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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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 Rhode Island Public Health Institute, in partnership with the city of Providence and the Providence Community Clinics Network conducted a mixed-methods needs assessment focused on Communities of Color in Providence RI. The needs assessment focused on characterizing health literacy needs with a focus of COVID-19 and other topics of public health significance which intersect with the pandemic.

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What you'll learn

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

• Discuss capacity building for reaching at-risk populations
• Identify health literacy and resource needs of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx individuals in Rhode Island.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Yelena Malyuta
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Yelena Malyuta is the Director of Evaluation at the Rhode Island Public Health Institute. Her work focuses on research and evaluation efforts in community and clinical settings. She is passionate about community-driven and informed solutions to public health challenges. Yelena received a Master of Public Health from The University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology from the University of New Hampshire.




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About this course

Our public health and healthcare systems have focused heavily on "obesity" as a disease to be prevented. However, much of this is confounded by weight stigma and anti-fat bias within our own work. A paradigm shift from "obesity prevention" to understanding weight stigma as a social and structural determinant, public health practitioners and researchers can avoid causing harm, and push for better outcomes for their communities. 

What you'll learn

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

• Define weight stigma as a multilevel system of material oppression
• Identify/recognize how weight stigma contributes to poor health outcomes and confounds epidemiologic research
• Understand how common practices in public health promote, uphold, and create weight stigma

Subject Matter Experts

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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

Note there are two different options for enrolling in this course highlighted in the table below.

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.

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. Event ID #SS1131137_AFAPH

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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

Discover the basics of website accessibility and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as Dr. Amanda Diver, a Physical Therapist turned website developer, shares expert insights and practical strategies in this webinar. Amanda will guide attendees to identify areas for improvement and implement effective strategies to enhance compliance and search engine rankings.

What you'll learn

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

• Discuss the significance and meaning of website accessibility and its impact on your organization.
• Identify areas to improve American with Disabilities Act compliance and emerging regulations.
• Utilize practical tools for implementing accessibility changes on your website, including color contrast, website architecture, and more.
• Develop effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies to improve your website’s search engine rankings.
  
  

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  Dr. Amanda Diver
  PT, DPT, CPACC

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Dr. Amanda Diver, PT, DPT, CPACC, is a Physical Therapist, Website Developer and Accessibility and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert. She provides consulting services to diverse businesses and organizations to help clients reach larger audiences, by increasing website accessibility and improving online presence. Over the past several years, during the process of building websites for clients, Dr. Diver realized that 96.8% of the web was not accessible to everyone. This led to the realization that accessibility plays a huge role in SEO, which allows websites to show up in Google and other search engines. This ignited her passion in this emerging field. With her knowledge and experience as a Physical Therapist, and her history working with over 100 business owners across diverse industries on their websites, Dr. Diver set out to become a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competency (CPACC). This foundational credential strengthened her skills in digital technologies, architectural considerations, and thoughtful design as well as her understanding of compliance responsibilities requiring disability access. Dr. Diver’s insights and practical solutions captivate audiences by explaining complex material to those less comfortable with technology. She authored A Beginner’s Guide to Indoor Rowing and owns and curates sites such as The Rowing Doc and Healthy Digital. Amanda Diver lives in Colorado with her husband and two fur-kids.

Registration

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About this Webinar

Addressing public health in rural areas requires a unique approach. Join this panel discussion to learn about rural health in Maine, how to define "rurality" and how to innovatively adapt public health efforts in rural regions.

What you'll learn

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

• Describe what rurality means in Maine.
• Identify 2-3 ways to address public health challenges in rural Maine.

Subject Matter Experts

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  Tim Cowan

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Tim Cowan received his Masters of Science in Public Health in 1994, with a focus in epidemiology. Since then, he has been an analyst and/or administrator for multiple program evaluation and quality improvement projects. Currently, Tim is the Director of Community Health Surveillance and Evaluation at MaineHealth. Tim leads programs that help MaineHealth prioritize the community health issues toward which system resources are allocated. In addition, Tim oversees activities to analyze data and disseminate information about opportunities for most effectively addressing the priority health issues, as well as to provide feedback on the collective impact being made by the many organizations involved.

