FDA Releases Rules on Produce and Imported Foods to Modernize and Strengthen Food...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized three new rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include...

Nov 17, 2015 | Amy Chang

  • Communications and Marketing: A Foundational Capability for Local Health Departments

    Can your residents describe what your local health department does? In 2002, only 29% of residents served by the Yellowstone...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • CDC Releases Its Annual Report “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014”

    Today, the CDC released its annual report, “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014.” The data are based on state...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in Disasters

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • The Continuous Need for the ABC & D’s of Drowning Prevention in Clark County

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • Findings Now Available from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Special Projects of...

    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has presented findings and lessons from a four-year...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Learn about NACCHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Efforts During Get...

    Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual observance to engage relevant stakeholders, including professional societies, advocacy...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Christina Baum

  • Archived Webinar Available: Opioid Abuse in the U.S.: An Urgent Public Health Crisis

    The National Institute for Healthcare Management recently hosted a webinar on public- and private-sector efforts to prevent opioid...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • FDA Releases Rules on Produce and Imported Foods to Modernize and Strengthen Food Safety System

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized three new rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include the Produce Safety rule, the Foreign Supplier Verification programs (FSVP) rule, and the Accredited Third-Party Certification rule. Learn more about the rules on FDA’s website.

    Nov 17, 2015 | Amy Chang

    Communications and Marketing: A Foundational Capability for Local Health Departments

    Can your residents describe what your local health department does? In 2002, only 29% of residents served by the Yellowstone City-County Health Department (now RiverStone Health) in Billings, MT could say that they had ever heard of the health department. However, thanks to the health department leadership’s investments in a rebranding effort, 10 years later, 88% of residents were able […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

    CDC Releases Its Annual Report “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014”

    Today, the CDC released its annual report, “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014.” The data are based on state and local STD case reports from a variety of private and public sources. In 2014, increases were seen in all three nationally reported STDs- chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Chlamydia: There was an overall rate increase of 2.8%  from […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in Disasters

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health The importance of incorporating the mental health needs of a community and individuals into emergency and disaster response is gaining attention. During and after a disaster, many people are not only […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    The Continuous Need for the ABC & D’s of Drowning Prevention in Clark County

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

    Findings Now Available from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Special Projects of National Significance Hep C Initiative

    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has presented findings and lessons from a four-year demonstration project that supported 29 organizations implementing focused interventions designed to increase access to and completion of hepatitis C (HCV) treatment for people also living with HIV. Among the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Learn about NACCHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Efforts During Get Smart about Antibiotics Week

    Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual observance to engage relevant stakeholders, including professional societies, advocacy groups, for-profit companies, state and local health departments, the general public, the media, and others around antibiotic stewardship in the outpatient, inpatient, and animal health settings. This year, Get Smart Week is observed November 16-22. NACCHO is...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Christina Baum

    Archived Webinar Available: Opioid Abuse in the U.S.: An Urgent Public Health Crisis

    The National Institute for Healthcare Management recently hosted a webinar on public- and private-sector efforts to prevent opioid overdose and death, including initiatives to ensure appropriate prescription of pain medications and to expand access to addiction treatment. Between 1999 and 2013, the amount of prescription painkillers dispensed in the U.S. quadrupled. In roughly the same […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the wide range of issues affecting HIV and STD programs across the country, including staffing, evaluation, performance outcome measures, surveillance, state policy to the re-emergence of congenital syphilis, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention, and adapting...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

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