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Using I.T. to Enhance Public Health Practice and Impact Outcomes

Jun 30, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

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 opportunity is...

Mar 27, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

Infectious Disease, Public Health Informatics, Social Determinants of Health

Syndromic Surveillance: The Boston Experience

Nov 07, 2013 | Guest Author

Drug Overdose Prevention, Social Determinants of Health On the Front Lines of an Epidemic: Public Health Workforce Initiative Jumpstarts an Opioids Response Project By Laura H. Franzke, PhD, MPH Population Health Workforce Branch, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, CSELS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Judith C. Shlay, MD, MSPH, Associate Director, Denver Public Health If war is ultimately about people, then the opioid epidemic is indeed a war. In the confused geography of war, there are […] Jan 09, 2019 \| NacchoVoice
Using I.T. to Enhance Public Health Practice and Impact Outcomes Jun 30, 2015 \| Alyson Jordan
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 opportunity is available to impact families. Countryside Public Health’s Med-technician uses a data report extracted from WIC, Immunization Registry, and Child and Teen Checkup data. This report helps families to receive services in cost efficient manner. Mar 27, 2015 \| Alyson Jordan
Infectious Disease, Public Health Informatics, Social Determinants of Health Syndromic Surveillance: The Boston Experience Nov 07, 2013 \| Guest Author

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What Local Tobacco Control Officials Need to Know

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Accelerating Action to End the HIV Epidemic

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Community Health, COVID-19, Immunization, Influenza

Libraries: A Community Hub for Vaccine Education and Awareness - Van Buren/Cass...

The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department partnered with the district library to improve community health education.

Nov 18, 2024 | Clarissa Montes

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Community Engagement, Community Resilience, Immunization, Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to build trust, elevate voices,...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk populations are especially vulnerable to public health...

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

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 Opportunities

Through the power of partnerships, the Catawba County Library System has found inspiration, resources and an enhanced role as a...

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

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How We Got Our Shot Together

Madison County Public Health Department in New York State held a health fair and concert event in an effort to vaccinate residents...

May 25, 2023 | Guest Author

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