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Drug Overdose Investigations
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About Drug Overdose Investigations According to CDC, more than 932,000 people in the United States have died from a drug overdose since 1999. Surveillance of overdose-related mortality is one key component of drug overdose prevention efforts, as data are used to better focus prevention and overdose response activities. The National Network of Public Health Institutes […]
For Immediate Release: National Network of Public Health Institutes Joins CDC-Led Effort to Train the Nation’s Public Health Workforce on Infection Prevention and Control
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CONTACT Maurice Starks, National Network of Public Health Institutes, mstarks@nnphi.org Marcy Barnett, Director of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, National Network of Public Health Institutes, mbarnett@nnphi.org NNPHI and Eight National Partners Working Together on Project Firstline, a CDC-Led Initiative to Train Healthcare and Public Health Workers on Infection Prevention and Control WASHINGTON, DC — The […]
Evaluation and Program Improvement Capacity Building for STD Programs
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With funding from CDC, NNPHI is working with CDC’s Division of STD Prevention (DTSTDP), CDC’s Program Development and Quality Improvement Branch (PDQIB), and the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center (RMPHTC) to implement The Evaluation and Program Improvement Capacity Project. This project supports health departments’ STD programs in their efforts to make strategic decisions, plan […]
Introducing Project Firstline
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The recent news that the President of the United States and many of his close advisors contracted the coronavirus has shocked many in the nation and underscored the relentless nature of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 215,000 Americans. The pandemic has also highlighted the reality that infectious disease can pose a much […]
Reopening Schools and Rethinking Physical Activity
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Most days when I open my email, a bevy of new information about COVID-19 fills my inbox. I subscribe to a number of listservs, so depending on the day, there might be an email about the science of a COVID-19 vaccination, or new school reopening and operation guidelines, or tips for staff wellness and safety, […]
Public Health Institutes Find Creative Solutions to Combat Food Insecurity
- By: Erin Marziale and Leah Ettman, MS, MPH
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By: Erin Marziale, MPH and Leah Ettman, MS, MPH Food insecurity has been a persistent public health issue for decades. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 14 percent of families with children were food insecure, according to a June article in the Journal of Urban Health. Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief […]
Strategy, Skills, and Solutions: CDC and NNPHI Lead Strategic Scholars Program on Resource Management
- By: Laila Fox, MPH and Meghan Wolfe
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By: Laila Fox, MPH and Meghan Wolfe, MPP The Strategic Scholars Program, a training experience developed and implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), uses a community of practice cohort model and multiple learning modalities to build governmental public health workforce capacity in […]
Sharing Tribal Public Health Promising Practices to Address the Opioid Crisis in Indian Country
- By: Leah Ettman, MS, MPH
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By: Leah Ettman, MS, MPH Update: Earlier this month, Seven Directions released its report, Models of Tribal Promising Practices: Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Care Coordination and Data Systems, which can be downloaded here. A snapshot of the opioid crisis in Indian Country reveals a stark and unsettling picture: American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are […]
Top 5 Issues to Consider at the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Public Health (2020 Update)
- By: Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW
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By: Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW and Julia Bleser, MS, MSPH As we enter the last quarter of 2020 and embark on NNPHI’s 20th anniversary year, it is time to revisit issues at the intersection of behavioral health and public health. NNPHI prioritized this issue several years ago at the request of our member organizations, many of […]
Toxicology Fellowship Program
- By: Maurice Starks
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About the Toxicology Fellowship Program According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 750,000 people in the United States have died since 1999 from a drug overdose[1]. Surveillance of opioid-related morbidity and mortality are important components of opioid overdose prevention efforts. The complex and changing nature of the drug overdose epidemic […]
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