About this course

This self-study course introduces learners to Transmission-Based Precautions. This course provides an overview of why and when Transmission-Based Precautions should be used, along with examples of how these precautions can be applied in the ambulatory care setting. The course may be taken in more than one sitting.

What you'll learn

After completing this course, you will be able to...

• Define Transmission-Based Precautions
  
• Recall the three categories of Transmission-Based Precautions
  
• Describe the unique features of each category of Transmission-Based Precautions
  
• Recognize when to use each category of Transmission-Based Precautions
  
• Recognize when to combine Transmission-Based Precautions
  

Subject Matter Expert

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  Louise-Marie Dembry
  MD, FACP, MS, MBA

  Professor of Medicine
  (Infectious Diseases)
  and of Epidemiology
  (Microbial Diseases);
  Director, Hospital Epidemiology
  VA CT Healthcare System

Enrollment and Contact Hours

The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the module. 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.

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About this Webinar

Public Health Nurses in Massachusetts have a vast and varied accounting of job responsibilities, position descriptions and dedicated hours for PHN services.  This self-paced training will provide an introduction into the three areas of concentration for PHNs in MA: Infectious Disease, Immunizations and Emergency Preparedness with resources clearly identified through membership in the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses; the only state recognized Public Health Nursing Organization. 

About this Recording

This program explored the challenges associated with obtaining data about marginalized and hard-to-reach populations. Which populations are “hidden” from existing public health statistics? What methods and techniques can help us fill these gaps so we can better identify and address the health needs of these populations moving forward?

What you'll learn

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

• List two challenges in identifying invisible populations 
• Discuss how social networks and respondent driven sampling can reach populations that may otherwise be invisible
• Explain internal displacement and some of the health challenges faced by internally displaced persons

Subject Matter Experts

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  Scarlett Bellamy
  
  Chair and Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health

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Scarlett Bellamy will join the SPH community as Chair and Professor of Biostatistics on July 1st, 2023. Prior to her arrival at BU she was a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. Before joining Drexel University in 2016, Bellamy spent 15 years at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Perelman School of Medicine, where she was a professor of biostatistics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Hampton University, and completed her doctoral training in biostatistics at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Much of Bellamy’s research centers on evaluating the efficacy of interventions in longitudinal behavioral modification trials, including cluster- and group-randomized trials. She is particularly interested in applying this methodology to address health disparities for a variety of clinical and behavioral outcomes, including HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, and health-promoting behaviors. Bellamy previously served as the co-principal investigator of the Data Coordinating Center for the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program at UPenn, which aimed to improve respiratory outcomes during the first year of life after preterm birth. She was also PI of the Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop at the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society (ENAR). This federally funded initiative aims to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in graduate training and professional careers in biostatistics. In 2016, Bellamy was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). The designation has been an honor for nearly 100 years, and under ASA bylaws, only one-third of one percent of the total association membership may be elected as fellows each year. In 2017, Bellamy served as the president of ENAR. She also currently serves as a statistical collaborator for the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia.

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  Louisa Yasukawa
  
  Researcher, Internal Displacement Monitoring Center 
  
  
  

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Louisa is a Researcher at IDMC, where she focuses on the socioeconomic impacts of internal displacement. She currently leads IDMC’s research programmes on gender, children, youth and education, and people with disabilities. Louisa has lead research projects in various countries including Cameroon, Colombia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Vanuatu, with the aim of informing humanitarian programming and planning on internal displacement. Louisa is a qualified lawyer from Australia and holds an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. She has previously worked for the UNHCR in Ecuador and Colombia-based research and advocacy organisation, Dejusticia. Louisa speaks English and Spanish.

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  Renice A. Bunde
  
  Assistant Manager, Governance, Peace and Security Statistics, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

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Renice Akinyi Bunde works with Kenya National Bureau of Statistics as an Assistant Manager in Governance, Peace and Security Statistics where she handles statistics on human rights for the vulnerable population especially persons with disability, forcibly displaced, women and girls, children, street families and the elderly. She also handles statistics on crime, social protection, participation in decision making among others. She is a champion for inclusive data. Renice holds both Master and Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Statistics from Maseno University.

