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This Emergency Will Be Tweeted: What Local Health Departments Need to Know About...
With nearly three out of four American adults using social networking sites, first-hand reports on social media during unfolding...
Oct 17, 2013 | Frances Bevington
National Press Club Luncheon
Date: Sept. 10, 2013 Staff Representative: Jack Herrmann, Samantha Morgan and Justin Snair Member Representative: N/A Highlights: Dr....
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Strategic National Stockpile Project September Report
Staff: Lisa Brown In September, staff finished deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project and the Department of Defense...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) September Report
Chair: Chris Hoff; Staff: Samantha Morgan and Naomi Rennard PPAG held its monthly call on Sept. 11 where the group first received an...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) Annual Symposium
Date: Sept. 22—24, 2013 Staff Representative: Frances Bevington, Sara Rubin, Alyson Jordan Member Representatives: Meredith...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
National Academies of Science Building Resilience to Disasters Workshop
Date: Sept. 5, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher and Naomi Rennard Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The National Academies...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
New Interactive Portal for Patient Confidentiality Laws
On October 1, the Public Health Management Corporation, a nonprofit public health institute in Philadelphia, released new data on...
Oct 08, 2013 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO Staff Report: NIH Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) 10th...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH created an initiative called Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study...
Oct 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO Staff Report: Indiana State Level Exercise Tests Preparedness and Response...
Andrew Roszak served as a subject matter expert and evaluator at the State of Indiana's State Level Exercise (SLE) at Muscatatuck...
Oct 03, 2013 | Andy Roszak
This Emergency Will Be Tweeted: What Local Health Departments Need to Know About Social MediaWith nearly three out of four American adults using social networking sites, first-hand reports on social media during unfolding situations present many opportunities for those in the fields of local public health and emergency response. However, local health departments have a long way to go with adoption of social media, with only 8 percent using Twitter and 24 percent using Facebook. Oct 17, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
National Press Club LuncheonDate: Sept. 10, 2013 Staff Representative: Jack Herrmann, Samantha Morgan and Justin Snair Member Representative: N/A Highlights: Dr. Frieden, director of CDC, reported on the major health issues and challenges facing both the United States and the world. He provided an overview of CDC’s priorities on infectious diseases, food-borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Strategic National Stockpile Project September ReportStaff: Lisa Brown In September, staff finished deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project and the Department of Defense (DoD) and local health department collaboration project. Deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project included webinar summaries and the guidance document “Whole Community Inclusion and Medical Countermeasure Points of Dispensing Guide: Including At-Risk... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) September ReportChair: Chris Hoff; Staff: Samantha Morgan and Naomi Rennard PPAG held its monthly call on Sept. 11 where the group first received an update on the National Health Security Preparedness Index. Members of the PPAG had served as reviewers for the Index and were pleased to see that their comments had been incorporated into the new […] Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) Annual SymposiumDate: Sept. 22—24, 2013 Staff Representative: Frances Bevington, Sara Rubin, Alyson Jordan Member Representatives: Meredith Li-Vollmer, Elizabeth Hart, Rita Obey, Jennifer Dunlay, Glen Barbour, Denise Bingham, Theresa Orecchia Highlights: NPHIC convened public health communicators from across the country for a two-day training event in Chicago. Sessions focused on the use of social media during... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
National Academies of Science Building Resilience to Disasters WorkshopDate: Sept. 5, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher and Naomi Rennard Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The National Academies of Sciences hosted a dynamic workshop to feature the publication of a recent National Research Council report, Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative. The report details the strong community of stakeholders eager to advance the efforts of building resilience... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
New Interactive Portal for Patient Confidentiality LawsOn October 1, the Public Health Management Corporation, a nonprofit public health institute in Philadelphia, released new data on lawatlas.org that provides information on state-by-state laws and regulations on the use, release, and reporting of personal health information for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and tuberculosis. On this website, local health departments... Oct 08, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
NACCHO Staff Report: NIH Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) 10th Anniversary SymposiumThe National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH created an initiative called Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) in 2004. This workshop highlighted the accomplishments of MIDAS over the past 10 years and presented a variety of computational modeling projects by academic institutions associated MIDAS. Oct 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
NACCHO Staff Report: Indiana State Level Exercise Tests Preparedness and Response CapabilitiesAndrew Roszak served as a subject matter expert and evaluator at the State of Indiana's State Level Exercise (SLE) at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Indiana. This year's exercise simulated severe weather sweeping through a town in Indiana, including an EF3 tornado, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall that produced localized flooding. Oct 03, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
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