About this Webinar

This webinar will provide an introduction to music therapy.  The Hands in Harmony population wheel will be paired with infographics to provide an overview on the impact of evidence based music therapy interventions to address health outcomes as well as how to integrate music/music therapy in population health.

What you'll learn

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

• Describe the role of music therapy in health and behavioral health
• Discuss lessons learned from the Hands in Harmony Story in developing self-sustaining arts-based services to increase accessibility to music therapy at the state level
• Explore and discuss the role of music in addressing social health determinants applicable to populations in the Hands in Harmony population wheel
• Integrate one applicable approach to increase the impact of music in your personal and/or professional life

Subject Matter Expert

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  Nicole O’Malley
  MA, MT-BC, LPMT, NMT/F

  Executive Director/President
  Neurologic Music Therapist
  Hands in Harmony
  Music Therapy Faculty-University of Rhode Island

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Hypertension is a medical condition, also known as high blood pressure, which can increase the risk for serious conditions such as heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for people in the United States. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are uniquely qualified to improve health outcomes among individuals diagnosed with hypertension and support at-risk individuals to prevent the development of the condition. The purpose of this webinar is to outline the role of CHWs in addressing hypertension self-management and prevention in their communities while showcasing a Vermont CHW program.

What you'll learn

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

• Demonstrate an understanding of hypertension
• Identify risk factors and symptoms associated with hypertension
• Discuss the rate of Vermonters with hypertension and heart disease
• Explain the CHW role in addressing hypertension

Subject Matter Experts

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  Rudolph (Rudy) Fedrizzi 
  MD

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Rudolph (Rudy) Fedrizzi, MD is the Public Health Services District Director for the White River Junction Office of Local Health (OLH) in the VT Department of Health. He received his Medical Degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO and completed his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He holds medical licenses in VT and NH. Dr. Fedrizzi previously practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology. His past administrative and clinical experience includes Chief of OB-GYN Services and training as a flight surgeon at Luke Air Force Base Hospital in Glendale, AZ and Medical Director of the Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center in Taos, New Mexico. Dr. Fedrizzi relocated to New Hampshire in the fall of 2009 and in early 2010 assumed the non-clinical role of Director of Clinical Integration in the Center for Population Health at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a community hospital and multi-specialty physician practice located in Keene, NH. In that role he took the lead in organizing integration efforts that purposefully and proactively link clinical services with community health partners and resources. He served as a core member of the Healthy Monadnock Initiative project team that ensured continuing progress on the goal of the Initiative to make the Monadnock Region of southwestern NH the healthiest community in the nation. He also served as a member of Cheshire Medical Center’s Accountable Care Organization Leadership Team and chaired the organization’s Research Committee helping to facilitate collaborative research efforts involving the medical campus and academic partners. Currently, he is Chair of the Leadership Council of the Dartmouth Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity, Chair of the Upper Valley Medical Reserve Corps Advisory Board, Immediate past-President of the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley Board, Vice President of the Southern NH AHEC Board, and a member of the Twin Pines Housing Trust Board and the Rotary Club of Lebanon, NH Charities Board. He is a member of the American Public Health Association.

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  Jennifer Woolard
  BS, MPH

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Jennifer Woolard, BS, MPH: Jennifer Woolard is the Public Health Program Administrator with the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) Heart Disease and Diabetes Program. She holds a master’s in public health and a bachelor’s in nutrition and has more than ten years of public health experience. Her roles have spanned across various settings, including work with schools, towns, community organizations, health systems, and statewide partners, all aimed at reducing the burden of disease. Over the last five years, Jennifer has worked with community and clinical partners to address system level interventions in support of the prevention and management of heart disease and diabetes. Part of Jennifer’s work has also centered on the development of a formal statewide infrastructure to support and sustain Community Health Workers in Vermont.

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  Justin Pentenrieder
  MSSc

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Justin Pentenrieder serves as the program manager for the Vermont Department of Health’s You First program, which provides breast and cervical cancer screening as well as cardiovascular risk disease prevention to low- and middle-income Vermonters. Justin has worked to reduce the burden of cancer and chronic disease in Vermont for over 10 years. Additionally, Justin serves on the UVM Cancer Center Community Advisory Board and as the co-chair of Vermonters Taking Action Against Cancer (VTAAC).

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  Sasha Rosen
  CHW

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Sasha Rosen is a Community Health Worker and Educator at the Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB). She is also currently pursuing her Master of Public Health at the University of Vermont. Her career has been shaped by her dedication to improving health equity in Vermont and her passion for preventative healthcare. She has previously worked as a case manager for housing insecure individuals during the pandemic and has helped author the Rutland County Community Health Needs Assessment. Sasha is a strong believer that the health of the environment and humans are intimately intertwined; in order to achieve heart health, we must prioritize the health of our planet.





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

About this Webinar

This webinar will provide a brief overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) for community health workers and others who work with populations requiring chronic care. If you are curious about what is MI and how this style of conversation can influence chronic care. Learn the basic structure, mindset and history of MI.

