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NACCHO Selects Sites for its Radiation Legal Preparedness Project
NACCHO announced on March 19 that it has selected sites for a nationwide Radiation Preparedness Project aimed at assessing the...
Mar 19, 2014 | Christopher Gray
Risk Communication Workgroup February Report
On Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for...
Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Shine a Spotlight on Your Local Health Department with Storytelling
What happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the spring of 2013 when...
Feb 19, 2014 | Admin
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars Program
Over the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the...
Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Now Trending: Monitor Disease Trends 140 Characters at a Time
It’s now easier than ever to monitor disease trends 140 characters at a time! The Division of Fusion within the Office of the...
Feb 06, 2014 | Admin
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather...
For U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow...
Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave
On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local...
Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding...
On Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile)...
Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington
MRC Units Share How NACCHO’s Challenge Award Will Impact Their Communities
NACCHO announced on Jan. 16 that 29 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units received $20,000 MRC Challenge Awards. The MRC Challenge Award...
Jan 23, 2014 | Admin
NACCHO Selects Sites for its Radiation Legal Preparedness ProjectNACCHO announced on March 19 that it has selected sites for a nationwide Radiation Preparedness Project aimed at assessing the readiness of local public health officials and emergency response professionals for a radiological incident. In a series of exercises across the country, NACCHO will examine how local officials are able to address complex issues such as family reunification, public... Mar 19, 2014 | Christopher Gray |
Risk Communication Workgroup February ReportOn Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for Health Security, Jenine Harris of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and Jan Wilhoit of NACCHO to discuss newly released social media studies and […] Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Shine a Spotlight on Your Local Health Department with StorytellingWhat happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the spring of 2013 when a case of TB arose in a family in this city of nearly 50,000 on the shores of Lake Michigan. Although Sheboygan County averages three active cases of TB per year, it became […] Feb 19, 2014 | Admin |
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars ProgramOver the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the opportunity to draft policy statements on behalf of NACCHO, work with staff members to receive feedback, and then present the statement to the appropriate NACCHO workgroup for review. Students have the opportunity to learn about a […] Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Now Trending: Monitor Disease Trends 140 Characters at a TimeIt’s now easier than ever to monitor disease trends 140 characters at a time! The Division of Fusion within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has been working hand-in-hand with the MappyHealth team to bring you the official Now Trending website! ASPR Fusion is happy to announce this recent partnership with 2012 […] Feb 06, 2014 | Admin |
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather EventsFor U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow is barely cause for concern. In the warmer cities of the south, however, what may seem like a minor weather event can be a major disruption to the community. Atlanta found […] Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile WaveOn Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local Health Departments Need in Order to Adopt Social Media and Mobile Health Technologies for Emergency Preparedness. While the American public’s use of social media and mobile technologies has grown dramatically in recent years, most local health departments (LHDs) are... Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding Cuts for PreparednessOn Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile) study, demonstrating continued funding cuts across several programmatic areas at local health departments (LHDs), including emergency preparedness Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
MRC Units Share How NACCHO’s Challenge Award Will Impact Their CommunitiesNACCHO announced on Jan. 16 that 29 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units received $20,000 MRC Challenge Awards. The MRC Challenge Award supports MRC units to develop new projects and programs that can be replicated on a national level. Nearly 200 MRC units from across the United States applied for the award and the top 29 […] Jan 23, 2014 | Admin |
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