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This blog post from the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School reviews recent research from five states on health in all policies...
Aug 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Luz Caicedo, MPH, CPH, CIC and Danielle Walden, MPH, Florida Department of Health in Orange County In 2018, the Florida Department...
Aug 29, 2018 | Guest Author
Common Ground Health conducted a health impact assessment on the bike share program in Rochester, NY to analyze the impact on resident...
Aug 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
As part of the official conference press briefing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National STD...
Aug 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Lahne Mattas-Curry, Science Communications Staff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Communities across the country have...
On Thursday August 23rd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for the coming...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Following the recent nerve agent poisonings in the United Kingdom, the emergency response community has requested information and...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
STEPS to Care, a new online toolkit to support engagement in HIV care, is now available for download on the Effective Interventions...
This blog post from the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School reviews recent research from five states on health in all policies (HiAP) and health equity programs, looking at how HiAP efforts are developed, structured, and implemented, as well as the intersection of those efforts with public health law. Read the blog post here. The […]
By Luz Caicedo, MPH, CPH, CIC and Danielle Walden, MPH, Florida Department of Health in Orange County In 2018, the Florida Department of Health (Department), Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) Infection Prevention Program, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange), established the HAI Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) Study...
Common Ground Health conducted a health impact assessment on the bike share program in Rochester, NY to analyze the impact on resident health and any barriers to access. The HIA recommended installing new bike stations in areas with higher rates of chronic disease, as well as increasing accessibility for low-income populations by expanding membership plans and […]
As part of the official conference press briefing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National STD Prevention Conference, CDC presented preliminary data showing five-year trends in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that included preliminary data for 2017. The analysis found that the nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reported to...
By Lahne Mattas-Curry, Science Communications Staff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Communities across the country have been challenged by per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), a group of man-made chemicals that have been used for decades in consumer products to create non-stick and water-resistant surfaces and in firefighting foams and industrial processes. The characteristics...
On Thursday August 23rd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for the coming 2018-2019 influenza season. These recommendations were featured in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), “Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.” Updated information for the...
Following the recent nerve agent poisonings in the United Kingdom, the emergency response community has requested information and advice to enhance preparedness. The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and Department of Transportation’s National...
STEPS to Care, a new online toolkit to support engagement in HIV care, is now available for download on the Effective Interventions website. This multi-media package is designed to support service providers and agency personnel in the uptake and implementation of three evidence-informed linkage, retention and reengagement strategies: Patient Navigation, Care Team Coordination, and HIV...
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