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  Erika Ziller

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Erika Ziller is Chair of Public Health at the University of Southern Maine, where she also serves as the Director of the Maine Rural Health Research Center (https://mrhrc.org/). She began her career at the intersection of public health and social work practice, where she observed how policy can impact the wellbeing of individuals and communities. Since then, Dr. Ziller has been committed to policy-informed research aimed at improving health care access for underserved populations, particularly rural residents. She grew up in small-town Maine and obtained all three of her degrees, including a PhD in public policy, from the University of Southern Maine. In recognition of her contributions to rural health policy, Dr. Ziller received the Louis Gorin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health from the National Rural Health Association. She served on the editorial board of the Journal of Rural Health and is an active member of the National Rural Health Association.

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  Tom Judge

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Tom Judge is founding Executive Director of LifeFlight of Maine/ LifeFlight Foundation. LifeFlight of Maine, a non-profit hospital consortium critical care system. (www.lifeflightmaine.org) serving over 40 hospitals in Maine and New England as well as providing primary response to accident scenes and medical emergencies to remote and island communities. With an extensive background in emergency medical services and air medicine he has worked in the private, public and non-government sectors designing and implementing systems nationally and internationally. Thomas has served as an air medical and EMS subject matter expert for the Institute of Medicine, the US Government Accountability Office, the National Transportation Safety Board, the State of Maryland, as well as five successive appointments to the Federal National EMS Advisory Council and a current appointment to the Federal Air Ambulance Patient Billing Advisory Committee.

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  Sabrina Keene

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Sabrina Keene attended the University of Maine at Farmington in Farmington Maine from 2011- 2017. She holds a B.S degree in Community Health. Sabrina currently leads the resource team at Healthy Community Coalition connecting patients and community members to services throughout Franklin County. She also host bi-monthly Franklin Resource Collaborative meetings where community members, businesses, and state organizations come together to collaborate efforts that best serve the community. Sabrina also coordinates harm reduction initiatives under two opioid related grants at Healthy Community Coalition, and is working on efforts to mobilize a syringe exchange in Franklin County. Sabrina has been with Healthy Community Coalition for five years working on a variety of grants, and has her Prevention Specialist certification.

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  Brendan Schauffler

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Brendan Schauffler has worked in public health in rural Western Maine for the past ten years, cultivating a broad network of relationships with community partners across diverse sectors. Working with those partners in groups both large and small allowed him to practice being a careful listener and communicator, and to create spaces where meaningful conversations can be held around deep-held concerns regarding community health. Much of his work over the past five years has focused on Substance Use Disorder, Adverse Childhood Experiences and resilience, and diseases of despair.

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 Webinar

The Rhode Island Public Health Institute led an advocacy campaign for a statewide SNAP incentive program in retail settings; Eat Well Be Well Rewards. We have started evaluating the program and conducting surveys in the retail stores across the state. 

What you'll learn

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

• Describe Implementing a state-wide evaluation in retail settings
• Discuss food insecurity across Rhode Island
• Learn about conducting a state-wide program evaluation
• Understand utilization of Eat Well, Be Well.

Subject Matter Experts

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  Yelena Malyuta
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Yelena Malyuta is the Director of Evaluation at the Rhode Island Public Health Institute. Her work focuses on research and evaluation efforts in community and clinical settings. She is passionate about community-driven and informed solutions to public health challenges. Yelena received a Master of Public Health from The University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology from the University of New Hampshire.

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  Kerri Connolly
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Kerri Connolly is the Deputy Director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and holds a secondary placement as Project Director at Brown University School of Public Health. Her work focuses on implementing programs that eliminate barriers to healthy food access and using data-driven metrics to inform and advocate for policies at the state and federal level. Kerri received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Simmons University and is nearly complete with her Master of Public Health from Brown University.

