Remember the 80s? It’s long gone. Remember mpox? It’s still a thing. Focus group participants shared that they feel safe from mpox now that media coverage has waned. Use this poster to remind them that mpox still exists – but so does the safe, effective vaccine.
This poster discusses how to make sure the second dose of the mpox vaccine is on your travel list. Engaging in sex while traveling can increase exposure to mpox. Getting the second dose of the mpox vaccine before taking off can protect you when you travel and protect your partners when you get home
RAISE and NASTAD’s webinar, “Best Practices for Community Engagement from a Public Health Perspective,” took place on Wednesday, July 19. This webinar featured two speakers discussing community engagement best practices, from a public health perspective. The discussion focused on approaches to assessing community preferences for public health interventions.
RAISE and NASTAD’s webinar, “Integrating Implementation Science Methods into Health Department HIV Programs & Evaluation,” took place on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. This webinar featured the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s efforts to incorporate implementation science methods into HIV programming and evaluation.
NASTAD, in collaboration with the CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis, developed the “Viral Hepatitis Testing: Health System Assessment Toolkit,” a comprehensive resource that includes information and considerations for creating a jurisdiction-specific health system assessment (HSA) in response to recently revised and expanded hepatitis B and C screening guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
On July 20, 2023, NASTAD hosted a webinar for the University of Washington Supporting Harm Reductions Programs team, “Measuring Syringe Coverage at SSPs: An Indicator for Equity and Needs-Based Distribution.” During this webinar, UW SHaRP shared tools and tips for syringe services programs interested in measuring syringe coverage among their program participants.
The webinar, “Low-Barrier Care as Part of Differentiated Service Delivery for People with HIV”, was held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Dr. Julie Dombrowski, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington and Deputy Director of the Public Health for Seattle & King County’s (PHSKC) HIV/STD Program, gave this talk. The webinar explored low-barrier HIV care, its purpose and design, and discuss how PHSKC has implemented this model. This webinar was co-sponsored by RAISE and NASTAD.
This toolkit is designed for new viral hepatitis health department staff to help you get started in your new role and includes basic information, recommendations, key national partners, CDC funding opportunities, and where to go for help.
The CDC Grant Funding Profiles site provides interactive data and summaries of CDC cooperative agreement and grant funding to recipients in U.S. states and territories, and the District of Columbia, starting with fiscal year (FY) 2010. The data is compiled in a format that allows users to view, sort, and analyze funding data by funding opportunity announcement, funding source (CDC funding category and sub-category), geography, and recipient name and type.
CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure Center is pleased to announce the launch of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant’s (PHIG’s) Health Department recipient profiles. The profiles provide policymakers, legislators, public health partners, and the general public with an important view of CDC’s historic investment in public health infrastructure. The data visualizations showcase how the more than $3.6 billion investment towards infrastructure will impact 107 health departments (50 states, Washington D.C., 8 territories/freely associated states, and 48 large localities).
