To close out a very successful #BlackMaternalHealthWeek , Shelby County Health team members wore yellow today to symbolize their hope for improving Black maternal health outcomes. #HerStoryIsOurStory @BlkmamasMatter @bigcitieshealth @hrsagov

Whether you’re planting seeds at a community garden, contributing to mutual aid networks for survivors, or collaborating with community leaders, consider what building connected communities means for you this Sexual Assault Awareness Month #SAAM2024 bit.ly/43Mne2j NRCDV

Considering #PublicHealth vending machines for your jurisdiction? Watch the recording of our webinar with experts from SN Health District and Public Health - Seattle & King County providing their experience with implementing this #HarmReduction tool. youtu.be/dwYPMLUBycQ

Wonderful opportunity for an experienced public health policy practitioner: the Lerner Center for Health Advocacy is hiring a professor/deputy director. Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy apply.interfolio.com/144309

Thanks to Black Mamas Matter Alliance for again calling attention to Black maternal health this week. As @shelbytnhealth director Dr. Michelle Taylor explains, we must address both the structural & individual racism that lead to higher Black maternal mortality rates shelbytnhealth.com/CivicSend/View… #BMHW24

📆 Register for MONDAY ➡️ How can opioid settlement funds support #PublicHealth solutions to #OverdosePrevention ? Join Prevention Institute & @bigcitieshealth for a webinar supported by the CDC Division of Overdose Prevention. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Today's must-read ➡️ Wise words on how to regain trust in #PublicHealth from our co-founder and former head of CDC and nychealthy.

“There is no way we can treat our way out of this. A lot of things are being tried, and not all of it will pan out.” — Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD in a thoughtful piece about youth #MentalHealth by Daniel Payne in POLITICO politi.co/4cJ5A3k nychealthy

Seattle/King County is hiring an Epidemiology Team Manager who will serve as a technical and subject matter expert in informatics and analytics for notifiable communicable diseases. To learn more: bigcitieshealth.org/careers

Collaboration and funding are essential for public health to move forward and build healthier communities. By centering health equity and racial justice, the vision of a healthier, more resilient world is possible: bigcitieshealth.org/centeringracia… #NPHW

Emergency preparedness is the cornerstone of public health resilience. Readiness saves lives. Investing in health departments and reauthorizing policies like PAHPA is critical. Learn more: bigcitieshealth.org/reauthorize-pa… #NPHW

Whether it’s access to contraceptives or clinical STI services, BCHDs support communities’ agency over their own bodies. For example, advocate for expanded funding to the Title X family planning program: bigcitieshealth.org/fy25-improve-f… #NPHW

We are pleased to share a new report that draws on the experience of more than 140 health department and CBO leaders. Read the CDC Foundation, Kaiser Permanente & @kpcommhealth & Human Impact Partners recommendations on strengthening collaborative partnerships: cdcf.link/4a9EJff

Want data that matters for #ChronicDisease prevention and health promotion? CDC’s refreshed CDI web tool has user-friendly, customizable ways to get the data you need when you need it. Test it out. cdc.gov/cdi/

We have seen repeatedly how important good data is to protecting our communities’ health. The support many health departments are now receiving to modernize our data systems is critical. Learn more: bigcitieshealth.org/public-health-… #NPHW