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  • COVID-19
  • Medical Reserve Corps
  • Research & Reports

Celebrating Two Decades of Service! NACCHO releases the 2022 Network Profile of the Medical Reserve Corps

This new report shows that while MRC volunteers contributed over 1.1 million hours of service across the country,...

Nov 21, 2023 | Laura Biesiadecki

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  • Performance Improvement
  • Research & Reports
  • Workforce Development

New Evaluation Report: Resilience Catalysts in Public Health

Resilience Catalysts in Public Health is a national collaborative of local health departments seeking to eliminate...

Nov 15, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Community Health
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Infectious Disease
  • Research & Reports

[NACCHO Webinar] Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden and Recreational Water-Associated Illness in the United States

A webinar hosted by the Model Aquatic Health Code Network.

Nov 02, 2023 | Rebecca Rainey

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Research & Reports

NACCHO Research Reveals Impact of FDA Funding on Conformance With the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

NEHA's Journal of Environmental Health , Volume: 86 Number: 4. Published: November 2023

Oct 31, 2023 | Nicholas Adams

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  • Research & Reports

Preview Report: 2022 Preparedness Profile

See a preview of findings from the 2022 Preparedness Profile.

Apr 21, 2023 | Evelyn Zavala

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Research & Reports

NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program: A 10-Year Retrospective Review

NACCHO conducted a retrospective review to assess the effectiveness of the program in achieving these goals over the...

Apr 10, 2023 | Anu Varma, Kellie Hall, MSOD

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  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Research & Reports

Ready or Not 2023: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism

New report measures states’ readiness to respond to a spectrum of health emergencies and to provide ongoing public...

Mar 30, 2023 | Beth Hess

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Disease

NASEM Releases Report on Wastewater-Based Disease Surveillance

New report reviews the current utility of community-level wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic and its...

Jan 19, 2023 | Rebecca Rainey

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  • Research & Reports

New Analysis: Local Blood Pressure Screening Services Interrupted During the Pandemic

A majority of LHDs reduced BP screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic response. NACCHO’s Forces of Change...

Dec 15, 2022 | Margaret Cunningham, Jordan Royster, and Tim McCall

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  • COVID-19
  • Community Health
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

New Release: 2021 Overdose Prevention and Response Survey Report

This new NACCHO report summarizes data collected in Summer 2021 from a nationally representative group of LHDs, and...

Dec 14, 2022 | Francis Higgins

Partner Articles

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  • Opportunity

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The EPA’s Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November...

Oct 16, 2023

Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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  • Community Engagement

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

Celebrate with us!

Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

To help address the social determinants of health and advance health equity,...

Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

Preparedness Brief

The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.

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Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
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