About this course

This course introduces the idea of positionality to public health practitioners and researchers. This framework can be used by people working in public health to reflect on their own identity, and how it may show up in the work they do. Through a lecture and several activities, learners will practice reflection to better understand how it can apply to their own work. 

What you'll learn

After completing the training, you will be able to:

• Discuss positionality and its influence
• Reflect on your own positionality using frameworks 
• Describe how positionality shows up in public health practice work

Subject Matter Expert

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  Susan Nappi, 

  Executive Director
  Office of Public Health Practice at the Yale School of Public Health

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Susan Nappi is the Executive Director of the Office of Public Health Practice at the Yale School of Public Health. With a diverse portfolio in public health practice and research, she has held multiple positions in Connecticut including Senior Director of Community Impact at the United Way of Greater New Haven, Executive Director of the Community Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CCOE) at Griffin Hospital, and Practice Administrator of the Griffin Faculty Practice Plan. Susan has also managed research teams at the Yale School of Public Health and the VA Alcohol Research Center. Her primary interest is building collaborative, equitable, and mutually beneficial community-academic partnerships that espouse a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the social drivers of health. Susan is a first-gen college graduate and received her BA in psychology from the State University of New York, Purchase, and her MPH from Yale University in chronic disease epidemiology. She is currently pursuing her DrPH in Public Health Leadership at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.

Enrollment and Contact Hours

Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this course. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact  support@nephtc.org.

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 course introduces the idea of change management, specifically the ADKAR model. This model can be used by public health leaders to ease the process of change within an organization and increase the likelihood that changes will be successfully implemented. Learners will have the opportunity to use a real health department scenario to apply ADKAR and better understand how it to use it in their own work.

What you'll learn

After completing the training, you will be able to:

• Define change management
• Recognize the steps of the ADKAR model of change management
• Explain how a collaborative approach can be integrated with the ADKAR model
• Apply  the ADKAR model in a Health Department case study
• Discuss the importance of change management to public health practice

Subject Matter Expert

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  Doe Hentschel, PhD

  Leadership of Greater Hartford

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Dr. Doe Hentschel joined the staff of Leadership Greater Hartford in 2000 after retiring from a long and distinguished career in higher education. She began her LGH career as program director to develop the Third Age Initiative™, LGH’s program to identify, develop and engage older adults in meaningful ways in the community. As Senior Program Director (2006-2007) and then Vice President for Programs (2008-2019), she was involved with developing and implementing many of LGH’s core programs and its consulting and training services. In her current role as “Leadership Preceptor,” she continues to direct the Third Age Initiative™, contribute as curriculum designer and facilitator in many LGH programs and services, and serve as a guide and mentor to her colleagues. A seasoned administrator in higher education, “Dr. Doe” served as Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Pine Manor College, Dean of Extended and Continuing Education at the University of Connecticut, and Dean of Adult and Continuing Education at SUNY College at Brockport. She was on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the department of Administrative Leadership/Adult Education where she taught graduate courses in Adult Learning and Development, Continuing Professional Education, Program Development and Implementation, Evaluation, Leadership for Change, and Group Dynamics. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in Urban Education with a focus in Administrative Leadership/Adult Education, she held administrative positions at William Rainey Harper Community College in Palatine, Illinois, and in the statewide public service administration at the University of Illinois. “Dr. Doe” has published more than 50 articles, chapters, and research papers. A leader in curriculum design, she has drawn on her expertise to enrich and expand community leadership programming for people of all ages. In her first book, Look Ma! No Hands! Life’s Lessons Learned the Hard Way (2022) she shares her philosophy of life and leadership drawn from stories about the six months after she broke both elbows in a bicycle accident and had no use of her hands and arms. In 2010, the Association of Leadership Programs honored Dr. Doe with the Preceptor Award, its highest recognition. She was named a Top Ten member of the Connecticut 60 over 60 class of 2018. In 2013, Dr. Hentschel was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. Dr. Hentschel relocated to Hartford in 2010 from her historic home in Willimantic. She is a trustee of the Watkinson School and serves on the Advisory Board of the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership at Goodwin University. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2009, she serves on the Patient and Family Advisory Council for the Chase Family Movement Disorders Center at Hartford HealthCare. Dr. Doe is the proud mother of two and grandmother of four. Her son and his family live in San Diego, and her daughter and her family live in Preston, CT.

Enrollment and Contact Hours

Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this course. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact  support@nephtc.org.

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

Follow the journey of LymeTV’s Tick JEDI^TM youth tick education program – from public health educational concept to successful legislative advocacy effort. The narrative serves as a model for scaling community activism to achieve meaningful policy adjustments for a broader population.

What you'll learn

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

• Generate a reasonable policy intervention plan for a public health challenge
• Implement a localized coalition-building strategy to advance a common legislative goal
• Execute a campaign to shepherd an idea from grass-roots movement to established law

Subject Matter Experts

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  Adina Bercowicz
  

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Adina is the Executive Director of LymeTV, a tick-borne disease prevention organization in Maine, as well as the president of the board for the Tick JEDI Coalition, LymeTV’s 501(c)4 advocacy-focused sister organization. The Tick JEDI Coalition is a group of stakeholder organizations, which has championed educational reform for tick safety, achieving legislative milestones in multiple states. Adina served on the Department of Defense's FY19 Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Tick-Borne Disease Research Program as a scientific panel Consumer Reviewer. She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health with a focus in Epidemiology at the University of New England & is a Care for the Underserved Pathway (CUP) AHEC Scholar, an Honors Distinction Program focusing on healthcare in rural & medically-underserved areas. Adina previously worked emergency response logistics in post-earthquake Haiti, & in leadership roles designing sustainability programs that advanced education & health equity for families in Kolkata, India.

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  Megan Bradshaw
  

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Meghan Bradshaw serves as the Director of Advocacy for LymeTV, a tick-borne disease prevention organization in Maine, and she is also a co-founder and co-director of the Tick JEDI Coalition. Meghan strategizes with board members, partner organizations, legislators, and other key stakeholders to advance the organization’s high impact advocacy goals, including the first Tick JEDI Bill in New Jersey (S264). Meghan was a patient representative on the HHS 2022 Tick-Borne Disease Working Group Clinical Presentation and Pathogenesis Subcommittee. She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Registration

Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this recording. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact support@nephtc.org.

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

Gun violence is a threat to public health. As of November 1, 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 586 mass shootings in the United States just this year. Join us to hear from national and state experts, advocates, and policymakers about evidence-based strategies to reduce gun violence and promote gun safety, and what actions you can take to help make our communities safer.

What you'll learn

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

• Describe gun-related data and research.
• Identify evidence-based policy proposals to reduce gun violence, promote gun safety, and protect public health.
• Identify actions that can be taken to support gun safety.

Subject Matter Experts

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  Shannon Frattaroli
  PhD, MPH, Professor and Core Faculty with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

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  State of Maine
  Representative Vicki Doudera
  Co-Chair of Maine Legislature's Gun Safety Caucus
  

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  Margaret Groban
  Board Member, Maine Gun Safety Coalition, former federal prosecutor, and adjunct faculty at University of Maine School of Law

Registration

Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this recording. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact support@nephtc.org.

Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Deparment 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.