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Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup August Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup held its monthly call on August 23, 2016. The workgroup discussed...
Sep 13, 2016 | Sarah Summers
Being Prepared to Respond
By Sarah Summers, MPH, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control...
Sep 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
West Coast Wildfires: Resources for Response & Recovery
This summer, the dry, hot weather has produced conditions of drought that have sparked dozens of wildfires across nine states in the...
Aug 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on Zika
Summer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time...
Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Summer is Coming: Resources to Keep Your Community Safe
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Summer is almost here which means more fun in the sun. Whether it’s...
Jun 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part Two
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
Jun 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges
National Survey Captures Local Health Department Successes at Community Engagement...
This summer, NACCHO, the De Beaumont Foundation, and the UPMC Center for Health Security are collaborating in the national release of...
Aug 04, 2015 | Guest Author
Health Department Capacity for Community Engagement in Preparedness
By Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD, and Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, UPMC Center for Health Security In 2012, the UPMC Center for Health Security...
Jul 24, 2015 | Guest Author
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian Influenza
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year,...
Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup August ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup held its monthly call on August 23, 2016. The workgroup discussed and finalized their work plan for the 2016-2017 year. The PPOM Workgroup Chair, Melissa Marquis, provided an overview of the planned activities and opened the call for comment, discussion and feedback. Over the next year, the […] Sep 13, 2016 | Sarah Summers |
Being Prepared to RespondBy Sarah Summers, MPH, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is highlighting five themes for each week of September, emphasizing the various aspects of effective preparedness. Each week, the NACCHO Preparedness team is authoring a blog to promote the theme and provide local health […] Sep 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
West Coast Wildfires: Resources for Response & RecoveryThis summer, the dry, hot weather has produced conditions of drought that have sparked dozens of wildfires across nine states in the Western United States, including California, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. These wildfires have destroyed over half a million acres of land and required large-scale evacuations. On August 26, 2016, the National Interagency Coordination Center published an Incident... Aug 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on ZikaSummer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time spent outdoors, more standing water, and, maybe most importantly, more mosquitoes. But through proactive public health strategies – from education and outreach to vector surveillance and control – local health departments (LHDs) are […] Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Summer is Coming: Resources to Keep Your Community SafeBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Summer is almost here which means more fun in the sun. Whether it’s camping, hiking, swimming, or barbequing, your community will be spending time outside, and keeping them safe from extreme heat and vector-borne diseases is critical. NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have […] Jun 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part TwoIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In the second part of this interview, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating Officer of 100 Resilient Cities, shares more about this groundbreaking organization funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help […] Jun 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
National Survey Captures Local Health Department Successes at Community Engagement in Emergency PreparednessThis summer, NACCHO, the De Beaumont Foundation, and the UPMC Center for Health Security are collaborating in the national release of the 2015 “Community Engagement for Public Health Emergency Preparedness” (CEPHEP) survey. The CEPHEP survey provides local health departments (LHDs) an important platform to document their efforts at enabling residents as well as community- and […] Aug 04, 2015 | Guest Author |
Health Department Capacity for Community Engagement in PreparednessBy Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD, and Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, UPMC Center for Health Security In 2012, the UPMC Center for Health Security and NACCHO fielded the Community Engagement for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (CEPHEP) survey to provide the first comprehensive nationwide picture of local health department (LHD) efforts to integrate individuals and community- and faith-based groups... Jul 24, 2015 | Guest Author |
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian InfluenzaBy Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year, and the attention on the topic boils down to two primary points of interest: 1) it has affected millions of birds and 2) the disease is similar to ones which have affected humans in […] Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author |
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