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November 2016 Incident Management Workgroup Report
The fourth meeting of the 2016-2017 project year was held on November 28, 2016. The call’s primary aim was assigning workgroup...
Dec 13, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Communicating the Impact of the PHEP Program
By Sarah Getachew, NACCHO Program Analyst In response to the 2001 anthrax and 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Centers for Disease Control...
Nov 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Seeking Feedback from Local Health Departments on Prioritizing Critical...
NACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is developing resources to help local health...
Nov 29, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Public Health 3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public Health
By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO & Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S....
Nov 22, 2016 | NacchoVoice
PH3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public Health
As the nation’s local public health departments begin to consider what Public Health 3.0 (PH3.0) will mean for their missions in...
Nov 17, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO Announces New Initiative to Address Disparities in HIV Outcomes Among...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) in partnership with Cicatelli Associates, Inc. (CAI), is pleased...
Nov 10, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Using IT to Enhance Public Health Practice and Impact Outcomes
By Informatics Workgroup Chairs Joseph Gibson and Oscar Alleyne, Marion County (IN) Public Health Department and Rockland County (NY)...
Nov 10, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Call for Submissions: NACCHO Annual 2017 Abstracts
The Conference Planning Workgroup invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference,to be hosted July 11–13 in...
Nov 08, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Public Health Informatics: A Call to Action
By NACCHO’s Informatics Workgroup This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. To most effectively serve communities...
Nov 03, 2016 | NacchoVoice
November 2016 Incident Management Workgroup ReportThe fourth meeting of the 2016-2017 project year was held on November 28, 2016. The call’s primary aim was assigning workgroup members to complete “resource scans,” identifying best practices and possible partnerships with various colleges/universities, businesses, or K-12 schools, an essential goal of the work plan. Additionally, a collective workgroup interest was determined during the... Dec 13, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Communicating the Impact of the PHEP ProgramBy Sarah Getachew, NACCHO Program Analyst In response to the 2001 anthrax and 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response created the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program. The initiative aims to improve the daily capacity of state and local agencies to monitor and […] Nov 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Seeking Feedback from Local Health Departments on Prioritizing Critical Infrastructure Personnel for Influenza ResponseNACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is developing resources to help local health departments prepare for vaccine prioritization of critical infrastructure personnel (CIP) in case of an influenza pandemic. These efforts will build on the DHS/HHS 2008 publication “Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine.” This initiative aims... Nov 29, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Public Health 3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public HealthBy LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO & Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services What will Public Health 3.0 — new model for building healthier communities across America — mean for the nation’s nearly 3,000 local public health departments (LHDs), as they face […] Nov 22, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
PH3.0: A Challenge for the Nation, a Charge for Public HealthAs the nation’s local public health departments begin to consider what Public Health 3.0 (PH3.0) will mean for their missions in addressing the full range of factors that influence a person’s overall health and well-being — in short, the social determinants of health — NACCHO recommends taking a comprehensive approach to create sustainable, lasting improvements for […] Nov 17, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier |
NACCHO Announces New Initiative to Address Disparities in HIV Outcomes Among Minority Populations in the SouthThe National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) in partnership with Cicatelli Associates, Inc. (CAI), is pleased to announce the launch of the Southern Initiative, a project which aims to improve HIV outcomes among minority populations in the Southern United States. This three-year initiative is supported by the U.S. Department of Health and […] Nov 10, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Using IT to Enhance Public Health Practice and Impact OutcomesBy Informatics Workgroup Chairs Joseph Gibson and Oscar Alleyne, Marion County (IN) Public Health Department and Rockland County (NY) Department of Health This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. Informatics sounds like the name of a class that would put any junior in high school to sleep, and the term is often […] Nov 10, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Call for Submissions: NACCHO Annual 2017 AbstractsThe Conference Planning Workgroup invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference,to be hosted July 11–13 in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme of this year’s conference is Public Health Revolution: Bridging Clinical Medicine and Population Health. Local public health has a central role in convening discussions and efforts around population health, clinical medicine,... Nov 08, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Public Health Informatics: A Call to ActionBy NACCHO’s Informatics Workgroup This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. To most effectively serve communities in today’s information-driven world, local health departments (LHDs) must develop the capability to transform data into public health action (e.g., services, interventions, and policies). But forging that capability is no easy feat. There are a multitude of... Nov 03, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
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