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Smoke-free multi-unit housing benefits residents and property owners. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
Jul 17, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
Jul 13, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
As part of ongoing efforts to highlight successful health department initiatives aimed at ending the HIV and hepatitis epidemics,...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health...
Apr 20, 2018 | NacchoVoice
Residents of multi-unit housing are at a greater risk of being exposed to secondhand smoke. El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) is...
Apr 18, 2018 | Guest Author
Since September 2017, over 6,800 residents in suburban Cook County, Illinois can breathe easier in their smoke-free multi-unit homes....
Mar 22, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
NACCHO’s Vector Control team is looking to highlight best practices through our Stories from the Field program. We are interviewing...
Mar 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Dakota County Public Health Department (DCPHD) in Minnesota, a 2017 NACCHO Model Practice awardee, built upon their comprehensive...
Mar 13, 2018 | Andrea Grenadier
Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate,...
Mar 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Smoke-free multi-unit housing benefits residents and property owners. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires every public housing agency to implement a smoke-free policy by July 2018. Local health departments play a key role in working with public housing agencies to prepare, implement, educate, enforce, and evaluate smoke-free housing policies.
As part of ongoing efforts to highlight successful health department initiatives aimed at ending the HIV and hepatitis epidemics, NASTAD has released an installment of Success Stories that feature health department hepatitis programs. These stories highlight initiatives in Louisiana, Maryland, and Mississippi, that aim to increase testing and linkage to care for hepatitis B and C […]
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department leaders and staff about their careers in public health. This interview features Joey Smith, Health Director of the Montgomery County Health Department in Tennessee and NACCHO Board Member. Below he shares how his health department is bridging the […]
Residents of multi-unit housing are at a greater risk of being exposed to secondhand smoke. El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) is partnering with the Colorado Springs Housing Authority (CSHA) to implement a 100% smoke-free policy, with the objective of reducing secondhand smoke exposure and the harmful health effects of tobacco.
Since September 2017, over 6,800 residents in suburban Cook County, Illinois can breathe easier in their smoke-free multi-unit homes. This success resulted from outreach, education and technical assistance by the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) and its partners. This initiative was funded, in part, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
NACCHO’s Vector Control team is looking to highlight best practices through our Stories from the Field program. We are interviewing local health department officials who are willing to share their stories of novel vector control interventions they have implemented in their communities. Through this initiative, we aim to give a voice to the local health […]
Dakota County Public Health Department (DCPHD) in Minnesota, a 2017 NACCHO Model Practice awardee, built upon their comprehensive breastfeeding program and implemented a rapid referral system to expand access to critical lactation care to low-income families. Through the Reducing Breastfeeding Disparities through Peer and Professional Support grant, DCPHD increased participation by 68% in...
Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate, often while saving money. Their findings on what is possible and how it can be accomplished are presented in the report: Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons From Success Stories. With a […]
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