NACCHO

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) are excited to announce the first virtual learning session of the 2025 Getting Further Faster (GFF) Community of Practice (CoP). Supported by the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the GFF CoP is designed to connect and support community, public health, and healthcare coalitions and partners working to address non-medical factors that influence chronic disease in their communities, like improving neighborhood design, linking communities with healthcare, increasing access to nutritious food, promoting social connections, and creating tobacco-free environments. In this virtual learning session, Tennessee state and local health department representatives will discuss their initiatives, barriers, and lessons learned. To register, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eyEPZBuS

It's Tick Bite Prevention Week! Local health departments, see a “menu” of options for building up capacity in your local mosquito and tick control programs. Start with your "appetizers" and dial up your capacity building to "desserts"! https://ow.ly/LE8j50VonIy

Subscribe to NACCHO’s Cardiovascular Health Newsletter and gain access to valuable resources, expert insights, and opportunities to connect with professionals working to improve cardiovascular health in local communities.?? https://lnkd.in/e7GqZX4X

???New Podcast Episode??? On this episode, NACCHO discusses the Continuing Resolution that provides funds for the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2025, the budget reconciliation process—including how it could potentially impact Medicaid—and the confirmation hearings for HHS agency nominees. NACCHO also speaks with Katherine Wells, DrPH, Director of Lubbock Public Health in Texas, to discuss the recent measles outbreak in the United States and initiatives they have implemented to slow the spread in Texas. ??Listen to the new episode here: https://bit.ly/424doIt

World TB Day, recognized annually on March 24, was created to recognize Dr. Robert Koch’s discovery of the bacterium that causes TB in 1882. The day serves as a reminder to continue promoting the public’s awareness, testing, and treatment of TB, and to continue striving for a world free of it. Learn more about how you can play a role in TB elimination with NACCHO's latest blog: https://lnkd.in/d-5jUCYW

Bridge knowledge gaps and?improve your existing?radiation recovery planning and exercising programs. Join a full-day radiological/nuclear preparedness and response workshop on Monday, April 28, in San Antonio, TX, in advance of the 2025 Preparedness Summit. Details and registration: https://ow.ly/TF5750Vnyx8

Attention graduate or doctoral students! NACCHO is awarding three students scholarships to attend the AAIDD 2025 Annual Conference.?Network with your peers and gain valuable information?on advancing outcomes in health and disability.?Apply by Friday April 11th, 2025. Scholarship application: https://lnkd.in/gq6Z6cQ3 About the conference: https://lnkd.in/dupj4kE

#DidYouKnow that since Cryptosporidium is disinfectant tolerant, all higher-risk aquatic facilities should include secondary disinfection systems such as UV disinfection and ozone disinfection to minimize risk of outbreaks? Here’s how local health departments can play a role in reducing Cryptosporidium spread: https://lnkd.in/euyZqi_2

Subscribe to NACCHO’s Cardiovascular Health Newsletter and gain access to valuable resources, expert insights, and opportunities to connect with professionals working to improve cardiovascular health and health disparities in local communities.?? https://lnkd.in/e7GqZX4X

Happy #ManuscriptMonday! Our team's newest journal article shares evaluation findings from four local health departments funded by NACCHO to implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended test of cure (TOC) for pharyngeal gonorrhea. The evaluation assessed the yield and feasibility of implementing TOC in clinical #PublicHealth practice. Overall, the local health departments perceived TOC to be feasible but resource intensive. Low return rates, limited culture collection, and limited culture yield highlight challenges to determining the cause of a positive TOC and the limitations of TOC in identifying cephalosporin resistance. Facilitators to successfully implementing TOC included: ? Conducting TOC at least 10 days post-treatment to decrease the chance of false positive tests; ? Proactively building leadership and clinical team buy-in to integrate TOC into existing workflows; and, ? Offering in-person clinic testing methods and incorporating patient education into the TOC visits to improve the rate of test return.