• Max Erbe
  
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Max Erbe, MPH, is the Programs and Research Director at the Rhode Island Public Health institute. He received his Masters in Public Health Policy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham while simultaneously completing a service year through AmeriCorps before joining RIPHI in 2022. Since then, Max has lead and contributed to a variety of initiatives focused on food access, sexual health, health policy, and public health innovation at RIPHI. He helps lead RIPHI’s evaluation of the Eat Well, Be Well program.




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About this Webinar

Join Maine Public Health Association and our partners in a day-long event to engage in dialogue and learning around equity and ethics in public health research and evaluation. Over the course of the day, we will follow the data lifecycle from design conceptualization to data collection, analysis, reporting, and ownership. We will discuss public health implications and strategies for overcoming challenges to improve the way we practice. We will use a mix of learning approaches, including didactic presentations, case studies, discussions, and opportunities for skill-building.

What you'll learn

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

• Describe structural and systemic inequities, including implicit biases, which influence the data life cycle and have implications for public health practice.
• Consider practices that influence the equitable and ethical conduct of public health research and evaluation.
• Develop awareness of tools, skills and knowledge for responding to data equity challenges in public health research and evaluation.
• Describe approaches to community inclusion in study design, data collection, analysis, reporting, and data ownership.

Subject Matter Experts

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  Linda Silka
  
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Linda Silka's training is as a social and community psychologist and much of her work has focused on building community-university research partnerships. Prior to moving to the University of Maine, she was a faculty member for three decades at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where she directed the Center for Family, Work, Community, served as the Special Assistant to the Provost for Community Outreach and Partnerships, and was Professor in the Psychology Department and then University Professor in the interdisciplinary Department of Regional Economic and Social Development. Recent research partnerships she has led include the NIEHS-funded Southeast Asian Environmental Justice Partnership and the New Ventures Partnership, the HUD-funded Community Outreach Partnership Center and Diverse Healthy Homes Initiative, and the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment. She has written extensively on the opportunities and challenges of building research partnerships with diverse groups and have consulted internationally on how to build community-university research partnerships.

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  Anita Chandra
  
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Anita Chandra (she/her) is vice president and director of RAND Social and Economic Well-Being and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. She leads studies on civic well-being and community planning; disaster response and resilience; public health emergency preparedness; health and health equity; child health and development, and effects of military deployment on families. Throughout her career, Chandra has engaged government and nongovernmental partners to consider cross-sector solutions for improving community well-being and to build more robust systems, implementation, and evaluation capacity. This work has taken many forms, including engaging with federal and local government agencies on building systems for emergency preparedness and resilience both in the United States and globally; partnering with private sector organizations to develop the science base around child systems; and collaborating with city governments and foundations to modernize data systems and measure environmental sustainability, well-being, and civic transformation. Chandra has also partnered with community organizations to conduct broad-scale health and environmental needs assessments, to examine the integration of health and human service systems, and to determine how to integrate equity and address the needs of historically marginalized populations in human service systems. These projects have occurred in partnership with businesses, foundations, and other community organizations. Chandra earned a Dr.P.H. in population and family health sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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  Laurie Martin
  
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Laurie Martin is a social epidemiologist and senior policy researcher with over 20 years of experience in the fields of public health and health policy. Her primary research interests focus on improving health and well-being, and helping communities, stakeholders and policymakers collect and use data to make evidence-informed decisions. She is particularly interested in how health and financial literacy skills, language and culture influence the effectiveness of health and social services policy and programming. Throughout her career, Dr. Martin has worked with government and nongovernmental partners, including foundations and local communities, to consider cross-sector solutions for improving health and well-being at both the individual and community level. She has led numerous large-scale grants and contracts related to these issues and has extensive experience with both quantitative and qualitative methods. Martin received her master's degree from Boston University School of Public Health and her doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is based in Detroit, MI.

