{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"NACCHO\u2019s Podcast From Washington: Tools to Improve Public Health Communications","description":"On this month\u2019s podcast,&amp;nbsp;Lauren Soule, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, and Molly Curington, Government Affairs Associate, discuss tips for meeting with federal elected officials during August recess. Lauren and Molly provide step-by-step guidance on how to request an in-district meeting, what to expect on the day of, and how to prepare effective talking points,&amp;nbsp;including NACCHO's&amp;nbsp;ask to co-sponsor the&amp;nbsp;bipartisan&amp;nbsp;Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment reauthorization bills (H.R. 4445&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;S. 4283). Resources mentioned are available through&amp;nbsp;NACCHO's Public Health is Local toolkit, and recordings of past Public Health is Local webinars can be found on&amp;nbsp;NACCHO University.&amp;nbsp;Let us know how your meetings went&amp;nbsp;so&amp;nbsp;we can track your&amp;nbsp;great work&amp;nbsp;and follow up with offices if necessary.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;Public Health is Local one-pager&amp;nbsp;is also available for you to bring to your meetings. In addition,&amp;nbsp;Amanda Kwong, the Director of Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC)&amp;nbsp;at the de Beaumont Foundation,&amp;nbsp;and Robin Mowson, NACCHO Director of Immunization, discuss the&amp;nbsp;practical tools available for public health communicators' use. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The NACCHO Podcast Series","author_url":"http:\/\/naccho.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42100670\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204145620"}