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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About this Webinar

Creating Your Marketing Pitch is one-hour webinar for public health managers and leaders. An “express” version of the Creating Your Marketing Pitch half day workshop, this webinar draws from recent public health case studies to offer practical, actionable advice on creating concise, compelling messaging for programs and projects.

What you'll learn

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

• Name the four characteristics of effective messaging
  
• Describe how to formulate a clear, concise, compelling elevator pitch for a program or project
  
• Differentiate between the main message and the 4 – 6 supporting points.
• Assess the value and nature of audience-level messaging

Subject Matter Expert

• 
  Michele Levy 
  Marketing Consultant
  ML Brand Strategy Consulting

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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

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

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About this Webinar

The series of three Webinars provides a progressive look at the art of persuasion in a health conversation. In session three, we will explore first impressions and how that generates and sustains your professional brand. The perceptions others have of us impacts our ability to influence decisions, opinions and outcomes. The struggle is often about the need to be authentic, while presenting a professional persona. We will bring those two concepts together through awareness and techniques for honest presentations using a fine tuned delivery system. Our conversation will include effective introductions, questions, and difficult conversation that build strong working relationships.

What you'll learn

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

• Define key characteristics of each element of one’s own brand.
• Identify how to create the brand you want.
• Identify possible risks to your brand.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Katherine Galasso
  MS, CIF and Member of
  the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, (MINT)
  Primary Instructor
  Katherine Galasso Consulting, LLC
  

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About this Webinar

The series of three Webinars will provide a progressive look at the art of persuasion in a health conversation. In Session two, we will explore how styles influence the foundation for sending and receiving messages. In the description of each style you will recognize elements of how you think and communicate. Seeing how your style works with another style will explain why some people require more effort than others. We will also offer ways to make minor adjustments to bridge the gaps between styles. By adding awareness and techniques to your health conversations, you will be prepared to handle many types of conversations and strengthen relationships.

What you'll learn

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

• Define key characteristics of each style and recognize how that impacts relationships.
• Identify minor adjustments one can make to improve engagement with others.
• Identify what each style needs to feel supported.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Katherine Galasso
  MS, CIF and Member of
  the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, (MINT)
  Primary Instructor
  Katherine Galasso Consulting, LLC
  

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About this Webinar

The series of three Webinars will provide a progressive look at the art of persuasion in a health conversation. As individuals, we form habits of communication and methods to attempt to influence others. The exploration will include examining beliefs and interpretations of information that impact how we communicate with our clients about their health. It becomes a challenge when evidence-based information is not convincing. This series will look at methods to navigate through emerging and competing influences that impact how patients send and receive information. By engaging others in meaningful conversations about their health we have a chance to influence.

What you'll learn

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

• Name two communication mistakes to avoid when talking with clients or communities about behavior change.
• Identify two methods to apply to a health conversation to create a meaningful experience for the client or community.
• Differentiate between ineffective and effective persuasion strategies in health discussions.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Katherine Galasso
  MS, CIF and Member of
  the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, (MINT)
  Primary Instructor
  Katherine Galasso Consulting, LLC
  

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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.

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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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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

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  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

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  Dawn Heffernan
  Director,
  W. MA Public Health Training Center
  UMass Amherst
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  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

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  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

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  Abby Charles
  Senior Program Manager Institute for Public Health Innovation

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This presentation will cover the difference between misinformation and disinformation and their implications for public health. Participants will learn how surveillance systems can be used in response to mis- and disinformation generally and as exemplified by the iHeard surveillance and response system.

What you'll learn

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

• Recognize the differences between misinformation and disinformation
• Explain the public health costs and concerns related to misinformation and disinformation
• Describe how a community-level surveillance and response system for health misinformation and disinformation works, including the necessary components, strengths, and limitations
• Analyze the different ways components of a misinformation surveillance and response system can be implemented in communities with varying resources
• Apply content to develop individual and community level public health messages

Subject Matter Experts

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  Matthew Kreuter

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Matthew Kreuter is the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. He is founder of the Health Communication Research Laboratory (HCRL), a leading center nationally that is now in its 27th year of continuous funding. Dr. Kreuter’s research applies communication-based strategies to eliminate health disparities, with a focus on increasing the reach and effectiveness of health information to low-income and minority populations, and using information and technology to connect them to needed health services. Dr. Kreuter served for six years on the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, and has been ranked in three separate bibliometric studies in the top 1% of researchers in his field based on journal article citations. He received his PhD and MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

