Each year, the Northwest Public Health Training Center funds student public health projects. Meagan Brown, a recipient of funding during the 2017–18 school year, describes her evaluation project on food insecurity with the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic.
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Photo by Naomi Ishisaka, on behalf of the City of Seattle.
In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, Marni Kuyl, MS, RN, explains how Washington County Public Health in Oregon reduced their clinical services to focus more on primary prevention.
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Through the Local Health Jurisdiction Transition Learning Lab, a joint project of NWCPHP and PHI, public health leaders from across the country gathered in Seattle for a two-day meeting to explore strategies for transitioning their health departments from direct clinical services to population health.
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Participants in the 2018–19 Learning Lab.
In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, Mike Fraser, CEO of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, reviews how public health professionals can take a lead in preventing opioid misuse.
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In the January session of Hot Topics in Practice, Mary Kay Chess explores the use of systems thinking for understanding and resolving difficult problems.
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In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, David Farrer, MS, PhD, reviews how his colleagues addressed community concerns after high levels of arsenic and cadmium were detected in a Portland neighborhood.
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Each year, the Northwest Public Health Training Center funds student public health projects. Jessica Mogk, a recipient of funding during the 2017–18 school year, describes her project with the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort/Women’s Housing, Equality and Enhancement League (SHARE/WHEEL).
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In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, Judith LaPan, MS, MBA, discusses how her rural health department adopted an emergency response framework to better support emotional health and wellness among community members.
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In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, communications professor Devon Greyson explores ways to help public health professionals and clinical providers speak about vaccinations.
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The Public Health Learning Navigator has certified three NWCPHP online courses with their quality seal.
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