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  Lliam Harrison
  
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Lliam Harrison is a member of Huron’s IRB Service team. He has more than two decades experience in research integrity and research compliance in higher education and healthcare settings. He specializes research oversight services (IRB, IACUC and IBC) and Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and Research Integrity progam development and operations. Lliam has successfully negotiated no-action resolutions to allegations of non-compliance reported to the FDA and OLAW, and has conducted intenal investigations into allegations of research misconduct, human subject protections and animal welfare violations. He serves as a peer reviewer for the CITI Responsible Conduct of Research curriculum. Before joining Huron, Lliam was the inaugural IRB Manager at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the only NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in Northern New England. Prior to his role at Dartmouth Hitchcock, Lliam was the Director of Research Integrity and Deputy Research Integrity Officer at the University of New England, a health-sciences university in Maine, and was the Director of Research Integrity at the University of Southern Maine. In addition to these roles, Lliam has practiced trial and appellate law in state and federal courts, and has mediated over 1,500 cases in Arizona and Maine. In addition to legal and regulatory experience, Lliam has published research ranging from cross-cultural considerations in medicine, paleopathology, paleomycology, and biopolitical aspects of infectious disease.

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  Karen Errichetti
  
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Karen Errichetti, MPH, DrPH is an experienced program evaluator and strategic planner specializing in data visualization and supporting public health departments through accreditation and improvement planning. Dr. Errichetti has an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and teaches masters level courses in program evaluation, public health assessment, and qualitative methods. Dr. Errichetti has extensive experience working with BIPOC and underserved populations, particularly Hispanic communities. For the Sí Texas Evaluation, a collective impact project funded by the Social Innovation Fund, she co-led a team that tested eight demonstrations of integrated behavioral health models in southern Texas US-Mexico border communities. In addition, she supervised three randomized control trials and four quasi-experimental studies for Si Texas. One of the trial sites that Dr. Errichetti supervised included patients who were largely undocumented and also under 200% of the federal poverty level. Dr. Errichetti also served as an advisor to a project with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office on Women’s Health to assess the impact of energy development on the behavioral health of women in western North Dakota and Eastern Montana, providing expertise to the project on community-based data collection strategies designed to engage five different tribal communities. In 2022, she developed and conducted a health equity focused data visualization training for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists as part of their national conference in 2021. Dr. Errichetti recently consulted with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials in implementing the US Virgin Islands Department of Health’s first major health planning process after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Dr. Errichetti assisted both the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in creating a set of health equity-based data visualization standards for their most recent state health assessments. Dr. Errichetti holds a Doctor of Public Health degree from Boston University, a master’s degree in public health from Yale University, and a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College in Biological Sciences. in Massachusetts. She lives with her preschooler, husband, Westie terrier in central Massachusetts.

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  Angela Okafor
  
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Angela Okafor is the Acting Director of Outreach and Community Engagement for the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations of Maine and the owner of Tropical Tastes & Styles International Market, in Bangor. She is a mother of three, an Immigration Attorney, an entrepreneur, a community leader and builder, and a Nigerian immigrant. Months after becoming an American Citizen, Angela’s first Vote was for herself in an election she won to become the first person of color and first immigrant to serve on the Bangor City Council. Angela served on the Presidents’ 2025 Commission on Excellence and Equity at the University of Maine, and the Advisory Committee of Maine Racial Justice Fund. She served on the Governor’s Maine Economic Recovery Commission. She was an AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer. She serves on the Board of the Maine Multicultural Center and Bangor Historical Society. Angela is a 2023 enlistee into the Marquis Who’s Who biographical directory, the First annual Community Solidarity award by Food and Medicine 2022, the Girls’ Scout Pearls of Wisdom Juliette Honoree for 2022, 2021 Trailblazer Award by the PCHC Dentistry Residency program, a Mainebiz Women to Watch 2020, Maine Women’s Fund Honoree 2020 and the Empower the Immigrant Woman Trailblazer Honoree 2018.

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  Ralph Cammack
  
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Ralph Cammack is a citizen of the Kingsclear First Nation and serves as the Research and Data Manager for Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness in the Center for Wabanaki Research, Knowledge and Innovation. Ralph’s professional experience includes public health, research, evaluation, and laboratory medicine. He served as the Infectious Disease Division Manager for Wabanaki Public Health during the COVID19 pandemic and oversaw the implementation of support programs and vaccine efforts in Wabanaki Territory. He also led the evaluation for the Maine Wabanaki-State Truth and Reconciliation Commission looking at events related to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. He has a background in cancer laboratory medicine and supervised one of the largest cancer laboratories in Maine. He has a passion for bringing Indigenous values to research and data structures as well as continuing the efforts to decolonize these systems. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Southern Maine and is certified through the American Society for Clinical Pathology as a Hematology Technologist. When not doing his great work for WHPW, Ralph enjoys spending time with his family and creating music.

