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The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Lessons for LHDs

This is part two of a two-part interview with Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of...

May 23, 2013 | NacchoVoice

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Building Collaborations that Yield Successful Outcomes

This is part one of a two-part interview with Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of...

May 17, 2013 | NacchoVoice

ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser Shares Insight on Amplifying Public Health Messages

Interview by Ian Goldstein, Web Specialist, NACCHO Dr. Richard Besser is Chief Health and Medical Editor for ABC News...

May 10, 2013 | NacchoVoice

The Profile Study at Work

By Carolyn Leep, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, NACCHO Ever wonder what NACCHO does with data from that...

May 01, 2013 | NacchoVoice

Four Tips for Building Partnerships before Disaster Strikes

By Sara Rubin, MPH, MA, Program Analyst, NACCHO Hurricane Sandy left more than 100 dead and millions without power...

Apr 23, 2013 | NacchoVoice

ACHIEVE Chronicles: Eliminating Food Deserts One Gas Station at a Time

By Vicky Bass, Program Analyst, NACCHO This is the second post in the ACHIEVE Chronicles, a series about Action...

Apr 17, 2013 | NacchoVoice

The ACHIEVE Chronicles: Building Healthy Communities and Partnerships across the Country

By Vicky Bass, Program Analyst, NACCHO When I started working on NACCHO’s chronic disease team in December, I was...

Apr 15, 2013 | NacchoVoice

Bridging Clinical Medicine and Public Health

This post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable...

Apr 12, 2013 | NacchoVoice

A Vision for Implementing Health Reform in Oregon

This post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable...

Apr 10, 2013 | NacchoVoice

Local Strategies Helping Move ACA Forward in West Virginia

This post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable...

Apr 08, 2013 | NacchoVoice

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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