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Ready vs. Project Public Health Ready
By Leigh Wilsey, Preparedness Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Clay County This article was originally published in NACCHO...
Nov 21, 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
Innovation across the MRC Network Helps Local Communities be More Prepared for...
By Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, and Stacy Stanford, MSPH, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO...
Oct 21, 2014 | Stacy Stanford
New Health Equity Resources for Community Health Assessments
Health inequities exist when differences in the distribution of disease and mortality are systematic, patterned, unjust, unnecessary,...
Oct 17, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Student Grant Opportunity: The NCFPD Science and Engineering Workforce Development...
The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) is now accepting applications for its Science and Engineering Workforce...
Oct 07, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Resources and Information for National Food Safety Month
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. According to the 2013 National...
Sep 19, 2014 | NacchoVoice
New Project Public Health Ready Criteria Now Available
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is pleased to announce the release of Version 7.1 of the PPHR criteria and Version 2.1 of the PPHR...
Sep 11, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Local Preparedness Efforts
By Megan Reeve, MPH, Associate Program Officer, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine “There is a commonly held...
Sep 10, 2014 | Guest Author
CDC and NACCHO Resources for Responding to Outbreaks of Foodborne Illness
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. In the face of budget cuts and...
Sep 02, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Ready vs. Project Public Health ReadyBy Leigh Wilsey, Preparedness Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Clay County This article was originally published in NACCHO Exchange. To read the entire issue, download the newsletter from NACCHO’s online bookstore (login required). As a local health department (LHD), the Florida Department of Health in Clay County (DOH-Clay) has had many opportunities to respond to […] Nov 21, 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 |
Innovation across the MRC Network Helps Local Communities be More Prepared for Emerging ThreatsBy Alyson Jordan, MPA, Communications Specialist, and Stacy Stanford, MSPH, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO NACCHO launched “MRC Connect,” the first social media platform for the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), on October 16, presenting a new way for the MRC network to connect with others, share what is happening in nearly 1,000 U.S. […] Oct 21, 2014 | Stacy Stanford |
New Health Equity Resources for Community Health AssessmentsHealth inequities exist when differences in the distribution of disease and mortality are systematic, patterned, unjust, unnecessary, and actionable.[1] Achieving health equity involves identifying, preventing, and reversing the effects of patterned decisions, policies, investments, rules, and laws that have caused social and economic inequities that affect people’s abilities to live healthy... Oct 17, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Student Grant Opportunity: The NCFPD Science and Engineering Workforce Development GrantThe National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) is now accepting applications for its Science and Engineering Workforce Development Grant (WDG). This grant is for graduate-level students enrolled in a homeland security-related science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics (HS-STEM) program that aligns with NCFPD’s mission. Applicants must have achieved and maintained a GPA of... Oct 07, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
Resources and Information for National Food Safety MonthLocal health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. According to the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments, 78% of LHDs provide food service establishment inspections and 72% of LHDs provide food safety education in their jurisdictions. September marks the 20th anniversary of National Food Safety Month (NFSM), an […] Sep 19, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
New Project Public Health Ready Criteria Now AvailableProject Public Health Ready (PPHR) is pleased to announce the release of Version 7.1 of the PPHR criteria and Version 2.1 of the PPHR re-recognition criteria. These new versions have been updated to align with the most current standards and federal guidelines, including the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. These criteria will be the […] Sep 11, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Local Preparedness EffortsBy Megan Reeve, MPH, Associate Program Officer, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine “There is a commonly held notion that preparedness is separate and distinct from everyday operations and that it only affects emergency departments,” said Gregg Margolis, director of the Division of Health Systems and Health Care Policy in the Office of […] Sep 10, 2014 | Guest Author |
CDC and NACCHO Resources for Responding to Outbreaks of Foodborne IllnessLocal health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. In the face of budget cuts and staff reductions, LHDs are responsible for food safety inspections, epidemiological surveillance, the investigation of foodborne illness, and educating the public on food safety. Sep 02, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
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