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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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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About this course

A growing body of research implicates exposure to weight stigma in a variety of negative health outcomes (independent of BMI), including all-cause mortality and suicidality. Fat liberation activists have identified public health and healthcare systems as sources of weight stigma for more than 50 years. To disrupt the cycles of discrimination and poor health that jeopardize fat people’s well-being, Public health needs a paradigm shift from "obesity prevention" to understanding weight stigma as a social and structural determinant. 

The second webinar

(Click here to register!) will focus on practical strategies for recognizing and interrupting weight stigma in everyday public health research and practice.

What you'll learn

After completing the training, you will be able to...

• Define weight stigma as the devaluation of fatness and fat people
• Describe how weight stigma functions as a social determinant of health
• Explain how weight stigma mediates relationships between fatness and poor health outcomes 
• Analyze how the construct of “obesity” naturalizes the health consequences of weight stigma as integral to fat embodiment 
• Illustrate the weight stigmatizing consequences of “obesity prevention” as a public health priority
  

Subject Matter Experts

Marquisele (Mikey) Mercedes		Monica Kriete, MPH
Presidential Fellow, Brown University School of Public Health, Co-host, Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back		Writer, speaker, and consultant

Enrollment and Contact Hours

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Sponsored by NEPHTC & YSPH, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to1total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are0. Provider ID #1131137. 

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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

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
  

Registration and Contact Hours

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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.

Registration

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About this Webinar

Seizures and epilepsy can occur with comorbid neurologic and psychiatric disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumors, migraine, multiple sclerosis, autism, anxiety, and depression.

Learn about epilepsy, its treatment, its relationship to other common neurologic conditions, challenges individuals and families with epilepsy face and how to assist people better manage their disease and lifestyle to lessen the impact of epilepsy.

Faculty deliver live interactive virtual training that provides an overview of epilepsy, common comorbidities in epilepsy, available treatments, lifestyle and disease management considerations and an introduction to evidence-based epilepsy self-management programs.

What you'll learn

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

• Discuss seizures, epilepsy and how epilepsy is diagnosed and treated
• Recognize the relationship between seizures, epilepsy, and comorbid neurologic and psychiatric conditions
• Understand common challenges individuals and families impacted by epilepsy face
• Identify epilepsy self-management programs and assistance available to individuals with epilepsy to help them better manage their disease and lifestyle to lessen the impacts of epilepsy

Subject Matter Experts

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  Elaine Kiriakopoulos
  MD, MSc

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Dr. Elaine Kiriakopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, a neurologist and public health educator, and the Director of the HOBSCOTCH Institute for Cognitive Health and Well-Being and the Community Epilepsy & Self-Management Training Center at the Dartmouth Health. At Dartmouth, she leads efforts aiming to expand epilepsy education for health professionals and has developed and led interactive virtual epilepsy education and training for community health workers and primary care providers in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  Trina Dawson
  BA, CHW

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Trina Dawson is the Project Coordinator for the HOBSCOTCH Institute for Cognitive Health and Well-Being at Dartmouth-Health. She received her BA from Plymouth State University in Psychology. In this role she assists in the delivery and support of Epilepsy & Self-Management Community Health Worker Training and participates as a Cognitive Coach in self-management program delivery to patients. Prior to joining Dartmouth Health, Trina worked as a Community Health Worker in a rural healthcare center setting and was responsible to connect individuals and families with resources such as food, housing, transportation, medical care, and mental health services.

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  Anna Murray
  BA, CHW

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Anna Murray is a Community Health Worker in the Department of Neurology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Currently, in her CHW role she works with patients with neurologic disease to address social determinants of health and connect them with resources in the community to meet their needs. As a CHW at an academic medical center her role is integrated with nurses, physicians, and social workers in a team-oriented approach to improving health outcomes and quality of life for patients. Anna has received certification to serve as an Epilepsy Self-Management Coach broadening her CHW skillset and enabling her to assist this patient population build key chronic disease self-management skills in their homes and diverse communities.





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About this Webinar

Across the country and locally in Vermont, there has been an increase in recognition of the effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in supporting individuals with diabetes. As trusted members of the communities they work with, CHWs are well suited to provide diabetes support and offer ongoing care in addressing social and health issues. Organizations have increased efforts to integrate CHWs in the delivery of diabetes support, but there is a need to increase awareness about how to successfully expand the role of CHWs in addressing diabetes.

What you'll learn

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

• Define types, symptoms, risk factors and complications of diabetes
• Discuss the rate of Vermonters with Diabetes
• Identify the roles that Community Health Workers can play in diabetes prevention and control
  
  

Subject Matter Experts

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  Jennifer Woolard
  BS, MPH

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Jennifer Woolard, BS, MPH: Jennifer Woolard is the Public Health Program Administrator with the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) Heart Disease and Diabetes Program. She holds a master’s in public health and a bachelor’s in nutrition and has more than ten years of public health experience. Her roles have spanned across various settings, including work with schools, towns, community organizations, health systems, and statewide partners, all aimed at reducing the burden of disease. Over the last five years, Jennifer has worked with community and clinical partners to address system level interventions in support of the prevention and management of heart disease and diabetes. Part of Jennifer’s work has also centered on the development of a formal statewide infrastructure to support and sustain Community Health Workers in Vermont.

