Radiation and Local Public Health

The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by...

Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Risk Communication Workgroup February Report

    On Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for...

    Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin

  • New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave

    On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local...

    Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin

  • 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

  • Risk Communications and Information Sharing November Report

    Chair: Meredith Li-Vollmer; Staff: Frances Bevington and Sara Rubin The Risk Communications and Information Sharing workgroup held its...

    Dec 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington

  • Radiation Legal Preparedness Project Update and Webinar

    On September 18, 2013, Andrew Roszak presented a webinar for the National Alliance on Radiation Readiness (NARR) to provide an...

    Nov 27, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • NACCHO Staff Present Keynote Session at Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness...

    NACCHO staff Andrew Roszak and Sarah Yates were invited to speak at the second annual Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness Initiative...

    Nov 21, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and Response

    Late last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for...

    Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • Public Health Law October Report

    Staff: Andy Roszak The NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup has been discussing legal issues related to family reunification. During a...

    Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • Radiation and Local Public Health

    The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by the dose of exposure, the type of radioactive material involved in the exposure, the exposure pathway, and the duration of the exposure and can be de minimis or can produce severe immediate and delayed […]

    Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author

    Risk Communication Workgroup February Report

    On Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for Health Security, Jenine Harris of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and Jan Wilhoit of NACCHO to discuss newly released social media studies and […]

    Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin

    New NACCHO/UPMC Report Released: Riding the Mobile Wave

    On Tuesday, Feb. 4, NACCHO and the UPMC Center for Health Security released their joint report: Riding the Mobile Wave: What Local Health Departments Need in Order to Adopt Social Media and Mobile Health Technologies for Emergency Preparedness. While the American public’s use of social media and mobile technologies has grown dramatically in recent years, most local health departments (LHDs) are...

    Feb 04, 2014 | Sara Rubin

    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

    Risk Communications and Information Sharing November Report

    Chair: Meredith Li-Vollmer; Staff: Frances Bevington and Sara Rubin The Risk Communications and Information Sharing workgroup held its monthly conference call on Thursday, November 7, 2013. Prior to the call, the group had gathered risk communications resources for possible inclusion in a NACCHO toolkit. The group discussed the resources that were collected and identified a […]

    Dec 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington

    Radiation Legal Preparedness Project Update and Webinar

    On September 18, 2013, Andrew Roszak presented a webinar for the National Alliance on Radiation Readiness (NARR) to provide an overview of the Radiation Legal Preparedness (RLP) project, the relevant findings from the project to date, and the important legal considerations that underpin a radiological response. Watch the archived webinar on YouTube. In 2012, the […]

    Nov 27, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    NACCHO Staff Present Keynote Session at Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness Initiative & Strategic National Stockpile Workshop

    NACCHO staff Andrew Roszak and Sarah Yates were invited to speak at the second annual Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) & Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Workshop on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. The full-day workshop provided Michigan public health emergency planners with information and tools related to all-hazards planning, legal considerations, international border...

    Nov 21, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and Response

    Late last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. The City of New York, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of all persons with disabilities. The suit charged that the New York City Emergency Preparedness Program failed […]

    Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    Public Health Law October Report

    Staff: Andy Roszak The NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup has been discussing legal issues related to family reunification. During a recent call, the Workgroup was joined by Valerie Cole from the American Red Cross, an expert at family reunification. In addition to the workgroup meeting, NACCHO has also released Public Health and the Law: An […]

    Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak

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