Health Equity Speaker Series
Addressing Equity in Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change for Obesity Prevention
Presenter: Adam B. Becker, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children
When: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 3:00 – 4:30 pm (EST)
Registration: www.mitrainingcenter.org
APHA Mid-Year Meeting
The Honorable Jennifer Granholm
Former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm discussed how despite spending more on health compared to other countries, the U.S. still lags behind on overall health outcomes. But she reasoned that public health can change that. “It’s about social, political and economic justice.” Watch video >>
Celinda Lake
President, Lake Research Partners Celinda Lake shared new public opinion research on prevention and wellness. “The public is strongly supportive of prevention and believes it should be a much higher priority.” Watch video >>
Dr. Lawrence Wallak
College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University Lawrence Wallack provided an inspiring Closing Session speech focused on crafting effective messages that reflect public health's social justice values. “First we need to correct our fundamental errors and start making better arguments about what kind of country we are and what kind of values guide us.” Watch video >>
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Webinar: Making the Connection between U.S. and International Climate Change Efforts
County Health Rankings Webinars
http://match.wisc.edu/countyhealthrankings/webinars/
List of upcoming webinars about the County Health Rankings. Past webinars are also available.
Links to training opportunities for public health professionals. Includes occupational health and safety training, pod casts, and archived public health seminars. http://ophp.umdnj.edu/
NACCHO's Quality Improvement (QI) and Accreditation Preparation Webinar Series
http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/accreditation/webcasts.cfm
Public Health Learning
Public Health Learning offers access to a free, public-accessible learning management system (LMS), where you can assess yourself on key professional competencies (core public health, leadership, emergency preparedness, and others), and find appropriate training opportunities offered by Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center (IPHPC), Mid-America Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC), and outside partner organizations.
http://www.publichealthlearning.com/Public/default.aspx
APHA presents a four-part webinar on What Healthy Communities Need from their TRansportation Networks
Registration link: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=4ozeg2azyaax
Webinar Series: What Healthy Communities Need from their Transportation Networks
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=4ozeg2azyaax
Four part webinar series that explores the intersections between health and transportation, highlights state and local programs that leverage opportunities in transportation that benefit health, and explains what the future may hold for the federal surface transportation authorization.
Online instruction on how to retrieve statistical information and access data sets relevant to public health.
http://phpartners.org/tutorial/03-hs/index.html
Out of the Shadows: Exploring the Barriers to Mental Health, Prevention and Treatment
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=1870 Pesticide-Related Illness: Indentifying The Threat, Treating The Problem
http://www.mdpestnet.org/ National Public Health Training Center Network
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/publichealth/phtc.htm Partners in Information Access for Public Health Workforce
http://www.phpartners.org/ MAPHTC Public Health Core Competency Training
http://www.jhsph.edu/maphtc/training_events/core_competency_series.html Outbreak at WatersEdge — A Public Health Discovery Game for High School and College Students
http://www.mclph.umn.edu/watersedge/ Education and Training-SOPHE Summer Webinar Series
http://www.sophe.org/summerwebinarseries.cfm
Free web-based professional development opportunities. CHES credits available for a fee.
HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
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