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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  • Vector Control

Mosquito Invasion Leads to Innovation

By Dr. Peter Jiang, Entomologist, Gainesville Mosquito Control Gainesville, FL is known as “The Swamp” not...

Feb 25, 2020 | Guest Author

  • Leadership
  • Performance Improvement
  • President's Corner

Public Health Transformational Leader Reena Chudgar Shares Advice on How to Develop and Successfully Implement Innovative Ideas

Reena Chudgar, MPH, is Director of Innovation at the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI). Reena...

Feb 19, 2020 | George Roberts

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Reflections from STD Engage 2019: Proud to Be a Work-in-Progress

As we have done for the last several years, NACCHO provided several full scholarships for local health department...

Feb 04, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Reflections from STD Engage 2019: Finding Community, Celebrating Impact

As we have done for the last several years, NACCHO provided several full scholarships for local health department...

Jan 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

Six Compelling Reasons to Include People with Disabilities at the Emergency Planning Table

Emergency preparedness is an essential part of public health. In a disaster, emergency preparedness becomes emergency...

Sep 28, 2017 | Alyson Jordan

Sexual Health “Up North”

Northern (Lower Peninsula) Michigan is where people in Michigan go “Up North.” It’s where they visit to go hunting,...

Aug 14, 2017 | Alyson Jordan

  • Social Determinants of Health

McLean County Health Department Rewards Healthy Behavior at Pop-Up Events

A summer program launched by the McLean County Health Department unites education and promotion in a unique way has...

Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author

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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