In the October session of Hot Topics in Practice, Public Health Director Dawn Emerick describes how a local health department in Oregon used change management principles to restructure in advance of the state’s modernization efforts.
Read more »PMH COR project will train primary care providers to better address the mental and behavioral health conditions of their young patients.
Read more »NWCPHP’s PERRCoLATE research project investigates implementation realities to improve public health preparedness systems.
Read more »NWCPHP's PERRCoLATE team.
In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, Policy Administrator Stefan Johansson discusses using data to drive performance in Wyoming state government.
Read more »NWCPHP embarks on a five-year project to assist rural public health leaders in better using data to promote health equity.
Read more »In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, prevention specialists discuss how they are using art and media projects to address marijuana-related health disparities in creative ways.
Read more »CDC Learning Connection showcases NWCPHP's Measuring Risk in Epidemiology course as a featured learning opportunity for July, 2017.
Read more »In the July 2017 session of Hot Topics in Practice, Kristen Beiers-Jones, MN, reviews how population health nurses in Oregon are moving upstream to improve refugee health.
Read more »In a new commentary in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, NWCPHP Director Betty Bekemeier and Karl Ensign of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) discuss existing Academic Health Departments (AHD) and make a case for AHD collaborations to enhance public health research and practice together.
Read more »As a young nursing student attending her required community health nursing class, Betty Bekemeier experienced firsthand the power of a positive role model.
Read more »Betty Bekemeier, Director, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice