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NACCHO and ASPR Announce the 2015 National Health Security Award Program
NACCHO and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced a new award program recognizing the...
Jul 09, 2015 | Stephen Maheux
How Local Health Departments Utilize PHEP Funding When Preparing For and Responding...
Since 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grant has provided...
Jun 24, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
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
Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis...
Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the...
Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
Using Meals on Wheels in MCM Dispensing Planning
Organizations such as Meals on Wheels, PeaPod, Express Scripts, and home healthcare agencies provide food, medical supplies, and other...
Feb 20, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
Emergency Preparedness Funding and Ebola: A Look into the Efforts Being Made by a...
Infectious diseases continue to pose a threat to communities, with Ebola being in the spotlight over the last six months. The threat...
Jan 29, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
Fighting Infectious Disease in the United States: A New Report Looks at Our...
On December 18, 2014, the Trust for America’s Health, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released its report...
Dec 23, 2014 | Guest Author
New Issue Brief Examines Ways to Plan for Unaccompanied Minors in Shelters
“Planning for Unaccompanied Minors in Shelter Operations,” a new issue brief by NACCHO, provides local health departments...
Nov 25, 2014 | Katie Regan
Medical Reserve Corps, Social Determinants of Health
Brookline Medical Reserve Corps Initiates Novel Emergency Preparedness “Buddies...
As population trends shift, the Brookline Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) within the Brookline Department of Public Health in...
Nov 19, 2014 | Guest Author
NACCHO and ASPR Announce the 2015 National Health Security Award ProgramNACCHO and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced a new award program recognizing the accomplishments of local health departments (LHDs) related to national health security at the 2015 NACCHO Annual conference in Kansas City, MO. The National Health Security Award will recognize departments that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in... Jul 09, 2015 | Stephen Maheux |
How Local Health Departments Utilize PHEP Funding When Preparing For and Responding to a Public Health EmergencySince 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grant has provided support to public health departments across the nation, allowing them to build and strengthen their ability to respond to public health threats. At the local level, this investment has enabled local health departments (LHDs) and their partners […] Jun 24, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
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 |
Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis PlanningAnthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the public health response following a jurisdiction-wide exposure and provision of an initial 10-day supply of antibiotics from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). But mass dispensing of the subsequent 50-day course of antibiotics and administration […] Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
Using Meals on Wheels in MCM Dispensing PlanningOrganizations such as Meals on Wheels, PeaPod, Express Scripts, and home healthcare agencies provide food, medical supplies, and other essential services to elderly populations and those unable to leave their homes on daily basis. As part of their medical countermeasure (MCM) planning efforts, some local health departments have leveraged these home service provider agencies to […] Feb 20, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
Emergency Preparedness Funding and Ebola: A Look into the Efforts Being Made by a Rural Local Health Department in Ector County, TexasInfectious diseases continue to pose a threat to communities, with Ebola being in the spotlight over the last six months. The threat of Ebola has also increased attention on local health departments and their role in preparing for and responding to emerging infectious diseases. To better understand how local health departments are utilizing preparedness funding […] Jan 29, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
Fighting Infectious Disease in the United States: A New Report Looks at Our ReadinessOn December 18, 2014, the Trust for America’s Health, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released its report Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014. The report looks at states across ten criteria related to fighting infectious disease such as increasing or maintaining funding, vaccinating at least half of the population six months […] Dec 23, 2014 | Guest Author |
New Issue Brief Examines Ways to Plan for Unaccompanied Minors in Shelters“Planning for Unaccompanied Minors in Shelter Operations,” a new issue brief by NACCHO, provides local health departments (LHDs) and emergency planners with facts about the effects of disaster on minors and ideas about how to plan for their presence in shelters. Minors can quickly become separated from their parents or guardians for numerous reasons during […] Nov 25, 2014 | Katie Regan |
Medical Reserve Corps, Social Determinants of HealthBrookline Medical Reserve Corps Initiates Novel Emergency Preparedness “Buddies Program”As population trends shift, the Brookline Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) within the Brookline Department of Public Health in Massachusetts developed the Emergency Preparedness "Buddies Program." This program aims to match trained volunteers with at-risk elders to improve preparedness and resiliency. Nov 19, 2014 | Guest Author |
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