We’re excited to share a new campaign from the CDC Foundation called Hypertension Bites, focused on elevating the conversation around controlling blood pressure. The campaign features clear, actionable hypertension messages and ready-to-use resources you can share with your audiences.

Join their upcoming webinar on February 25 to:

• Explore new research to help inform your communications about blood pressure control
• Preview new Hypertension Bites campaign assets and patient education materials
• Learn about collaboration opportunities and strategies for reaching your audiences

Together, we can empower more people to achieve blood pressure control—turning confusion into clarity, frustration into confidence, and information into action.

If you’re interested, please register to attend and feel free to share this invitation with colleagues and partners who may benefit.

You can register here.

BreastfeedLA invites you to a webinar, Holding Space for Lived Experiences: Compassionate and Culturally-Responsive Services, designed to deepen your understanding and strengthen your service delivery with compassion and cultural responsiveness.

Date: February 24, 2026

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT

Supporting individuals and communities from diverse backgrounds requires more than intention, it requires insight, empathy, and culturally informed approaches. In this session, Holding Space for Lived Experiences: Compassionate and Culturally-Responsive Services, you’ll gain practical frameworks and tools to elevate how you show up in your work and strengthen your impact.

What you’ll learn:

• How intersecting identities shape lived experiences and influence service outcomes
• The ways that different types of trauma impact individuals and communities
• Historical context on systemic violence and its effects on care systems
• How liberation psychology principles can support more responsive, equitable services

Featured Speaker: Jonathan Wicks

Jonathan Wicks is a clinician, musician, and tech entrepreneur who currently serves as the Associate Director of Social Change and Innovation at the YWCA of San Gabriel Valley. He holds an undergraduate degree in cognitive psychology with a research focus on cognitive neuroscience, and a graduate degree in social work with a clinical focus on violence prevention. Jonathan brings a multidisciplinary lens to his work supporting individuals exposed to trauma, behavioral health challenges, and social inequities. Beyond clinical practice, he is deeply invested in cultivating young musicians into world-class performers and developing innovative products through web, mobile, and game development.

This webinar is ideal for providers, advocates, and community leaders seeking to deepen their practice and strengthen their impact. Reserve your spot and register today!

Just a reminder that the next Cardiovascular Health Community of Practice (CoP) peer-learning call will take place on January 20 at 1:00 PM ET.

This session will feature a spotlight presentation from the Alzheimer’s Association, focused on the connection between hypertension and Alzheimer’s disease, with an overview of evidence-based risk reduction strategies and practical tools for public health practice.

If you registered for the CoP earlier, you’re already registered for this session. New participants are welcome to join.

📅 January 20, 2026
⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM ET
🔗 Register here: https://naccho.zoom.us/meeting/register/v5gVLndLTJaCengREHeTEw

We hope you’ll join us.

North Star Birthing Services created a new Michigan Black Birthworker Directory, a resource that connects families with Black birth workers across the state. This directory highlights the expertise and care of Black birth workers in Michigan, helping families access the care they need during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.

Cell: "Microbial colonization programs are structured by breastfeeding and guide healthy respiratory development" Media highlights include:

• NYU Langone Health: "Breastfeeding Is Crucial to Shaping Infant's Microbes & Promoting Lung Health"

Globalization and Health: "Understanding the marketing of BMS in China through pregnant women and new mothers' diary"

Hospital Pediatrics: "Increasing Pasteurized Donor Human Milk Use in a Level 1 Newborn Nursery"

International Breastfeeding Journal:

• "Fatherhood and breastfeeding: a qualitative exploration of counselling experiences"
• "Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis"

International Journal of Nursing Studies: "Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding after caesarean section: A systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention studies"

Women and Birth: "Factors and interventions that positively influence breastfeeding rates at six months postpartum: An integrative literature review"

We are excited to launch NACCHO’s Cardiovascular Health Community of Practice – a space for local health departments to connect, share strategies, and learn from each other in the effort to prevent cardiovascular disease and reduce its risk factors.  

First Call: October 21, 1:00 PM ET

Recurring Schedule: The CoP will meet quarterly at 1:00 PM ET

• January 20, 2026
• April 21, 2026
• July 21, 2026

Each 60-minute virtual session will feature a spotlight presentation and an interactive discussion with peers across the country. Details on upcoming spotlight presentations will be shared closer to each date.

We’re excited to announce the re-launch of our Cardiovascular Health Community of Practice forum on NACCHO’s Virtual Communities! This is your space to connect with peers, share resources, and discuss strategies to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease in your communities.

Join the conversation! Your participation strengthens the network and helps advance cardiovascular health across communities!

NACCHO’s Informatics Champions CoP is reconvening following summer break!

Join us on Thursday, September 4^th at 4 PM ET for a discussion on Informatics Program structure and organization. Join us for presentations from Melody Brown (LA County), Alastair Matheson (Seattle-King County), and Mamta Parakh (NYC).

Call recording and slides will be uploaded here following the meeting. 

Topic: Informatics Champions CoP

Time: Sep 4, 2025 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Just listened to a great podcast episode featuring LHIT member Jason Frame:
“Building Trust, Not Turnover – Jason Frame’s Guide to Public Sector IT.”

Jason (CIO of Southern Nevada) talks about something that doesn’t get enough attention in tech leadership—how to keep great people on your team when you can’t always compete with big salaries.

His advice: build trust, give people ownership, and create a team culture that makes them want to stay. Simple, but powerful.

If you work in IT or public health, this one’s worth a listen:
🎧 Building Trust, Not Turnover