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Podcast From Washington: Experts Discuss Changes in Local Health Department Infrastructure From New Forces of Change Survey Report
Podcast From Washington: Experts Discuss Changes in Local Health Department Infrastructure From New Forces of Change Survey Report
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Jun 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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Washington, DC, June 14, 2024 — On this month’s podcast, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Mastroberardino, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, provided an outlook on the Fiscal Year 2025 federal funding landscape and the implications for local public health. Later in the program (5:02), NACCHO’s Kellie Hall, Director of Data Communications; David Okereke, Senior Research Specialist; Victoria Van de Vate, Director of Government Affairs; and Meghan Shea, Senior Program Analyst for Informatics, discussed important research findings from NACCHO’s 2023 Forces of Change Survey, which assesses changes in local health department infrastructure driven by public health trends. The recently released report describes local health department billing capacity, the use and growth of the community health worker workforce, social determinants of health activities, and data modernization efforts. To learn more about the findings from the 2023 Forces of Change Survey, visit www.naccho.org/forces. ### About NACCHO The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the over 3,300 local governmental health departments across the country. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities. For more information, visit www.naccho.org.
Released:
Jun 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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