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Now Available: “Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers: Lessons and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), in collaboration...
Aug 19, 2014 | Admin
Using Social Media for Enhanced Situational Awareness and Decision Support
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a report entitled, “Using Social Media for Enhanced Situational...
Jul 24, 2014 | Admin
2014 Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service
NACCHO staff member Alyson Jordan presented at and attended the 2014 Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service June 16-18...
Jul 03, 2014 | Admin
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California Wildfires
Southern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were...
Jun 17, 2014 | Admin
Public Health Law Workgroup May Update
This month, the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Meryl Chertoff of the Aspen Institute to learn more about the Institute’s...
May 29, 2014 | Guest Author
2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium
Several NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium (PERRC) April 14-16 in Orlando, FL....
Apr 21, 2014 | Admin
Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness Summit
The public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer...
Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann
Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plans: Integrating Research and Practice
By Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist The following is an excerpt from NACCHO’s latest podcast featuring Gretchen Sampson,...
Mar 28, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Launch of the Global Health Security Agenda
On Friday, Feb. 21, two NACCHO preparedness and infectious disease staff attended the Launch of the Global Health Security (GHS)...
Mar 20, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Now Available: “Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers: Lessons and Models” journal supplementThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), in collaboration with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, is pleased to present the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) supplement entitled “Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers: Lessons and Models.” The full journal […] Aug 19, 2014 | Admin |
Using Social Media for Enhanced Situational Awareness and Decision SupportThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a report entitled, “Using Social Media for Enhanced Situational Awareness and Decision Support.” Historically, the emergency response community has leveraged multiple data sources, including land mobile radios, maps, computer-aided dispatch, crisis management systems, traffic cameras, geographic information systems, and... Jul 24, 2014 | Admin |
2014 Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and ServiceNACCHO staff member Alyson Jordan presented at and attended the 2014 Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service June 16-18 in Atlanta. The conference explored the use of volunteers to strengthen community infrastructure, and this year included an emergency preparedness track. Alyson presented a 90 minute workshop on NACCHO’s 2013 National Preparedness Month media […] Jul 03, 2014 | Admin |
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California WildfiresSouthern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were fueled by drought conditions, unusually high temperatures, and strong Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts of wind that can turn small fires or mechanical sparks into blazing infernos. As a result of 14 fires, about 26,000 […] Jun 17, 2014 | Admin |
Public Health Law Workgroup May UpdateThis month, the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Meryl Chertoff of the Aspen Institute to learn more about the Institute’s Excellence in State Public Health Law Program. Through this program the Aspen Institute works with teams in eight states to explore, identify, and evaluate how law and policy can advance state health priorities. The […] May 29, 2014 | Guest Author |
2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery ConsortiumSeveral NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium (PERRC) April 14-16 in Orlando, FL. The conference examined lessons learned from recent disasters, including the May 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes, the September 2013 Colorado floods, and the March 2014 Oso mudslide. NACCHO staff met with a number of local health department staff and […] Apr 21, 2014 | Admin |
Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness SummitThe public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer without them even being aware of it. It is not until disaster strikes that people find out the value of their public health department. Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann |
Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plans: Integrating Research and PracticeBy Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist The following is an excerpt from NACCHO’s latest podcast featuring Gretchen Sampson, Director, Polk County (WI) Health Department, and Julie Willems Van Dijk, Associate Scientist at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. NACCHO: Community health assessments and community health improvement plans (CHAs/CHIPS) are essential and... Mar 28, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Launch of the Global Health Security AgendaOn Friday, Feb. 21, two NACCHO preparedness and infectious disease staff attended the Launch of the Global Health Security (GHS) Agenda, a briefing hosted by the UPMC Center for Health Security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and the American Association for the Advancement of... Mar 20, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
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