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Lancaster County: From Injury to Prevention
This NACCHO Stories From the Field Video explores the Safe Kids Program in Lincoln/Lancaster County, NE and the collaboration between...
Mar 13, 2014 | Alyson Jordan
Life in the EOC during the Red River Flood of 2009
The last two weeks of the spring of 2009 in Fargo proved to be one for the record books. The winter of 2008-09 had brought record snow...
Feb 12, 2014 | Alyson Jordan
Public Health Nurses Go Wild after Catching MCH Fever!
Passionate about Public Health? Think Women and Children are OUR Future? Have BIG IDEAS on how to make a difference but Little Money...
Jan 06, 2014 | Alyson Jordan
Policy change: Everything is allowed, (except what is prohibited).
We wanted to initiate a policy change at the local level to address infrastructure gaps for Denver Public Health (DPH). But we were...
Dec 19, 2013 | Alyson Jordan
Healthy Options in Rural Oregon Food Deserts
The Marion County Health Department in Oregon's Willamette Valley is working to improve the health of rural communities and decrease...
Dec 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan
Workforce Challenges in Public Health Preparedness
Its mid-February in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Pete Baril, the emergency preparedness coordinator for the Western Upper Peninsula...
Nov 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan
Lancaster County: From Injury to PreventionThis NACCHO Stories From the Field Video explores the Safe Kids Program in Lincoln/Lancaster County, NE and the collaboration between state and local partners. Jason Kerkman tells his story of how a spinal cord injury led him to a career in injury prevention. Mar 13, 2014 | Alyson Jordan |
Life in the EOC during the Red River Flood of 2009The last two weeks of the spring of 2009 in Fargo proved to be one for the record books. The winter of 2008-09 had brought record snow accumulations to the region. As March came around, temperatures began to warm quicker than normal; bringing the Red River to levels it had not seen since 1967 and 1997. Feb 12, 2014 | Alyson Jordan |
Public Health Nurses Go Wild after Catching MCH Fever!Passionate about Public Health? Think Women and Children are OUR Future? Have BIG IDEAS on how to make a difference but Little Money to do SO? DON’T GIVE UP! Dream Out loud and on-paper: Write a NACCHO Grant! Don’t be afraid to hold the Money Men/Decision Makers Hostage for an hour or so to make your case for change….YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Jan 06, 2014 | Alyson Jordan |
Policy change: Everything is allowed, (except what is prohibited).We wanted to initiate a policy change at the local level to address infrastructure gaps for Denver Public Health (DPH). But we were stalled because we did not know what level of policy and systems change we were “allowed” to initiate. Federal funding restrictions, contacting the Mayor or the City Council, coordination with government relations staff in other agencies... we didn’t know where to... Dec 19, 2013 | Alyson Jordan |
Healthy Options in Rural Oregon Food DesertsThe Marion County Health Department in Oregon's Willamette Valley is working to improve the health of rural communities and decrease obesity and obesity-related diseases through a Healthy Corner Stores Initiative. This project seeks to improve access to and availability of healthy food options in corner/convenience stores in USDA-identified food deserts in Northern Marion County. Dec 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan |
Workforce Challenges in Public Health PreparednessIts mid-February in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Pete Baril, the emergency preparedness coordinator for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, arrives at the office. He sets off across the freshly plowed parking lot, pondering the task before him. “Three deep,” he says as he scrapes the remainder of last night’s snowfall away from the entrance. Nov 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan |
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