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The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, is seeking stories...
Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
A recent article from Route Fifty reports on a study from The Lancet Planetary Health linking air pollution from cars and trucks to...
Considering potential environmental hazards in relation to the siting of early care and education (ECE) facilities can reduce the risk...
Jul 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
People with disabilities comprise 17.1% of America’s rural population, compared with 11.7% of the urban population. To support...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a funding opportunity for “Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention...
Jul 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Recreation and Park Association is accepting applications for grants to support the implementation of green stormwater...
Jul 03, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Nominations are open for the Children’s Environmental Health Network’s 2018 NOW Youth Leadership Award. This award honors a young...
Jul 02, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) recently conducted a study on retail deli practices to determine how often...
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is a collaborative partnership that leverages the combined expertise of industry, government and...
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, is seeking stories from small- and medium-sized cities about effective approaches and barriers to implementing new policies or programs to address climate and health. This project will bring leaders together to discuss solutions, so cities will be better […]
A recent article from Route Fifty reports on a study from The Lancet Planetary Health linking air pollution from cars and trucks to diabetes. According to the study, air pollution was responsible for 14% of diabetes cases globally in 2016. Read the article.
Considering potential environmental hazards in relation to the siting of early care and education (ECE) facilities can reduce the risk of children’s exposure to dangerous chemicals. NACCHO conducted an exploratory assessment to determine how local health departments (LHDs) work with ECE centers to prevent children’s exposure to environmental hazards. Nine LHDs from seven states (Alabama, […]
People with disabilities comprise 17.1% of America’s rural population, compared with 11.7% of the urban population. To support local health departments in rural areas in filling resource gaps for people with disabilities, NACCHO released a new fact sheet on Engaging People with Disabilities:Strategies for Rural Health Departments. This fact sheet describes five strategies, including...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a funding opportunity for “Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Projects, State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children.” The closing date for applications is August 9, 2018. Learn more at grants.gov.
The National Recreation and Park Association is accepting applications for grants to support the implementation of green stormwater infrastructure projects in parks to positively affect environmental and social change in underserved communities, and to empower residents to be actively engaged in projects that address community needs and meet local stormwater management goals. The goal of […]
Nominations are open for the Children’s Environmental Health Network’s 2018 NOW Youth Leadership Award. This award honors a young person (ages 12-21 at the time of the nomination) who has demonstrated exceptional environmental health leadership–efforts to protect human health, especially of our most vulnerable populations, through actions including: raising awareness of, advocacy for, and...
The Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) recently conducted a study on retail deli practices to determine how often retail deli refrigerators were warmer than 41ºF and to describe deli and staff traits linked with better temperatures. The study found that one in six delis keep refrigerators too warm, which can increase risk of foodborne illness. See […]
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is a collaborative partnership that leverages the combined expertise of industry, government and the scientific and academic communities to focus on providing research needed to continually enhance food safety. CPS provides and shares ready-to-use, science-based solutions to prevent or minimize produce safety vulnerabilities. Every year, CPS hosts a research...
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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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A Call to build connection across the LHO community, ensure timely updates, and allow for discussion with federal partners on a regular basis.
A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
Gain a deeper understanding of the core concepts of health equity and how to incorporate equity into everyday practices.
PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.
May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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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