Health Literacy Month: Health Literacy as an Issue of Health Equity

In the last decade, health equity has increasingly become a critical concern in the field of public health. From the local to federal...

Oct 31, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • CMS Announces New Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Healthcare Organizations

    By Katie Dwyer, MSPH, NACCHO Director Earlier this month marked National Primary Care Week (October 3-7, 2016). This annual observance...

    Oct 28, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Parents Need Support to Prevent Youth Violence

    By Alyssa Banks, Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, Minnesota This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the...

    Oct 24, 2016 | NacchoVoice

  • Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community Outreach

    By: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually...

    Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Event Recap: ASPR Recovery Workshop

    On March 3–4, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Incident Management Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Incident Management Workgroup. Local health officials and public health...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Global Climate Change Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Global Climate Change Workgroup. Local health officials, environmental health...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians,...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Mass Incarceration and Racism Policy

    By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO According to civil rights attorney and former Stanford University Law...

    Oct 19, 2016 | NacchoVoice

  • Health Literacy Month: Health Literacy as an Issue of Health Equity

    In the last decade, health equity has increasingly become a critical concern in the field of public health. From the local to federal levels, there’s been a call for research, initiatives, and outreach that minimize health inequities and provide opportunities for all people to reach optimal health. Through these efforts, there’s been growing acknowledgement that […]

    Oct 31, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    CMS Announces New Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Healthcare Organizations

    By Katie Dwyer, MSPH, NACCHO Director Earlier this month marked National Primary Care Week (October 3-7, 2016). This annual observance focuses on improving access and equity for all Americans, including those most medically vulnerable, usually using Medicare or Medicaid to cover their health needs. When considering national preparedness requirements for recipients of these programs, the Centers...

    Oct 28, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Parents Need Support to Prevent Youth Violence

    By Alyssa Banks, Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support, Minnesota This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. Parent support group programs can be an effective strategy to teach caregivers necessary skills to better parent at-risk youth. Poor parenting can have many negative effects on families and children. For example, it can […]

    Oct 24, 2016 | NacchoVoice

    Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community Outreach

    By: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually and can cause mild to severe illness, which can lead to hospitalizations and even death. Certain groups, such as elderly people, young children, and people with health conditions like heart disease, asthma, or weakened immune systems have a […]

    Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Event Recap: ASPR Recovery Workshop

    On March 3–4, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) held a Recovery Workshop to engage stakeholders from state, local, territorial, and tribal governments, as well as non-profit, private, foundational, and other non-governmental entities in discussions regarding disaster recovery planning. The purpose of...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO Incident Management Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Incident Management Workgroup. Local health officials and public health preparedness professionals are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. NACCHO’s Incident Management Workgroup addresses topics related to the use of NIMS and the Incident Command System (ICS), the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Capability Three:...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO Global Climate Change Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Global Climate Change Workgroup. Local health officials, environmental health professionals, environmental health directors, and subject matter experts who are interested in enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and practices are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. The NACCHO Global Climate Change Workgroup...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians, environmental health professionals, and environmental health directors who are interested in enhancing food safety policies and practices are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. NACCHO’s Food Safety Workgroup provides leadership and guidance to NACCHO, local...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Mass Incarceration and Racism Policy

    By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO According to civil rights attorney and former Stanford University Law Professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, there are currently more black men in prison or jail, on probation, or on parole than were enslaved in 1850, before […]

    Oct 19, 2016 | NacchoVoice

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