Get the Latest Updates from the 2014 Preparedness Summit

The 2014 Preparedness Summit begins Tuesday, April 1 in Atlanta! Can’t make it to the Summit but want to stay updated on...

Mar 31, 2014 | Admin

  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plans: Integrating Research and Practice

    By Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist The following is an excerpt from NACCHO’s latest podcast featuring Gretchen Sampson,...

    Mar 28, 2014 | NacchoVoice

  • Leveraging Partnerships between Public Health and Pharmacies: An Interview with...

    This is the fourth part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness...

    Mar 20, 2014 | Erin Roberts

  • Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider...

    Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author

  • NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Core Competency Advisory Workgroup

    Given the expansion of the strategic vision of the MRC to include both preparedness/response and routine public health activities and...

    Feb 28, 2014 | Kim Grimmick

  • All-Hazards Planning for Public Health Emergency Response: An Interview with Melissa...

    This is the second part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit....

    Feb 28, 2014 | Rachel Schulman

  • Risk Communication Workgroup February Report

    On Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for...

    Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin

  • New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave

    On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local...

    Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin

  • Meeting the Access and Functional Needs of At-Risk Individuals: An Interview with...

    This is the first part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit....

    Jan 30, 2014 | Admin

  • Get the Latest Updates from the 2014 Preparedness Summit

    The 2014 Preparedness Summit begins Tuesday, April 1 in Atlanta! Can’t make it to the Summit but want to stay updated on what’s happening? There are a number of ways you can follow the discussion and highlights from this year’s event: Join the conversation on Twitter by following @prepsummit and the conference hashtag #PS14; Visit […]

    Mar 31, 2014 | Admin

    Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plans: Integrating Research and Practice

    By Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist The following is an excerpt from NACCHO’s latest podcast featuring Gretchen Sampson, Director, Polk County (WI) Health Department, and Julie Willems Van Dijk, Associate Scientist at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.  NACCHO: Community health assessments and community health improvement plans (CHAs/CHIPS) are essential and...

    Mar 28, 2014 | NacchoVoice

    Leveraging Partnerships between Public Health and Pharmacies: An Interview with Carina Elsenboss

    This is the fourth part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Carina Elsenboss, the Interim Preparedness Director, Preparedness Section, Public Health — Seattle & King County, previews her session, “Leveraging Partnerships between Public Health and Pharmacies to Enhance Medication Dispensing Capabilities.” At this...

    Mar 20, 2014 | Erin Roberts

    Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider Moving Forward

    Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author

    NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Core Competency Advisory Workgroup

    Given the expansion of the strategic vision of the MRC to include both preparedness/response and routine public health activities and advancements in the field of core competencies, NACCHO convened an ad-hoc workgroup in New Orleans on Tuesday, Feb. 25 and Wednesday, Feb. 26. During this interactive workshop, the 10 members of NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) […]

    Feb 28, 2014 | Kim Grimmick

    All-Hazards Planning for Public Health Emergency Response: An Interview with Melissa Marquis

    This is the second part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Melissa Marquis RN, MS, Public Health Emergency Response Specialist for the West Hartford/Bloomfield Health District, previews her session, “Building Your Toolkit: All-hazards Preparedness Planning Basics and Beyond.” At the session, Melissa will […]

    Feb 28, 2014 | Rachel Schulman

    Risk Communication Workgroup February Report

    On Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for Health Security, Jenine Harris of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and Jan Wilhoit of NACCHO to discuss newly released social media studies and […]

    Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin

    New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave

    On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local Health Departments Need in Order to Adopt Social Media and Mobile Health Technologies for Emergency Preparedness. While the American public’s use of social media and mobile technologies has grown dramatically in recent years, most local health departments (LHDs) are...

    Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin

    Meeting the Access and Functional Needs of At-Risk Individuals: An Interview with Paulette Valentine

    This is the first part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Paulette Valentine, Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division at the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, previews her session, “Strategies to Assess, Plan for, and Engage Partners to Meet the Access […]

    Jan 30, 2014 | Admin

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