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Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Tornado and Extreme Weather Resources
Severe weather – including tornadoes, flooding, snow, and ice – ravaged many southern and mid-western states over the Christmas...
Dec 29, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
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
Building a Culture of Health Before Disaster Strikes
By Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Over three years have passed since Hurricane Sandy...
Dec 08, 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
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
Coordinated Response to Flooding and the Mudslide in Washington State: An Interview...
This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Therese...
Mar 04, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
NACCHO and Local Health Departments Applaud White House Initiative to Help Health...
NACCHO was honored to be invited by the White House to discuss its Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities...
Dec 17, 2014 | Lisa Brown
The White House Launches Disasters.Data.Gov
The White House has launched disasters.data.gov, a public resource to foster collaboration and the continual improvement of...
Dec 17, 2014 | Admin
Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness PlanningThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. Though the official start of spring is still a week away, the season’s hallmark rainstorms have already begun to fall and raise the threat of severe flooding across the country. Flooding is a risk any time […] Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Tornado and Extreme Weather ResourcesSevere weather – including tornadoes, flooding, snow, and ice – ravaged many southern and mid-western states over the Christmas holiday weekend. NACCHO would like to extend our sympathies to the families who lost loved ones as a result of the recent storms and we wish a speedy recovery to all of the impacted communities. In […] Dec 29, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
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 |
Building a Culture of Health Before Disaster StrikesBy Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Over three years have passed since Hurricane Sandy devastated much of New York, New Jersey, and other eastern states. Hit especially hard were the Rockaways, an oceanfront area of Queens. Many devastated homes in the area have since been repaired or replaced, and […] Dec 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
MRC Units Use Psychological First Aid to Address Mental Health in DisastersBy 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 |
Hurricane and Flooding Preparedness ResourcesThe 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 |
Coordinated Response to Flooding and the Mudslide in Washington State: An Interview with Therese QuinnThis is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Therese Quinn, Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, Snohomish Health District, previews her session, “Coordinated Response to Washington State Route 530 Flooding and Slide in Washington State.” At this session, Therese will be joined by John […] Mar 04, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
NACCHO and Local Health Departments Applaud White House Initiative to Help Health Facilities Prepare for Climate ChangeNACCHO was honored to be invited by the White House to discuss its Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Initiative. NACCHO and local health departments across the country applaud the White House for leading this effort to ensure that people have access to the health care they need and for recognizing that climate change […] Dec 17, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
The White House Launches Disasters.Data.GovThe White House has launched disasters.data.gov, a public resource to foster collaboration and the continual improvement of disaster-related open data, free tools, and new ways to empower survivors, first responders, and all levels of government with critical information and resources. Some features of the site include: “Types of Disasters” Landing Pages: Categorizes open data sets, […] Dec 17, 2014 | Admin |
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