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Commemorating American Heart Month: Resources and Strategies for LHDs
By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) The burden...
Feb 16, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Announcing the 2016 PPHR Recognition Recipients: Exemplifying the Nation’s Best in...
In the past year, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognized...
Jan 30, 2017 | Madison Ferraro
2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments
By Sarah Newman, MPH, NACCHO Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst NACCHO recently released the 2016 National Profile of Local Health...
Jan 25, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Quality Improvement and Accreditation: Essential Aims for All Health Departments
By Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) In 2011,...
Jan 12, 2017 | NacchoVoice
A Look Back: The Best of NACCHO Preparedness
By Anastasia Sonneman, NACCHO Communications Specialist This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief. The year 2016...
Jan 04, 2017 | NacchoVoice
A Year in Review: The Best of NACCHO Preparedness
From the onset of Zika virus disease to international acts of violence related to terrorism, to the worst global migrant crisis since...
Jan 03, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
November 2016 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its four call of the year on November 9, 2016. The meeting’s central presentation...
Dec 13, 2016 | Porschea Lewis
NACCHO Resource Portfolio: CDC Public Health Preparedness Capabilities
As local health departments (LHDs) strive to achieve and enhance community preparedness, response, and recovery capacity and...
Dec 13, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults & Children
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis of...
Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Commemorating American Heart Month: Resources and Strategies for LHDsBy Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) The burden of cardiovascular disease poses significant risk to the health and well-being of our communities. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. According to the CDC, […] Feb 16, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Announcing the 2016 PPHR Recognition Recipients: Exemplifying the Nation’s Best in Public Health PreparednessIn the past year, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognized 34 local and regional public health agencies for their ability to plan for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Six agencies from Florida, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia earned PPHR recognition for […] Jan 30, 2017 | Madison Ferraro |
2016 National Profile of Local Health DepartmentsBy Sarah Newman, MPH, NACCHO Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst NACCHO recently released the 2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments report. The Profile is a comprehensive survey of local health department (LHD) infrastructure and practice that NACCHO administers every three years. This year, 76% of all LHDs across the United States responded to the Profile […] Jan 25, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Quality Improvement and Accreditation: Essential Aims for All Health DepartmentsBy Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, NACCHO President and Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge Public Health Department (MA) In 2011, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched its voluntary national accreditation program for public health departments with the goal of improving and protecting the public’s health by advancing performance improvement. PHAB accreditation seeks to... Jan 12, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
A Look Back: The Best of NACCHO PreparednessBy Anastasia Sonneman, NACCHO Communications Specialist This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief. The year 2016 brought a whole new meaning to the importance of public health emergency preparedness. From the onset of Zika virus disease to international acts of violence related to terrorism, to the worst global migrant crisis since World War II, NACCHO […] Jan 04, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
A Year in Review: The Best of NACCHO PreparednessFrom the onset of Zika virus disease to international acts of violence related to terrorism, to the worst global migrant crisis since World War II, the year 2016 brought a whole new meaning to the importance of public health emergency preparedness. Throughout the last twelve months, NACCHO has worked diligently in collaboration with many of […] Jan 03, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
November 2016 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its four call of the year on November 9, 2016. The meeting’s central presentation featured, Christine Kosmos and Todd Talbert, representing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR). They began with an informational update on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness […] Dec 13, 2016 | Porschea Lewis |
NACCHO Resource Portfolio: CDC Public Health Preparedness CapabilitiesAs local health departments (LHDs) strive to achieve and enhance community preparedness, response, and recovery capacity and capability, they are often faced with searching through hundreds of randomly assorted tools across a wide‐range of sources. In an effort to create a more seamless process, NACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […] Dec 13, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse |
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults & ChildrenThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. The guidelines—developed by CDC, American Thoracic Society (ATS), and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and endorsed by the European Respiratory Society—update the previous tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics guidelines... Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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