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  Ian Yaffe
  
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Ian Yaffe is Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Maine Department of Health and Services where he works to refine, implement, and make into a living document the Department’s Strategic Plan to Advance DEI. He previously served as Director of the Office of Population Health Equity (OPHE) at Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to joining the DHHS team, Ian served as Executive Director of Mano en Mano, a non-profit organization that works with immigrant and farmworker communities in rural Maine to advocate for change and ensure access to essential services, education, and housing. Ian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Latin American Studies and Education from Bowdoin College, and a Master of Public Administration Degree from the University of Washington. He is also a Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and serves on the boards of Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF), and Maine Philanthropy Center (MPC).

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  Dr. Rebecca Petrie, PhD
  
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Co-CEO, Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness Dr. Rebecca Petrie has extensive experience working in Tribal Health, Health Equity, Public Health Nutrition, Program Evaluation, and Systems Development. As Co-CEO of Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, Rebecca oversees the organization’s Operations and Research efforts. Her experience and leadership have been focused on project management and development, performance monitoring, research and data analysis, as well as grants and finance. This valuable work ensures the alignment of resources with a variety of programs, serving the needs of the communities. Prior to joining Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, Rebecca worked in State government for ten years, serving the Office of Health Equity, the WIC Program, Public Health Informatics, and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. During this time, Rebecca reviewed and evaluated statewide health equity efforts. She developed and implemented a variety of tools to improve data collection, analysis, and reporting. Prior to State government, Rebecca worked at the Jackson Laboratory, studying genome informatics and conducting genomic analysis. Rebecca received her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Maine. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology from Emory University, as well as a PhD in Public Health-Community Health focus from Walden University. She currently serves as the Treasurer of the Board for Maine Women’s Lobby and Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund.

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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

What you'll learn

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

1. Explain why chronic pain is a public health problem in Maine.
2. Describe the co-morbidities associated with chronic pain.
3. Identify factors within social determinants of health (SDOH) that may affect the pain experience.
4. Discuss major challenges for people in Maine to receive adequate pain care and potential interventions.

Subject Matter Experts

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  Dr. Ling Cao

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Dr. Ling Cao is a professor of biomedical science at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a biomedical researcher and educator, and an advocate and practitioner in interprofessional education. As an independent researcher, she continues to advance biomedical/translational research to delineate the neuroimmune mechanisms in neuropathic pain. As a medical educator, she promotes learning in interprofessional/interdisciplinary teams. Her recent research interest in population health and health informatics led her to create the first pain registry in Maine. Dr. Cao earned her M.D. from Beijing Medical University (Currently Peking University Health Science Center), her Ph.D. in Toxicology from SUNY Albany, and her Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Registration

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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.

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

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This presentation will provide an overview of how Maine’s current incarceration system reflects critical economic determinants of health and how incarceration affects Maine’s economy, community health and safety. It will also outline the steps necessary to prevent or mitigate the harm done to individuals, families and communities from our over reliance on incarceration.

What you'll learn

After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the economic determinants of health at the center of the current failures of the carceral system.
• Describe four specific health related problems associated with the carceral system and how they affect public health in Maine.

• Identify three solutions that could improve health outcomes for incarcerated people and for the communities receiving these people on release.

Subject Matter Experts

Jan Collins

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Retired high school science teacher and blueberry farmer, Jan became involved with criminal justice reform when her son was incarcerated in 2012. Since then, she has served on the Board of Visitors for Franklin County Jail, acts as Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition’s liaison with the prison branch of the NAACP, and regularly testifies before the legislature on issues related to criminal justice reform. She is assistant director of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.

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What is the potential paradigm shift of applying human rights standards to your public health practice?

