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IOM Releases the Crisis Standards of Care Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the “Crisis Standards of Care: A Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers” to aid...
Sep 11, 2013 | Admin
Integrating Extreme Weather Events into Preparedness Planning
Authors: Resham Patel, MPH, Senior Program Analyst and Stacy Hosler, MSPH, Program Analyst; Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO In 2011...
Sep 08, 2013 | Resham Patel
MERS-CoV: Preparing Locally for a Global Concern
By Leah Moriarty, Public Health Preparedness Intern, NACCHO The Johnson County (KS) Department of Health and Environment, along with...
Aug 05, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Lessons for LHDs
This is part two of a two-part interview with Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and current...
May 23, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Building Collaborations that Yield Successful...
This is part one of a two-part interview with Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and current...
May 17, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Four Tips for Building Partnerships before Disaster Strikes
By Sara Rubin, MPH, MA, Program Analyst, NACCHO Hurricane Sandy left more than 100 dead and millions without power across much of the...
Apr 23, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Bridging Clinical Medicine and Public Health
This post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable Care Act written...
Apr 12, 2013 | NacchoVoice
Local Strategies Helping Move ACA Forward in West Virginia
This post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable Care Act written...
Apr 08, 2013 | NacchoVoice
IOM Releases the Crisis Standards of Care Toolkit for Indicators and TriggersThe Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the “Crisis Standards of Care: A Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers” to aid state and local governments, public health agencies, and emergency management agencies in developing plans for crisis standards of care and response to a catastrophic disaster. The report examines indicators and triggers that guide the implementation of crisis... Sep 11, 2013 | Admin |
Integrating Extreme Weather Events into Preparedness PlanningAuthors: Resham Patel, MPH, Senior Program Analyst and Stacy Hosler, MSPH, Program Analyst; Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO In 2011 and 2012, the United States experienced 25 extreme weather events—storms, floods, droughts, heat waves, and wildfires—that each caused at least $1 billion in damages.[1] These events resulted in a total price tag of over $174 billion […] Sep 08, 2013 | Resham Patel |
MERS-CoV: Preparing Locally for a Global ConcernBy Leah Moriarty, Public Health Preparedness Intern, NACCHO The Johnson County (KS) Department of Health and Environment, along with other local health departments (LHDs), is spreading the word about a virus with a 50 percent case fatality ratio, but which has not yet reached the United States. The virus, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), […] Aug 05, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Lessons for LHDsThis is part two of a two-part interview with Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and current NACCHO president. Cuyahoga County Board of Health serves a population of approximately 855,000 in the greater Cleveland area. In part one, Allan described how his health department built a successful collaboration that has […] May 23, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Building Collaborations that Yield Successful OutcomesThis is part one of a two-part interview with Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and current NACCHO president. Cuyahoga County Board of Health serves a population of approximately 855,000 in the greater Cleveland area. Below, Allan discusses how his health department has created a nationally replicated childhood lead poisoning […] May 17, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Four Tips for Building Partnerships before Disaster StrikesBy Sara Rubin, MPH, MA, Program Analyst, NACCHO Hurricane Sandy left more than 100 dead and millions without power across much of the Northeast, and as far west as Michigan, last October. While many examples have come before it, Hurricane Sandy is the latest catastrophe to prove that disasters know no borders and present new […] Apr 23, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Bridging Clinical Medicine and Public HealthThis post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable Care Act written by contributing authors with varying public health perspectives. This piece is from NACCHO President Terry Allan, RS, MPH, Health Commissioner of the Cuyahoga County (OH) Board of Health. Allan says the […] Apr 12, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
Local Strategies Helping Move ACA Forward in West VirginiaThis post was originally published on the Public Health Newswire as part of a series on the impact of the Affordable Care Act written by contributing authors with varying public health perspectives. This piece comes from NACCHO board member Rahul Gupta, health officer and executive director of Kanawha-Charleston Health Department in West Virginia. Gupta offers his […] Apr 08, 2013 | NacchoVoice |
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