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Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen...
By Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health...
Apr 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Surge Management Workgroup March Report
The Surge Management Workgroup held its March call on the 23rd. During this conference call members discussed and reviewed...
Apr 08, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Award
by Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness...
Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse
New Article Encourages Preparedness Professionals to Gain Skills, Not Stuff
In a new article authored for Domestic Preparedness, Andrew Roszak, senior director for environmental health, pandemic preparedness,...
Mar 12, 2015 | Katie Regan
Steps to Implementing Drug Abuse Prevention Programs in Local Health Departments
By Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines...
Mar 11, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Public Health and Pharmacy Professional Collaboration Through APHA
The expanding role of pharmacists in health care and public health has been highlighted in recent years by NACCHO through its...
Feb 11, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC Releases New Tool for Telephone Triaging Patients with Possible Influenza
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new tool that could be helpful to medical office and public health...
Jan 28, 2015 | Erin Roberts
Measles Outbreak Resources from the CDC
From January 1-23, 68 people from 11 states were reported to have measles, and most of these cases are part of a large, ongoing...
Jan 27, 2015 | Admin
Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health Departments
The outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few...
Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSWBy Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the NACCHO Annual 2015 conference. Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSW, Performance Improvement Manager, Maricopa County (AZ) Department of Public Health, previews her session “Evaluating a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)... Apr 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Surge Management Workgroup March ReportThe Surge Management Workgroup held its March call on the 23rd. During this conference call members discussed and reviewed evaluations stemming from the March 11, 2015 Surge Management Workgroup webinar on the intersection between local public health and healthcare coalitions. After these discussions the workgroup held a conversation on potential activities for the immediate future. […] Apr 08, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Awardby Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness NACCHO, in partnership with the Division of Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), has selected 43 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units to receive 2014-2015 NACCHO MRC Challenge Awards. More than 175 MRC units across the country applied for […] Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse |
New Article Encourages Preparedness Professionals to Gain Skills, Not StuffIn a new article authored for Domestic Preparedness, Andrew Roszak, senior director for environmental health, pandemic preparedness, and catastrophic response at NACCHO, encourages preparedness professionals to stop measuring their readiness by the amount of stuff stockpiled, and to instead measure it by capacity to recognize triggers, activate systems, and perform essential tasks. Additionally,... Mar 12, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Steps to Implementing Drug Abuse Prevention Programs in Local Health DepartmentsBy Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as “a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.”1 Most illicit drug use typically begins in childhood or adolescence, when adolescents establish patterns of behavior and […] Mar 11, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Public Health and Pharmacy Professional Collaboration Through APHAThe expanding role of pharmacists in health care and public health has been highlighted in recent years by NACCHO through its Statement of Policy and other publications, and just last month in the National Governor’s Association’s newly released report. Pharmacies share a common mission with local health departments and other public health organizations to serve […] Feb 11, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC Releases New Tool for Telephone Triaging Patients with Possible InfluenzaThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new tool that could be helpful to medical office and public health clinic staff. The tool allows medical office staff to triage calls from patients with flu-like symptoms. Staff can use the tool to decide if their patient should begin taking antiviral medications prior […] Jan 28, 2015 | Erin Roberts |
Measles Outbreak Resources from the CDCFrom January 1-23, 68 people from 11 states were reported to have measles, and most of these cases are part of a large, ongoing outbreak linked to an amusement park in California. On January 23, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Advisory to notify local health departments and healthcare facilities about this […] Jan 27, 2015 | Admin |
Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health DepartmentsThe outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few cases in the United States, and the risk of an outbreak in the United States is low, the public health and healthcare communities have, and continue to, implement steps to prevent, prepare for, […] Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
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