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Safe Storage of Firearms Prevents Suicide
By Tony Gomez, BS, RS, Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention, Public Health Seattle & King County; Clinical Faculty Instructor,...
Dec 15, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Consideration of the Intersection of Local Public Health Emergency Preparedness...
Nov 06, 2014 | Guest Author
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
CDC Announces Active Post-Arrival Monitoring for Travelers from Ebola-Impacted...
CDC announced that beginning Oct. 27, public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers whose travel...
Oct 22, 2014 | Admin
Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Public Health
Human health is directly affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and heat; it is also indirectly...
Oct 07, 2014 | Chris Mills
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
Smallpox Preparedness Planning: Understanding the Strategic National Stockpile and...
On September 8, a Congressional exercise explored the implications of anthrax and smallpox attacks on the Korean Peninsula and the...
Sep 24, 2014 | Lisa Brown
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
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
Safe Storage of Firearms Prevents SuicideBy Tony Gomez, BS, RS, Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention, Public Health Seattle & King County; Clinical Faculty Instructor, University of Washington, School of Public Health There is an urgent public health need to reduce suicide rates in the United States. There were 40,600 suicides in 2012, making suicide the tenth leading cause of death.1 […] Dec 15, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Consideration of the Intersection of Local Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planning and the Affordable Care ActNov 06, 2014 | Guest Author |
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 |
CDC Announces Active Post-Arrival Monitoring for Travelers from Ebola-Impacted CountriesCDC announced that beginning Oct. 27, public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers whose travel originates in Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea. Active post-arrival monitoring means that travelers without fever or symptoms of Ebola will be followed up daily by state and local health departments for 21 days from the date of their […] Oct 22, 2014 | Admin |
Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Public HealthHuman health is directly affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and heat; it is also indirectly affected through increased transmission and geographic expansion of diseases spread by insects, compromised air, water, and food quality. For example, bacterial counts in the water surrounding coastal communities tend to spike dramatically following heavy rainfall. Not... Oct 07, 2014 | Chris Mills |
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 |
Smallpox Preparedness Planning: Understanding the Strategic National Stockpile and Potential WeaponizationOn September 8, a Congressional exercise explored the implications of anthrax and smallpox attacks on the Korean Peninsula and the potential impact these attacks would have on Americans at home and abroad. This Congressional exercise allowed policymakers to learn and assess the types of decisions that would need to take place in the event of […] Sep 24, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
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 |
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 |
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