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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
NACCHO Staff Co-Author Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal...
Volunteer readiness is an important consideration for any volunteer organization that responds to emergencies. Adequate training is...
Feb 02, 2015 | Stacy Stanford
Project Public Health Ready: A Tool for Improving Statewide Preparedness
A hurricane is fast approaching your region. How will evacuation and sheltering procedures work when your neighbors are all affected,...
Jan 22, 2015 | Rachel Schulman
Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health Departments
The outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few...
Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
NACCHO Releases National Assessment on Disability Awareness in Local Health...
“National Assessment of the Knowledge, Awareness, and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Local Health Departments’...
Dec 22, 2014 | Katie Regan
The White House Launches Disasters.Data.Gov
The White House has launched disasters.data.gov, a public resource to foster collaboration and the continual improvement of...
Dec 17, 2014 | Admin
Ebola – What’s Flu Got to Do With It?
This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week. Local health departments across the country use this awareness campaign to remind...
Dec 10, 2014 | Frances Bevington
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 |
NACCHO Staff Co-Author Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal ArticleVolunteer readiness is an important consideration for any volunteer organization that responds to emergencies. Adequate training is cited as an important factor for volunteer retention, wiliness to deploy, and a greater reported confidence and perceived capabilitiy. In 2013, NACCHO conducted a survey of all MRC units in the country to assess unit administration, capabilities, and […] Feb 02, 2015 | Stacy Stanford |
Project Public Health Ready: A Tool for Improving Statewide PreparednessA hurricane is fast approaching your region. How will evacuation and sheltering procedures work when your neighbors are all affected, too? The local health department reports a suspected case of Ebola. Who at the state level should be notified first? Quick, effective responses to public health emergencies require planning, coordination, and practice among and between […] Jan 22, 2015 | Rachel Schulman |
Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health DepartmentsThe outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few cases in the United States, and the risk of an outbreak in the United States is low, the public health and healthcare communities have, and continue to, implement steps to prevent, prepare for, […] Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
NACCHO Releases National Assessment on Disability Awareness in Local Health Departments“National Assessment of the Knowledge, Awareness, and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Local Health Departments’ Public Health Practices,” a new NACCHO research brief, analyzes a survey of local health departments conducted to explore and better understand the ways they include people with disabilities in their programs, products, and services. Approximately 56 million... Dec 22, 2014 | Katie Regan |
The White House Launches Disasters.Data.GovThe White House has launched disasters.data.gov, a public resource to foster collaboration and the continual improvement of disaster-related open data, free tools, and new ways to empower survivors, first responders, and all levels of government with critical information and resources. Some features of the site include: “Types of Disasters” Landing Pages: Categorizes open data sets, […] Dec 17, 2014 | Admin |
Ebola – What’s Flu Got to Do With It?This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week. Local health departments across the country use this awareness campaign to remind people in their communities that it’s not too late to vaccinate because as long as flu viruses are circulating, the flu shot can provide protection. Flu has been in the news since October but not for […] Dec 10, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
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