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Updated Health and Disability Toolkit in NACCHO’s New Toolbox
Earlier this year, NACCHO launched an updated and expanded Health and Disability Toolkit as a part of its free, online Toolbox. The...
Aug 05, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup July Report
Earlier this month, NACCHO’s Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its first monthly call of the project year. The...
Jul 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
New NACCHO Radiation Resources for Local Health Departments
Radiation preparedness is no longer just a necessity for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities. In fact, there is concern from...
Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
NACCHO Launches Updated Health and Disability Toolkit
By Meredith Williams, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow The NACCHO Health and Disability Team has launched an updated and expanded...
Mar 23, 2016 | Guest Author
Capturing Patient and Vaccine Information at Mass Vaccination Clinics – A Catalog of...
By Tom Fitzgerald, MPH; Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Response Fellow, CDC/NCIRD/ISD For many health departments, data collection during...
Feb 18, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Submit Tools to Project Public Health Ready’s Online Toolkit
NACCHO needs your help! In an effort to provide the best technical assistance and resources to local health departments NACCHO’s...
Jan 26, 2016 | Mary Hodges
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
From Connecticut, a Tool for the Ebola Response and Beyond
By Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO With the World Health Organization declaring Liberia free of Ebola virus...
Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author
MRC Adopts Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health as New Competency...
NACCHO, in collaboration with the Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), is pleased to announce that the...
May 04, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse
Updated Health and Disability Toolkit in NACCHO’s New ToolboxEarlier this year, NACCHO launched an updated and expanded Health and Disability Toolkit as a part of its free, online Toolbox. The Toolkit currently has 181 resources, all of which can be accessed by visiting the new NACCHO Toolbox portal, and selecting “Health and Disability Toolkit” in the toolkit drop down menu. The Toolkit includes resources developed by NACCHO’s Health and... Aug 05, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup July ReportEarlier this month, NACCHO’s Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its first monthly call of the project year. The meeting started with representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promoting the content of their latest Second Wednesday Webinar series (July 13, 2016) call, which highlighted information on ASPR TRACIE and the NACCHO Toolbox. Next, the... Jul 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
New NACCHO Radiation Resources for Local Health DepartmentsRadiation preparedness is no longer just a necessity for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities. In fact, there is concern from experts that the threat of a radiological emergency is growing across the nation. Moreover, there are readily available and often poorly protected radioactive materials in use throughout military, academic, research and industrial agencies1. While the probability... Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NACCHO Launches Updated Health and Disability ToolkitBy Meredith Williams, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow The NACCHO Health and Disability Team has launched an updated and expanded Health and Disability Toolkit. The Health and Disability Toolkit is part of NACCHO’s free, online Toolbox and now features more than 175 resources. People with disabilities make up at least 20% of the population, a […] Mar 23, 2016 | Guest Author |
Capturing Patient and Vaccine Information at Mass Vaccination Clinics – A Catalog of Electronic TechnologiesBy Tom Fitzgerald, MPH; Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Response Fellow, CDC/NCIRD/ISD For many health departments, data collection during mass vaccination clinics conducted in response to a pandemic or outbreak is often done manually. This can be time-consuming and labor intensive, but it is an extremely important component of pandemic vaccine response, particularly if there are multiple […] Feb 18, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Submit Tools to Project Public Health Ready’s Online ToolkitNACCHO needs your help! In an effort to provide the best technical assistance and resources to local health departments NACCHO’s Preparedness Planning, Outcomes and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup is seeking to expand and update the Project Public Health Ready online toolkit. This toolkit serves as a repository of best practices, templates, and samples for a variety […] Jan 26, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
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 |
From Connecticut, a Tool for the Ebola Response and BeyondBy Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO With the World Health Organization declaring Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission on May 9 and cases slowing in the most affected areas, now is the time for local health departments to take stock and make improvements to further strengthen their preparedness efforts. Melissa Marquis, RN, MS, […] Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author |
MRC Adopts Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health as New Competency Set for VolunteersNACCHO, in collaboration with the Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), is pleased to announce that the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) has adopted the Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (DMPH Competencies) as the new competency set for the MRC Volunteers. The Medical Reserve Corps is a national network of engaged, […] May 04, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse |
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