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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
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Colorado chooses to fight its own ‘Winnable Battles’ The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified its own “Winnable Battles” where progress can be made in the next three-to-five years. The state’s 10 winnable battles are clean air, clean water, infectious disease prevention, injury prevention, mental health and substance abuse, obesity, oral health, safe food, tobacco, and unintended pregnancy. Note the similarity with areas CDC has identified as winnable battlegrounds. Click here for more. |
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Recording on unsafe injections toolkit webcast now online This NPHIC-sponsored webcast on the continuing problem of usafe injection practices took place Jan. 26. Mary Beth Wenger discussed the upcoming release of a valuable toolkit to help communicators and others get the word out stop unsafe practices and save lives! Click here. |
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January edition of NPHIC newsletter now available NPHIC serves up a jam-packed newsletter to start the new year. Articles cover our new CDC cooperative agreement, new board members and staff members, what’s trending today, our certification initiative, a new iPad app, cancer cluster toolkit, H3N2 in Iowa, immunization partnership and much more. “The NPHIC team should really be proud of this newsletter,” remarked the CDC’s Demetrius Parker. “It is chock full of informative and relevant information – a must read by any PH communicator. This one should be submitted for a communication award!” Click here to see for yourself. |
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February is American Heart Month; Wear red on Feb. 4
Heart disease is the #1 killer of Americans. Some heart attacks are sudden and intense, but most start slowly with mild pain or discomfort. Click here to learn the signs and symptoms of a heart attack. In addition, be sure to wear red on Feb. 4, National Wear Red Day, to help raise awareness of heart disease among women. Click here for more information about women and heart disease prevention. |
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CDC and PHI offer free leadership training opportunity
CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support has announced a new public health leadership opportunity available through a cooperative agreement with the Public Health Institute. The National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health approach brings together leaders from public health, healthcare, and community organizations to work towards improving a specific, measurable public health problem within their communities while also receiving leadership training and technical assistance from national experts. Applications are due by Feb. 3. Click here for more information and an application. |
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Heads up! CDC set to announce immunization program awards The National Immunization Survey awards program takes place during an immunization program manager meeting in Atlanta Feb. 1-3. Check with your program manager for more information. Then get ready to share the good news with the media and public when your agency’s program is honored. |
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PHP Summit: Sustaining preparedness in an economic crisis
The 2012 Public Health Preparedness Summit will focus on how to move forward in an environment of limited resources. Public health professionals from across the nation will present new research, new tools, and new practices to build and sustain a progressive public health preparedness infrastructure at the local, state, tribal, and territorial levels. Join your colleagues at the Summit in Anaheim, CA, Feb. 21-24, and take the opportunity to regroup, refocus, and refresh your approach to public health preparedness! For more information and registration information, click here. |
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Health improvement and technology video contest
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is offering $5,000 in prizes for the best short (up to 2 minutes) videos about any health-improvement New Year’s resolution that involves the use of technology for its achievement. Examples include using a pedometer to reach goal of 10,000 steps daily and a Smartphone app to track food intake. Submission deadline is Feb. 16, and winners will be announced March 15. Click here for details. |
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SNS releases PIO preparedness game and an at-risk eTool
CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile created the new products to enhance preparedness and planning. The game was developed specifically for public information officers or others tasked with providing information to the public during public health emergencies. Click here to access the on-line game, no downloads or installs are needed on your computer. The second product is an electronic tool that can be used for communications planning to reach at-risk/vulnerable populations. To access the free e-tool, click here. For a more detailed description of both products click here. |
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