What you'll learn

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

• Define human rights
• Apply questions to identify changes necessary for using human rights standards in your public health practice
• Describe 2 websites for definitive resources for human rights standards

Subject Matter Expert

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  Loretta Ross
  

  Associate Professor at Smith College

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Loretta Ross is a Visiting Associate Professor at Smith College in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender for the 2019-2021 academic years.

She started her career in activism and social change in the 1970s, working at the National Football League Players’ Association, the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Black Women’s Health Project, the Center for Democratic Renewal (National Anti-Klan Network), the National Center for Human Rights Education, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, until retiring as an organizer in 2012 to teach about activism. Her passion transforms anger into social justice to change the world.

Her most recent books are Reproductive Justice: An Introduction co-written with Rickie Solinger, and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique, both published in 2017. Her forthcoming book is Calling In the Calling Out Culture: Detoxing Our Movement due out in 2020.

She has appeared on CNN, BET, "Lead Story," "Good Morning America," "The Donahue Show," the National Geographic Channel, and "The Charlie Rose Show.” She has been quoted in the New York Times, Time Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, among others.

Her activism began as a rape and incest survivor as a teen mother. She graduated college at age 55. She is from San Antonio, TX and lives in Atlanta, GA. She is a mother and grandmother, and an avid pinochle player. Her dream is to see Venus and Serena Williams play tennis in person.


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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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This webinar will briefly review the problematic state of health care in Maine and America and three interlocking factors contributing to its deterioration:  lack of access to care, increasing corporatization of health care, and provider shortages.  There is no one fix for health care in America, but a publicly funded, universal system of care would greatly improve the current situation.  We will discuss what such a system might look like in Maine, how we might get there, what challenges will hinder its establishment, and what problems it will not solve.

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What you'll learn

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

1. Review reasons why exclusive human milk feeding is recommended and its connection to obesity prevention.
2. Discuss appropriate weight loss and identify 3 tools for addressing higher than average weight loss for the exclusively breastfed baby in the first 4 weeks.
3. Understand when to recommend pumping and/or supplementing in the first 4 weeks of the infant’s life
4. Identify new parent and professional resources for breast/chestfeeding information and support

Subject Matter Experts

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  Kara Kaikini

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Kara Kaikini is the Executive Director of the Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition. She has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 2009 and has supported new families for over 20 years as a home visitor, postpartum doula, lactation consultant, childbirth education and lactation services program manager, prenatal educator, and postpartum group facilitator. She was the Lactation Specialist for Maine CDC's Maternal Child Health Program/Perinatal Outreach & Education Consultant Program from 2016 - 2022 and is a member of the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of Maine (PQC4ME) Steering Committee. Kara is passionate about reducing barriers preventing families from meeting their infant feeding and maternal mental health goals through education, support, connection, and advocacy. Kara lives in Freeport with her husband and two energetic boys and also serves on the RSU5 School Board.

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  Paula Norcott
  
  

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Paula Norcott is the co-owner of Maine Mother and Company, a perinatal resource center in Brunswick, Maine. She is also the Breastfeeding Educator with Maine's Perinatal Outreach and Education Consultation Services. Paula is a lactation consultant with over 23 years of experience serving feeding parents. She got her start in this work as a peer counselor for WIC in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1999. She worked in a fast-paced hospital setting for 5+ years. Paula currently works in private practice, in the infant feeding tech world and consults for both the state as well as a well-known pump company. Frustrated by how nipple pain is brushed off and how slow infant weight gain is blamed on feeding parents, Paula has made it her mission to help these families feel confident in their plan and their ability to feed their tiny humans with a mental health first approach. When not helping other families, Paula can be found at home, with her husband and at least a few of her five children, likely drinking GOOD chai, knitting and obsessing about when the next Percy Jackson episode will be released.

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  Dr. Kelsey Walton
  
  

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Dr. Kelsey Walton is a primary care pediatrician at Kennebec Pediatrics in Augusta, ME. Prior to transitioning to primary care almost two years ago, she practiced as a pediatric hospitalist for 9 years at Maine General Medical Center. Kelsey is a mom to two boys ages 3 and 5 years. They love camping and spending time outdoors. Kelsey enjoys gardening, beekeeping, and reading.

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This webinar will highlight the City of Providence, Rhode Island’s efforts to integrate health into public policies across sectors. Examples will include working in collaboration with Providence public schools to address chronic absenteeism, working with fire stations and first responders to mitigate harms from opiate dependence, and working with the public works department.

What you'll learn

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

• Understand innovative strategies to work across sectors to address public health problems with innovative public sector partnerships.
• To gain new understanding of novel strategies to mitigate the public health harms of opiate dependence by training firefighters and first responders in recovery coaching.
• To understand how to reduce chronic absenteeism by working with public works departments to enhance snow removal in winter months.
• To understand how to reduce chronic absenteeism by providing menstrual hygiene products in public schools.

Subject Matter Expert

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  Ellen Cynar
  Director of City Providence Healthy Communities Office

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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.

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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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Oral health is an essential part of overall health and wellbeing. Poor oral health has a negative impact on quality of life and is linked to chronic conditions, including stroke, heart and lung disease, and diabetes. In addition, poor oral health can be stigmatizing, which negatively affects mental health and may contribute toward socioeconomic disparities. Community health workers are well poised to support oral health education and access to care in their roles. Join this webinar to learn about how CHWs can help improve the oral health of people they serve. 

What you'll learn

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

• Discuss the relationship between oral health and overall health.
• List oral health resources available for individuals served by CHW in Vermont.
• Explore opportunities to integrate oral health care into CHW role.

Subject Matter Experts

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  Robin Miller
  RDH, MPH 
  
  

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Robin Miller, RDH, MPH, has been employed by the Vermont Department of Health’s Office of Oral Health since 1998. She began her career with the State as a Dental Health Educator and was promoted to Oral Health Director in 2015. Robin serves as Secretary on the Executive Board of the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and is the chairperson of the ASTDD’s Basic Screening Survey Community of Practice. In addition to her work with ASTDD, she is a former board member and current member of the Vermont Public Health Association and was the 2016 recipient of the VT Dental Hygienists’ Association Outstanding Dental Hygienist award.

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  Debora Teixeira 
  
  
  

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Debora Teixeira received a degree in Dentistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a Master of Education focusing on Adult Education and Public Health from the University of Vermont. Prior to relocating to the United States, she worked for 12 years as a Public Health Dentist for the São Paulo State Health Department, providing dental care and oral health education primarily to underserved children and adults in community health centers and public schools. In addition, Debora has worked in private practice and taught Oral Diagnosis to first-year dental students. Currently, Debora works for the Vermont Department of Health, where she serves as the Oral Health Systems Administrator and as the 802 Smiles Network of School Dental Health Programs Coordinator.

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  Burt Edelstein
  
  
  

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Burton L. Edelstein DDS MPH, Columbia University Professor Emeritus of dentistry and public health, is a pediatric dentist who has dedicated his clinical, research, teaching, and advocacy career to improving the oral health of socially disadvantaged children. Edelstein practiced in Connecticut for 21 years before engaging full time in pediatric oral health policy as Congressional Health Aide to the US Senate Minority Leader, Commissioner of the federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), Founder of the DC-based Children’s Dental Health Project, and Chair of Population Oral Health at Columbia. Since 2008, Edelstein and his team have been awarded over $9M to develop and test a novel pediatric dental caries prevention and disease management program called MySmileBuddy. The MySmileBuddy Program and its educational technology supports value-based care and interdisciplinary delivery models, addresses social determinants of health, builds on established cariology science and behavior-change theory, and holds promise to enhance oral health equity through early intervention and redistribution of resources. Edelstein is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo dental school, and the Harvard School of Public Health. He trained at SUNY Upstate Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. His work has been nationally recognized by associations of pediatric (AAPD) and public health dentistry (ASTDD, AAPHD, MSDA), dental students (ASDA), dental societies (ACD, ICD, CDS, CSDA), the dental research community (FNIDCR), foundations (Shils, NYSDAF, OHA) and educators (Maryland, Harvard, Columbia, ADEA).



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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

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