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  Hannah Kinzer

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Hannah Kinzer (she/her) is a doctoral student in Public Health Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Hannah has an MPH in Community Health Promotion from the University of Minnesota and BA in Biology from Lawrence University. Her research focuses on the role of communication for advancing equity in infectious disease prevention. She has integrated mixed-methods approaches into her work identifying emerging health misinformation and trends among social groups in St Louis. Her interests are informed by her previous experience in zoonotic disease surveillance at the Minnesota Department of Health and current work monitoring misinformation in St. Louis with the Health Communication Research Lab at Washington University. Outside of her studies and research, you can find Hannah running, volunteering at community events, and trying new recipes





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About this Webinar

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute of the NIH since 1962, has been providing free, quality, evidence-based resources to libraries, community-based organizations and more, but many public health organizations are not familiar with what NLM has to offer them. This session will provide attendees with an overview of the health information resources available from the National Library of Medicine, best practices for integrating these resources into public health work, and the services, grant funding, and support for public health provided by the Network of the National Library of Medicine New England Region.

What you'll learn

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

• Identify health information resources and services available from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) that are available for free to organizations and individuals.
• Employ health information resources from the NLM applicable for public health practice.
• Select relevant databases and resources from NLM and NNLM for different aspects of public health practice.

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  Sarah Levin-Lederer
  
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Since 2018, Sarah Levin-Lederer has worked as an Outreach and Education Coordinator with the Network of the National Library of Medicine-New England Region specializing in connecting public health, emergency preparedness and community-based organizations with National Library of Medicine and Network of the National Library of Medicine health literacy and information services and resources with trainings, grant support, and webinars. After earning her Master of Public Health from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) in 2012, Sarah worked for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health engaging community partners through health education and programming with an emphasis on the Free Library of Philadelphia, and immigrant and homeless serving organizations.


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About this Webinar

This webinar will cover the components of the public health system, including roles of government and non-governmental agencies, and differences in authorities and accountability across public health system entities. An overview of Maine’s unique public health system will be presented, and information about ways attendees can be involved will be provided.

What you'll learn

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

• Identify the components of the public health system.
• Discuss how the components of the public health system work together.
• Describe differences in authority and accountability between governmental and non-governmental entities in the public health system.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Alfred May, MPH
  

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About this Webinar

This webinar will cover the various entities in the US and Maine who have public health roles, including responsibilities related to social determinants of health. The ten essential public health services will be used as a framework to further explore various organizations’ responsibilities.

What you'll learn

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

• Identify Maine governmental and non-governmental entities who have public health responsibilities.
• Identify who has major roles in each of the ten essential public health services.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Nancy Birkhimer, MPH
  

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About this Webinar

The Maine Public Health Association and NEPHTC are pleased to offer the recordings of a three-part interview series designed to share information to help everyone understand The Why, The What, and The How of public health.

What you'll learn

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

• Identify strategies for making  complex public health issues understandable
• Describe how stories and data together can make a bigger impact than data alone
• Identify strategies that public health practitioners can use to be more successful in educating and influencing policy makers
• Explain the differences between lobbying and non-lobbying activities and what is permissible under the law for non-lobbyists in a non-profit organization
• Decribe how a legislative bill becomes law and where in the process public health practitioners can influence the outcome
• Explain the purpose and process of rule making and why it's important for public health

Subject Matter Experts

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  Dr. Dora Ann Mills
  
  Vice President
  Maine Health
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  Jennifer Burns Gray
  
  Maine Association of Nonprofits
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  Lisa Miller
  
  Senior Program Officer
  Bingham Program

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Over the past 45 years, Maine’s Bottle Bill program has been extremely effective at reducing litter, increasing recycling, creating jobs, funding charities, and reducing costs for municipalities and taxpayers. The Bottle Bill is a critical foundation for Maine’s recycling culture and remains as important and relevant as ever. Maine's legislature recently passed two bills to keep redemption centers in business and modernize the system. The discussions highlighted the special role that redemption centers play in keeping this program going, and the unique job opportunities they provide. Many of the owners do not turn much profit but do the work because they recognize it is environmental and social significance. The new laws will provide opportunity to further strengthen this program, reduce waste, and create more jobs.

What you'll learn

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

• Explain how the Bottle Bill supports jobs in Maine and what happens to the unclaimed deposits. 
  
• Compare effectiveness of recycling and litter reduction with other types of recycling programs.
• Discuss potential of recently passed and future legislation. 
  
  

Subject Matter Expert

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  Sarah Nichols
  Sustainable Maine Director
  
  

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Sarah is a waste policy expert and leads NRCM’s local and state efforts to reduce waste and litter, encourage reuse, and increase recycling and composting in Maine. Prior to joining NRCM in 2014, she spent several years working to improve recycling programs in rural communities. She earned a master’s degree from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California Santa Barbara, where she specialized in environmental policy, and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire in Environmental & Resource Economics. Sarah is from Bath and resides in Cumberland.

