RadResponder to Host Nationwide Drill December 15

RadResponder, a radiological data management application, will be hosting a Nationwide Data Quality Drill next Tuesday, December 15...

Dec 10, 2015 | Kelsey Edge

  • DHS Releases Chemical Defense Resources Guide

    The Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs (DHS-OHA) compiled a resource guide for community health organizations...

    Dec 02, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Using Participatory Disease Surveillance Data through Flu Near You

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Nov 24, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance

    NACCHO has created the new guide, “Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance,” to help local...

    Oct 27, 2015 | Admin

  • Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Hurricane and Flooding Preparedness Resources

    The arrival of hurricane season and potential impact of Hurricane Joaquin serve as a reminder that the 2,800 local health departments...

    Aug 28, 2015 | Admin

  • The Mental Health Approach to Disaster Preparedness

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of...

    Aug 13, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and Developments

    By Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate...

    Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author

  • 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

  • RadResponder to Host Nationwide Drill December 15

    RadResponder, a radiological data management application, will be hosting a Nationwide Data Quality Drill next Tuesday, December 15 from 9 AM to 6 PM EST. Participants will take actual background radiation measurements and submit them to RadResponder for review. This drill will involve data quality assessment and will ensure that all required data elements are captured. […]

    Dec 10, 2015 | Kelsey Edge

    DHS Releases Chemical Defense Resources Guide

    The Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs (DHS-OHA) compiled a resource guide for community health organizations containing links to several sources of information, best practices, and other guidance specific to chemical threats. Community level response planning for a chemical release is critical to minimizing loss of life, protecting clinical infrastructure, and reducing the...

    Dec 02, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Using Participatory Disease Surveillance Data through Flu Near You

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, NACCHO As flu season continues to ramp up, public health surveillance is an essential tool to identifying outbreaks early and having necessary, community-level data to be able to respond to...

    Nov 24, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance

    NACCHO has created the new guide, “Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance,” to help local health departments get started with the Flu Near You platform to benefit their community’s flu awareness and tracking efforts. Through Flu Near You, thousands of volunteers answer a brief, weekly digital questionnaire about their health for crowd-sourced...

    Oct 27, 2015 | Admin

    Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO For much of the general public, the local health department is the place that inspects restaurants and assigns letter grades based on cleanliness. In reality, of course, the...

    Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Hurricane and Flooding Preparedness Resources

    The arrival of hurricane season and potential impact of Hurricane Joaquin serve as a reminder that the 2,800 local health departments across our nation stand ready to help protect residents and families from all sorts of natural disasters and to play a vital role in any recovery efforts. Local health departments are life-saving first responders […]

    Aug 28, 2015 | Admin

    The Mental Health Approach to Disaster Preparedness

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health NACCHO would like to thank Dr. Merritt Schreiber, Associate Professor at UC Irvine School of Medicine and UC Irvine Medical Center, Elsie Kusel of Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Sandra […]

    Aug 13, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and Developments

    By Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Coordinated risk communication efforts are essential during all stages of emergency response […]

    Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author

    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 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

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