National Preparedness Month: Engaging Local Health Departments and Medical Reserve...

September offers a wide range of public health awareness events for local health departments (LHDs) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)...

Aug 24, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Making the Case for Surge Planning: Using Healthcare Coalitions as a Framework

    By Geoffrey Mwaungulu, JD, MPH, Program Analyst, NACCHO and Stacy Stanford, MSPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO During 2014, the...

    Jul 29, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

  • 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 Utilize PHEP Funding When Preparing For and Responding...

    Since 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grant has provided...

    Jun 24, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon

  • Local Health Departments Take Steps to Prepare for Extreme Winter Weather

    The official first day of winter is still three weeks away, but weather patterns as of late aren’t minding the calendar. Winter...

    Dec 03, 2014 | Katie Regan

  • NACCHO Member Preparedness Month Spotlight: Washoe County Health District

    To mark the eleventh annual National Preparedness Month, NACCHO asked members to share how their local health department is promoting...

    Sep 16, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Improving Preparedness for Community-Dwelling Older Adult Populations

    For some community-dwelling older adults, attempting to prepare for an emergency or disaster can come with barriers. For example,...

    Sep 16, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon

  • Introducing MRC Connect!

    Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit leaders and partners have spoken… MRC Connect is the name for the new web-and mobile-based...

    Mar 27, 2014 | Admin

  • Strategic National Stockpile Project January Report

    NACCHO is currently organizing a point-of-dispensing (POD) demonstration via lunch at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. To plan for the...

    Jan 30, 2014 | Lisa Brown

  • National Preparedness Month: Engaging Local Health Departments and Medical Reserve Corps Units

    September offers a wide range of public health awareness events for local health departments (LHDs) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Units to get involved in, so why should September’s National Preparedness Month be a priority? The answer is simple: preparedness work is a big part of what public health officials and volunteers do. Yet, although LHD […]

    Aug 24, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Making the Case for Surge Planning: Using Healthcare Coalitions as a Framework

    By Geoffrey Mwaungulu, JD, MPH, Program Analyst, NACCHO and Stacy Stanford, MSPH, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO During 2014, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events organized a series of workshops tasked with identifying opportunities to strengthen regional coordination to ensure effective medical and public health response to...

    Jul 29, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

    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 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 Utilize PHEP Funding When Preparing For and Responding to a Public Health Emergency

    Since 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grant has provided support to public health departments across the nation, allowing them to build and strengthen their ability to respond to public health threats. At the local level, this investment has enabled local health departments (LHDs) and their partners […]

    Jun 24, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon

    Local Health Departments Take Steps to Prepare for Extreme Winter Weather

    The official first day of winter is still three weeks away, but weather patterns as of late aren’t minding the calendar. Winter weather is in full swing across much of the United States and as early snowfalls, intense storms, and other types of extreme winter weather—events that differ significantly from the average weather pattern—become more […]

    Dec 03, 2014 | Katie Regan

    NACCHO Member Preparedness Month Spotlight: Washoe County Health District

    To mark the eleventh annual National Preparedness Month, NACCHO asked members to share how their local health department is promoting preparedness in their communities. Below is a feature from Washoe County Health District (NV). Would you like to share your National Preparedness Month plans with NACCHO? Share your plans in the comments section below or […]

    Sep 16, 2014 | Guest Author

    Improving Preparedness for Community-Dwelling Older Adult Populations

    For some community-dwelling older adults, attempting to prepare for an emergency or disaster can come with barriers. For example, characteristics of older adults such as impaired mobility, weakened sensory awareness, multiple chronic diseases, and social and economic limitations can put them at greater risk of illness or death during an emergency. The events from Hurricane […]

    Sep 16, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon

    Introducing MRC Connect!

    Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit leaders and partners have spoken… MRC Connect is the name for the new web-and mobile-based application NACCHO is developing! With over 48 percent of the 529 votes cast during a two-week period, MRC unit leaders have established an identity for their new resource. MRC Connect will help enhance the partnerships among MRC […]

    Mar 27, 2014 | Admin

    Strategic National Stockpile Project January Report

    NACCHO is currently organizing a point-of-dispensing (POD) demonstration via lunch at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. To plan for the POD demonstration, an ad-hoc workgroup has formed of 28 volunteers from the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup, numerous local health departments from around the country, and CDC’s Division of the Strategic National Stockpile. The overall aim of […]

    Jan 30, 2014 | Lisa Brown

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