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The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Resilience
  • Health Equity & Social Justice

New Brief Provides Actionable Steps for Achieving Environmental Health Equity

Description and examples of health disparities and their systemic and structural causes and a series of opportunities...

Apr 03, 2023 | Anu Varma

  • Food Safety & Inspection

From Inspector to Investigator: Finding the Factors That Lead to Foodborne Outbreaks

A CDC Food Safety video.

Mar 31, 2023

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  • Opportunity
  • Water Quality

EPA's National Drinking Water Advisory Council Nominations

NACCHO is coordinating efforts to submit LHD member nominations by Monday, April 10.

Mar 30, 2023 | Anu Varma

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  • Health in All Policies
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Success Story

Local Health Departments Implement Health in All Policies Strategies in Innovative Work to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Franklin County Public Health, Kent County Health Department, and Minneapolis Health Department received funding and...

Mar 24, 2023 | Rachel Siegel

Public Pools
  • Tools & Resources

CDC Releases the 4th Edition of the Model Aquatic Health Code

Jurisdictions can voluntarily adopt all or parts of the MAHC, and aquatic sector leaders can use the MAHC as guidance...

Mar 23, 2023 | Rebecca Rainey

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Lake County General Health District Relaunches Food Safety Ninja Website

The newly designed website provides important food safety information that can be used at home and for food services .

Mar 21, 2023 | Guest Author

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Leadership
  • Opportunity

Climate Action Toolkit Tailored for Local Health Departments

Targeted climate-focused resources including a free, four-hour training that will equip health professionals with the...

Mar 15, 2023 | Anu Varma

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Rural and Frontier Health

Increasing Rural Resilience to Climate Change: A Resource Roundup for Health Departments

This blog can give rural LHDs several approaches to increasing current capacity or establishing new baseline activities...

Mar 09, 2023

City Communications Connected Health
  • Tools & Resources
  • Health in All Policies

Connect with Health in All Policies Practitioners on LinkedIn!

Share resources, ask questions, and network with peers on ways to ensure that policy decisions have neutral or...

Mar 03, 2023 | Anu Varma

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  • Food Safety & Inspection

Monongalia County (WV) Gets Green Light to Implement Risk-Based Inspection System for Food Service Establishments

The Monongalia County Health Department (WV) presented to their Board of Health regarding the importance of...

Feb 14, 2023 | Anu Varma

Partner Articles

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  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
  • Performance Improvement
  • Workforce Development

Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through...

Registration is now open for NACCHO’s in-person Mobilizing for Action through...

Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through...

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  • Partnerships

Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building...

Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group...

Mar 08, 2024

Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Aging
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is thrilled to launch...

Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • COVID-19
  • Immunization
  • Partnerships

Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

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  • Opportunity

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

The EPA’s Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

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Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November...

Oct 16, 2023

Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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  • Community Engagement

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

Celebrate with us!

Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

To help address the social determinants of health and advance health equity,...

Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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