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Gaps Remain for Pediatric Medical Countermeasures
During public health emergencies, children are a particularly vulnerable population as they have unique physical, physiological, and...
Jan 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
2016 Preparedness Summit Opening Plenary: Innovations in Community Resilience
Resilience – adaptation in the face of adversity – is often the difference between a community that can survive and thrive after a...
Jan 21, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Measuring Mass Fatality Preparedness – How Does Public Health Stand Up?
Many of the catastrophic hazards that LHDs plan for have serious potential to become mass fatality events. Even in the most...
Jan 13, 2016 | Rachel Schulman
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – December 2015...
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on December 15. The meeting kicked off with a...
Dec 30, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Tips and Tools to Help Strengthen Winter Weather Preparedness
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Dec 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Building a Culture of Health Before Disaster Strikes
By Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Over three years have passed since Hurricane Sandy...
Dec 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges
New Anthrax Clinical Guidance Released
On Friday, December 4, 2015, CDC released the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) with new clinical guidance for the use of...
Dec 07, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
San Bernardino Shooting Incident: Community Preparedness Resources for Active...
Our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues at NACCHO member San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, which was the...
Dec 02, 2015 | Admin
NACCHO Updates Health and Disability Policy Statement
NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program recently updated its policy statement. NACCHO fellow Erin Linden, MPH student at The University...
Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
Gaps Remain for Pediatric Medical CountermeasuresDuring public health emergencies, children are a particularly vulnerable population as they have unique physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics that vary from adults. Additionally, the medical products and formulations children need often differ from adults and some medical products may not have the same usage approvals for children as they do for adults. Earlier this month... Jan 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
2016 Preparedness Summit Opening Plenary: Innovations in Community ResilienceResilience – adaptation in the face of adversity – is often the difference between a community that can survive and thrive after a disaster, and one that struggles over years to recover. What does it take for communities to be resilient in a world of increasingly global and uncharted threats? This year’s Preparedness Summit will […] Jan 21, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Measuring Mass Fatality Preparedness – How Does Public Health Stand Up?Many of the catastrophic hazards that LHDs plan for have serious potential to become mass fatality events. Even in the most well-prepared communities, events such as pandemics, chemical spills, radiation releases, mass shootings, and acts of terrorism can still result in extremely high death tolls. Moreover, it doesn’t necessarily take a large number of deaths […] Jan 13, 2016 | Rachel Schulman |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – December 2015 ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on December 15. The meeting kicked off with a discussion on CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Capability 2: Community Recovery. Feedback on the capability was collected from workgroup members and will be used to inform NACCHO’s research, as well as help identify […] Dec 30, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Tips and Tools to Help Strengthen Winter Weather PreparednessThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Lindsay Beattie, Program Analyst, NACCHO One week away from the start of the winter season, the weather is anything but average for yet another year. This time last year, much of the west saw above average […] Dec 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Building a Culture of Health Before Disaster StrikesBy Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Over three years have passed since Hurricane Sandy devastated much of New York, New Jersey, and other eastern states. Hit especially hard were the Rockaways, an oceanfront area of Queens. Many devastated homes in the area have since been repaired or replaced, and […] Dec 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
New Anthrax Clinical Guidance ReleasedOn Friday, December 4, 2015, CDC released the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) with new clinical guidance for the use of Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) during an Anthrax mass-casualty event. Guidance Abstract Snippet: “This report addresses elements of hospital-based acute care, specifically antitoxins and intravenous antimicrobial use, and the diagnosis and management of common... Dec 07, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
San Bernardino Shooting Incident: Community Preparedness Resources for Active Shooter IncidentsOur thoughts are with our friends and colleagues at NACCHO member San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, which was the location of Wednesday’s shooting that left 14 people dead and 17 wounded. In the aftermath of recent active shootings – including last week’s Planned Parenthood attack in Colorado Springs, CO – NACCHO remains committed […] Dec 02, 2015 | Admin |
NACCHO Updates Health and Disability Policy StatementNACCHO’s Health and Disability Program recently updated its policy statement. NACCHO fellow Erin Linden, MPH student at The University of Minnesota, and NACCHO’s Health and Disability workgroup members were instrumental in developing the revised policy statement. The overarching goal of NACCHO’s health and disability program is to promote the successful inclusion and engagement of people […] Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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