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Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup February Report
Chairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup...
Feb 28, 2014 | Resham Patel
NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Core Competency Advisory Workgroup
Given the expansion of the strategic vision of the MRC to include both preparedness/response and routine public health activities and...
Feb 28, 2014 | Kim Grimmick
All-Hazards Planning for Public Health Emergency Response: An Interview with Melissa...
This is the second part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit....
Feb 28, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group February Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group held its monthly call on Feb. 12. The workgroup welcomed Jeremy Hirst, Chief of Risk and...
Feb 25, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
NACCHO Launches Website for the National Profile of Local Health Departments
In January, NACCHO released the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile Study), a nationwide study investigating...
Feb 19, 2014 | Admin
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
Shine a Spotlight on Your Local Health Department with Storytelling
What happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the spring of 2013 when...
Feb 19, 2014 | Admin
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars Program
Over the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the...
Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather...
For U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow...
Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup February ReportChairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on Feb. 25. Meg Nash, a current public health graduate student form George Washington University, joined the call to share a policy statement on local public health preparedness planning that she helped to draft in […] Feb 28, 2014 | Resham Patel |
NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Core Competency Advisory WorkgroupGiven the expansion of the strategic vision of the MRC to include both preparedness/response and routine public health activities and advancements in the field of core competencies, NACCHO convened an ad-hoc workgroup in New Orleans on Tuesday, Feb. 25 and Wednesday, Feb. 26. During this interactive workshop, the 10 members of NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) […] Feb 28, 2014 | Kim Grimmick |
All-Hazards Planning for Public Health Emergency Response: An Interview with Melissa MarquisThis is the second part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Melissa Marquis RN, MS, Public Health Emergency Response Specialist for the West Hartford/Bloomfield Health District, previews her session, “Building Your Toolkit: All-hazards Preparedness Planning Basics and Beyond.” At the session, Melissa will […] Feb 28, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group February ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group held its monthly call on Feb. 12. The workgroup welcomed Jeremy Hirst, Chief of Risk and Emergency Management from DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, IL. During the February call, the group heard an informational update on the National Health Security Preparedness Index (NHSPI). This update provided an overview of […] Feb 25, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
NACCHO Launches Website for the National Profile of Local Health DepartmentsIn January, NACCHO released the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile Study), a nationwide study investigating relevant topics on local public health infrastructure and practice. This year, NACCHO launched a new website for the Profile Study, www.nacchoprofilestudy.org, which offers materials that local health department professionals can use to illustrate what local public... Feb 19, 2014 | Admin |
Risk Communication Workgroup February ReportOn 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 |
Shine a Spotlight on Your Local Health Department with StorytellingWhat happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the spring of 2013 when a case of TB arose in a family in this city of nearly 50,000 on the shores of Lake Michigan. Although Sheboygan County averages three active cases of TB per year, it became […] Feb 19, 2014 | Admin |
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars ProgramOver the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the opportunity to draft policy statements on behalf of NACCHO, work with staff members to receive feedback, and then present the statement to the appropriate NACCHO workgroup for review. Students have the opportunity to learn about a […] Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather EventsFor U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow is barely cause for concern. In the warmer cities of the south, however, what may seem like a minor weather event can be a major disruption to the community. Atlanta found […] Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
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