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Whether your organization has been providing syringe services for years or is just getting started, planning for the safety of your...
Aug 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On June 30, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County...
Aug 02, 2018 | NacchoVoice
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its...
Jul 31, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to...
Jul 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 10–12, over 1,200 local public health professionals convened in New...
Jul 18, 2018 | NacchoVoice
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Guest Author
The Boston Public Health Commission is seeking an Informatics Director to provide strategic guidance to BPHC to assure that systems...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Torrie Harris, Dr.P.H., MPH is a Health & Equity Strategist at the...
Jun 11, 2018 | NacchoVoice
Late-breaking sessions were designed to cover important, emerging topics at the forefront of the public health landscape. The first...
Jun 11, 2018
Whether your organization has been providing syringe services for years or is just getting started, planning for the safety of your staff and volunteers is paramount. This new resource, developed by AIDS United and the Harm Reduction Coalition, provides tips and best practices for ensuring the safety of your staff and volunteers at syringe services […]
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On June 30, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health (HCPH) in Houston, concluded his term as NACCHO President. Dr. Shah is a long-standing and enthusiastic member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of different NACCHO-related groups including the Health […]
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its cross-sector partners are engaging in efforts to connect systems and people to improve population health. Check out the below descriptions for a sneak-peek into what you can expect to hear about during each plenary: Connecting People: Building […]
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to Action,” was featured in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Since then, it’s only become clearer that to effectively serve communities in today’s information-driven world, public health – and its cross-sector partners – must advance...
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 10–12, over 1,200 local public health professionals convened in New Orleans for the 2018 NACCHO Annual Conference. Throughout the conference, attendees learned from leading experts in the field, gained new insights in dozens of sharing sessions, and addressed the challenges affecting the work of local health departments […]
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health sector, you work together. What? Who gets the profit, the prize, the prosperity? As it turns out, the profit is in the partnership; community health is the prize; and we all prosper.
The Boston Public Health Commission is seeking an Informatics Director to provide strategic guidance to BPHC to assure that systems support the information needs of the organization’s programs, policy development, research, and evaluation. The Director will: Evaluate necessary changes in existing information resources to 1) ensure that comprehensive, valid, and reliable data are available...
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Torrie Harris, Dr.P.H., MPH is a Health & Equity Strategist at the New Orleans Health Department (NOHD). In the following post, she discusses her role within the department, shares how NOHD is addressing the public health burdens of maternal and infant issues and mental health, and highlights the […]
Late-breaking sessions were designed to cover important, emerging topics at the forefront of the public health landscape. The first session covered radiation risk. As the country enters a new phase of social and political threats, the need to build the capability to rise to larger, more complex events, such as radiological or nuclear events, heightens. […]
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