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Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding Cuts
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Community Planning Framework Available to Help with Medical Surge Planning
Medical surge – defined by the CDC as “the ability of a healthcare system to provide adequate medical care during events that exceed...
Apr 07, 2016 | Stephen Maheux
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – January 2016...
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on January 26. This month’s meeting focused...
Jan 29, 2016 | Nicole Dunifon
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – December 2015...
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on December 15. The meeting kicked off with a...
Dec 30, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Releases Valuable Resources to...
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has released two valuable resources for local, state and federal partners as...
Dec 18, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Call for Presenters: CDC Second Wednesday Webinars
The CDC Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) is currently looking for state and local health department presenters for an...
Oct 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
NACCHO Releases Report on the Impact PHEP Funding has on Local Public Health...
The Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement is a critical source of funding for state, local, and...
Aug 04, 2015 | Mary Hodges
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
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
Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding CutsThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. As the nation mobilizes for a looming Zika threat, state and local health departments (LHDs) are losing the resources they need to effectively respond to Zika and other emergencies at the community level. In March, after Congress... May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Community Planning Framework Available to Help with Medical Surge PlanningMedical surge – defined by the CDC as “the ability of a healthcare system to provide adequate medical care during events that exceed the limits of the normal medical infrastructure of an affected community” – is a major concern among the healthcare community during a natural disaster, disease outbreak, or act of terrorism. While many […] Apr 07, 2016 | Stephen Maheux |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – January 2016 ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on January 26. This month’s meeting focused on CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Capabilities. During the call the workgroup provided comments and feedback on PHEP Capability 5: Fatality Management and PHEP Capability 11: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions. The feedback collected will be used to... Jan 29, 2016 | Nicole Dunifon |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – December 2015 ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on December 15. The meeting kicked off with a discussion on CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Capability 2: Community Recovery. Feedback on the capability was collected from workgroup members and will be used to inform NACCHO’s research, as well as help identify […] Dec 30, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Releases Valuable Resources to Illustrate IMPACT of CDC and ASPRThe NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has released two valuable resources for local, state and federal partners as well as policy makers to illustrate the impact of CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) and ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) funds. Please share these resources with your colleagues: 1) Impact Stories – A […] Dec 18, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Call for Presenters: CDC Second Wednesday WebinarsThe CDC Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) is currently looking for state and local health department presenters for an upcoming Second Wednesday Webinar in the month of December. Presenters are needed to discuss promising practices for the following topic: Full-Scale Exercise Planning: CDC is looking for State and Local Health Departments to share […] Oct 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
NACCHO Releases Report on the Impact PHEP Funding has on Local Public Health Capabilities, Capacity, and ResponseThe Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement is a critical source of funding for state, local, and territorial public health departments. Since 2002, PHEP has provided billions of dollars to health departments across the United States, allowing them to build and strengthen their preparedness capabilities and capacity when responding to public health threats. NACCHO’s... Aug 04, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Health Department Capacity for Community Engagement in PreparednessBy 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 |
A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and DevelopmentsBy 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 |
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