The Senate Finance Committee announced this week that it will hold a confirmation hearing for Alex Azar, nominee for the Secretary of the Department Health and Human Services, on Tuesday, January 9. Recall, President Donald Trump announced his selection of Azar for HHS in November. Azar spent nearly a decade at pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly,…
Read More »CHEAC Staff wishes everyone a very happy holidays and happy new year! The CHEAC Office will be closed on Monday, December 25, Tuesday, December 26, and Monday, January 1. Staff availability will be limited next week. Our CHEAC Weekly Update will not be distributed next week and will resume the week of January 1, 2018.
Read More »The California Health and Human Services Agency is seeking feedback from stakeholders on the statewide Let’s Get Healthy initiative. In 2012, the Let’s Get Healthy Task Force adopted 10 year goals to improve the health and wellbeing of California. Six goal areas were developed and key indicators were identified to measure progress in these areas….
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Initiative is partnering with the Harm Reduction Coalition to hold a free, two-part webinar series about naloxone. Registration is requested by January 5, and information on the webinars is below: Part I: Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Tuesday, January 9, 10:00 am – 11:30…
Read More »The Trust for America’s Health released this week Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism. The report determined that the country does not invest sufficiently to maintain strong, basic core capabilities for public health security readiness, and, instead, is in a continuous state of inefficiently reacting with federal emergency supplemental…
Read More »The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently released the report Strategies to Limit Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Young Children. The report summarizes the presentations and discussions of a workshop convened earlier this year by NASEM’s Food and Nutrition Board. The report may be accessed here.
Read More »The American Public Health Association, in conjunction with Transportation for America, recently produced a guidebook on Partnering with Metropolitan Planning Organizations to Advance Health Communities. The guide is intended for public health practitioners as a primer for working across various sectors to create and foster environments that support physical activity and advance health equity. Included…
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a letter to states announcing that CMS will no longer accept state proposals to finance Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations by drawing down federal funds for programs that have historically been paid for by states outside of Medicaid. These time-limited arrangements, known as Designated State Health…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announced today the awardees of the 2017-2018 Accreditation Support Initiative (ASI). These awards will support local health departments in addressing needs in preparing and applying for accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The ASI awards are made possible by funding and support of…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will hold a webinar to preview the Let’s Talk Cannabis Community Toolkit on Tuesday, December 19 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. The webinar is designed to assist local health agencies, public health practitioners, and other local partners start a conversation on the potential health effects of using…
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