Partnerships Can Help LHDs...
By Sasha Cotton, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, City of Minneapolis Health Department March 23–27 is National Youth Violence...
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, Senior Program...
Mar 24, 2015 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Launches Hepatitis C Educational Series during Viral Hepatitis Awareness MonthBy Alyssa Kitlas, Program Analyst, HIV/STI/HCV, NACCHO May is Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness that close to 5 million Americans are infected with chronic viral hepatitis (B and C) and that it is the leading cause of liver cancer and liver transplant in the United States.1 Local health departments play an […] May 08, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition Highlights Emergency Preparedness at Congressional Breakfast BriefingBy Jasmine Tinoco, NACCHO Government Affairs/Media Relations Intern On April 28, NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) held a Congressional briefing, “Short Term Fixes, Long Term Consequences: How Vaccines, Viruses, and Dollars Impact Emergency Preparedness in America’s Big Cities.” Representatives Tom Price (R-GA) and John Lewis (D-GA) were honorary co-hosts. The panelists at the briefing... May 05, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Five Questions for Dr. Jiancheng Huang, Director of Public Health, Oswego County (NY) Health DepartmentInterview by Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO Voice spoke with Dr. Jiancheng Huang, Director of Public Health, Oswego County (NY) Health Department, about collaboration and community engagement, an innovative program to help expectant mothers quit smoking, and the challenges that keep him awake at night. NACCHO: Please tell us about your professional background and how... Apr 29, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO Helps Three West Virginia Health Departments Strategize How to Increase HPV Vaccination RatesBy Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On March 26–27, NACCHO hosted the first of 10 strategic action planning meetings in Shepherdstown, WV, with health departments from Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties. Each strategic action planning meeting is focused on identifying or developing strategies to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates. NACCHO’s HPV project... Apr 23, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
National Infant Immunization Week: Celebrate Vaccine SuccessBy Lisa McKeown, MPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO April 18–25 is National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), a part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Immunization Week initiative. During this week, health organizations from all six WHO regions will promote immunization and advance equity in the use of and access to vaccines. Next week, while […] Apr 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSWBy Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the NACCHO Annual 2015 conference. Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSW, Performance Improvement Manager, Maricopa County (AZ) Department of Public Health, previews her session “Evaluating a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)... Apr 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Tools for Local Health DepartmentsBy Alyssa Banks, Senior Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO In April 2014, President Obama announced that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. As public health practitioners, we are reminded that millions of children and adolescents are exposed to violence and experience maltreatment early in life. Exposure to violence and maltreatment is a […] Apr 03, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
National Youth Violence Prevention Week: How Planning and Partnerships Can Help LHDs Address the ProblemBy Sasha Cotton, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, City of Minneapolis Health Department March 23–27 is National Youth Violence Prevention Awareness Week. The week offers an excellent opportunity for public health practitioners to think about the critical role we play in preventing youth violence. It challenges each of us to think about how our efforts are, […] Mar 26, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Three Steps to Help Local Health Departments Prevent New Cases of DiabetesBy Camillia Easley, MPH, Program Analyst, Healthy Communities/Chronic Disease, NACCHO, and Brandie Adams-Piphus, MPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO March 24 is Diabetes Alert Day, an opportunity for local health departments (LHDs) to raise awareness about diabetes prevention. Nearly 29 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes and nearly 86 million American adults […] Mar 24, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
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