Public Health
Public Health is a critical area of focus for local and state government agencies, involving health promotion, disease prevention, and preparedness for health emergencies within communities. Governments are responsible for implementing public health policies, managing healthcare services, and responding to crises like pandemics. This directory provides articles on public health, along with related topics like SafeGov, which covers strategies and initiatives for protecting the well-being and security of the public through effective governance.
Taigman calls on departments to immediately alert IT staff to check the integrity of their data, software and networks
The approval for new AEDs, cardiac monitors and CPR devices follows an inspection showing that most Eddy County fire vehicles lacked working AEDs
“When you have a patient that has been traumatically injured ... they need blood products,” said Erin Reese, program director with Mercy Flight Central
Officials hope the app, Pokket, will keep people out of jail and help them better acclimate to life outside a cell. Twelve other jurisdictions are part of the $148M national criminal justice reform initiative.
Guest columnist Craig Settles advises on how community broadband can advance telehealth networks in both rural and urban areas with poor connectivity.
Through Aetna’s Cultivating Healthy Communities initiative, grants were awarded to 25 nonprofits with a focus on health and hunger in America.
Mayors from Gary, Indiana, Huntington, West Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee, ask lawmakers for more federal funding for opioids at the local level. Get the new NLC/NACO whitepaper on best practices to address the crisis.
Jason Kander announced he is ending his bid for Kansas City mayor due to an ongoing battle with PTSD. He is a military veteran that served in Afghanistan.
An ICMA 2018 session on opioid interventions shared rural, urban and regional diversion program information and offered key takeaways about the role of data.
Local government solutions providers attended ICMA 2018.
The Ohio competition aims to develop -- with millions in funding -- opioid technologies that can help address opioid abuse for marketplace deployment by 2022.
Loneliness is at the heart of poor physical and mental health, but it’s going to take a village to combat this public health epidemic
Before responders arrive, students trained to apply tourniquets have the chance to save the lives of their peers and others.
Data from states like Vermont confirms that MAT for opioid abuse disorder increased under Medicaid expansion.
Right from the field, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is better able to assess potential mental health situations via telepsychiatry.
One in five students has a mental health challenge. Adults can learn how to spot the signs through an 8-hour mental health first aid course.
Maryland’s STOP VAWA grant program aims to boost victim-centered public safety strategies to combat violence against women.
North Carolina is seeing an increase in opioid overdose emergency department visits. Interventions are lowering overdoses, but fentanyl is increasing them.
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