Stories from the Field

Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.

Merging Data Sets to Support Public Health Strategies

Every time a family walks through the doors for Women's Infants, and Children's (WIC) appointments the window of...

Mar 27, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

Pursuing Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) While Facing Many Local Diversities

Florida Department of Health in Duval County (DOH-Duval County) pursued Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) in hopes of...

Mar 27, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • Infectious Disease
  • Social Determinants of Health

Building Trust for Public Health Surveillance

From 2009 to 2014, seven cases of neonatal herpes emerged in Rockland County, New York. The cases occurred in the local...

Mar 17, 2015 | Guest Author

Naloxone Saves Lives in Cuyahoga County

The death toll from accidental drug overdose may have been much higher this year if not for a life-saving drug called...

Feb 24, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

Hepatitis-A Case Strengthens Partnerships and Exercises Epidemic Response

On May 20, 2014, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department learned a local restaurant employee tested positive...

Feb 06, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

Santa Rosa County McKinney-Vento Program First of Its Kind in Country

In 2013, the school district and the health department in Santa Rosa County collaborated to secure a grant under the...

Feb 06, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

Restoring the Village

Youth and gang violence is a significant issue that impacts many communities across the United States, including Ft....

Jan 12, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

DC Department of Health and Volunteers Collaborate for a Successful “Concert for Valor”

On November 11, 2014, HBO, Starbucks, and Chase Bank hosted the “Concert for Valor” on the National Mall in Washington,...

Jan 05, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

“Back2School” Immunization Clinic runs smoothly using Incident Command System

Working with state and local partners, Dakota County Public Health Department vaccinated 120 students entering 7th...

Dec 19, 2014 | Alyson Jordan

“Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall”

The 3rd Annual "Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall," a falls prevention conference for older adults, was held on October...

Dec 19, 2014 | Alyson Jordan

Partner Articles

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

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  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030
  • Success Story

Library Serves as a Community Hub for Health Improvement...

Through the power of partnerships, the Catawba County Library System has found...

May 30, 2023 | Erica Derr, Collaborative Services Librarian, Catawba County Library System

Library Serves as a Community Hub for Health Improvement...

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How We Got Our Shot Together

Madison County Public Health Department in New York State held a health fair...

May 25, 2023 | Guest Author

How We Got Our Shot Together

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