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Training Highlights: Fatality Preparedness and Response, Constructive Feedback, and Youth Populations at Risk
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This week, learners have the opportunity to complete trainings and attend webinars by the Public Health Learning Network on managing mass fatalities, navigating feedback dynamics, and addressing needs of vulnerable youth populations. Mass Fatality Management: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Preparedness and Response From: Region 10: Northwest Public Health Training Center (University of Washington) In this […]
STD Program Evaluation Tools and Training
- By: Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW
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NNPHI collaborated with Texas Health Institute, the National Coalition of STD Directors, Cardea Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop STD Program Evaluation Tools and Trainings (STD PETT), a collection of six online training modules and 21 downloadable resources providing step-by-step guidance to enhance STD program evaluation capacity. STD PETT emphasizes […]
Training Highlights: Unconscious Bias, Disaster Impact, Housing Construction and Health Disparities, Health Equity Through Budgets
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Join the PHLN this week in attending these four eLearning opportunities. We are highlighting a live webinar on unconscious bias, an on-demand course on psychological effects of disaster, a live session on health disparities in vulnerable populations, and a webinar on using budgets to support health equity. Unconscious Bias: Do I Have the Tools to […]
Training Highlights: Data for Non-Statisticians, Transgender Care Competency, Substance Use Disorders
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This week, we are highlighting a live training on using data as a non-statistician, a live presentation on becoming culturally competent in working with transgender individuals, and an on-demand webcast on Medication Assisted Treatment. Big Data, Big Headache: How Non-Statisticians Can Approach and Use Data for Performance Management From: Region 10: Northwest Public Health Training […]
Training Highlights: Hurricane and Disaster Recovery Trainings
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As recovery efforts are underway in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the NCCPHT is highlighting these Hurricane and Disaster Recovery Trainings in this special edition of Training Highlights. If your center has any trainings related to the topics above that would benefit professionals or the public in areas that have been affected by […]
Three Public Health Training Needs Rise to the Top
- By: The Public Health Learning Network
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You might be surprised at the diversity of professionals who are on the front lines of public health practice without formal education and experience in the field. In fact, local librarians increasingly find themselves stretched beyond traditional responsibilities like providing information access, programming, and instruction on information literacy. Librarians are now entering unchartered waters in the […]
Western Region Public Health Training Center Partners with Researchers to Implement Stock Inhaler Program in Arizona Schools
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The prevalence of asthma in children makes it the most common chronic pediatric condition. Considering most days in a child’s life are spent at school, lacking access to inhalers during asthma emergencies is disconcerting. The Region IX – Western Region Public Health Training Center (WRPHTC) partnered with University of Arizona researchers to tackle this public health issue […]
Trainings Featured in Summer/Fall 2017 Elevate, Your Resource for Lifelong Learning
- By: The Public Health Learning Network
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This special expanded edition of Elevate’s Training Highlights showcases top trainings from each regional public health training center in the Public Health Learning Network. Each year, the PHLN training repertoire grows dynamically to meet public health training needs across the country. Learning opportunities in this issue include: Controlling cancer Corporate policies in public health practice Cultural […]
Training Highlights: Professional Development, Breast Density in Cancer Screening, Students in Vulnerable Populations, and Customer Service
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In this week’s Training Highlights, we bring you a recorded webinar on professional development for public health staff, an on-demand training on innovative breast cancer screening, a live presentation on vulnerable populations in schools, and a self-paced session on creating a positive customer service culture in public health. Personal Professional Development Plans for Public Health Agencies From: Region […]
Springboard to Active Schools Training of Trainers: Asking the Right Questions
- By: Kate Holmes, MPH
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Physical activity levels among youth in the United States have plateaued. Among high school students, physical activity levels have remained stagnant over the last three years, according to the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2011-2015. For children ages 6-19, the 2016 U.S. Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth gave the United States […]