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Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable...
Per the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu...
Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Annual Preview: Targeting Neighborhood Poverty, Education, and Health Burden...
This is the second in a series of NACCHO Annual preview posts, which feature interviews with and essays from presenters in advance of...
Jun 28, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Resources to Facilitate Recovery after a Flooding Event
The recent flooding event in West Virginia serves as a sad reminder that natural disasters can strike at any time. To ensure our local...
Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
National HIV Testing Day: Is Your Local Health Department Engaged?
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Please take to the comments to share how your local health department is engaging communities and...
Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector: A Message from the...
The healthcare and public health sectors are vital to the health and security of the nation. These sectors are also increasingly...
Jun 24, 2016 | Katie Dwyer
AIDSVu Launches Interactive Maps to Visualize Impact of HIV in the US
AIDSVu recently announced its annual launch of new, interactive online maps visualizing the impact of HIV in the U.S., and...
Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Toolkit on Gender-Response Approach to HIV Prevention
The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has developed the HIV Prevention Toolkit: A Gender-Responsive Approach as a resource designed...
Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on Zika
Summer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time...
Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable VaccinePer the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season. Since many school-based influenza vaccination clinics rely heavily on FluMist, or use it exclusively, it’s critical to begin sharing examples, experiences, and resources that will help these clinics develop and implement alternative vaccination programs.... Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Annual Preview: Targeting Neighborhood Poverty, Education, and Health Burden through Policy and PreventionThis is the second in a series of NACCHO Annual preview posts, which feature interviews with and essays from presenters in advance of NACCHO Annual 2016. In this post, Gary Cox, JD, shares insights from his session, “Targeting Neighborhood Poverty, Education, and Health Burden through Local Public Health Policy and Prevention across Oklahoma County.” Cox […] Jun 28, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Resources to Facilitate Recovery after a Flooding EventThe recent flooding event in West Virginia serves as a sad reminder that natural disasters can strike at any time. To ensure our local health departments have the information necessary to facilitate recovery in a situation like this, we would like to share this resource page, which can help communities move forward following a flooding event. If you have any […] Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
National HIV Testing Day: Is Your Local Health Department Engaged?June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Please take to the comments to share how your local health department is engaging communities and individuals to raise awareness, promote testing, and prevent HIV. Whether you got involved on social media or hosted a community testing event, we want to know! Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector: A Message from the Secretary of Health and Human ServicesThe healthcare and public health sectors are vital to the health and security of the nation. These sectors are also increasingly becoming the target of cybersecurity attacks. These attacks include “ransomware,” where an attacker gains access to an organization’s system, encrypts their data, and holds the information hostage until the organization agrees to pay. The […] Jun 24, 2016 | Katie Dwyer |
AIDSVu Launches Interactive Maps to Visualize Impact of HIV in the USAIDSVu recently announced its annual launch of new, interactive online maps visualizing the impact of HIV in the U.S., and highlighting continued disparities – both geographically and among different groups, particularly among youth and African Americans. Using the most recent publicly available data, AIDSVu’s new maps illustrate changes in the HIV epidemic, including: Southern States... Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Toolkit on Gender-Response Approach to HIV PreventionThe Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has developed the HIV Prevention Toolkit: A Gender-Responsive Approach as a resource designed for health departments, clinical staff, academics, program planners, managers, and community providers who are involved in HIV prevention programs for women and adolescent girls. The Toolkit is composed of six sections: sections 1 through 4 provide background on... Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on ZikaSummer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time spent outdoors, more standing water, and, maybe most importantly, more mosquitoes. But through proactive public health strategies – from education and outreach to vector surveillance and control – local health departments (LHDs) are […] Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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