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Preparing for the Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
During the summer, mosquitoes can be a nuisance when trying to enjoy the warm weather. But with climate change and lack of...
Jul 14, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
White House Hosts Summit on Climate Change and Health
On June 23, NACCHO Executive Director LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, joined hundreds of attendees at the White House Summit on Climate...
Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author
NACCHO Releases New Health and Disability Resources
NACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released five new resources for local health departments designed to promote the...
Jun 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
Preparing Communities for Summer Weather Threats
With the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United...
Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
HHS Releases Report on MRC Response During Superstorm Sandy
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General issued Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Volunteers in New...
Jun 03, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Provides Local Health Departments with Tools to Kick...
Swimming season is here and all across the country people are donning bathing suits and sunscreen and flocking to community pools and...
May 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
MRC Adopts Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health as New Competency...
NACCHO, in collaboration with the Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), is pleased to announce that the...
May 04, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse
Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen...
By Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health...
Apr 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice
White House Fact Sheet Details Actions to Protect Communities from the Impacts of...
A new White House fact sheet released as part of National Public Health Week outlines a series of actions the Obama administration is...
Apr 08, 2015 | Katie Regan
Preparing for the Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne IllnessesDuring the summer, mosquitoes can be a nuisance when trying to enjoy the warm weather. But with climate change and lack of surveillance funding, mosquitoes are developing into more than an irritating pest—instead they pose a major threat to public health in the United States. Arboviral surveillance funding has decreased by nearly two-thirds in the […] Jul 14, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
White House Hosts Summit on Climate Change and HealthOn June 23, NACCHO Executive Director LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, joined hundreds of attendees at the White House Summit on Climate Change and Health. Speakers at the event included Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, in addition to other administration officials […] Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author |
NACCHO Releases New Health and Disability ResourcesNACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released five new resources for local health departments designed to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in all public health programs, products, and services. New fact sheets include: “What Local Health Departments Should Know About the Population of People with Disabilities,” which provides health departments with a... Jun 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Preparing Communities for Summer Weather ThreatsWith the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United States are already experiencing such adverse conditions, with devastating outcomes. On May 24, heavy rainfall and destructive floods hit Texas and Oklahoma, resulting in hundreds of damaged homes, 28 deaths, and 11 people missing. The […] Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
HHS Releases Report on MRC Response During Superstorm SandyThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General issued Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Volunteers in New York and New Jersey During Superstorm Sandy. According to the OIG, MRC units in New York and New Jersey deployed over 2,000 MRC volunteers during the Superstorm Sandy response that provided over 18,000 hours of […] Jun 03, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Provides Local Health Departments with Tools to Kick off SummerSwimming season is here and all across the country people are donning bathing suits and sunscreen and flocking to community pools and beaches. However, summer fun is anything but if not done in a safe and well-maintained environment. Local health departments are charged with keeping their communities protected through public swimming venue inspections, and a […] May 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
MRC Adopts Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health as New Competency Set for VolunteersNACCHO, in collaboration with the Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), is pleased to announce that the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) has adopted the Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (DMPH Competencies) as the new competency set for the MRC Volunteers. The Medical Reserve Corps is a national network of engaged, […] May 04, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse |
Evaluating the Efficacy of Your CHIP Coalition: An Interview with Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSWBy Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the NACCHO Annual 2015 conference. Eileen Eisen-Cohen, PhD, MSW, Performance Improvement Manager, Maricopa County (AZ) Department of Public Health, previews her session “Evaluating a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)... Apr 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
White House Fact Sheet Details Actions to Protect Communities from the Impacts of Climate ChangeA new White House fact sheet released as part of National Public Health Week outlines a series of actions the Obama administration is undertaking to better understand, communicate, and reduce the health impacts of climate change. These actions include: Convening stakeholders: The White House this week is holding a series of meetings with health and medical […] Apr 08, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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