Featured NALBOH Publications:  

 

Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer, 2nd Edition

Now available! This publication is an excellent resource for boards of health or other public health practitioners who need an introduction to environmental health issues. The Primer has been updated with more information for boards of health, and now includes fact sheets and PowerPoint presentations for additional learning opportunities.

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Boards of Health Addressing Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Through the Community Guide. Designed to increase board of health member awareness and capacity to implement evidence-based tobacco use prevention and control policies to improve public health outcomes.

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Boards of Health Addressing Physical Activity Through the Community Guide. Designed to increase board of health member awareness and caacity to implement evidence-based policies for the built environment that promote physical activity.

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Boards of Health Addressing Health Disparities Through Tobacco Use Prevention and Control
One of NALBOH’s newest series of factsheets, Boards of Health Addressing Health Disparities, features its first set of one-page documents dedicated to tobacco use prevention among African Americans, Hispanics, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Native Alaskans. These four factsheets are designed to aid board of health members in defining health disparities as well as understanding how these four subpopulations are affected by tobacco use.

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Clean Indoor Air Factsheets
The Clean Indoor Air Factsheets has six documents developed by NALBOH, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Three factsheets are devoted to assisting boards of health with varying tobacco control legal authority work on clean indoor air laws. There are also two factsheets for state and local health department staff. The final factsheet is a compendium of resources on secondhand smoke. Every order placed provides you with all six factsheet.

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Smoke-Free Housing Programs and Initiatives in Local Health Departments and Boards of Health

This factsheet, co-developed with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), discusses how boards of health and health departments can approach smoke-free policy development in multi-unit housing.  Success stories from boards of health and health departments are highlighted.

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Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Tool Kit **Updated**
Designed as a resource guide for boards of health to make informed decisions regarding their agency's Tobacco Use Prevention and Control programs and policies. As issues emerge, the Tool Kit serves as a reference to identify key issues and topics, and is designed to be placed in a 3-ring binder so that you may continually update your copy.

Member price- $20.00, Non-member price $30.00

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Archived NALBOH Webinars

 

Economic decline from smoke-free air policies? Informing local policymakers with data.

In communities that are working on smoke-free air policies, it can often be heard that businesses are afraid that the policy will cause them to lose revenue. Do smoke-free air laws negatively affect the local economy? View this educational webinar, hosted by the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) to learn what the data really show and how to use the information to advocate for smoke-free air. Presenters: Brian A. King, PhD, MPH-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jon Macy, PhD, MPH-Indiana University, Ellen Hahn, PhD, RN-University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy.

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Evidence-Based Policies that Work for Your Community

The Indiana Association of Local Boards of Health (InALBOH) and NALBOH co-presented this 30-minute webinar. Viewers will learn how to integrate evidence-based approaches into a health improvement process, follow a Community Guide Website demonstration, and hear from an Indiana board of health member on how to use evidence-based approaches at the local level.

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All About Advocacy: Learn How to Advocate and Take Action in your Community

The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) presented this webinar training to discuss issues with advocacy. Viewers will learn about advocacy, understand why working with others is important, and hear from a North Carolina board of health member on when you should advocate.

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Pathways to Integrate Evidence-Based Approaches:

• A “How-To” for Governing Boards of Health
• A “How-To” for Policy-Making Boards of Health
• A “How-To” for Advisory Boards of Health

The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) and the Guide to Community Preventive Services Director (Community Guide) presented these webinars, designed specifically for board of health statutory authority levels. Viewers will learn about the Community Guide, identify ways boards of health can use evidence-based resources, and hear from NALBOH field consultants who worked directly with boards of health in Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Washington to improve utilization of evidence-based approaches and public health outcomes.

NALBOH NEWSBRIEF

 

The NALBOH NEWSBRIEF newsletter provides an abundance of the latest public health information to board of health members on a quarterly basis. Current information on emerging issues, trends, and strategies are highlighted throughout the publication.

 

NALBOH is interested in publishing articles related to boards of health and the public health field. View the NEWSBRIEF article submission guidelines.

 

Click on the links below to view past issues of the

NALBOH NEWSBRIEF:

 

2011 NEWSBRIEFS available in MEMBERS ONLY area.

 

2010

4th Quarter (pdf) Feature: Community Health

3rd Quarter (pdf) Feature: Preparedness

2nd Quarter (pdf) Feature: Environmental Health

1st Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Board Governance

 

2009

1st Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Board Governance

2nd Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Environmental Health

3rd Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Preparedness

4th Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Community Health

 

2008

1st Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Board Governance

2nd Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Environmental Health

3rd Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Preparedness

4th Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Community Health

 

2007

1st Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Board Governance

2nd Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Environmental Health

3rd Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Preparedness

4th Quarter (pdf) - Feature: Community Health

FREE Resources Available for Download

 

Local Public Health Governance Instrument-Version II (pdf)

 

Joint Policy Action Steps/Tobacco (pdf)

 

Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) Brochure (pdf)

 

Pandemic Flu Checklist for Local Board of Health Members (pdf)