About this Webinar

This is a two-part, interactive webinar.

Community health workers play an important role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.  Learn the basics of diabetes with a focus on prevention and see how CHW's are making a difference.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe 2 types of diabetes
• List 3 risk factors for diabetes
• State 3 types of prevention activities
• List 2 prevention programs

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Dawn Heffernan
  Director,
  W. MA Public Health Training Center
  UMass Amherst
• 
  Kelly Henry, RN, CDE
  
  Cooley Dickinson
  Medical Group,
  Diabetes Center

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About this Webinar

The Webinar will focus on developing participants' skills to communicate complex health information in ways people can understand. Clear and simple health messages & materials help all audiences and members of your community (especially those with limited literacy skills) read, understand, and act on health information. Participants will take an audience-centered approach to assessment and creating materials and messages that are readable, actionable and culturally relevant. We will pay close attention to what plain language writing and design look like and how to apply plain language writing and design principles in practice. Although not required, participants may work on a health communication project of their own during the applied activities.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize health literacy, language and culture as potential barriers to communicating public health messages.
• Use health literacy tools and techniques to assess the readability and actionability of materials & messages.
• Apply plain language principles to public health materials & messages to enhance ease of use for all readers.

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, M.Ed.
  Assistant Professor, Director
  Tufts Health Literacy Leadership Institute
  

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About this Webinar

Participants will explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and this new moment in the civil rights movement for Black lives through a lens of trauma-informed care. The workshop will cover self- and community care, self-reflection for allyship and liberation, and resiliency-building through a lens of racial and gender justice.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify tools for self- and community care to help sustain health workers in a critical time
• Name Principles of Trauma-Informed Care and some ways they can be applied to daily work with colleagues and clients/ patients
• Think about how to hold trauma-informed, healing-centered space to talk about some of the major changes happening in our society right now.
• Deepen a self-reflection practice for resiliency-building and improved collaboration.

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Samantha Calero
  
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Samantha Isabel Calero (Sam, she/her) is a biracial Latinx public health consultant. Her work includes training and facilitation, technical assistance, policy analysis and development and organizational capacity building to address trauma, resiliency, racial and gender justice. She approaches her work with an intersectional, margins-to-center lens of relationship building and critical analysis for change. Sam is a member of Mijente and currently is completing her master's degree in health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She lives in Roxbury with her daughter.


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_{Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.}

About this Webinar

This webinar will provide practical tips and strategies for improved threat awareness and self-protection during field work, focused on workplace violence risk. Quick, effective stress management techniques, such as specialized breathing will also be provided. These tools can aid in increasing awareness and safety as well as de-escalation.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• List 2 strategies for improved hazard awareness in the field
• List 2 strategies for maintaining your personal safety in the field
• List 2 self-practice techniques for stress management

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Hilary Hackbart
  
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Hilary Hackbart works for the MA Department of Labor Standards in the Workplace Safety and Health for Public Sector Employees program. She has worked extensively on the development of occupational health and safety management systems, has conducted hundreds of on-site workplace health and safety assessments, and has trained thousands of workers on a wide range of health and safety topics, including workplace violence prevention. She holds a BA in Biochemistry from Harvard University, and an MS in Hazardous Materials Management from Tufts University.



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Community health workers will learn to use the Teach – Back Method, an evidence based communication tool proven to improve patient outcomes by decreasing problems that result from miscommunication. Meet Carlos and learn by example as he explains how he uses teach as part of his CHW role working with patients in a pharmacy to increase adherence.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• State the purpose of Teach Back
• Explain the essential steps in Teach Back
• Identify situations where Teach Back is appropriate to use
• List 2-3 questions to ask patients so they will teach back
• Develop a plan to use Teach Back in daily practice

Subject Matter Experts

• 
  Dawn Heffernan
  Director,
  W. MA Public Health Training Center
  UMass Amherst
• 
  Carlos Semidey
  Community Health Worker,
  Holyoke Health Center, Inc (HHC)

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About this Webinar

Integrating Community Health Workers into a Pharmacy Setting is a worthwhile challenge. This course offers practical advice on how community health workers are utilized in a federally qualified health center. Learn from experts who systematized the CHW role in both pharmacy and primary care.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the community health worker role in medication therapy management program in an urban pharmacy setting
• Identify 4 essential skills for community health workers in the pharmacy setting
• State the target population for community health workers
• Name two outreach settings described in the training

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Jerril Varghese, PharmD, RPh
  Clinical Pharmacist,
  Holyoke Health Center, Inc (HHC)

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About this Webinar

At a time when Community Health Workers are increasingly important as a way of reaching vulnerable populations, hear from a leader who directs implementation across multiple programs and settings. Whether your organization already employs community health workers and wants to integrate their practice more effectively, or is considering how to introduce them and define their roles, this webinar will allow you to hear from both nurses and CHWs. Discover how working together has influenced their scopes of work and effectiveness.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role of the Community Health Worker in comparison to the role of the public health or other nurse
• Describe two models of CHW & nurse collaboration from real cases
• Identify areas for potential improvement in collaborating with CHWs

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Abby Charles
  Senior Program Manager Institute for Public Health Innovation

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About this Webinar

Instead of an all-or-nothing approach to risk prevention, we need an approach that allows people to live their lives while reducing their risk.  What does harm reduction look like for the coronavirus?