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  Forrest W. Crawford
  
  Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Operations, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

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Forrest W. Crawford is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Statistics & Data Science, Operations, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. He is affiliated with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, the Institute for Network Science, the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Program, and the Public Health Modeling Concentration. His work develops and applies solutions in AI/ML, data science, causal inference, network science, and other methodological domains to solve difficult inferential problems in epidemiology, public health, and social science.

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  Paul Wesson
  
  Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
  
  

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Paul Wesson, PhD is an epidemiologist focused on quantifying the health burdens of (and disparities related to) hard-to-reach and socially marginalized populations, particularly as they relate to infectious diseases. His research expertise includes developing and using data driven methods for sampling hard-to-reach and “hidden” populations, population size estimation methods, and using advanced epidemiologic and statistical techniques to study the social determinants of health. Dr. Wesson am particularly interested in the social determinants of infectious disease risk. He sees his research as existing at the nexus of infectious disease, data science, and social epidemiology; as such, he incorporates theories and principles from social epidemiology to inform and guide his study designs and analyses (e.g. intersectionality, minority stress theory). Specifically, as an HIV researcher, Dr. Wesson’s research agenda relates to the unique challenges of sampling hard-to-reach populations for HIV surveillance, and leverages information from the sampling process (and survey data) to generate estimates of the population size. Valid estimates of the population size are a key component of biomedical informatics and epidemiological analyses (providing a denominator for the population at risk) and inform how and where limited public health resources should be targeted. In his research, he has both applied numerous population size estimation methods to data sets derived from bio-behavioral surveillance surveys, public health surveillance, and electronic medical records. As part of his research on population size estimation, Dr. Wesson has also developed novel population size estimation methods to correct for known biases. Additionally, he is interested in extending his research to include Geo-spatial analysis and clinical data to further examine contextual and structural determinants of disparities in health outcomes.

Registration

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About this Course

Resilience is defined by psychologists as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress. This collection of micro-learnings and resources will equip learners with practical actions and tools that can be applied in any environment by changing thoughts and behaviors in times of adversity and trauma.

How to Use this Resource

Select from the below topics as you need learning, are preparing to engage with your community, elected officials and governing boards, or your workforce/ team. Or explore the opportunities for yourself.

• Building Resilience in Communities
• Building Resilience in Organizations
• Building Resilience with Self and Others

What You'll Learn

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

• Obtain resilience micro-learnings and resources for use in public health

Collaboration

This resource was developed by the Public Health Learning Network, a consortium of regional Public Health Training Centers, the country’s most comprehensive resource for public health workforce development. Program management and instructional design of this resource was provided by the Midwest Public Health Training Center.

Registration and Contact Hours

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About this Course

This training explores the importance of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, problem gambling concepts and terminology, variables associated with an increased or decreased risk of problem gambling, groups at risk for developing problem gambling, and connections with related health issues.

What you'll learn

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

• Better understand how to apply a public health approach to problem gambling
• Describe levels of gambling and their associated risk
• Identify problem gambling risk and protective factors 
• Identify groups at disproportionate risk for developing problem gambling
• Better understand the intersections between problem gambling and other behavioral health issues

Subject Matter Expert

• Jacqueline Dick, MS,
  Project Director
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Jacqueline Dick is a public health and wellness expert who brings over 30 years of experience leading and advancing community collaboration and grant-funded initiatives. She brings extensive expertise as a program manager, health educator, wellness coach, and tenured professor and has led programs at the federal and state levels. She is adept in utilizing and adapting learning management systems to accommodate diverse learning styles. As director of EDC’s Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention, Ms. Dick leads a team in providing high-quality and culturally responsive capacity building, training, and education to address problem gambling and related behavioral health issues. Previously, Ms. Dick was a program leader and tenured faculty for Northern Essex Community College’s Public Health Program and has extensive experience in program design and community health worker trainings. Additionally, she served on the advisory board for the Academic Public Health Corps of Massachusetts. Ms. Dick holds an MS from the Indiana University School of Public Health and a BA in Human Movement Studies from the Carnegie College of Human Movement in Leeds England.