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  Shandra Rubchinuk
  Co-Owner of Jansel Redemption Center

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Shandra has been in Maine for 22 years and lives in Winthrop. She opened a children’s second hand store in order to be at home with her children and saw a need to reduce reuse and recycle. The store has been open for 10 years, children Luke & Aalayah are now 11 & 13. Her partner Jason worked for his uncle for 23 years counting and sorting bottles at a redemption center that was open for 40 years. His uncle finally retired and the two opened JANSEL Redemption center in Jan of 2023. They streamlined the process and are busier than ever.

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  Mike Noel
  Public Affairs Director, TOMRA

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Mike is a corporate sustainability and public affairs expert with working experience across the public, private and civil sectors. At TOMRA, the world’s largest provider of recycling and reuse technology, Mike advises policymakers on packaging and textiles waste management and reuse policies. TOMRA operates in over 40 jurisdictions around the world with refillable and single-use container deposit return systems and EPR policies. The first project of TOMRA’s Reuse venture includes operating a reusable take-out packaging program in Denmark. Mike is the co- author of “Rewarding Recycling: Learnings from the World’s Highest Performing Deposit Systems”. Prior to joining TOMRA, Mike was a Strategy Director at Futerra where he advised multinationals including Google, Target and 3M on their circular economy and climate strategies. Mike studied Marketing and Environmental Policy at Fordham University where he led a successful campaign to establish the University's Sustainable Business program. Mike is based in Connecticut where he is busy trying to get his 5 year old twins to eat their vegetables.

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In this Webinar series, you will get to know two important environmental health issues: extreme heat and air pollution. We will discuss important concepts and research methods through case-studies on specific projects conducted in the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

What you'll learn

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

• Explain key environmental health concepts, risk factors for various environmental exposures, vulnerable populations, environmental (in)justice, quantitative research methods, qualitative research methods, and community-engaged approaches.
• Demonstrate a deeper understanding of two important environmental exposures of concern in the context of an environmental justice community: extreme heat and air pollution.
• Identify facilitators and barriers that different community partners face when communicating environmental health risks.  
• Discuss relevant environmental health policy and regulatory applications. 

Subject Matter Experts

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  Alina McIntyre
  

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Alina McIntyre is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in both Community Health and Spanish at Tufts University, Alina completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research is part of the Chelsea and East Boston Heat Study (C-HEAT), a collaborative project between GreenRoots, Inc. and BUSPH. She is specifically involved in community-engaged heat and air pollution exposure research, drawing on environmental epidemiology, exposure assessment, and qualitative methods.





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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

In this Webinar series, you will get to know two important environmental health issues: extreme heat and air pollution. We will discuss important concepts and research methods through case-studies on specific projects conducted in the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

What you'll learn

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

• Explain key environmental health concepts, risk factors for various environmental exposures, vulnerable populations, environmental (in)justice, quantitative research methods, qualitative research methods, and community-engaged approaches.
• Demonstrate a deeper understanding of two important environmental exposures of concern in the context of an environmental justice community: extreme heat and air pollution.
• Identify facilitators and barriers that different community partners face when communicating environmental health risks.  
• Discuss relevant environmental health policy and regulatory applications. 

Subject Matter Experts

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  Alina McIntyre
  

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Alina McIntyre is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in both Community Health and Spanish at Tufts University, Alina completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research is part of the Chelsea and East Boston Heat Study (C-HEAT), a collaborative project between GreenRoots, Inc. and BUSPH. She is specifically involved in community-engaged heat and air pollution exposure research, drawing on environmental epidemiology, exposure assessment, and qualitative methods.

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  Bianca Navarro Bowman
  

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Bianca Navarro Bowman is the Climate Justice Coordinator at GreenRoots, Inc. She is passionate about building community knowledge, power, and leadership to combat the unequal distribution of the effects of climate change. At GreenRoots, she leads and supports projects that focus on centering resident involvement and perspectives in advancing community climate resilience and adaptation. Bianca loves working with community members and coworkers to improve the ability of EJ populations to safely navigate increasing summer heat temperatures, flood impacts, and decarbonization efforts that threaten to leave low- and middle-income folks and people of color behind in the clean energy transition. She is originally from the Washington, DC area and graduated from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. She studied English Literature and Environmental Science & Policy and has a background in community-based citizen science research, environmental field work and forest fire management work.





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.