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

  • MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in Disasters

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Environmental Health and Operational Conditions in Emergency Shelters

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Oct 28, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned for Public Health

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Sep 03, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Hurricane and Flooding Preparedness Resources

    The arrival of hurricane season and potential impact of Hurricane Joaquin serve as a reminder that the 2,800 local health departments...

    Aug 28, 2015 | Admin

  • FEMA Develops New Data Visualization Tool to Map Past Disasters

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new data visualization tool that allows people to explore and record...

    Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

  • America’s PrepareAthon! Helps Build Resilient Communities

    By Gwen Camp, director of individual and community preparedness for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  Despite the...

    Apr 28, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Fred the Preparedness Dog Conducts Interview for NACCHO Podcast Series

    Fred the Preparedness Dog has been all over the 2015 Preparedness Summit, meeting fellow public health professionals, attending...

    Apr 16, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • Consideration of the Intersection of Local Public Health Emergency Preparedness...

    Nov 06, 2014 | Guest Author

  • 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 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

    MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in Disasters

    By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health The importance of incorporating the mental health needs of a community and individuals into emergency and disaster response is gaining attention. During and after a disaster, many people are not only […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Environmental Health and Operational Conditions in Emergency Shelters

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Chris Mills, Senior Program Assistant, NACCHO A controversial topic dominating news media in recent months has been the immense wave of Syrian refugees entering European and Middle Eastern nations for safety from the conflict...

    Oct 28, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned for Public Health

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Ten years ago on Saturday, August 29, just before dawn, Hurricane Katrina spun out of the sea and landed on American soil, forever altering the human and environmental landscape...

    Sep 03, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Hurricane and Flooding Preparedness Resources

    The arrival of hurricane season and potential impact of Hurricane Joaquin serve as a reminder that the 2,800 local health departments across our nation stand ready to help protect residents and families from all sorts of natural disasters and to play a vital role in any recovery efforts. Local health departments are life-saving first responders […]

    Aug 28, 2015 | Admin

    FEMA Develops New Data Visualization Tool to Map Past Disasters

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new data visualization tool that allows people to explore and record historic federal disaster declarations by state, county, hazard, or year. Users can see the number of disaster declarations and the types of hazards – such as fires, floods, storms, tornadoes, and mudslides – that have occurred […]

    Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

    America’s PrepareAthon! Helps Build Resilient Communities

    By Gwen Camp, director of individual and community preparedness for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  Despite the heartbreaking stories of recent disasters, research shows nearly 60 percent of Americans have not participated in a preparedness drill or exercise at their workplace, school, or home in the past year. Local leaders in public health preparedness […]

    Apr 28, 2015 | Guest Author

    Fred the Preparedness Dog Conducts Interview for NACCHO Podcast Series

    Fred the Preparedness Dog has been all over the 2015 Preparedness Summit, meeting fellow public health professionals, attending sessions, and even hosting one of his own. Fred, a 3-year-old German shepherd who works with the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment (KDHE) to teach children about family and pet preparedness, on Wednesday even sat […]

    Apr 16, 2015 | Katie Regan

    Consideration of the Intersection of Local Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planning and the Affordable Care Act

    Nov 06, 2014 | Guest Author

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