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Apr 10, 2024 | Shannon Duffy
In July, NACCHO Government Affairs team members Eli Briggs and Ian Goldstein presented a webinar for the Michigan Public Health...
Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Tomei Kuehl, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Colorado is one of five Centers for Disease Control and...
Sep 21, 2018 | NacchoVoice
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But,...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health...
Sep 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Recently, at the STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared preliminary data indicating...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program Rural Health Committee, the AETC National Clinician Consultation Center,...
Sep 04, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Held on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event to raise awareness of overdose and lower stigma...
Aug 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
STEPS to Care, a new online toolkit to support engagement in HIV care, is now available for download on the Effective Interventions...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In July, NACCHO Government Affairs team members Eli Briggs and Ian Goldstein presented a webinar for the Michigan Public Health Training Center entitled “Making Your Voice Heard: Messaging and Advocacy for Public Health Professionals.” A recording of the webinar is available here. On the webinar, attendees learned about how and why to engage in advocacy […]
By Tomei Kuehl, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Colorado is one of five Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Essentials for Childhood recipients and chose to focus on employer engagement as one a strategy to address child abuse and neglect prevention and promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children. The Colorado […]
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But, due to a small but vocal group of folks who organize with the sole purpose of opposing sex education, this basic human right continues to be denied to young people in communities everywhere. The key to overcoming this kind […]
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health department professionals are uniquely aware of the health issues and risks affecting their towns and cities. Some counties have a disproportionate number of homes with lead paint, and others have increasing asthma prevalence rates among children. Children are especially...
Recently, at the STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared preliminary data indicating that in the past five years, gonorrhea diagnoses have increased by 67 percent—and emerging antibiotic resistance to azithromycin is on the rise. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from the Centers for […]
The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program Rural Health Committee, the AETC National Clinician Consultation Center, Georgia Department of Public Health, the International Association of Forensic Nurses, and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership have partnered to develop a new toolkit that includes materials developed for use in clinical settings to raise awareness and...
Held on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event to raise awareness of overdose and lower stigma around drug-related deaths. Events and activities around the world stimulate conversations about prevention and policy and remind participants that overdose death is preventable. The domestic opioid epidemic continues to expand, with national provisional […]
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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Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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Mar 08, 2024
NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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