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New Fact Sheet: Inclusive & Accessible Communication

In an effort to promote inclusive and accessible communication at local health departments (LHDs) and partner agencies, NACCHO created...

Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Healthy and Disability Fellowship Program

    By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst  The NACCHO Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development opportunity for...

    Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship Program

    By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst  The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development...

    Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Disability Inclusion Works for All

    While 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies

    Dr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members,...

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • AUCD Awarded Grant for Health Care Provider Training

    The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently received a grant award from the Special Hope Foundation. The...

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0

    As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the...

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Now Accepting Scholarship Applications: 2016 AUCD Annual Conference

    Each year the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) hosts an annual conference offering training, professional...

    Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO’s Health & Disability Resources Promoting Inclusive Preparedness

    This month’s National Preparedness Month is a great time to not only raise awareness about the importance of public health...

    Sep 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • New Fact Sheet: Inclusive & Accessible Communication

    In an effort to promote inclusive and accessible communication at local health departments (LHDs) and partner agencies, NACCHO created a new fact sheet. titled Five Steps for Inclusive Communication: Engaging People with Disabilities (accessible via the NACCHO bookstore). This resource provides five action steps for LHDs to ensure that accessibility and inclusion are agency-wide priorities when...

    Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Healthy and Disability Fellowship Program

    By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst  The NACCHO Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development opportunity for graduate level students and recent alumni interested getting hands on experience in the public health disability field. Last year’s fellows along with NACCHO Health and DIsability leadership staff are pictured on the right, presenting their research poster...

    Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NOW RECRUITING: NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship Program

    By Sara Lyons, NACCHO Program Analyst  The NACCHO Health and Disability Fellowship program is an invaluable workforce development opportunity for graduate level students and recent alumni interested getting hands on experience in the public health disability field. Last year’s fellows along with NACCHO Health and DIsability leadership staff are pictured on the right, presenting their...

    Oct 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Disability Inclusion Works for All

    While 1 in 8 working-age adults have a disability, less than half are in the workforce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a resource titled, Disability Inclusion Works for All, providing information on how to build an inclusive workforce, including stories from CDC staff on their commitment to inclusivity in the workplace. Local health […]

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies

    Dr. Adriene Griffen and Shannon Haworth, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)’s public health team members, recently presented their work on including people with disabilities into public health workforce competencies at the 2016 Southwest Conference on Disability. The purpose of the competencies are to provide information on the relationship between public health programs and...

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    AUCD Awarded Grant for Health Care Provider Training

    The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently received a grant award from the Special Hope Foundation. The project, entitled Health is for Everyone: Action Team (HEAT), will support the creation of an action team to incorporate disability training into health care provider training. The goals of the project include attaining training standards for […]

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Digital Toolkit: Zika 2.0

    As the Zika virus continues to spread locally in the United States, there may be a growing amount of pregnant women contracting the virus. It is essential that public health practitioners understand the spectrum of needs that babies born with Zika may experience. The Public Health is for Everyone toolkit, a collection of resources to […]

    Oct 25, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Now Accepting Scholarship Applications: 2016 AUCD Annual Conference

    Each year the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) hosts an annual conference offering training, professional development, and networking opportunities for individuals and agencies seeking to advance the disability community. This year’s conference will focus on “Navigating Change: Building our Future Together,” and will take place on December 4-7, 2016 in...

    Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO’s Health & Disability Resources Promoting Inclusive Preparedness

    This month’s National Preparedness Month is a great time to not only raise awareness about the importance of public health emergency planning and response efforts, but also that those efforts are inclusive and serve the needs of the entire community. NACCHO has a variety of tools to support local health departments and partner agencies to ensure accessibility […]

    Sep 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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    Andrea Grenadier will share examples of LHD-related success stories and highlight tools and resources you can use to support your communications work.

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

    Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)...

    Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.

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    Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building More Resilient Communities

    Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...

    Mar 08, 2024

    NACCHO Cognitive Health Guide FINAL 1
    Tools & Resources, Brain Health, Healthy Aging, Healthy Living & Prevention

    New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into Health Improvement Planning: The...

    NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...

    Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

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    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

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    The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...

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    Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted

    Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...

    Oct 16, 2023

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