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  Haner Hernandez, PhD
  Training and Technical Assistance Associate
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Dr. Hernández has worked for 31 years in the health and human service field developing, implementing, and evaluating culturally and linguistically competent youth and adult health prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support programs. He also has many years of experience in delivering addiction counseling and clinical supervision to professionals in the field. As a professional trainer and facilitator, he provides individualized technical assistance and support to organizations that provide addiction prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery supports. Dr. Hernández is in long-term recovery from addiction himself and is committed to eliminating health disparities by working at the national, state, and local levels. Originally from Puerto Rico, Dr. Hernández is fluent in English and Spanish.

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  Sarah Jerome, PhD
  Training and Technical Assistance Associate

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Ms. Jerome is a solution-oriented, versatile public health professional with research, consulting, policy, and leadership experience. She aims to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in marginalized communities through education, capacity building, and advocacy. She has expertise and experience in areas that include infant and early childhood mental health, substance misuse prevention, adolescent health, adverse childhood experiences, collaborative learning, curriculum development, instructional design, motivational interviewing, and group facilitation. Ms. Jerome is fluent in Haitian Creole and conversational in French and Spanish.

Enrollment and Contact Hours

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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 Course

This training explores the importance of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, problem gambling concepts and terminology, variables associated with an increased or decreased risk of problem gambling, groups at risk for developing problem gambling, and connections with related health issues.

What you'll learn

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

Better understand how to apply a public health approach to problem gambling

Describe levels of gambling and their associated risk

Identify problem gambling risk and protective factors 

Identify groups at disproportionate risk for developing problem gambling

Better understand the intersections between problem gambling and other behavioral health issues

Subject Matter Expert

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  Haner Hernandez, PhD
  Training and Technical Assistance Associate
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Dr. Hernández has worked for 31 years in the health and human service field developing, implementing, and evaluating culturally and linguistically competent youth and adult health prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support programs. He also has many years of experience in delivering addiction counseling and clinical supervision to professionals in the field. As a professional trainer and facilitator, he provides individualized technical assistance and support to organizations that provide addiction prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery supports. Dr. Hernández is in long-term recovery from addiction himself and is committed to eliminating health disparities by working at the national, state, and local levels. Originally from Puerto Rico, Dr. Hernández is fluent in English and Spanish.

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  Emily Bhargava, MA
  Training and Technical Assistance Associate

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Emily has been providing technical assistance to support community-level prevention since 2005. Trained in medical anthropology, she brings a strong focus on cultural appropriateness and health equity as well as an interest in qualitative data to all of her work. She is also skilled in using collaborative art as a tool for health promotion. Emily served as a member of the statewide epidemiological work group that identified the emerging opioid epidemic in 2006, and has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on multiple initiatives, including a toolkit for the application of culturally and linguistic appropriateness services standards to public health initiatives, a statewide plan to mitigate the harms of expanded gambling in Massachusetts, and a comprehensive workforce development plan for substance abuse prevention practitioners. She is a certified prevention specialist.

Enrollment and Contact Hours

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About this Course

This training consists of a two-part presentation given in partnership with the Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention, you can find more information about trainings like this on their website,  www.mcoepgp.org

• Part 1: What's Equity Got To Do with It? explores how to center health equity in problem gambling prevention by enhancing cultural proficiency and addressing structural and institutional factors that impact community health. Participants will examine the historical and policy influences shaping communities and identify practical strategies to apply health equity principles to improve the well-being of individuals and communities.

• Part 2: Partnering for Change explores how the social determinants of health (SDOH) impact problem gambling and addresses ways to promote health equity. Participants learn strategies for using data to inform action plans and building authentic community partnerships to address key issues within their communities. It provides actionable insights for integrating SDOH into prevention efforts.

What you'll learn

After completing Part 1: What's Equity Got To Do With It? the training, you will be able to...

• Define and describe common concepts and words associated with disparities, health equity, and cultural-linguistic responsiveness 
• Describe how structural and institutional factors impact community health 
• Identify how discrimination and oppression of all kinds are a threat to the health of communities 
• Identify ways to apply health equity and cultural responsiveness to our work to improve the individuals we serve and the overall community’s health 

After completing Part 2: Partnering for Change the training, you will be able to...

• Identify key issues to analyze and address when planning to eliminate health disparities caused by the social determinants of health.
• Describe the social determinants of health and explore how they can be addressed through problem gambling prevention efforts.

