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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
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
Strengthening Public Health at Its Core: A Focus on Disease Intervention Specialists
Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) work in communities throughout the United States and the U.S. territories to protect the...
Feb 19, 2015 | Guest Author
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup January Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its January call on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 1 PM Eastern Time....
Feb 18, 2015 | Frances Bevington
The Impact of Vaccine Hesitancy on National Immunization Rates
Outbreaks of measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough) threaten the health of children across the United States. Most of these...
Feb 18, 2015 | Guest Author
Public Health and Pharmacy Professional Collaboration Through APHA
The expanding role of pharmacists in health care and public health has been highlighted in recent years by NACCHO through its...
Feb 11, 2015 | Guest Author
The PHTC Network’s Collective Role in Helping the Public Health Workforce Prepare...
The Region IV Public Health Training Center (PHTC) has posted the webinar recording, “The PHTC Network’s Collective Role in...
Feb 06, 2015 | Admin
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – January Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures workgroup held its monthly call on January 27. Ann Goodman Hoover, Deputy Director...
Feb 06, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Strategies for Communicating with Vulnerable and Non-English Speaking Populations:...
This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Meredith...
Feb 04, 2015 | Katie Regan
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 |
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 |
Strengthening Public Health at Its Core: A Focus on Disease Intervention SpecialistsDisease Intervention Specialists (DIS) work in communities throughout the United States and the U.S. territories to protect the public’s health. Originally established to work in the field of STD prevention, DIS have ground-level investigative skills that have become key components of tuberculosis outbreak response, HIV exposure notification, other infectious disease control efforts, and... Feb 19, 2015 | Guest Author |
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup January ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its January call on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 1 PM Eastern Time. Thirteen workgroup members participated in the call. The group discussed research findings from a NACCHO Policy Scholar regarding risk communication capacity at local health departments to help inform a policy statement about the importance […] Feb 18, 2015 | Frances Bevington |
The Impact of Vaccine Hesitancy on National Immunization RatesOutbreaks of measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough) threaten the health of children across the United States. Most of these vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks have been fueled by deliberately unvaccinated children. In addition, stagnant human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates limit the vaccine’s potential to prevent cancers. Vaccines are the cornerstone of a healthy society—and... Feb 18, 2015 | Guest Author |
Public Health and Pharmacy Professional Collaboration Through APHAThe expanding role of pharmacists in health care and public health has been highlighted in recent years by NACCHO through its Statement of Policy and other publications, and just last month in the National Governor’s Association’s newly released report. Pharmacies share a common mission with local health departments and other public health organizations to serve […] Feb 11, 2015 | Guest Author |
The PHTC Network’s Collective Role in Helping the Public Health Workforce Prepare for and Respond to Infectious Diseases: What We’ve Learned from EbolaThe Region IV Public Health Training Center (PHTC) has posted the webinar recording, “The PHTC Network’s Collective Role in Helping the Public Health Workforce Prepare for and Respond to Infectious Diseases: What We’ve Learned from Ebola.” This webinar features speakers from NACCHO, CDC, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and provides an […] Feb 06, 2015 | Admin |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – January ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures workgroup held its monthly call on January 27. Ann Goodman Hoover, Deputy Director of the National Health Security Preparedness Index (NHSPI) Program Management Office at the University of Kentucky, gave an informational update on the evolution of the NHSPI. The presentation gave an overview of the 2014 Index, highlighted […] Feb 06, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Strategies for Communicating with Vulnerable and Non-English Speaking Populations: An Interview with Meredith Li-VollmerThis is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Meredith Li-Vollmer, PhD, Risk Communication Specialist for Public Health – Seattle and King County, previews her session, “Reaching the New America: Communication Strategies with Immigrants for Health Departments of All Sizes.” At the session, Meredith […] Feb 04, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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