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Navajo County is in the process of capturing an equitable assessment of our community’s health needs. To assist us in the development...
Sep 26, 2018 | Alyson Jordan
The opioid epidemic has spread rapidly and uncontrollably through our country and our community. Research consistently links Adverse...
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Director of Publications, NACCHO On July 1, Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, Health Officer and Director of the...
Sep 25, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 10–12, over 1,200 local public health professionals convened in New...
Jul 18, 2018 | NacchoVoice
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Guest Author
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention’s (NCHHSTP) AtlasPlus has added 11 new indicators that...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Nov 07, 2017 | Alyson Jordan
Dec 19, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Nationally, women in rural areas are less likely to breastfeed than those in urban areas. In rural, underserved communities in the...
Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Navajo County is in the process of capturing an equitable assessment of our community’s health needs. To assist us in the development of a cohesive, county wide Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), we have partnered with many agencies, organizations and community members, within and outside of the health care industry. Our goal is to accurately reflect the health needs and gaps in the...
The opioid epidemic has spread rapidly and uncontrollably through our country and our community. Research consistently links Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments, the Pair of Aces, with opioid use and abuse. Ending this threat requires a coordinated, community-wide effort between non-traditional partners to address the immediate crisis as well as the root causes.
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Director of Publications, NACCHO On July 1, Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, NJ, became NACCHO’s President. Sumner is a long-time, dedicated member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of advisory groups including the Membership Committee, the Performance […]
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 10–12, over 1,200 local public health professionals convened in New Orleans for the 2018 NACCHO Annual Conference. Throughout the conference, attendees learned from leading experts in the field, gained new insights in dozens of sharing sessions, and addressed the challenges affecting the work of local health departments […]
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health sector, you work together. What? Who gets the profit, the prize, the prosperity? As it turns out, the profit is in the partnership; community health is the prize; and we all prosper.
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention’s (NCHHSTP) AtlasPlus has added 11 new indicators that increase access to information on HIV and, for the first time, social determinants of health. AtlasPlus gives you quick access to more than 15 years of CDC’s surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), […]
Nationally, women in rural areas are less likely to breastfeed than those in urban areas. In rural, underserved communities in the Arkansas delta region, women face multiple societal barriers that hinder their ability to access breastfeeding support services. The Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition (ABC) addressed these barriers through strategic partnerships and by leveraging both internal and...
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