• Identify methods for collecting and analyzing data on health disparities to inform and prioritize key issues within the community, contributing to a health equity action plan.
• Identify strategies for building authentic partnerships within the community to facilitate a process of community change.

Subject Matter Expert

• Debra Morris, MPH,
  Health Equity Advisor and Trainer
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Debra Gardner Morris, an expert in advanced training and technical assistance, helps build strong systems to promote health and support substance misuse prevention. She brings extensive experience in evidence-based prevention strategies, cultural competency, effective methods to address health disparities, school-based prevention, management of large national public health centers, and systems change. Morris is a lead training and technical assistance specialist for Prevention Solutions@EDC. Nationwide, she provides coaching to engage and mobilize communities to implement environmental prevention strategies. Drawing on a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of the public health workforce, she builds capacity to launch, monitor, improve, and sustain public health initiatives. Morris specializes in guiding agencies in coordinating their services to enhance efficiency and improve outcomes. She has managed and provided training and technical assistance at all levels of government and nonprofit organizations, and uses a wide range of on-site, virtual, and blended methods. Morris holds an MPH from Emory University focused on Behavioral Sciences and Health Education. She is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES).

• Ben Spooner, BS, CPS
  Associate Project Director
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Mr. Spooner is an experienced project manager and training and technical assistance (TA) provider, and has a passion for advancing cultural and linguistic responsiveness and helping communities do the same. He brings expertise in communications planning, sustainability planning, strategic planning, event organizing, and developing and facilitating virtual events. He specializes in providing training and developing tools that build the capacity of prevention professionals in key areas such as SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework. Mr. Spooner holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Connecticut and a PMD Pro Certification from APMG International. He is a Certified Prevention Specialist in Massachusetts.

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  Carol Musallam,
  Training Coordinator

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Carol holds a master’s degree in Global Studies and International Relations from Northeastern University, and she is passionate about social impact, health equity and international development. As a global development professional, she brings expertise in digital and communications strategy, project management, policy analysis and advocacy. She is fluent in English and Arabic with hands on experience in projects based in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Mexico.

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  Ivy Jones Turner,
  Training and Technical Assistance Manager

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Ivy Jones Turner has provided training and technical assistance (T/TA) on the promotion and prevention of behavioral health issues with nonprofit, state, and community-based organizations, faith-based agencies, and school districts for more than 15 years. Her capacity-building skills include formative and summative program evaluation, program design and implementation, organizational development, and partnerships/collaborations. As the Training and Technical Assistance Manager of EDC’s Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention, Ms. Jones Turner oversees the Training and Technical Assistance Team in providing a range of capacity-building services to support local communities in understanding, addressing, and implementing projects focused on problem gambling prevention. In addition to working with MCOE PGP, Ms. Jones Turner provided TA to substance misuse prevention providers as part of SAMHSA’s Prevention Technology Transfer Center system and has assisted both urban and rural school districts with implementing and sustaining school and community interventions to prevent youth violence and promote social-emotional and mental health. Previously, Ms. Jones Turner served as a T/TA Specialist and Co-Director of the Center for Strategic Prevention Support (CSPS), providing TA and resources to Massachusetts communities seeking to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol and other drugs, assisted both urban and rural school districts with implementing and sustaining school and community interventions to prevent youth violence and promote social-emotional and mental health through the Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative, and served as project director for The Center for the Advancement of Mentoring, a national T/TA center for youth mentoring programs serving youth who were in foster care, at risk of gang-involvement, were former juvenile offenders, or would have otherwise benefited from a mentor. She is a certified prevention specialist.

Enrollment and Contact Hours

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About this Webinar

This webinar focuses on the epidemiology of STD infection in the US, including recent increases in STD rates. It also describes innovative strategies to diagnose and treat STDs in New England and beyond.

What you'll learn

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

• Discuss the epidemiology of increasing STDs across the United States and in New England.
  
• Identify recent advances in clinical prevention and treatment of STDs.
  
• Describe innovative public health approaches to "express " screening for STDs.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Dr. Philip A.Chan, MD, MS 
  Medical director, RIPHI, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at Brown University.

