NWCPHP’s PERRCoLATE research project investigates implementation realities to improve public health preparedness systems.
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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.
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NWCPHP embarks on a five-year project to assist rural public health leaders in better using data to promote health equity.
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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.
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CDC Learning Connection showcases NWCPHP's Measuring Risk in Epidemiology course as a featured learning opportunity for July, 2017.
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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.
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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.
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As a young nursing student attending her required community health nursing class, Betty Bekemeier experienced firsthand the power of a positive role model.
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Betty Bekemeier, Director, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
NWCPHP announces the release of a new online catalog with more than 400 emergency preparedness trainings and other learning materials.
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In the June session of Hot Topics in Practice, Lactation Consultant Camie Goldhammer reviews how communities of color, especially Native American communities, are reclaiming breastfeeding as an indigenous food source.
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