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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.

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Climate Change
  • Success Story

Who Ya Gonna Call... When You Don't Speak English?

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, you call the Ghostbusters. But who do you call when there is...

Sep 18, 2023 | Jillian Wilson Martin, Town of Natick

Archuleta County CO
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Health
  • Climate Change
  • Success Story

Progressing on Climate Adaptation for Archuleta and La Plata Counties, Colorado

San Juan Basin Public Health's conclusions demonstrate the importance of holistic climate planning that takes seriously...

Sep 18, 2023 | Brian Devine, San Juan Basin Public Health

Franklin County OH
  • Community Health
  • Climate Change
  • Success Story

Developing Local Environmental Public Health Indicators for Climate and Health

Franklin County Public Health developed a set of local environmental public health indicators to track trends in the...

Sep 18, 2023 | Jennie McAdams, Franklin County Public Health

Heat stroke
  • Climate Change
  • Emergency Response
  • Extreme Weather
  • Success Story

Planning for Extreme Heat in a Changing Climate

With the climate changing quickly, emergency planning for extreme weather events is critically important to public...

Sep 18, 2023 | Dawn Ford, Hamilton County Public Health

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  • Food Safety & Inspection

Food Safety Across Languages: A Comprehensive Manual by Franklin County Public Health

Franklin County Public Health came up with a unique idea to launch a food safety manual in multiple languages.

Jun 26, 2023 | Guest Author

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  • Health in All Policies
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Success Story

Local Health Departments Implement Health in All Policies Strategies in Innovative Work to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Franklin County Public Health, Kent County Health Department, and Minneapolis Health Department received funding and...

Mar 24, 2023 | Rachel Siegel

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Lake County General Health District Relaunches Food Safety Ninja Website

The newly designed website provides important food safety information that can be used at home and for food services .

Mar 21, 2023 | Guest Author

Fast food inspection illustration
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Monongalia County (WV) Gets Green Light to Implement Risk-Based Inspection System for Food Service Establishments

The Monongalia County Health Department (WV) presented to their Board of Health regarding the importance of...

Feb 14, 2023 | Anu Varma

Mosquitos in water
  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
  • Vector Control

Forsyth County Program Expands Capacity for Insecticide Resistance Training and Collaboration with Neighboring Vector Control Programs

In 2020, the Forsyth County Department of Public Health (NC) vector control program demonstrated improvements in both...

Feb 07, 2023 | Charlotte Ciampa

Chelsea MA
  • Climate Change

Improving Health and Environment in Massachusetts' COVID-19 Epicenter

A story from the field on climate health and adaptation at the local level.

Aug 17, 2022 | Guest Author

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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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