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Define the principles of harm reduction as a public health approach
• Apply the principle of harm reduction to the current COVID -19 pandemic
• Discuss the intersection of harm reduction and institutional racism

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Linette Liebling, MSPH
  

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_{Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.}

About this Workshop

What becomes possible when we ask:

What would a world without racism look like?
What would it be like if quality healthcare were accessible to all?
How can we embrace and support wellbeing in all its manifestations?
What could healthy communities look like…and accomplish?

These are some of the questions we continuously ask ourselves in our work at the Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network.  The Network commissioned a film that will serve as a centerpiece to meaningful discussions and action on health equity across Western Massachusetts and New England. MOSAIC amplifies the voices of people working within and for our communities of color toward equity, justice, and representation in all aspects of life, including healthcare.

Join us for a Watch Party and Conversation of MOSAIC: Conversations on Racism and Health in Western Massachusetts/New England . Highlighted in the film are the Women of Color Health Equity Collective, Estoy a Aqui, BRIDGE members in the Berkshires and the Okteteau Cultural Center. For more information before the webinar visit wmhenfilm.org.

About this Webinar

This webinar will explore historically relevant, disruptive events and the people who endured them, revealing personal attributes and team dynamics. The instructor will suggest anger management and de-escalation tactics to consider, as colleagues and clients continue to experience high levels of frustration and stress. The webinar will identify risk factors for burn-out that occur in teams in relentlessly challenging circumstances. Applying Nursing principles and providing examples to right-size one’s perspective, the webinar will help fight burnout, and help public health professionals remain true to the purpose of the profession.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the origins of anger and disruptive behavior among colleagues and clients
• Identify risk factors for burn-out within yourself and your team
• Articulate potential consequences and resolutions for unchecked stress
• Create a personal and/or team-oriented care plan to improve staff fulfillment

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Leigh Hubbard,
  Clinical Manager
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Leigh Hubbard is the Clinical Manager at Open Door Health, Rhode Island’s first Ambulatory Health clinic dedicated to providing gender affirming care to the LGBTQ community. Her prior work included surgical services, program development and management, regulatory readiness, and ambulatory care and management. She has also worked in surgical intensive care, neurosurgery, oncology, and women’s health. She finds great joy in smoothing transitions within healthcare through process improvement and helping to guide RNs and other healthcare staff members through unsure, challenging circumstances. She feels that “professional growth spurts” abound when a person or team is tested and perseveres.
Leigh Hubbard is also the President of the American Nurses Association in Rhode Island. She chairs the government affairs committee. She is on the board of Directors of Rhode Island Action Coalition and the current medical consultant for the University of Rhode Island Childhood Development Center. She is a founding member of Mainstay RI, a small think tank dedicated to opioid overdose care redesign. She is an active member of Grace Episcopal Church in Downtown Providence, where she (used to) sing soprano in the choir.



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About this Webinar

Using a trauma informed approach is often described as moving away from asking the question “what is wrong with you?” to asking “what happened to you?” This training series will support participants in understanding the prevalence of trauma and it’s impact on the health and well being of survivors when it is not recognized and treated. It will also provide information on how they can support survivors by providing empowering interventions that support resilience. The concept of vicarious trauma will also be addressed.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the ways in which trauma manifests in adult as adaptations for survival.
  
• describe the 3 brief interventions that they can use to support individuals to support healing from trauma and build resilience.
  
• Participants will be able to identify 3 signs of burnout/vicarious trauma in themselves and others.

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Kristal Cleaver, LICSW
  Director of Community Education,
  Clinical & Support Options, Inc.
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Kristal Cleaver is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who has had the privilege of watching resilience in action in lives of the children and adults she has worked with over the last 15 years. Throughout her career Kristal has strived to integrate a trauma informed philosophy into her work. In her current role as CSO’s Director of Community Education she trains and consults with schools, government agencies, and non-profits to help them establish trauma awareness and responsiveness within their organizations.




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The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the webinar. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.

