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The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – January Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures workgroup held its monthly call on January 27. Ann Goodman Hoover, Deputy Director...
Feb 06, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
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
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures Workgroup – October Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures workgroup held its monthly call on October 28. This month’s call focused on the...
Oct 31, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – September Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on September 23. During the call, Rachel...
Sep 29, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Improving Preparedness for Community-Dwelling Older Adult Populations
For some community-dwelling older adults, attempting to prepare for an emergency or disaster can come with barriers. For example,...
Sep 16, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Participate in a Survey on Measuring the Impact of Value-based Decision-making on...
With local authority, public health preparedness budgets are being restricted which is leading to an increased urgency to demonstrate...
Aug 28, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – August Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on August 26. During the call, Nicole Dunifon...
Aug 28, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
New Student Opportunities for Fall 2014: NACCHO Launches Health Policy and Practice...
For the 2014-2015 academic year, NACCHO has expanded their student opportunities to include the newly developed Local Public Health...
Aug 12, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group June Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on June 11. The workgroup welcomed new member Norbert Archibeque,...
Jun 19, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – January ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures workgroup held its monthly call on January 27. Ann Goodman Hoover, Deputy Director of the National Health Security Preparedness Index (NHSPI) Program Management Office at the University of Kentucky, gave an informational update on the evolution of the NHSPI. The presentation gave an overview of the 2014 Index, highlighted […] Feb 06, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
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 |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures Workgroup – October ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures workgroup held its monthly call on October 28. This month’s call focused on the Ebola response effort happening within the local health departments. Nicole Dunifon started the conversation off by giving an update on NACCHO’s role in the Ebola Response. With an identified Ebola case in New York City, […] Oct 31, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – September ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on September 23. During the call, Rachel Schulman gave a short presentation on the Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) toolkit. The toolkit was designed to provide resources and tools to prepare staff at local health departments and public health regions to respond to […] Sep 29, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Improving Preparedness for Community-Dwelling Older Adult PopulationsFor some community-dwelling older adults, attempting to prepare for an emergency or disaster can come with barriers. For example, characteristics of older adults such as impaired mobility, weakened sensory awareness, multiple chronic diseases, and social and economic limitations can put them at greater risk of illness or death during an emergency. The events from Hurricane […] Sep 16, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Participate in a Survey on Measuring the Impact of Value-based Decision-making on Public Health PreparednessWith local authority, public health preparedness budgets are being restricted which is leading to an increased urgency to demonstrate a return on investments in relation to public health preparedness interventions, as well as explore methods of decision-support for public health preparedness priority-setting. The Chair of NACCHO’s Preparedness Planning, Outcomes and Measures workgroup is... Aug 28, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – August ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on August 26. During the call, Nicole Dunifon discussed the 2014-2015 work plan and members provided feedback. The final work plan will be submitted to NACCHO membership on September 12. Rachel Shulman provided a brief update on the Resource Portfolio Project on the […] Aug 28, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
New Student Opportunities for Fall 2014: NACCHO Launches Health Policy and Practice Scholars ProgramFor the 2014-2015 academic year, NACCHO has expanded their student opportunities to include the newly developed Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program. This program was designed as a guided, academic, practice-based opportunity for graduate level students in public health, pharmacy, environmental studies, or law to work on policy and practice issues impacting public […] Aug 12, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group June ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on June 11. The workgroup welcomed new member Norbert Archibeque, Bureau Chief for Health & Emergency Preparedness at the New Mexico Department of Health to the group. During the June call, the group had an information update on the 2013 Network Profile of the Medical […] Jun 19, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
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