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The Fenway Institute released a new report that outlines considerations for working with people who are incarcerated and identify as...
Feb 27, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center have created a...
Feb 19, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The National Center for Health in Public Housing is hosting a learning collaborative webinar series on “Exploring Cultural...
Nurses are critical members of the immunization team and have a powerful role to play in getting HPV vaccination done. The National...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Dating apps, porn, sex toys, user-generated media, virtual reality—sexuality is interacting with technology today in a way like never...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs (OPA) is accepting grant applications for the Teen...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise and it’s more important than ever to spread the word. The National...
Adriane Casalotti, MPH, MSW, Chief of Government and Public Affairs at NACCHO, is one of two co-chairs of a newly developed National...
The Department for Health and Human Services published fact sheets, information cards, posters and social media messages in Spanish...
Feb 13, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The Fenway Institute released a new report that outlines considerations for working with people who are incarcerated and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI), or gender non-conforming. The report outlines recommendations on a range of topics with an emphasis on cultural competency while working with LGBTI populations. One component of the report is […]
The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center have created a six-part interactive webinar series which has been designed to introduce diverse strategies for success in ending the opioid epidemic. Participants will hear from legal, social, medical, and community intervention experts in a strategy-gathering information...
The National Center for Health in Public Housing is hosting a learning collaborative webinar series on “Exploring Cultural Competence and Humility in the Care of HIV Patients.” This training is designed to help move organizations past cultural stereotypes and biases (e.g., based on race, sexual orientation, gender identity) to offer client-centered services with cultural humility....
Nurses are critical members of the immunization team and have a powerful role to play in getting HPV vaccination done. The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable created the HPV Prevention: Nurses Get it Done! toolkit as an educational resource for nurses at all practice levels to empower confident initiation and completion of the HPV vaccination series. […]
Dating apps, porn, sex toys, user-generated media, virtual reality—sexuality is interacting with technology today in a way like never before. As a health or education professional, are you prepared? Healthy Teen Network’s 41st annual national conference (November 16-18, 2020; Portland, OR) prepares professionals for the real-life experiences of the young people they work with. If […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs (OPA) is accepting grant applications for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. The grant awards will establish, support, and/or evaluate innovative interventions to improve adolescent health, prevent teen pregnancy, and reduce sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates. There are three components to this funding...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise and it’s more important than ever to spread the word. The National Coalition for STD Directors (NCSD) recently released a new fact sheet that overviews what’s going on nationally in STDs, highlights the costs to the nation, and gives some practical tips for getting involved. View this resource.
Adriane Casalotti, MPH, MSW, Chief of Government and Public Affairs at NACCHO, is one of two co-chairs of a newly developed National STI Coalition with the goal of improving the health of those living with and disproportionately impacted by sexually transmitted infections (STI). The coalition was formed with the leadership of NACCHO, the National Coalition of STD Directors and 15 other national...
The Department for Health and Human Services published fact sheets, information cards, posters and social media messages in Spanish for Ready, Set, PrEP. The Ready, Set, PrEP program provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications and pharmacy services for free to qualifying individuals. Read more about the program and access the materials.
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The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.
May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
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
Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
Oct 16, 2023
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