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Metal Cookware: A Previously Unrecognized Source of Lead Exposure in the United States

Children resettled from Afghanistan were found to have the highest prevalence of elevated blood lead levels of any...

Jan 03, 2024
By Public Health-Seattle & King County

Safety Village Educates Children

In Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb and Douglas Public Health, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response created the...

Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Partnerships Make California Exercise Possible

Do you think the various emergency response and public health officials in your community could work together well in...

Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Using Field Research To Improve Disaster Response

In 2013, NACCHO awarded a Competitive Capacity Building Award to the Marin Medical Reserve Corps Foundation to explore...

Sep 17, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Investments in Preparedness Help Mitigate Sheboygan, WI Tuberculosis Outbreak

What happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the...

Sep 17, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Urban Farming: The New Design of Social Sustainability

In 2012, six community-based farms in Cincinnati provided thousands of pounds of fresh produce to residents in...

Aug 15, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Fit and Fall Proof

Having trouble getting in and out of a car because the legs are feeling weak? Having trouble carrying groceries...

Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

Hope

I work closely with community partners to create formats that will hopefully open the eyes of individuals to the...

Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Ottawa County Health Department Beach Health Campaign

Public Health officials are concerned with water recreational illnesses to keep our communities healthy and safe....

Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Social Determinants of Health

Operation Safe Kids

Michelle is an Operation Safe Kids (OSK) cCourt participant. She was almost 18 years of age when she came into the...

Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

Better Balance in Broome with Fall Prevention Programs

(BINGHAMTON, NY) – During National Public Health Week the Broome County Health Department is putting the emphasis on...

Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

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Chw 5
  • 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...

Library Departmental Color
  • 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...

GYST

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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