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New data from FAIR Health found that diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were up 98% in rural areas compared with a...
Apr 15, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The Future of Sex Education (FoSE) Initiative, a partnership of Advocates for Youth, Answer, and SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change,...
Mar 16, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
As part of the Promoting Innovation in State MCH Policymaking (PRISM) project, implemented in partnership with the Association of...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) were awarded a grant by National Institute of Health’s National Institute of...
Nov 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance of public health nonprofits, sampled and tested 123 plastic...
Jul 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) and American Academy of...
May 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Advocates for Youth is accepting applications to join its cohort of youth activists for the 2019-2020 school year. Every year, the...
Apr 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy....
Mar 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Indian Health Service (IHS) National STD program and the IHS Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention have released the...
Feb 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
New data from FAIR Health found that diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were up 98% in rural areas compared with a 77% increase in urban areas. While these increasing numbers are alarming, local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in providing STI treatment and prevention that can help address rising STI rates. This STD […]
The Future of Sex Education (FoSE) Initiative, a partnership of Advocates for Youth, Answer, and SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, released the second edition of The National Sex Education Standards: Core Content and Skills, K–12 to support educators in providing medically accurate, trauma-informed, inclusive sex education. The National Sex Education Standards (NSES) outline the […]
As part of the Promoting Innovation in State MCH Policymaking (PRISM) project, implemented in partnership with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), NACCHO is interested in learning about, promoting, and supporting policies and practices that address mental health and substance use disorder within local health department (LHD) Maternal and Child Health (MCH) […]
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) were awarded a grant by National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to explore the efficacy of the vaccine, Bexsero, in protecting against infection with bacteria that causes gonorrhea.
The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance of public health nonprofits, sampled and tested 123 plastic food service gloves from 32 top glove distributors and 15 popular restaurant chains in the U.S. in order to determine which gloves contain toxic chemicals that can escape into your meal. They found that toxic […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have launched a variety of resources to support healthcare providers in improving awareness and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health care for adolescents. The new resources provide guidance on recommended services, approaches to addressing […]
Advocates for Youth is accepting applications to join its cohort of youth activists for the 2019-2020 school year. Every year, the organization chooses 120 youth activists, aged 14-24, to be in a year-long fellowship and provides training, support and financial resources to advocate for reproductive and sexual health in their local communities. There are two programs available: Engaging […]
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy. Pregnancy rates among women with disabilities have grown in recent years and are similar to pregnancy rates of women without disabilities in the same age and income groups.[1,2] Despite these statistics, women with disabilities remain at heightened risk […]
The Indian Health Service (IHS) National STD program and the IHS Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention have released the Indian Health Surveillance Report — Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2015. The report presents statistics and trends for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) in the United States and represents a unique […]
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