Tag: professional development

The Office of Minority Health Resource Center is presenting a new webinar series designed for community-based, faith-based and other organizations that want to learn the basics of creating successful federal grant applications.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT: Technical Assistance: Foundations of Grant Writing This introductory webinar, for community-based organizations that want to respond to federal funding opportunity announcements, covers the basics – from how to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) to the key sections in funding announcements to successful strategies for responding.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT: Why All the Excitement about Logic Models? This webinar provides an overview of logic models and when to use them in both applications and evaluations. The webinar includes how to write specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely (SMART) objectives and how to access logic model designs. Logic model templates are provided.

Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PST: Getting to Know the Federal Government and Funding Opportunities A federal funders panel reveals best practices in responding to federal funding announcements. Opportunities for federal funding are identified.

Registration details at: https://nnlm.gov/psr/newsbits/2015/09/24/new-omh-webinar-series-guide-to-successful-grant-proposals/

Are you a public health practitioner or student interested in learning more about the health and nutrition of clients of the charitable food assistance network? A food banker interested in nutrition? A community member concerned about the health of your neighbors who are hungry? Then you can benefit from NPI?s online course, Developing a food bank nutrition policy: A guide to procure healthful foods.

Enrollment is now open for this free course. It starts on September 14, 2015 and runs for 6 weeks. Participants in this course will receive a certificate of completion.

After providing technical assistance on nutrition policy development to many food banks across the US, the University of California Nutrition Policy Institute is offering this free online course for the second time this year. It includes guides, tips, example policy language, learning activities and videos to support your work and help food banks become model food provider organizations by distributing healthful foods to low-income populations in their communities.

The American Public Health Association is hosting a summer webinar series about racism’s impact on health and disparities.

The second webinar in the series, to be held on August 4 beginning at 11:00am PDT, is called No Safety, No Health: A Conversation About Race, Place and Preventing Violence. It will explore the role of public health in preventing this epidemic and the value of engaging many sectors in the solution. APHA Past President Linda Degutis, former director of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and Howard Pinderhughes of UC San Francisco, Policy Link, and the Prevention Institute will lead this important discussion.

Participants may earn 1 CPH CE credit hour by attending and completing an online evaluation. More details on the webinars and on CPH credits are available on the APHA’s website.

Upcoming webinars in this series:

No Safety, No Health: A Conversation About Race, Place and Preventing Violence
August 4, 2015, 11 a.m. PDT

Unequal Treatment: Disparities in Access, Quality and Care
August 18, 2015, 11 a.m. PDT

Racism: The Silent Partner in High School Dropout and Health Disparities
September 1, 2015, 11 a.m. PDT

Interested in learning about the current landscape of data and public health? Want to see how others are implementing data into public health systems? Then this webinar may be of interest to you.

This second Web Forum of the Data and Public Health series will examine situations where data is being implemented into public health systems, both domestically and globally. It will discuss the challenges and benefits, and inspire new ways of thinking about how to improve the public’s health.

Moderated by Shell Culp of Stewards of Change, presenters from California HealthCare Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Esri, and the Illinois Hospital Association will lead the discussion.

With support from the California Healthcare Foundation, Dialogue4Health of the Public Health Institute hosts this series exploring the public health sector?s relationship with data.

More information, including how to register, is available on the Dialogue4Health website.

Looking for training on how to become a better leader? Want some ideas on how to lead successful inclusive teams? Then you might want to try this class.

The course will introduce you to some successful 21st-century leaders and help you learn how you can adopt their inclusive leadership style. The class will utilize short quizzes, case studies, and real-life exercises to help you refine your skills.

This online edX course starts July 7, runs for 4 weeks, and will take about 1 – 1.5 hours per week. The course itself is free, and a Verified Certificate is available for $50.

The course is offered from Catalyst, a leading nonprofit which is dedicated to creating more inclusive workplaces where employees representing every dimension of diversity can thrive.

For more information or to register, please go here.

Looking for an overview of environmental science? Want to learn about the natural world and how it is influenced by people? Then this free four week class offered by Dartmoouth through edX might be of interest to you!

Beginning June 15, you’ll cover topics such as food, energy, human population, biodiversity and global change, ultimately considering the sustainability of human activities on the planet.

The course will utilize video lectures, interviews with experts, readings, and discussions. You can expect to put in about five hours of effort a week. It includes discussions and one graded quiz each week.

More information including how to register is available here.

The NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) is hosting a one-hour webinar on Thursday, May 7, 9:00-10:00 AM PDT, featuring a presentation by Laura Bartlett from the National Library of Medicine?s Outreach and Special Populations Branch on the HealthReach (formerly RHIN) resource which provides quality multilingual and multicultural public health information for those working with or providing care to individuals with limited English proficiency. No registration is required. Register here on 5/7 to attend this meeting.

HealthReach, a national collaborative partnership, has resources that include:
* Health education materials in various languages and formats (brochures, fact sheets, videos)
* Provider tools (including best practices, cultural information, and effective use of interpreters)
* Special collections on Emergency and Disaster, Women?s Health and Mental Health

Reclaiming Broken Places: Introduction to Civic Ecology will explore why and how people come together to care for nature and cultivate community in places marked by disaster, war, poverty and environmental degradation. The course begins on April 10 and runs for 6 weeks. You can pursue a Verified Certificate of Achievement for a small fee or audit the course.

I “Heart” Stats: Learning to Love Statistics is the course for those with a dysfuncional relationship with statistics. It is designed to help you to get to know stats, build a healthy bond, and maybe even fall in love! Begins April 15 and runs for 9 weeks. Pursue a Verified Certificate or audit this course.

Introduction to Bioethics explores some of the most difficult and fascinating moral challenges we face in health, medicine, and emerging technologies. It will also begin on April 15 and run for 10 weeks. You can audit this course or try for an Honor Code Certificate.

edX, a not-for-profit enterprise founded by MIT and Harvard University, offers free online learning to students around the world. UC Berkeley, Harvard, and MIT are among the institutions offering online classes here. An online listing of all the classes offered by edX is also available.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to Use images in several types of social media to enhance engagement and sharing for your work? Would you like to see how to try to locate free images suitable for non-commercial use? Then this free 1 hour webinar offered by the North Dakota Nutrition Council might be for you!

Attending this webinar will give you the tools you need to create a social media marketing campaign with the nutrition messaging you wish to use to reach your target community.

Webinar: Using Images in Social Media Activities to Increase Engagement and Outreach
Date: Wednesday, March 4
Time: 11am-12pm PST
Speaker: Alice Henneman, MS, RDN, Extension Educator at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sponsored by the American Public Health Association and funded by the CDC, these three webinars are designed to help educators learn effective strategies for talking with the public about environmental health work and the impacts of our environments on public health. Each webinar will focus on a different set of framing resources and strategies.

March 5, 2015, 10:30?11:45 p.m. PST
Navigating the Swamp of Environmental Health: Using Evidence to Craft More Effective Communications

April 7, 2015, 10:30?11:45 p.m. PDT
Framing with Values: Cuing Up Productive Conversations about Environmental Health Work

May 5, 2015, 10:30?11:45 p.m. PDT
The Power of How: Using Tested Metaphors to Build Public Understanding about Environmental Health