About this Webinar

Using a trauma informed approach is often described as moving away from asking the question “what is wrong with you?” to asking “what happened to you?” This training series will support participants in understanding the prevalence of trauma and it’s impact on the health and well being of survivors when it is not recognized and treated. It will also provide information on how they can support survivors by providing empowering interventions that support resilience. The concept of vicarious trauma will also be addressed.

About this Webinar

When a suicide occurs it affects an entire community. Umatter Suicide Prevention educates professionals that work within communities about effective suicide prevention. With the goal of averting crisis, the webinar provides an introduction to Suicide Gatekeeper training which includes: (1) basic information about suicide, (2) language to be used when discussing suicide, (3) protective factors, risk factors, and warning signs, and (4) the Umatter three-step process for responding to suicidal behavior. Resources, additional training, and next steps for building a suicide prevention-prepared community will be identified.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Provide basic information about suicide
• Describe language to be used when discussing suicide
• Identify protective, risk factors and warning signs
• State the Umatter three-step process for responding to suicidal behavior
• Refer others to resources, additional training, and next steps for building a suicide prevention-prepared community

Subject Matter Experts

• 
  Debby Haskins
• 
  JoEllen Tarallo
  

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About this Webinar 

Nobody knows the lived reality of a community better than the residents themselves. The Stanford Our Voice Initiative offers community groups tools and resources to help harness and activate this wisdom, and create healthier communities for all. During this session we will walk through the Our Voice approach, and highlight the inspiring work of a Denver grandma turned “streetfighter,” who has used data and built collaborations to generate changes that support healthy living in the Montbello neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.

Like many underresourced communities, Denver’s Montbello neighborhood has lower socioeconomic status and poorer health outcomes than wealthier areas of the city. In 2016, a Park-n-Ride was moved from Montbello to a light-rail hub 2 miles away. While the new location provides easy car access and ample parking for drivers, Montbello’s pedestrians gained a dangerous commute down a 4-lane thoroughfare, decreasing community access to jobs, health care, schools, events, and city amenities. Forty-five year Montbello resident Pam Jiner was alarmed. As leader of a local GirlTrek group, she was already focused on getting African American women walking as a form of self-care and community engagement. When GirlTrek partnered with the evidence-based Stanford Our Voice Initiative to offer advocacy training, Pam stepped up. Using the Our Voice Discovery Tool app, she and her group became "citizen scientists," documenting environmental features that affected walkability between Montbello and the transportation hub. The data they gathered – geotagged photos, narratives, ratings, and walking maps – told a collective story that the group analyzed, prioritized, and used to generate recommendations for change. Pam also invited a wide range of local stakeholders and decision-makers to walk with her and experience the barriers first-hand. Four years later, Pam shares her story as a self-proclaimed “Street Fighter,” the built environment changes that she worked with others to make, and the ripple effects at the individual, social, and policy levels.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• List 4 specific strategies for community members to create change in local environments “from the bottom-up”
• Describe the importance of data, including the systematic capture of local perspectives and insights, in advocating for community-level change
• Assess the applicability of the Our Voice citizen science approach to a range of community-based efforts to address social determinants of health and improve health equity

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  

  Pam Jiner

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Pam Jiner is a community organizer and proud 45-year resident of Denver’s Montbello neighborhood. A leader in the GirlTrek health movement for black women and girls, she also founded Montbello Walks in 2018; leads the Senior Steppers walking group; and started a Mobile Food Pantry that delivered 875,000 pounds of food during the 2020 pandemic. Pam is a tireless advocate for safe and equitable city streets, sidewalks, schools and parks in the community she loves.

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The LGBTQ+ community experiences disparities related to sexual health and primary care. Open Door Health in Providence, Rhode Island opened in 2020 to address this unmet need for culturally tailored services for LGBTQ populations in Rhode Island. The presentation discusses program development and innovative sexual and primary care health service programs at Open Door Health.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• List recommended practices for creating a welcoming and affirming environment for LGBTQ populations
• Describe how place and space matter to create affirming care environments
• Explain how to provide “express” STI services
• Discuss how task shifting services to nurses can enhance and hasten STI and HIV prevention service delivery.
• Understand how to integrate STI service with primary care services for LGBTQ populations

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Amy Nunn
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Amy Nunn, ScD, is a Professor of Public Health and Medicine at Brown University. She is also Executive Director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and Open Door Health. Dr. Nunn is best known for her innovative partnerships with community leaders to reduce health disparities and for creating innovative models for clinical service delivery that promote health equity.




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_{Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.}

About this Webinar

This two-part webinar series will provide:

• Discussion of effective strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic focusing on prevention, intervention, and treatment of opioid use disorder – and supporting individuals in recovery. (This will include information on naloxone and medication treatment).
• A review of models or potential strategies to incorporate CHWs into prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery support.
• Specific steps that CHWs can take when working with persons or families impacted by opioid use disorder to improve care or support recovery.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the prevalence of opioid use disorder and opioid overdose and its impact on our region.
• Understand how opioid use disorder impacts the health of a community.
• Describe 3 ways that community health workers can improve care or support recovery for persons with opioid use disorder.

