Bringing Climate Back into Focus in 2023
Future-Oriented Climate Action: NNPHI’s Environment and Human Health Workgroup Leads the Conversation
- By: Madelyn Gustafson
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NNPHI’s Environment and Human Health Workgroup hosted a panel discussion at the 2025 NNPHI Annual Conference. The session ‘Future-Oriented Climate Action: Empowering Local Communities’ featured members of the workgroup. With a focus of three main topics- funding, local policy, and local collaboration – the panelists shared their current work, partnerships and priorities for environment […]
NACCHO360: Lessons Learned from My First Conference
- By: Isabella Zhou
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This past week, I had the chance to attend my first professional conference when I flew to Anaheim for the annual NACCHO360 conference, a gathering of county and city health department staff and public health professionals. Between all the excitement and nervousness that comes with going to your first conference: navigating flights and large convention […]
Public Health Workforce Challenges: A Perspective from a Current Student
- By: Isabella Zhou
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As the number of students pursuing public health degrees on both an undergraduate and graduate level continue to rapidly rise, understanding how to effectively transition these graduates into their careers will be vital when it comes to building a resilient and capable public health workforce. In an effort to glean the perspectives of recent public […]
Infection Prevention and Control Trainings & COVID
- By: Fahrenheit Creative Group
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Title of Report: A Survey of Existing Infection and Prevention Trainings Evaluating Current IPC and COVID-19 Trainings As COVID-19 spread across the nation, the U.S. utilized infection prevention and control (IPC) trainings and guidance as a tactic to mitigate transmission of the deadly virus. Our team used an environmental scan to identify 317 of these […]
Infection Prevention and Control Resources and Training
- By: Fahrenheit Creative Group
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Title of Report: Environmental Scan of IPC Trainings for Environmental Health Professionals Enhancing IPC Trainings An Environmental Scan of IPC Resources & Trainings Our multi-organization team utilized a rapid environmental scan to research and identify top-tier trainings on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) that were 1) geared towards a more general audience and 2) provided […]
Celebrations Are in Order: Introducing Our 2025 NNPHI Annual Conference Award Recipients!
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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The NNPHI Awards Program recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made exemplary contributions to improving the public’s health and embody NNPHI’s mission and values. NNPHI’s mission is to support national public health system initiatives and strengthen public health institutes to promote multi-sector initiatives resulting in measurable improvements of public health structures, systems, and outcomes. NNPHI’s Annual […]
Rooted in Change: the Environmental Health and Climate Workgroup Explores Climate Action Policies
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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As we stand at the crossroads of an ever-changing planet, the signs of climate change are no longer confined to distant future predictions. Instead, they are unfolding before our eyes in the form of extreme events that leave marks on the world we call home. From the devastating Hawaii wildfires, deemed the deadliest in a […]
Bringing Climate Back into Focus in 2023
- By: Ajay Persuad and Madelyn Gustafson
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When reflecting on the year 2022, challenges like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine and global economic uncertainty might have popped into your head. Although 2022 was a bumpy road, to say the least, there is one thing that has continued to persist for many communities around the country: climate change. From […]
Reflections on Success: Hurricane Response Hub
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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The Hurricane Response Hub (HRH) initiative was a two and a half year collaboration between the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health. In response to the devastating hurricanes of 2017—Harvey, Irma, and Maria—five technical assistance centers (TACs) were established […]
It’s Time for Public Health to Prioritize Environmental Justice
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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The intersection between public health and environmental justice has emerged as a topic of interest in nearly all corners of the country, as communities, policymakers, and elected officials grapple with the immediate and long-term health effects of pollution and climate change. From Flint’s water crisis to fires in California to families struck by rare cancers […]
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