Hot Topics in PracticeHot Topics in Practice is a monthly webinar forum to discuss issues currently affecting public health practice.

Each month guest speakers from local, state, tribal, and national public health organizations present and take questions from the audience. Hot Topics is moderated by Sue Grinnell.

Previous Sessions

Below you may browse previous Hot Topics webinar sessions. All are available for viewing in PH LearnLink free of charge.

June 28, 2022

June 28, 2022. This Hot Topics webinar will share lessons learned from the heat dome and climate change by the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon.

NASA image of the June 2021 heat dome event
May 31, 2022

May 31, 2022. This Hot Topics webinar will share resources from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) about how public health organizations can leverage opportunities and support to modernize and transform their public health practices.

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April 20, 2022

The April session of Hot Topics in Practice will share how organizations can approach decolonizing data in an effort to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited people (MMIWG2S).

Mural showing five figures standing in front of a map of Alaska
March 29, 2022

This Hot Topics webinar will share how Oregon has taken a health-based approach to drug addiction and recovery with the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act (also known as Measure 110).

Man participating in a group therapy session
February 22, 2022

This Hot Topics webinar will share how public health professionals can identify, communicate about, and address health inequities in rural communities.

Photograph of a river waterfront next to a rural town.
January 25, 2022

This Hot Topics webinar shares how organizations can help address racial bias using the “Racial Justice Competency Model for Public Health Professionals.”

Person holding a sign reading racism is a public health crisis
December 14, 2021

This Hot Topics webinar reviews tips for developing more inclusive data practices that better represent the people behind the numbers.

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November 16, 2021

This Hot Topics webinar explores the principles of communication framing to reduce the stigma of substance use and addiction.

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October 26, 2021

This Hot Topics webinar considers strategies for preventing firearm injury in older adults with cognitive impairments.

Elderly person looking down with back turned to camera
May 27, 2021

This Hot Topics webinar considers successful strategies for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Alaska.

Photograph of small airplane flying over a lake with mountains in the background.
April 27, 2021

This Hot Topics webinar considers how public health organizations can navigate change in the face of disclosed or undisclosed trauma experienced by staff.

Photograph of a person wearing a medical mask resting their head on a desk in front of a computer.
March 30, 2021

This Hot Topics webinar reviews strategies and policy approaches for preventing adolescent intimate partner violence.

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February 23, 2021

This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, reviews how the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department applied a racial equity lens to their existing health equity work.

January 26, 2021

This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, reviews the nuances of local governance in Washington state to better understand the financial, political, and cultural factors that influence local public health oversight.

Photograph of two people shaking hands.
December 15, 2020

This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, considers how to frame vaccine issues and promote responsible media coverage.