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Training Highlights: Sodium Reduction, Food Systems, Behavioral Health, and Fetal Infant Mortality
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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This week’s highlighted public health training opportunities span the spectrum. The Public Health Learning Network invites you to explore public health’s collaborative role in supporting and strengthening food systems; learn about tools to support loved ones with behavioral health needs; and, examine how a wide array of social, economic, health, educational, environmental and safety issues relate to […]
The Public Health Training Center Network (PHTCN)
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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The Public Health Training Center Network The Public Health Training Center Network (PHTCN) is a consortium of regional Public Health Training Centers that collectively represent the nation’s most comprehensive resource for public health workforce development. With a unique blend of local relevance and national breadth, the PHTCN plays a vital role in building and sustaining […]
Public Health Reports (131, no. 2), Executive Perspective: HRSA’s Transformation of Public Health Training
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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Dr. Mary Beth Bigley, Director of the Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce, at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and former acting editor in chief of Public Health Reports (the official journal of the U.S. Public Health Service) (PHR), describes HRSA’s work to help transform the way we train public health workers in the United States.
From the Public Health Learning Network: Training, Tools, and Resources to Help You Understand and Respond to the Zika Virus Outbreak
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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The Zika virus outbreak and its growing correlation with microcephaly, and other birth defects and neurological disorders, has caused concern around the world and here in the United States. Zika has also been linked to Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological condition leading to muscle weakness, permanent or temporary paralysis, and in some cases, death. And […]
From the Public Health Learning Network: Training, Tools, and Resources to Help You Understand and Respond to the Zika Virus Outbreak
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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From the Public Health Learning Network: Just-in-time training, tools, and resources to support their work protecting the public from Zika virus and build enduring public health skills to respond to future emergencies.
Public Health Training Center Webinar Presentation: The Zika Virus: What It Is and How to Protect Against It
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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Cherie Drenzek, DVM, MS, State Epidemiologist, Georgia Department of Public Health provided an overview of the Zika Virus and its spread, including, what it is, how it is transmitted, and who it affects. Dr. Drenzek discussed how to protect against Zika and how health departments can prepare to recognize, manage and report Zika infections and communicate prevention measures to the public.
Environmental Health Resource Guide, Compiled by the Region V Great Lakes Public Health Training Collaborative
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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The Environmental Health Resource Guide offers a listing of critical resources to further understanding of Environmental Public Health. The Region V GLPHTC is a member of the Public Health Learning Network, the nation’s most comprehensive system of educators, public health experts and thought leaders whose collaborative mission is advancing public health practice and improving population health in the United States.
What’s New at the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT)
- By: Multiple Authors
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Fall 2015 kicked off a flurry of activity at the NCCPHT. We confirmed our strategic plans, worked towards our new brand identity (slated to launch in 2016), coordinated technical assistance for regional public health training centers, revamped our network-wide communications strategy, and continued to build strategies for assessing nationwide needs for public health training. We are […]
The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training: Using Online Tools to Support a Community of Practice
- By: Dorothy Sekowski, MPH, M.Ed
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Think about your work week. How many times have your found yourself sifting through a flooded inbox for that email…with that attachment…for that meeting you’re about to be late for? If you’re like me in such a moment, you’ll swear you’ll sweep all of your email into tidy inbox folders—right after you finally find that […]
Notes from the NCCPHT: Re-Visioning a Network of Public Health Training Centers
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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In September, 2014, NNPHI received funding from the Health Resources and Services Agency (HRSA) to serve as the new National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT). Written into Affordable Care Act legislation, the NCCPHT provides support to a network of 10 regional Public Health Training Centers and 39 Local Performance Sites in addition to […]