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  Sharon Anderson
  RDN

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Sharon Anderson is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a certified diabetes care and education specialist. She has worked at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in Saint Johnsbury for the past 20 years. Currently she is the director of nutrition and food service. Sharon graduated from the University of Vermont in 1992 with a BS in Nutritional Sciences. She has spent the bulk of her career working with people who have obesity and or diabetes and helping them live healthier lives.



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  Deborah Locke-Rousseau
  Community Health Team Lead, CHW Supervisor,
  Community Connections of NVRH

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Debbie has been with NVRH for four and a half years. Debbie came to NVRH from the local Council on Aging after 15 years’ experience, 10 years in Case Management and 5 years as a CM Supervisor. Debbie has a background in Emergency Medicine having worked with the local EMS and UVM Medical Center Emergency Department as well as their transport team, as a Correctional Officer, and as a Medical Billing Specialist. As the CHT Lead, she organizes and facilitates the monthly CHT meetings for the NVRH Health Service Area. Our CHT includes not only the Blueprint paid staff, as the title implies, but each partner in the HSA that provides services to our fellow community members, patients, clients. We have over 50 Community Partner Agencies that participate, with over 160 members on the distribution listing. Community Connections is the gateway to those services provided to the community by our Community Health Team members. As a free service provided by NVRH, the CHWs are available by phone, fax, provider or community partner referral or on a walk-in basis at their building on the NVRH campus to conduct a brief intake and hear what is important to and for the individual, conducting a benefits review and supporting them in self-managing to live their best lives.

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  Crystal Bigelow
  CHW and Vermont Health Connect Navigator at Community Connections of NVRH

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Crystal has been a CHW at Community Connections for a little over three years. In that time she has trained to become a Vermont Health Connect Navigator, a Health Coach, and most recently a Peer Recovery Coach in order to support our local peer recovery center as CHWs. Crystal came to NVRH with seven years’ experience as a Medical Receptionist and a Dental Billing Specialist at Northern Counties Health Care.





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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

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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About this Webinar

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)

Registration and Contact Hours

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About this Webinar

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

Join Dr. Chris Chanyasulkit, President-Elect of the American Public Health Association, for her keynote address to Maine Public Health Association’s Annual Conference where she discusses public health’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with specific examples from Maine, and recommendations for using public health skills and knowledge to move forward to advance health and equity.

What you'll learn

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

• Identify public health responses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and much uncertainty
• Identify and discuss innovative responses taken within Maine to adapt quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Discuss recommendations for harnessing the power of public health for health equity for all
  
  

Subject Matter Expert

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  Chris Chanyasulkit

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  Chris Chanyasulkit is grounded in a strong belief in eliminating the structural barriers to equity for vulnerable populations. Chris holds leadership positions with local, state, regional and national governance and civic engagement organizations, working to promote racial, gender, and health equity. leadership positions with local, state, regional and national governance and civic engagement organizations, working to promote racial and gender equity and policy advocacy. She served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Massachusetts Asian American Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women where she advocated for the needs of Asian Americans and Women throughout the Commonwealth. Dr. Chanyasulkit has served as a Human Services Specialist and Assistant Director of Diversity in the town of Brookline’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations. She designed and delivered graduate public health courses at the Simmons University Department of Public Health. She also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Temple University, where she teaches Public Health Advocacy in the College of Public Health. Chris earned a B.A. in Biology and Art History from Boston University, an M.P.H. (with a concentration in maternal and child health care) from the Boston University School of Public Health, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northeastern University, where she conducted research on health disparities. In addition to her advocacy and scholarly pursuits, Dr. Chanyasulkit is President-Elect of the American Public Health Association (APHA), an elected Library Trustee of the Public Libraries of Brookline, a Brookline Community Emergency Response Team member, and a Brookline Medical Reserve Corps member. Chris lives in Brookline, Massachusetts with her husband, James, a software engineer, and their three children.

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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

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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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 this first session on per and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), we will focus on identification of PFAS as a large group of chemicals, how PFAS are defined, how people are exposed to a small subset of the PFAS chemicals that are currently regulated in drinking water sources around New England. We will also discuss evidence for population health concerns, as well as efforts being taken in the region to address PFAS.

What you'll learn

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

• Define PFAS and list 6-7 PFA chemicals of importance
• Identify the key exposure sources in people in New England
• Describe the health concerns associated with the 6-7 PFAS chemicals
• Discuss the efforts in New England and federally to address PFAS

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  Wendy Heiger-Bernays
  

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Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD is Professor of Environmental Health at the BU School of Public Health where she has spent decades applying her expertise in toxicology and risk assessment to research and translation around environmental chemical exposures. She serves as Chair of her local Board of Health, as a member of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act Science Advisory Board and is on the Science Advisory Chemicals Committee for the Federal EPA Toxics Substances Control Act.





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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.