Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments...

“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners...

Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington

  • Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Local Preparedness Efforts

    By Megan Reeve, MPH, Associate Program Officer, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine “There is a commonly held...

    Sep 10, 2014 | Guest Author

  • New Student Opportunities for Fall 2014: NACCHO Launches Health Policy and Practice...

    For the 2014-2015 academic year, NACCHO has expanded their student opportunities to include the newly developed Local Public Health...

    Aug 12, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon

  • Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare...

    On Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human...

    Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon

  • 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

  • National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

    Dec 18, 2013 | Naomi Rennard

  • 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

  • Budget Cuts Reduce Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response Capacity

    Since 2007, continued funding cuts have been impacting pandemic influenza planning and response in local health departments (LHDs)....

    Oct 30, 2013 | Sara Rubin

  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Project...

    Staff: Scott Fisher and Jack Herrmann ASPR approved two additional NACCHO reports on administrative preparedness for distribution. The...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

  • Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments to Respond to Global Health Security Threats?

    “What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners across the country are mulling this question as concern grows over the threat posed by Ebola to global health security. This question is inevitably followed up with, “Are we ready?”

    Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington

    Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Local Preparedness Efforts

    By Megan Reeve, MPH, Associate Program Officer, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine “There is a commonly held notion that preparedness is separate and distinct from everyday operations and that it only affects emergency departments,” said Gregg Margolis, director of the Division of Health Systems and Health Care Policy in the Office of […]

    Sep 10, 2014 | Guest Author

    New Student Opportunities for Fall 2014: NACCHO Launches Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program

    For the 2014-2015 academic year, NACCHO has expanded their student opportunities to include the newly developed Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program. This program was designed as a guided, academic, practice-based opportunity for graduate level students in public health, pharmacy, environmental studies, or law to work on policy and practice issues impacting public […]

    Aug 12, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon

    Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness

    On Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human Services’ Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). That equals nearly a 30 percent reduction in a program specifically aimed at strengthening healthcare preparedness for public health emergencies. These cuts could have severe and dire consequences on the ability of...

    Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon

    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

    National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

    Dec 18, 2013 | Naomi Rennard

    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

    Budget Cuts Reduce Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response Capacity

    Since 2007, continued funding cuts have been impacting pandemic influenza planning and response in local health departments (LHDs). Sequestration, the automatic federal spending cuts that took place in March 2013, caused further strain on these programs. With another round of sequestration cuts set to take place in January 2014, LHDs may be forced to reduce or eliminate programs that would plan...

    Oct 30, 2013 | Sara Rubin

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Project September Report

    Staff: Scott Fisher and Jack Herrmann ASPR approved two additional NACCHO reports on administrative preparedness for distribution. The first, Administrative Preparedness and the Public Health Workforce: Suggested Strategies for Health Departments, identifies factors that affect staffing during emergency responses and offers strategies and a review checklist for health departments to consider when...

    Oct 09, 2013 | Admin

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