Immunization and Infectious Disease Update National Association of County & City Health Officials Information and Resources for Local Health Departments |
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Foodborne Illness Response Guidelines for Food Establishments
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) Industry Guidelines were developed as voluntary guidance for owners, operators, and managers of retail food establishments to help outline, clarify, and explain their recommended roles in a foodborne illness outbreak investigation. The document provides step-by-step approaches to important aspects of outbreak response such as preparation, detection, investigation, control, and follow-up.
NEW: Billing For Clinical Services Toolkit and Website
NACCHO, with funding from the CDC, created a toolkit with resources, templates, and tools for LHDs to use while developing the capacity to bill third party payers for immunization, STD, TB and HIV services. More than 200 resources have currently been collected from state billing guides, CMS, state health departments, LHDs, insurance companies, and vendors of products such as electronic medical records and billing clearinghouses. The toolkit can be found on NACCHO's new billing website along with other resources such as webinars, training opportunities, and information on peer networking. NACCHO wants to talk to you about your LHD billing experiences and needs! Please contact [email protected] and we will work with you to schedule a time to discuss LHD billing.
NACCHO Immunization Videos Page
NACCHO has gathered videos addressing vaccination into one convenient place. Watch short videos covering immunization issues, including influenza, pertussis, adolescent immunization, and personal stories about vaccine preventable diseases. Videos range from humorous to serious and target a variety of ages. Please email Alyssa Kitlas ([email protected]) if you have an immunization video you would like to share with other LHDs.
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Get Involved
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Nominations for Childhood Immunization Champion Awards The CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award is an annual award that recognizes individuals who make a significant contribution toward improving public health through their work in childhood immunization. Champions can include coalition members, parents, healthcare professionals, and other immunization leaders who meet the award criteria.
The Network for Public Health Law Webinar: HIPAA and Public Health
A webinar on Monday, February 3, 2014 (1:00-2:30 PM EDT), will discuss recent enforcement and policy development with regard to HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules. Register for this webinar now.
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Funding Opportunity
NACCHO, with support from CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health/Arthritis Program, is pleased to offer an opportunity for LHDs to develop the capacity to deliver the Stanford model of Chronic Disease Self-Management Program or Arthritis Self-Management Program. The deadline for the application is February 17, 2014, at 10:00 AM EDT. Click here for more information.
Blocked Shots: Examining the Basis, Nature and Public Health Impact of Vaccine Exemption Laws
A webinar on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 (1:00 PM EDT) will examine the legal and ethical basis for vaccination requirements, review a recent assessment of how non-medical vaccination exemption laws impact the annual incidence rates of vaccine-targeted diseases, and explore how states are changing their vaccine exemption laws. Click this link to register for the webinar.
Public Health Law Research Call for Proposals
Public Health Law Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently released its sixth call for proposals on studies that focus on the effects of laws and policies on public health. Up to $150,000 is available for studies up to 18 months long and a total of $1.25 million is available to fund short-term studies. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2014 at 3 p.m. EDT.
Volunteers Needed for Travel History Pilot Project
Travel history data are often missing or incomplete on infectious disease case records. To address this, the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Travel History Workgroup has developed standardized travel history questions that it plans to field test for Lyme disease, tularemia, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, West Nile, giardiasis, and cryptosporidiosis from April-October 2014. CSTE is collaborating with NACCHO to recruit pilot sites nationwide from all jurisdiction types (e.g., city, county, region, state). Please contact Dr. David Wong with the National Park Service Office of Public Health for more details: [email protected].
FirstBook Initiative
NACCHO is partnering with FirstBook in an effort to provide thousands of new books, at no cost, to public health leaders and health educators that serve low-income kids. Quality reading materials that encourage being physically active, seeing the doctor for checkups, and healthy lifestyle choices help kids grow into healthy and successful adults. NACCHO members and partners are encouraged to participate. The books are free and can be shipped to your location for $.45 for each book. Sign up here.
Submit a Tool to NACCHO's Immunization and Infectious Disease Toolkits
NACCHO's Immunization and Infectious Disease Toolkits are intended to provide LHDs with resources related to immunization and infectious disease prevention and control practices. Examples of tools include templates, guides, community resources and much more. Log in to submit your own resources to the Toolkit to share with other LHDs.
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Publications
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Immunizations
CDC. MMWR. 2014 January 31. 63 (04); 69-72.
CDC. MMWR. 2014 January 31. 63 (04); 81.
Kahan, D. Social Science Research Network, 2014 January 27. CCP Risk Perception Studies Report No. 17.
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