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The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has announced the ninth cohort of a mentorship program for...
Dec 17, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
One Health recognizes the interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health. NACCHO recently hosted a webinar to explore...
Dec 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO’s 2020 Monthly Health in All Policies (HiAP) Webinar Series will run the fourth Tuesday of the month at 2:00pm ET from...
Dec 12, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO is now accepting applications for the Vector Control Collaborative (VCC) technical assistance program. NACCHO and the Centers...
Dec 11, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded...
Dec 10, 2019 | Kamya Raja
The Children’s Environmental Health Network is developing fact sheets that include indicators of environmental hazards,...
Dec 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The years between 2005-2018 witnessed a dramatic rise in “natural” gas (methane) production in the United States, driven by the use of...
Environmental health (EH) professionals, one of the largest segments of the public health workforce, are responsible for delivery of...
As the Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence enter their second five-year ELC cycle, there are some changes to our regional...
Dec 02, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has announced the ninth cohort of a mentorship program for retail food regulatory programs. The program is supported by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). The peer mentorship program provides an […]
One Health recognizes the interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health. NACCHO recently hosted a webinar to explore how to use One Health collaborations to enhance investigation capacity for One Health issues facing public health, such as vector-borne diseases and zoonoses driven by wildlife diversity, socioeconomic disparities, and extreme weather events. During the webinar,...
NACCHO’s 2020 Monthly Health in All Policies (HiAP) Webinar Series will run the fourth Tuesday of the month at 2:00pm ET from January through July. The webinar topics will rotate each month and cover various topics focused on HiAP implementation and evaluation, as well as highlight local and state HiAP efforts. Webinar topics will be […]
NACCHO is now accepting applications for the Vector Control Collaborative (VCC) technical assistance program. NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have established the VCC to match local vector control programs with demonstrated expertise in the ten vector control capabilities with mosquito and/or tick control programs currently looking for guidance, tools, and […]
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded reading list that you will find enjoyable as well as informative. “A plague is rising. In dozens of countries. In your backyard. We have […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network is developing fact sheets that include indicators of environmental hazards, environmental exposure, and child health and development to provide an understanding of children’s environmental health at the state level. To date, three fact sheets have been completed, for Michigan, Minnesota, and North Carolina. Through this process, CEHN found...
The years between 2005-2018 witnessed a dramatic rise in “natural” gas (methane) production in the United States, driven by the use of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, an extraction process that injects highly pressurized water and chemicals underground to fracture rock formations. Once fracked, the gas is typically transported and distributed domestically through a vast […]
Environmental health (EH) professionals, one of the largest segments of the public health workforce, are responsible for delivery of essential environmental public health services. The challenges facing these professionals and research needs to improve EH practice are not fully understood, but 26% of EH professionals working in health departments of the United States plan to […]
As the Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence enter their second five-year ELC cycle, there are some changes to our regional map. If your state has been impacted by any of these changes please reach out to the program coordinator of the applicable center: Colorado – Ingrid Hewitson: [email protected] Minnesota – Joshua Rounds: [email protected] New York –...
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