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The Black AIDS Institute, with support from Gilead Sciences, has launched an Ambassador Program for Black women to build engagement...
Dec 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The following Model Practice was submitted by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. To access this Model Practice and to...
Nov 30, 2018 | NacchoVoice
Community-based organizations are invited to submit applications to receive capacity building assistance through Advocates for Youth’s...
Nov 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Dear NACCHO members, In honor of Public Health Thank You Day, I’d like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to you and your health...
Nov 19, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical...
Nov 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released an MMWR featuring a report on PrEP use by race and ethnicity....
Nov 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In 2016, in response to the ongoing lead water crisis, the Genesee County Board of Health in Michigan proposed a Health Equity in All...
Oct 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of...
Oct 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Education is the first step to understanding the social determinants of health and making on impact on health outcomes. Our team...
Sep 26, 2018 | Alyson Jordan
The Black AIDS Institute, with support from Gilead Sciences, has launched an Ambassador Program for Black women to build engagement and movement around HIV and sexual health for Black women. This ambassador program will create a cohort of 20 Black cis and trans women, who are living with HIV and HIV-negative, who will receive training […]
The following Model Practice was submitted by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. To access this Model Practice and to view the full application, click here. NACCHO is currently accepting applications for the 2018–2019 Model Practices Program until December 12. Learn more and apply today. Broward County, Florida has a population of approximately […]
Community-based organizations are invited to submit applications to receive capacity building assistance through Advocates for Youth’s Queer & Gender Equity Project (QGEP). More than 10 years ago, Advocates launched the QGEP, previously known as the Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project, and seeks to build the capacity of organizations interested in and committed to improving the sexual...
Dear NACCHO members, In honor of Public Health Thank You Day, I’d like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to you and your health departments for all that you do to protect and promote the health and resiliency of your communities every day. The work of local public health is challenging; local health departments confront a […]
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three-part series covering the Capabilities for Public Health Agency Involvement in Land Use and Transportation Decision Making to Increase Active Transportation Opportunity from the UMass Worcester Prevention Research...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released an MMWR featuring a report on PrEP use by race and ethnicity. The report shows race and gender disparities between people with PrEP indications and those prescribed PrEP. Below is the CDC’s summary and a link to the full report. What is already known about this […]
In 2016, in response to the ongoing lead water crisis, the Genesee County Board of Health in Michigan proposed a Health Equity in All Policies (HEiAP) Resolution to address inequitable health outcomes. Taking steps to implement the resolution, the Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) worked with community groups to offer trainings and host public health conferences […]
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of sexual health care, despite high rates of STIs and sexual abuse, an ethical and public health failure New York, NY (October 15, 2018) — In October 2017, leading organizations working on juvenile justice, adolescent sexual health policy, […]
Education is the first step to understanding the social determinants of health and making on impact on health outcomes. Our team developed a presentation to take to professionals and key stakeholders in our community to demonstrate and provide tools to identify and subsequently address the social determinants of health.
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