Incorporating At-Risk Populations into Medical Countermeasure Planning

Defining “At-Risk” Populations  When asked to define which population groups are included under the “at-risk population”...

Sep 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini

  • 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

  • A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and Developments

    By Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate...

    Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author

  • White House Hosts Summit on Climate Change and Health

    On June 23, NACCHO Executive Director LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, joined hundreds of attendees at the White House Summit on Climate...

    Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Preparing Communities for Summer Weather Threats

    With the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United...

    Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

  • How Local Health Departments Can Use “Flu Near You”

    This year’s flu season might be winding down, but the 2015-2016 flu season is right around the corner. Local health departments can...

    May 06, 2015 | Admin

  • White House Fact Sheet Details Actions to Protect Communities from the Impacts of...

    A new White House fact sheet released as part of National Public Health Week outlines a series of actions the Obama administration is...

    Apr 08, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul...

    Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

  • NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Award

    by Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness...

    Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse

  • Incorporating At-Risk Populations into Medical Countermeasure Planning

    Defining “At-Risk” Populations  When asked to define which population groups are included under the “at-risk population” umbrella in a jurisdiction, the answers could vary greatly from person to person. There are a wide variety of public health preparedness planning considerations that need to be met to ensure specific at-risk groups get access to emergency information and […]

    Sep 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini

    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

    A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and Developments

    By Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Coordinated risk communication efforts are essential during all stages of emergency response […]

    Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author

    White House Hosts Summit on Climate Change and Health

    On June 23, NACCHO Executive Director LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, joined hundreds of attendees at the White House Summit on Climate Change and Health. Speakers at the event included Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, in addition to other administration officials […]

    Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author

    Preparing Communities for Summer Weather Threats

    With the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United States are already experiencing such adverse conditions, with devastating outcomes. On May 24, heavy rainfall and destructive floods hit Texas and Oklahoma, resulting in hundreds of damaged homes, 28 deaths, and 11 people missing. The […]

    Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

    How Local Health Departments Can Use “Flu Near You”

    This year’s flu season might be winding down, but the 2015-2016 flu season is right around the corner. Local health departments can begin to prepare for the next flu season by using Flu Near You, an online health reporting system. Through Flu Near You, thousands of volunteers answer a brief, weekly digital questionnaire about their […]

    May 06, 2015 | Admin

    White House Fact Sheet Details Actions to Protect Communities from the Impacts of Climate Change

    A new White House fact sheet released as part of National Public Health Week outlines a series of actions the Obama administration is undertaking to better understand, communicate, and reduce the health impacts of climate change. These actions include: Convening stakeholders: The White House this week is holding a series of meetings with health and medical […]

    Apr 08, 2015 | Katie Regan

    Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, West Virginia State Health Officer and Commissioner for the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, previews his workshop, West Virginia Water Crisis – A Look Back: Moving Forward to […]

    Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

    NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Award

    by Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness NACCHO, in partnership with the Division of Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), has selected 43 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units to receive 2014-2015 NACCHO MRC Challenge Awards. More than 175 MRC units across the country applied for […]

    Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse

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