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Leveraging Partnerships between Public Health and Pharmacies: An Interview with...
This is the fourth part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness...
Mar 20, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider...
Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author
Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public Health
Imagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it...
Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author
Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare...
On Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human...
Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Radiation and Local Public Health
The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by...
Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author
Mid-Atlantic Kicks Off Severe Weather Preparedness Week with Rare March Snowstorm
Here in Washington, D.C., a rare late-winter snowstorm is currently wrecking havoc at the start of Severe Weather Preparedness week...
Mar 03, 2014 | Stacy Stanford
All-Hazards Planning for Public Health Emergency Response: An Interview with Melissa...
This is the second part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit....
Feb 28, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
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
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
Leveraging Partnerships between Public Health and Pharmacies: An Interview with Carina ElsenbossThis is the fourth part of a series of interviews with local health department (LHD) staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Carina Elsenboss, the Interim Preparedness Director, Preparedness Section, Public Health — Seattle & King County, previews her session, “Leveraging Partnerships between Public Health and Pharmacies to Enhance Medication Dispensing Capabilities.” At this... Mar 20, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider Moving ForwardMar 18, 2014 | Guest Author |
Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public HealthImagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it is a little sobering to think that ten years from today, the UN estimates that 1.8 billion people will remain living in water scarce environments while two-thirds of the planet will be water stressed. Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author |
Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare and Public Health PreparednessOn Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human Services’ Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). That equals nearly a 30 percent reduction in a program specifically aimed at strengthening healthcare preparedness for public health emergencies. These cuts could have severe and dire consequences on the ability of... Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Radiation and Local Public HealthThe relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by the dose of exposure, the type of radioactive material involved in the exposure, the exposure pathway, and the duration of the exposure and can be de minimis or can produce severe immediate and delayed […] Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author |
Mid-Atlantic Kicks Off Severe Weather Preparedness Week with Rare March SnowstormHere in Washington, D.C., a rare late-winter snowstorm is currently wrecking havoc at the start of Severe Weather Preparedness week (March 2-8), a public education effort organized by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aimed at improving the way people prepare for and respond to severe weather. Mar 03, 2014 | Stacy Stanford |
All-Hazards Planning for Public Health Emergency Response: An Interview with Melissa MarquisThis is the second part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Melissa Marquis RN, MS, Public Health Emergency Response Specialist for the West Hartford/Bloomfield Health District, previews her session, “Building Your Toolkit: All-hazards Preparedness Planning Basics and Beyond.” At the session, Melissa will […] Feb 28, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
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 |
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 |
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