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ID-IZ Forum Blog Series: An Introduction to the Infectious Disease and Immunization...
As the voice of local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO supports local health officials and their staff by building LHD capacity,...
Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
One Health: Local Health Department Approaches for Addressing the Interconnectivity...
In a new fact sheet, “One Health: Local Health Department Approaches for Addressing the Interconnectivity of Human, Animal, and...
Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Local Approaches to Preventing Teen Dating Violence
By Blaire Bryant, MPH, NACCHO and Melanie Ruhe, MPH, NACCHO This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. Teen...
Mar 30, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Breaking the Silence Through Storytelling: Confronting Medical Mistrust to Advance...
Baltimore City’s Health Department is using storytelling to address medical mistrust when it comes to HIV prevention and...
Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC: Hunting Down Healthcare-associated Fungal Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) program fosters scientific...
Mar 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Archived Webinar: Healthy Communities – An Assessment and Implementation Framework...
The New York State Disability and Health Program in partnership with the SUNY Albany School of Public Health released a recording of...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Fact Sheet: Disability Stigma and Your Patients
The University of Washington Healthy Aging Rehabilitation Research Training Center has released a fact sheet entitled, “Disability...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Vital Signs: Arthritis in America
This month’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs Report addresses how arthritis affects millions of adults in...
Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
ID-IZ Forum Blog Series: An Introduction to the Infectious Disease and Immunization ForumAs the voice of local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO supports local health officials and their staff by building LHD capacity, highlighting innovation, advocating for public health priorities, and connecting members. While all of these activities play a critical role in improving and advancing local public health practice, connecting members is one of the best ways […] Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
One Health: Local Health Department Approaches for Addressing the Interconnectivity of Human, Animal, and Environmental HealthIn a new fact sheet, “One Health: Local Health Department Approaches for Addressing the Interconnectivity of Human, Animal, and Environmental Health,” NACCHO explores One Health, a multi-disciplinary public health approach that recognizes the health of humans is connected to the health of animals and the environment. The fact sheet defines the One Health approach and the relationship... Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Local Approaches to Preventing Teen Dating ViolenceBy Blaire Bryant, MPH, NACCHO and Melanie Ruhe, MPH, NACCHO This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. Teen Dating Violence (TDV) – the physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship – is a serious matter that affects many teenagers. According to a 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […] Mar 30, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
Breaking the Silence Through Storytelling: Confronting Medical Mistrust to Advance HIV PreventionBaltimore City’s Health Department is using storytelling to address medical mistrust when it comes to HIV prevention and treatment in their community. Last year, they started two programs: Baltimore in Conversation and Project Presence, to bring together members of the community to share their stories of accessing healthcare and HIV treatment. These projects stem from […] Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC: Hunting Down Healthcare-associated Fungal InfectionsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) program fosters scientific innovation in genomic sequencing, epidemiology, and bioinformatics to transform public health and protect people from disease threats. The AMD program recently released a one-pager centered around how AMD is helping us investigate the emerging multi-drug resistant... Mar 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Archived Webinar: Healthy Communities – An Assessment and Implementation Framework to Achieve Inclusion of Persons with DisabilityThe New York State Disability and Health Program in partnership with the SUNY Albany School of Public Health released a recording of their March 2016 webcast, “Healthy Communities: An Assessment and Implementation Framework to Achieve Inclusion of Persons with Disability.” During the webcast, featured presenter, Yochai Eisenberg, MUPP, from the Center on Health Promotion Research for […] Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Fact Sheet: Disability Stigma and Your PatientsThe University of Washington Healthy Aging Rehabilitation Research Training Center has released a fact sheet entitled, “Disability Stigma and Your Patients.” This fact sheet is designed as a guide for health care providers on how to have respectful, stigma-free interactions with their patients. Local health officials are encouraged to share this fact sheet among their […] Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Vital Signs: Arthritis in AmericaThis month’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs Report addresses how arthritis affects millions of adults in the United States. About 54 million adults reported that their doctor had diagnosed them with arthritis, and is one of the leading cause of disability. The report presents the latest findings on the effects of arthritis […] Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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