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Registration and Contact Hours

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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

The digital divide* is a public health crisis now more than ever. In the heightened moment of COVID-19 we see a digital divide gap widening throughout Western Massachusetts. This webinar will discuss how Western Massachusetts communities are addressing the digital divides resulting from digital literacy, internet connectivity, internet infrastructure particularly equipment, and policy. This conversation simultaneously includes urban and rural communities in a collective approach in addressing low income and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities.

*A digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies(ICT).[1] The divide within countries (such as the digital divide in the United States) may refer to inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, or geographic areas, usually at different socioeconomic levels or other demographic categories . - From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide

What you'll learn

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

• List standard and functional definitions for digital divide, digital equity, and digital literacy
• Discuss how to assess where digital divides occur in your organization or community
• Describe the steps for mobilizing stakeholders to heighten awareness of digital divides and take action to close divides in program, organization, and community settings

Subject Matter Experts

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  Frank Robinson, Ph.D.
  
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In 2015 Frank Robinson, Ph.D., became the Vice President of Public Health & Community Relations for Baystate Health. In this role, Dr. Robinson is responsible for integrating clinical and community care to better serve vulnerable people and populations across the spectrum of diversity and create healthier communities. In leading Baystate’s efforts to expand the definition of health to include economic opportunity; access to education, nutritious food and culture; safe neighborhoods, and other underlying essentials of a person’s and a community’s ability to thrive, Dr. Robinson focuses on building community partnerships to achieve large-scale health improvements, including resource development, health education and health equity initiatives and community benefits.
Dr. Robinson earned his Ph.D. in Public Health - Community Health Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; his Master of Arts in Community Psychology from Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA; and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from State University of New York, Oswego, NY. Residency Program at the Maine Medical Center. She helps co-found the Yarmouth Community Coronavirus Task Force in Yarmouth Maine.

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  Paul Foster
  
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Paul Foster is the Chief Information and Accountability Officer for the Springfield Public Schools. A member of the Superintendent’s Cabinet, he is responsible for technology, digital learning, assessment, planning and evaluation, computer science instruction, data, and research. In this role he has led the implementation of a one-to-one computing program for every student in the district; expanded the availability and use of data and predictive analytics; launched Springfield’s computer science for all initiative; and, created the community data warehouse for data sharing between the school district and community-based organizations serving children.
Mr. Foster’s background is in research and data analytics in the public sector as he served as the Regional Information Center Manager at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission; as an Analyst with the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center; and as the founder and first Director of the City of Springfield’s CitiStat performance management program. A proud resident of Springfield, he has a BA in History and African American Studies from Harvard College and an MA in Social Policy from Brandeis University.

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  Paul R Murphy
  
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Paul Murphy is the incoming Board Chair of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. Recently, he was Chair of the Community Foundation’s Distribution Committee. In that role, Mr. Murphy participated in the distribution of more than $6,500,000 from the Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund to nonprofit organizations serving vulnerable individuals and families throughout the Pioneer Valley.
Mr. Murphy is a Trustee of Baystate Health and has served on the Board of Trustees of other nonprofit organizations. He is the retired Legal and Administrative Counsel of Amherst College and a former Partner of Foley Hoag LLP, a Boston-based law firm with offices in New York, New York, Washington, D.C. and Paris, France. Mr. Murphy has a BA in Physics from Amherst College and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Paul and his wife, Dale live in Northampton, MA.


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About this Webinar

This webinar will describe the intersection between homelessness and housing and public health and health outcomes. It will discuss how housing is a social determinant of health and identify local solutions to ending homelessness.

What you'll learn

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

• Describe what homelessness looks like in Maine
• Describe how homelessness intersects with health promotion and disease prevention
• Identify 1-2 services and solutions to homelessness
• Identify 1-2 ways Maine is approaching the design and delivery of homelessness services
  

Subject Matter Experts

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  Lauren Bustard

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Lauren Bustard is the Senior Director of Homeless Initiatives at MaineHousing. Prior to joining MaineHousing in 2012, she worked for many years in social service and education programs in Maine, and in refugee and international development programs in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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  Courtney Pladsen
  DNP, FNP-BC

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Courtney Pladsen is the Clinical Director at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council where she leads national efforts to improve health care quality and access for people experiencing homelessness through quality improvement initiatives, technical assistance, research, policy/advocacy, and training. She is a current fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader program for her work at the intersection of health and housing. She works clinically providing medical, mental health, and substance use treatment to people who are experiencing homelessness at the FQHC Greater Portland Health in Portland, Maine.

