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NACCHO Releases Resources to Help LHDs Address CDC Public Health Preparedness...
A listing of top-tier resources for local health departments (LHDs) is now available online to assist in addressing select CDC public...
Jul 31, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
CDC Launches Updated Online CERC Training
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its Web-based crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC) training...
Jul 22, 2014 | Admin
Tackling the Legal Aspects of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Imagine a new type of influenza or other communicable condition is spreading rapidly throughout your state or locality. Essential...
Jul 14, 2014 | Guest Author
Using Closed PODs to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Sara Dinga, Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator at the Washoe County Health District (NV), is working to better prepare...
Jul 03, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Public Health Law Workgroup June Report
This month the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Dorit Reiss from the University of California Hastings College of Law to discuss...
Jul 01, 2014 | Guest Author
New Emergency Preparedness Training Program Released for People with Access and...
It is well known that people with disabilities and other functional/access needs are less likely to be included in emergency...
Jun 23, 2014 | Guest Author
Preparing the Florida Public Health Workforce for Legal Challenges
The term “public health preparedness” is often thought of in the context of ensuring preparations are adequate to deal with, reduce...
Jun 20, 2014 | Guest Author
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California Wildfires
Southern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were...
Jun 17, 2014 | Admin
Pandemic Planning and Preparedness Training
NACCHO staff attended a three day Pandemic Planning and Preparedness training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston,...
Jun 10, 2014 | Lisa Brown
NACCHO Releases Resources to Help LHDs Address CDC Public Health Preparedness CapabilitiesA listing of top-tier resources for local health departments (LHDs) is now available online to assist in addressing select CDC public health preparedness capabilities. As LHDs strive to achieve and enhance community preparedness and recovery capacity and capability, they often face an assortment of resources from a wide-ranging sources. With support from the CDC, NACCHO has developed […] Jul 31, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
CDC Launches Updated Online CERC TrainingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its Web-based crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC) training course, in which participants can learn about key CERC principles and how to apply them before, during, and after a public health emergency response. The updated training includes nine modules that are now available online. Designed […] Jul 22, 2014 | Admin |
Tackling the Legal Aspects of Public Health Emergency PreparednessImagine a new type of influenza or other communicable condition is spreading rapidly throughout your state or locality. Essential resources are quickly being depleted. State and local health care personnel are strained by the number of cases and infections within their own ranks. What legal powers do you need to respond effectively and protect the public's health? Could you use volunteers from... Jul 14, 2014 | Guest Author |
Using Closed PODs to Protect Critical InfrastructureSara Dinga, Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator at the Washoe County Health District (NV), is working to better prepare Washoe County for a pandemic through the use of closed Points of Dispensing (PODs) which target vital services employees. Closed PODs are defined as public and private locations that have agreed to dispense medications, generally during […] Jul 03, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
Public Health Law Workgroup June ReportThis month the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Dorit Reiss from the University of California Hastings College of Law to discuss legal incentives for vaccination. Dr. Reiss is working on studying vaccine policy in this country and legal ways to deal with costs related to outbreaks caused by lack of immunizations. Attendees at NACCHO […] Jul 01, 2014 | Guest Author |
New Emergency Preparedness Training Program Released for People with Access and Functional NeedsIt is well known that people with disabilities and other functional/access needs are less likely to be included in emergency preparedness planning efforts and are more likely than members of the general population to be left behind in emergencies and suffer negative health outcomes as a result. In order to address this disparity, The Connecticut Council […] Jun 23, 2014 | Guest Author |
Preparing the Florida Public Health Workforce for Legal ChallengesThe term “public health preparedness” is often thought of in the context of ensuring preparations are adequate to deal with, reduce vulnerability to, and recover from emergency situations or disastrous events resulting from either natural or manmade causes. However, public health preparedness is also about being prepared to respond to the less catastrophic scenarios and problems that arise on a... Jun 20, 2014 | Guest Author |
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California WildfiresSouthern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were fueled by drought conditions, unusually high temperatures, and strong Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts of wind that can turn small fires or mechanical sparks into blazing infernos. As a result of 14 fires, about 26,000 […] Jun 17, 2014 | Admin |
Pandemic Planning and Preparedness TrainingNACCHO staff attended a three day Pandemic Planning and Preparedness training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama. The training provided the tools necessary to assemble an effective pandemic planning and preparedness program. Specifically, the course looked at the response actions of various response disciplines as they relate to crisis communications, contact management,... Jun 10, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
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