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NACCHO Annual 2015 Preview: How One Local Health Department Partnered with the Local...
By Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health...
May 15, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Steps to Implementing Drug Abuse Prevention Programs in Local Health Departments
By Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines...
Mar 11, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Annual Tobacco Control Report Now Available
The American Lung Association’s 13th annual State of Tobacco Control Report is now available. The report grades the federal...
Feb 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
How Local Health Departments are Helping Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
By Camillia M. Easley, MPH, Program Analyst, Healthy Communities/Chronic Disease, NACCHO February is American Heart Month, an...
Feb 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Great American Smokeout Event Encourages Smokers to Quit
Nov. 20, 2014, marks the American Cancer Society’s annual Great American Smokeout (GASO). The awareness event is a day on which...
Nov 14, 2014 | Katie Regan
Partnerships and Volunteers Critical to Resilient Rural Communities
In recognition of National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21, NACCHO interviewed Denise Bingham, RN MSN, Director of Nursing, at Three...
Nov 21, 2013 | Frances Bevington
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
NACCHO Annual 2015 Preview: How One Local Health Department Partnered with the Local Housing Authority to Combat Chronic DiseaseBy Lindsay Tiffany, Communications Specialist, NACCHO The following post is part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the 2015 NACCHO Annual conference. This post offers a preview of the session “PSE Squared: Public Health and Public Housing: Reducing and Preventing Chronic Disease through Policy, System, and […] May 15, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Steps to Implementing Drug Abuse Prevention Programs in Local Health DepartmentsBy Sheri Lawal, MPH, CHES, Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention, NACCHO The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as “a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.”1 Most illicit drug use typically begins in childhood or adolescence, when adolescents establish patterns of behavior and […] Mar 11, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Annual Tobacco Control Report Now AvailableThe American Lung Association’s 13th annual State of Tobacco Control Report is now available. The report grades the federal government, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia on key tobacco control policies, and their efforts to meet three goals: Reduce smoking rates to less than 10% by 2024 (currently at 18%); Protect all Americans […] Feb 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
How Local Health Departments are Helping Prevent Cardiovascular DiseaseBy Camillia M. Easley, MPH, Program Analyst, Healthy Communities/Chronic Disease, NACCHO February is American Heart Month, an opportunity for local health departments (LHDs) to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) control and prevention. While cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death among men and women, certain populations are... Feb 10, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Great American Smokeout Event Encourages Smokers to QuitNov. 20, 2014, marks the American Cancer Society’s annual Great American Smokeout (GASO). The awareness event is a day on which smokers are encouraged to quit, or use to make a plan to quit. Nearly 1 in 5 adult Americans smoke cigarettes, in addition to the 13.4 million cigar smokers and 2.3 million pipe tobacco users. […] Nov 14, 2014 | Katie Regan |
Partnerships and Volunteers Critical to Resilient Rural CommunitiesIn recognition of National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21, NACCHO interviewed Denise Bingham, RN MSN, Director of Nursing, at Three Rivers District Health Department in Kentucky about the unique preparedness needs of rural communities. In addition to her work at Three Rivers, Denise is on the Kentucky Department of Public Health Emergency Rapid Response Team and […] Nov 21, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
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 |
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