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The Scholarship of Public Health is a blog series from the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice that addresses topics...
Feb 12, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Winifred M. Holland, MPH, MA, LMHC, retired public health officer, spent more than 30 years in local public health. She has served as...
Feb 04, 2019 | NacchoVoice
The January/February 2019 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health has an article on characterizing the roles and skill gaps of...
Jan 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) is accepting applications from...
Jan 22, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have established the Vector Control Collaborative to match local...
Dec 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released its 2018 Forces of Change report containing new...
Nov 20, 2018 | NacchoVoice
The National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) Research and Evaluation team is excited to announce the release...
Nov 20, 2018
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and...
Oct 24, 2018
The American Public Health Association has announced the call for applications for the 2019 APHA Public Health Fellowship in...
Aug 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Scholarship of Public Health is a blog series from the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice that addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of current and future professionals. As soon as I entered academia, one of the most common questions I received from students was some […]
Winifred M. Holland, MPH, MA, LMHC, retired public health officer, spent more than 30 years in local public health. She has served as an Administrator at Bradford County Health Department, Union County Health Department, and Clay County Health Department the last 10 years of her career. She also worked at various other health departments during […]
The January/February 2019 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health has an article on characterizing the roles and skill gaps of the environmental health workforce in state and local health departments. Data from the 2014 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey were used to describe self-reported roles, important daily work tasks, and skill gaps of […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) is accepting applications from prospective associates and host sites. PHAP is a two-year, competitive, paid training program for early-career public health professionals. Associates are employed and paid by CDC and work at state, tribal, local, and territorial public health departments;...
NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have established the Vector Control Collaborative to match local vector control programs that have demonstrated expertise in core capabilities with vector control programs looking for guidance, tools, and recommendations to build program capabilities. NACCHO intends to award up to six entities with a maximum of […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released its 2018 Forces of Change report containing new findings on the forces that are affecting the nation’s local health departments (LHDs). LHDs face both challenges and opportunities as the public health environment evolves, and NACCHO has periodically surveyed LHDs to assess the impact […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) Research and Evaluation team is excited to announce the release of the 2018 Forces of Change report. The report highlights new findings on the forces that affect the nation’s local health departments (LHDs). Read the full report. Research shows that although the economic situation is […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Radiation Studies Section, is seeking information on upcoming state and/or regional preparedness meetings or conferences to identify potential sites to host a technical assistance and capacity building workshop on radiation preparedness. The workshop...
The American Public Health Association has announced the call for applications for the 2019 APHA Public Health Fellowship in Government. This is the 10th year APHA is offering this fellowship, which previous fellows have described as an “amazing,” “phenomenal” and “life altering” experience. The fellowship provides a unique learning opportunity and demonstrates the value and […]
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