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Fighting the Measles Resurgence in the United States
The United States has recently seen a resurgence in measles disease. This is due in part to misinformation about the safety of...
Feb 25, 2015 | Guest Author
Emergency Preparedness Funding and Ebola: A Look into the Efforts Being Made by a...
Infectious diseases continue to pose a threat to communities, with Ebola being in the spotlight over the last six months. The threat...
Jan 29, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
How One Award-Winning LHD Successfully Expanded Services for Homeless Veterans
Interview by Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s LHD of the Year Award recognizes and honors outstanding...
Jan 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Local Health Official Interview: Winifred M. Holland of the Florida Department of...
Winifred M. Holland, MPH, MA, LMHC, Health Officer, Florida Department of Health in Clay County, has spent more than 30 years in...
Dec 11, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Medical Surge: Promising Practices Using Immediate Bed Availability in Rural...
Natural disasters, pandemics, and terrorist attacks have the potential to impact hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of...
Nov 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments...
“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners...
Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Changelab Solutions Announces Healthy Food Retail Strategies Webinar Series
This fall Changelab Solutions will be offering a webinar series on strategies for creating healthier stores in your community. The...
Sep 29, 2014 | Andy Roszak
House Minority Whip Hoyer Visits Calvert County Health Department
By Laurence Polsky, MD, MPH, FACOG, Health Officer, Calvert County (MD) Health Department On Aug. 25, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer...
Sep 05, 2014 | NacchoVoice
An Inside Look at NACCHO’s MRC Challenge Award Recipients
Within the first year of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Challenge Awards, 29 recipients are working to improve the health of their...
Jul 30, 2014 | Katie Roulston
Fighting the Measles Resurgence in the United StatesThe United States has recently seen a resurgence in measles disease. This is due in part to misinformation about the safety of vaccines in general and the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in particular. The resulting vaccine hesitancy has led to lower immunization rates, with individuals at higher risk of disease and populations at higher risk of outbreaks. Feb 25, 2015 | Guest Author |
Emergency Preparedness Funding and Ebola: A Look into the Efforts Being Made by a Rural Local Health Department in Ector County, TexasInfectious diseases continue to pose a threat to communities, with Ebola being in the spotlight over the last six months. The threat of Ebola has also increased attention on local health departments and their role in preparing for and responding to emerging infectious diseases. To better understand how local health departments are utilizing preparedness funding […] Jan 29, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
How One Award-Winning LHD Successfully Expanded Services for Homeless VeteransInterview by Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s LHD of the Year Award recognizes and honors outstanding accomplishments of local health departments (LHDs) across the country for their innovation, creativity, and impact on communities. Whatcom County (WA) Health Department is the winner of NACCHO’s 2014 Local Health Department of the Year Award in the […] Jan 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Local Health Official Interview: Winifred M. Holland of the Florida Department of Health in Clay CountyWinifred M. Holland, MPH, MA, LMHC, Health Officer, Florida Department of Health in Clay County, has spent more than 30 years in public health. In this interview, Holland discusses her career path, the challenges of maintaining the fiscal viability of her LHD, and the rewards of working on teen pregnancy prevention programs. Please tell us […] Dec 11, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Medical Surge: Promising Practices Using Immediate Bed Availability in Rural CommunitiesNatural disasters, pandemics, and terrorist attacks have the potential to impact hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of individuals within a community. During such events, those impacted can become ill or injured causing the healthcare system within the community to experience a “surge” of patients. To address the challenge of medical surge, local health […] Nov 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments to Respond to Global Health Security Threats?“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners across the country are mulling this question as concern grows over the threat posed by Ebola to global health security. This question is inevitably followed up with, “Are we ready?” Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
Changelab Solutions Announces Healthy Food Retail Strategies Webinar SeriesThis fall Changelab Solutions will be offering a webinar series on strategies for creating healthier stores in your community. The webinars will look at tools to increase food access in rural areas and increase distribution of healthy foods to small stores, as well as best practices for making sustainable change through policy making. Changelab Solutions […] Sep 29, 2014 | Andy Roszak |
House Minority Whip Hoyer Visits Calvert County Health DepartmentBy Laurence Polsky, MD, MPH, FACOG, Health Officer, Calvert County (MD) Health Department On Aug. 25, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and several of his staff joined health officers Meena Brewster (St. Mary’s County, MD), Dianna Abney (Charles County, MD), and me at the Calvert County Health Department. For an hour and a half, […] Sep 05, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
An Inside Look at NACCHO’s MRC Challenge Award RecipientsWithin the first year of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Challenge Awards, 29 recipients are working to improve the health of their communities through new projects and programs made possible by the awards. Each of the 29 units, with the support of NACCHO and the Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, has launched […] Jul 30, 2014 | Katie Roulston |
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