Subject Matter Experts

• 
  Dr. Robert Roose
  Chief & Addiction Medicine Trinity Health Of New England
• 
  Haner Hernández, Ph.D.,
  CPS,
  CADCII,
  LADCI
• 
  Adalberto Cotto
  
  Prevention and Navigator Coordinator
  

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About this Webinar

This two-part webinar series will provide:

• An overview of the opioid epidemic, both at a federal and state-level, focusing on origins and trends related to opioid use disorder and opioid overdose.
• Discussion of the impact of the opioid epidemic on communities and special populations, including any emerging health disparities.
• Education on how opioid use disorder can affect other health and social conditions.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the prevalence of opioid use disorder and opioid overdose and its impact on our region.
• Understand how opioid use disorder impacts the health of a community.
• Describe 3 ways that community health workers can improve care or support recovery for persons with opioid use disorder.
  

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Dr. Robert Roose
  Chief, Addiction Medicine & Recovery Services,
  Trinity Health Of New England

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Cannabis legalization approved in MA in 2016- many individuals who care for or work with youth have questions about how this will affect youth use and what they should be doing. In this one hour webinar, we will discuss the different ways that the effects of legalization of cannabis may have on youth use based on other states experiences and what we can do in MA to take steps to optimize youth health and well-being.

What you'll learn

At the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Explain the latest that is known about the effects of cannabis on youth development
• Identify lessons learned from other states that have legalized cannabis
• Describe two ways that the participant can communicate with youth and parents about the risks of cannabis use

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Sarah M. Bagley, MD
  Director, CATALYST Program, Boston Medical Center
  Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, BU SOM
  Boston Medical Center

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About this Webinar

Accurate information is critical to control the spread of COVID 19. However, obtaining and understanding accurate information can be a challenge for populations of various health literacy levels which in turn can increase risk of illness. This webinar will discuss the challenges experienced by populations of various health literacy levels in obtaining important information about COVID 19 and strategies and resources on how to address the barriers and promote health equity.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe how limited health literacy adversely affects access to accurate and reliable health information during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Apply health literacy and plain language principles to improve communication regarding COVID-19 and what to do about it
• Identify resources and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic available for use to meet the health literacy, language and culture needs of diverse communities

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi
  

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_{* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH}

About this Workshop

This MACHW interactive workshop series aims to support CHWs as they strive to serve their clients during these challenging times. The workshop formats will include expert panels, Q and A, and case studies on critical issues from across Massachusetts.

Dr. Newman will walk us through the importance of CHWs in the Public Health Workforce, the inequities and paternalism lived through history, and taking action.

What you'll learn

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Explain how the Social Determinants of Health impact health equity
• Discuss the inequitable trajectory of public health
• Uncover new ways of staying encouraged in the CHW movement

Subject Matter Experts

• 
  

  Johanna Newman, DNAP, CRNA

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Dr. Johanna Newman is an Associate Professor and Founding Program Director of the Nurse Anesthesiology Program at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia. Dr. Newman earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in May 1999 from William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ; her Master’s of Science, with a concentration in Nursing Anesthesiology, from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 2004; and her Doctorate’s degree of Nurse Anesthetist Practice from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA in 2011. She has been involved in educating nurse anesthesiology students for the past 14 years and practicing anesthesia in a variety of clinical settings for the past 18 years. Her clinical area of expertise is in providing anesthesia to pediatric patients. Dr. Newman has served in various leadership roles at the local, state, and national levels. Most recently, she served as President of the Florida Association of Nurse Anesthetists Board of Directors. Dr. Newman also recently served as Committee Chair and Item Writer of the Continued Professional Certification Examination Practice Committee of the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetist. Dr. Newman has published in nationally recognized scientific journals and has presented poster and podium presentations at the state, national, and international levels. Her area of research interest includes mental health and wellness, diversity and inclusion in healthcare, and implementation of Quality Matters in online courses.

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  Leslie Agyemfra

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Leslie Agyemfra is an experienced health care professional with over 10 years of experience in both the Human Services and Public Health sectors. Leslie is a graduate of CHEC Lowell, having completed their Comprehensive Outreach and Education Certificate, Leslie became a certified Community Health Worker. With intersectional liberation as her guiding principle, Leslie is also staunch racial equity and mental health advocate. Leslie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from Worcester State University and is working toward a Master of Public Administration degree at UMass Boston, with a focus on Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy.



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This project is supported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.