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  Cullen Ryan

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Cullen Ryan has a 35-year career serving homeless and special needs populations. A formerly licensed clinician (LICSW) with a BA from the University of Vermont and a MA in Counseling and Psychological Services from St. Mary’s University (Minnesota), Cullen has provided street outreach, case management, family therapy, and individual/group psychotherapy to homeless adults, families, and adolescents in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings in three states. Since 2004, Cullen Ryan has served as Executive Director of Community Housing of Maine, the largest housing provider for homeless populations in the state. Cullen currently co-chairs or chairs several Boards and Coalitions, and he serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Maine CoC. Cullen was a past Chair of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, and recent Acting Chair of Maine’s Statewide Homeless Council, and actively serves on both. For more on Community Housing of Maine, go to www.chomhousing.org

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  Erin Healy

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Erin Healy is a Strategy Lead for Large Scale Change at Built for Zero. Her work focuses on implementing the Built for Zero model on a statewide level. She has worked on issues related to the homeless sector for over fifteen years. Erin specializes in systems improvement, movement building, and helping collaborative teams set and achieve clear, measurable goals. After several years as an independent consultant, Erin re-joined the Community Solutions team in 2021. She was a member of CS’s 100,000 Home Campaign team (2012 – 2014) and helped launch Built for Zero in 2016. Erin holds a JD from the University of Washington School of Law and an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College.

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  Donna Kelley
  MSW, LCSW

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Donna Kelley is the President and CEO of Waldo Community Action Partners. She is Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Maine and joined WCAP in 2018. Prior to that she worked for Kennebec Behavioral Health for 19 years. Donna has been immersed in the community mental health and social services field for 32 years. She has worked to plan, develop, implement, and restructure mental health and community service programs and systems by working with local, regional, and statewide community-based organizations, groups, and governmental agencies to improved access and quality of services for consumers allowing for improved quality of life and greater self-sufficiency. Donna earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Maine, and her Master’s in Social Work from the University of New England in Biddeford.

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  Rich Hooks Wayman

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Rich Hooks Wayman serves as the President and CEO for Volunteers of America Northern New England (www.voanne.org), a nonprofit organization offering affordable housing, residential care and community based social services to communities in Maine and New Hampshire. Prior to his tenure at Volunteers of America, Richard served as the National Executive Director for the Children’s Defense Fund. Additionally, Richard was the CEO of a regional child welfare agency in Massachusetts, was the Executive Director of a statewide supportive housing program serving long term homeless persons in Minnesota, and conducted federal legislative advocacy and policy analysis for the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Richard attended the University of Iowa College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor in 1992, and the University of Iowa College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor in 1992. He is a member of the American Bar Association to has been appointed to the Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. Richard and his husband (Aaron) have six adoptive children.

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About this Webinar 

Participants will learn how to work within communities to identify public health needs and design a community focused advocacy campaign. The case study used to convey this objective is the Rhode Island statewide Sugary Drinks Tax advocacy campaign to fund the Retail SNAP Incentive Program.

What you'll learn

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

• Identify a community need through coalition building and direct service avenues
• Define the goals of the campaign and communication strategy
• Develop the timeline, activities and deliverables schedule for the campaign
• Evaluate the campaign and disseminate findings across community and political groups

Subject Matter Expert

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  Kerri Connolly,
  Food Access Program Manager

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Kerri Connolly is the Program Manager of the Food Access Division of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and holds a secondary appointment as Project Director at the Center for Health Equity at Brown University School of Public Health. Kerri is responsible for both the big-­‐picture strategic vision and the day-­‐to-­‐day operations of a policy advocacy campaign to expand SNAP incentives into retail settings through the implementation of sugary drinks tax. She has her six-sigma green belt certification in project management and has 10 years of experience implementing community driven projects and programs. Kerri served in the Peace Corps in the Youth Development & Health Program and as a member of the Monitoring, Reporting & Evaluation Committee. Her strengths lie in developing measurable and sustainable community driven solutions, programs and policy initiatives to community identified public health concerns. Kerri has her BS in Nutrition from Simmons University and is currently pursuing her MPH at Brown University.

