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Call for Abstracts: NACCHO Annual 2018
The call for abstracts for NACCHO Annual 2018, to be held July 10-12, 2018 in New Orleans, LA, is now open. This year’s theme is...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
UNCOVER EH Needs Your Voice!
UNCOVER EH, an unprecedented needs assessment and horizon scanning opportunity for environmental health (EH) practitioners, has...
Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC’s Public Health Associate Program Is Now Open!
The Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is accepting applications January...
Nov 16, 2017 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO Releases 2017 Forces of Change Report: The Changing Public Health Landscape
NACCHO’s Research and Evaluation team is excited to announce the release of the 2017 Forces of Change report, The Changing...
Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Understanding the Changing Public Health Landscape: Findings from the 2017 Forces of...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released its 2017 Forces of Change report, The Changing...
Nov 01, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Why Local Health Departments Should Participate in the Project Public Health Ready...
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR), a criteria-based training and recognition program, helps local health departments (LHDs) develop...
Oct 30, 2017
Convening Cross-Sector Partnerships to Implement Health in All Policies at the Local...
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston Local health departments...
Oct 24, 2017 | NacchoVoice
World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?
The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity,...
Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain
Call for Abstracts: NACCHO Annual 2018The call for abstracts for NACCHO Annual 2018, to be held July 10-12, 2018 in New Orleans, LA, is now open. This year’s theme is “Unleashing the Power of Local Public Health.” The conference provides attendees the opportunity to share the latest research and ideas, network, and test their assumptions about the issues and topics […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
UNCOVER EH Needs Your Voice!UNCOVER EH, an unprecedented needs assessment and horizon scanning opportunity for environmental health (EH) practitioners, has officially kicked off. This is a collaborative effort between the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Baylor University. Recently, Baylor disseminated a detailed email about UNCOVER EH, which you may... Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC’s Public Health Associate Program Is Now Open!The Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is accepting applications January 2-18, 2018 to host a public health associate to start in October 2018. PHAP is a two-year training program with the mission to train and provide experiential learning to early-career public health professionals. It is a […] Nov 16, 2017 | Andrea Grenadier |
NACCHO Releases 2017 Forces of Change Report: The Changing Public Health LandscapeNACCHO’s Research and Evaluation team is excited to announce the release of the 2017 Forces of Change report, The Changing Public Health Landscape, containing new findings on the forces that are affecting the nation’s local health departments (LHDs). Results show that although the economic situation is slowly improving for many LHDs, one in five still […] Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Understanding the Changing Public Health Landscape: Findings from the 2017 Forces of Change SurveyThe National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released its 2017 Forces of Change report, The Changing Public Health Landscape, containing new findings on the forces that are affecting the nation’s local health departments (LHDs). LHDs face both challenges and opportunities as the public health environment evolves, and the Forces of Change […] Nov 01, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Why Local Health Departments Should Participate in the Project Public Health Ready ProgramProject Public Health Ready (PPHR), a criteria-based training and recognition program, helps local health departments (LHDs) develop core public health, emergency preparedness competencies. NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established this intensive 18-month program to provide LHDs the structure to build training and preparedness capacities using a continuous... Oct 30, 2017 |
Convening Cross-Sector Partnerships to Implement Health in All Policies at the Local LevelBy Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston Local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in ensuring that communities across the nation are healthy. We work every day to ensure the safety of the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air […] Oct 24, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity, environmental and occupational health, and more. Regardless of how well-established agriculture is within the United States, climate change poses a serious threat to food systems and the people who rely on them. Unusual rain […] Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain |
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