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We Finally Have the Spotlight. What Are We Going to Do With It?
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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Around this time two years ago, we were working on the Public Health Learning Network’s (PHLN) Strategic Workforce Action Agenda, which examined some of the gaps and opportunities in the nation’s public health workforce development system—an examination that is even more relevant as we confront a massive viral pandemic. Under the leadership of Christina Welter, […]
Learning Opportunities: Music Therapy, Policy Change, Psychological Resilience, Emergency Risk Communication
- By: Laura Prechter
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Region I- New England Public Health Training Center Music Therapy Impact on Population Health: RI Experience and Beyond Two-part webinar series: April 22 & May 13: This webinar will provide an introduction to music therapy. The Hands in Harmony population wheel will be paired with infographics to provide an overview on the impact […]
Results and recommendations from a national public health workforce development systems assessment conducted in the United States
- By: Workforce, Training, and Education
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Authors: Christina Welter, Betty Bekemeier, and Jennifer McKeever This article is published in the journal, Pedagogy in Health Promotion. Multiple public health workforce development assessments report individual worker knowledge and skill-based training needs. These assessments do not capture practitioners’ in-depth perceptions of complex public health challenges and whether workforce development approaches address these issues. To […]
Learning Opportunities: Maternal Health, Effective Coalitions
- By: Laura Prechter
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From Region V- Region V Public Health Training Center Centering Black Bodies and Voices in the Public Health Response to the Black Maternal Health Crisis Live Webinar- April 17: Dr. Lynn Roberts will present an overview of the reproductive justice (RJ) framework and share her “notes from the field” on how the RJ movement is […]
Leveraging Partnership to Inform and Expand the Bandwidth of Disaster Resiliency
- By: Multiple Authors
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In August 2019, the National Network of Public Health Institutions (NNPHI) partnered with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to explore the development of a curriculum for a new Hurricane Response Hub Project ECHO pilot series entitled Environmental Health Communication Strategies in a Hurricane Emergency Event. This partnership is a concrete example of how nongovernmental […]
Learning Opportunities: Disaster-Related Resources for COVID-19
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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For 2020’s first issue of The Hub Speaks, we have curated resources and training opportunities for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to provide updates and resources to help public health professionals and other community organizations educate and assist in keeping their communities safe.
Resilience in the Time of COVID-19
- By: awprobot
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Marcy Barnett, NNPHI’s Director of Emergency Preparedness, Response, & Recovery, speaks about the importance of responder resilience in the face of disaster and provides self-care measures we can all benefit from during the latest global crisis and public health emergency: COVID-19.
Puerto Rico Provides New Educational Initiatives to Alleviate Challenges After Disasters
- By: Multiple Authors
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Months after several earthquakes shook the island, new educational initiatives emerge in the face of unique challenges
Empowering Local Environmental Health Practitioners to Improve Workforce Capacity
- By: awprobot
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“A community’s autonomy is the foundation for their sustainability and resilience.” – Nikki Fernandes
The Importance of Protecting Your Mental Health: Before, During, and After a Disaster
- By: Multiple Authors
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“We have not been directly exposed to the trauma scene, but we hear the story told with such intensity, or we hear similar stories so often, or we have the gift and curse of extreme empathy and we suffer. We feel the feelings of our clients. We experience their fears. We dream their dreams. Eventually, […]
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