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<sub>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.

* 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</sub>

About this Webinar

In this webinar, we will explore legislation as a tool to advance health equity. Participants will learn about recent trends and developments and implications for future legislative activity in the states. We will also identify tools and examples for incorporating equity impacts into legislative analysis. Participants will also receive tips on how information shared during this webinar can be applied in their own work as public health professionals.

What you'll learn

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

• Describe current legislative trends for health equity and related topics.
• Identify specific examples of legislation that will have an impact on health equity.
• Explain racial equity impact assessments and their significance for health equity work.
• Discover ways to apply the information shared to your own work.

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Subject Matter Experts

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  Dawn Hunter, JD, MPH
  

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Dawn Hunter, JD, MPH, is Director of the Southeastern Region of the Network for Public Health Law. Dawn’s work focuses on research, analysis, implementation, and capacity building related to the use of law and policy to improve health outcomes and advance racial equity. She is particularly interested in the development of racial equity action plans and implementation strategies at the state and local level and leads an ongoing assessment of declarations of racism as a public health crisis and related efforts to address health inequities. Dawn has previously served as deputy state health official in New Mexico, where she led legislative planning and policy development, strategic planning, performance management, and public health accreditation.

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  Sara Rogers, MPH
  

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Sara Rogers, MPH, is the Senior Program Coordinator of the Southeastern Region of the Network for Public Health Law. In her role, Sara works collaboratively with stakeholders and partners, conducts research and analysis, and supports key programmatic work. Her commitment to community, social justice, and advancing health equity drive her interest in public health administration and policy. Sara has previously worked for the Public Health Law Center, the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and the International Rescue Committee. She also served in the Peace Corps as an education volunteer in Bulgaria.

Registration

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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 Recording

Jessica Santos, Ph.D, esteemed lecturer at Heller School for Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University, analyzes the role of policy in how our economy structures health, wealth, jobs, and equity. Santos suggests a need for significant intervention, structuring equity into the future.

Jessica Santos walks the listener through the state of wealth and equity in the United States, while acknowledging the realities of racial and economic divides and urging the listener to consider how to structure equity into the future of economic policy.

What you'll learn

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

• Recognize the exponential economic impacts of COVID-19 on New Hampshire, Vermont, and the United States
• Make connections between underlying social, racial, and economic divides; and recognize the consequences of these divides
• Conclude that significant intervention is needed in economic patterns to structure exponential equity
• Consider how to craft economic policy in Vermont and New Hampshire while prioritizing racial equity

Subject Matter Expert

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  Jessica Santos, Ph.D
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Lecturer at Heller School for Social Policy & Management, Brandeis University. Principal Investigator on multiple federally and privately funded mixed methods studies focused on examining pathways for economic stability, upward mobility, and equity through social policy.




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About this Facebook Live Series

Join us for 3 Facebook live discussions about the state of men's wellbeing today. How can a greater understanding of what men face help us shape a more compassionate care delivery system and help men feel less isolated? What do we need to know about men to help them live better, healthier lives?

What you'll learn:

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

Facebook Live Event 1 - Men’s Health & Wellness Today

• Describe how men live in an environment of risk
• Learn how isolation and loneliness can lead to an increase in self-harm and violence
• Discuss the large increase in male suicide since 1999 reported by the CDC

Facebook Live Event 2 - Mapping the Future

• Describe the primary cultural differences that affect how men approach health and wellness
• Discuss how important it is to move beyond the distraction of the gender debate, shaping care delivery that is compassionate and reflective of how men approach care.
• Learn from examples of how these forces can lead to better health and better access to health care

Facebook Live Event 3 - How Can We Better Support Men to Seek Care

• Describe how communities can question the cultural view that showing vulnerability poses an unwelcome risk
• List 3 things providers of services can do to make care more acceptable to men
• Name 4 principles to help men as they seek care

Subject Matter Expert

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  Stephen R. Andrew
  LCSW, LADC, CCS, CGP
  
