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From Connecticut, a Tool for the Ebola Response and Beyond
By Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO With the World Health Organization declaring Liberia free of Ebola virus...
Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author
Surge Management Workgroup May Report
The Surge Management Workgroup held its monthly call on May 26. During this conference call members discussed potential topics for...
Jun 02, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
Surge Management Workgroup March Report
The Surge Management Workgroup held its March call on the 23rd. During this conference call members discussed and reviewed...
Apr 08, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
Apply for the Summer 2015 Local Public Health Policy Scholar Program
As the 2014-2015 academic year concludes, NACCHO’s Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program completed a successful...
Apr 01, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Strengthening Public Health at Its Core: A Focus on Disease Intervention Specialists
Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) work in communities throughout the United States and the U.S. territories to protect the...
Feb 19, 2015 | Guest Author
Project Public Health Ready: A Tool for Improving Statewide Preparedness
A hurricane is fast approaching your region. How will evacuation and sheltering procedures work when your neighbors are all affected,...
Jan 22, 2015 | Rachel Schulman
Surge Management Workgroup December Report
The Surge Management Workgroup held its December call on the 8th. After introductions, members held a discussion related to the topics...
Jan 05, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
Fighting Infectious Disease in the United States: A New Report Looks at Our...
On December 18, 2014, the Trust for America’s Health, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released its report...
Dec 23, 2014 | Guest Author
Medical Surge: Promising Practices Using Immediate Bed Availability in Rural...
Natural disasters, pandemics, and terrorist attacks have the potential to impact hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of...
Nov 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
From Connecticut, a Tool for the Ebola Response and BeyondBy Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO With the World Health Organization declaring Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission on May 9 and cases slowing in the most affected areas, now is the time for local health departments to take stock and make improvements to further strengthen their preparedness efforts. Melissa Marquis, RN, MS, […] Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author |
Surge Management Workgroup May ReportThe Surge Management Workgroup held its monthly call on May 26. During this conference call members discussed potential topics for future blog posts related to the Surge Management Workgroup activities for the NACCHO Preparedness Brief Blog. NACCHO will work with workgroup members to develop a blog post related to its March 2015 webinar entitled: “Medical […] Jun 02, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
Surge Management Workgroup March ReportThe Surge Management Workgroup held its March call on the 23rd. During this conference call members discussed and reviewed evaluations stemming from the March 11, 2015 Surge Management Workgroup webinar on the intersection between local public health and healthcare coalitions. After these discussions the workgroup held a conversation on potential activities for the immediate future. […] Apr 08, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
Apply for the Summer 2015 Local Public Health Policy Scholar ProgramAs the 2014-2015 academic year concludes, NACCHO’s Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program completed a successful pilot year. Twenty graduate-level students from across the country gained firsthand knowledge of the domestic public health landscape and the roles of local health departments. Participants gained subject matter expertise, refined their writing and research skills,... Apr 01, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Strengthening Public Health at Its Core: A Focus on Disease Intervention SpecialistsDisease Intervention Specialists (DIS) work in communities throughout the United States and the U.S. territories to protect the public’s health. Originally established to work in the field of STD prevention, DIS have ground-level investigative skills that have become key components of tuberculosis outbreak response, HIV exposure notification, other infectious disease control efforts, and... Feb 19, 2015 | Guest Author |
Project Public Health Ready: A Tool for Improving Statewide PreparednessA hurricane is fast approaching your region. How will evacuation and sheltering procedures work when your neighbors are all affected, too? The local health department reports a suspected case of Ebola. Who at the state level should be notified first? Quick, effective responses to public health emergencies require planning, coordination, and practice among and between […] Jan 22, 2015 | Rachel Schulman |
Surge Management Workgroup December ReportThe Surge Management Workgroup held its December call on the 8th. After introductions, members held a discussion related to the topics that workgroup members are interested in for future conversation. Participants noted that it may be beneficial to hear from subject matter experts regarding healthcare coalitions and continue to have conversations related to the connection […] Jan 05, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
Fighting Infectious Disease in the United States: A New Report Looks at Our ReadinessOn December 18, 2014, the Trust for America’s Health, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released its report Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014. The report looks at states across ten criteria related to fighting infectious disease such as increasing or maintaining funding, vaccinating at least half of the population six months […] Dec 23, 2014 | Guest Author |
Medical Surge: Promising Practices Using Immediate Bed Availability in Rural CommunitiesNatural disasters, pandemics, and terrorist attacks have the potential to impact hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of individuals within a community. During such events, those impacted can become ill or injured causing the healthcare system within the community to experience a “surge” of patients. To address the challenge of medical surge, local health […] Nov 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
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