  
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Co-author of Game Plan: A Man's Guide to Achieving Emotional Fitness, CEO of Health Education & Training Institute. He maintains a compassion-focused private practice in Portland, Maine (USA) where he also facilitates a variety of men’s, co-ed, couples, and caregiver groups. Stephen has been a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2003 as well as a MIA-STEP (Motivational Interviewing Assessment; Supervisor Tools for Enhancing Proficiency) trainer for the New England ATTC. Stephen has been MITI trained and has over 100 hours of training in Motivational Interviewing. He provides coaching and training domestically and internationally (Singapore, China, Iceland, Holland, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, & UK) for social service agencies, health care providers, substance abuse counselors, criminal justice, and other groups on Motivational Interviewing, addiction, co-occurring disorders, counseling theory, “challenging” adolescents, supervision, ethics for caring services professionals, men’s work, and the power of group work. Stephen also oversees our MITI Coding and coaching lab.







Registration and Contact Hours

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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

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

Registration and Contact Hours

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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

This is Part 2 of a two-part, interactive webinar.  This webinar covers the the important role of community health workers in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. 

Click here to access the archived version of Part 1 of the webinar

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

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

Registration and Contact Hours

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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

In February of 2020 Vermont began preparing for what became the COVID-19 pandemic. From the start, the Governor and the people supporting him, most notably the Commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health, relied on science and the data at hand to inform the public. During this session, you will learn the principles of effective marketing in public health and how Vermont applied the principles in its messaging.

What you'll learn

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

• Summarize the basic components of a public health communications strategy
• Outline what worked well with respect to the Vermont Department of Health communication approach to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Recognize some common pitfalls to avoid in public health communications
• Apply principles of effective communications strategy by analyzing a current campaign

Subject Matter Experts

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  Rebecca Brookes

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Over the past 40 years, Rebecca has worked nationally and internationally in many areas of public health marketing and behavior change, including the Tobacco Control Programs for New York State and Vermont. She’s worked for the Ford Foundation, the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, Planned Parenthood International Federation and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (where she was national Director of Social Marketing), and trained national grantees for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to embed behavior change into programs. Rebecca was on staff at VDH from 2012-2017, where she worked on the Medicaid Tobacco Benefit Expansion and Promotion Initiative and was a co-author on the subsequent article “A Framework for Effective Promotion of a Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefit,” published in Health Promotion Practice in July 2020. She has been on the editorial board for Social Marketing Quarterly since 2013. She currently holds a legislative appointment to the Vermont Substance Misuse Prevention Oversight and Advisory Council, which advises the Governor and legislature on policy for tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and prescription drugs. Her profile as a social marketer in public health will be the first inclusion of social marketing in the upcoming third edition of 101+ Careers In Public Health published by Columbia University.

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  Shari Levine

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Shari Levine has extensive professional experience in communications and in writing for various public and professional audiences. She has a demonstrated history of working in the health, wellness and fitness industry. Shari’s experience includes consulting with nonprofit organizations, use of program evaluation and also editing, journalism, and creative writing. She is known as a strong media and communication professional. Shari earned her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree focused on Health Education and Behavioral Sciences from Emory University. Presently, she is the Information Director for the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health. She has served on the VDH COVID 19 Crisis and Emergency Response (CERC) team over this past year, in which data, assessment, message design, and evaluation were used to inform Vermonters of the risks and the nature of COVID 19.

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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 Webinar

Workplace violence encompasses a range of behaviors that involve acts or threats of violence towards employees occurring within the workplace. These behaviors can include verbal abuse, bullying, harassment, physical assaults, and even the extreme act of homicide. Data reveals that healthcare workers face a significantly higher risk of encountering workplace violence compared to workers in other industries. This alarming statistic indicates that healthcare professionals are five times more likely to experience such incidents. A recent survey conducted by National Nurses United in 2022 further supports this concerning trend, with 40 percent of hospital nurses reporting an upsurge in violent episodes within their workplace. In this session, the speaker will discuss types of violence, risk factors, preventive measures, and de-escalation techniques and tips.

What you'll learn

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify each of the four major types of inpatient violence
• Discuss strategies to manage each major type of violence
• Employ at least two strategies to manage each major type of violence

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Subject Matter Expert

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  Dr. Jeffrey Fetter
  
  Chief Medical Officer New Hampshire Hospital Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

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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

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  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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