February 28, 2023.
During this one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, Alicia Miles and Rebecca Garza will discuss the campaign's strategies and the value of embedding health communications as a key component of a population-level, alcohol prevention program.
Learning Objectives
- Understand mass-reach health communications as a key strategy for reducing and preventing excessive alcohol use.
- Explore Oregon’s approach to developing a novel health communications initiative.
- Examine lessons learned from Rethink the Drink’s campaign launch, implementation and evaluation.
January 23, 2023. During this one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, Paula Kett and Betty Bekemeier will present an overview of research findings from this survey. Paula, a research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for Health Workforce Studies, and Betty, Director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, will discuss the implications of their study findings for the public health workforce and policy makers. The presentation will examine how training, education and support may need to be tailored differently for rural practitioners, and consider policies that could help build and strengthen the workforce.
Learning Objectives
- Compare and contrast the assets and training needs of rural and urban public health workers.
- Understand how COVID-19 impacted rural and urban public health workers, and evaluate how these differences may influence workforce development in both settings.
- Discuss recommendations for strengthening the capacity of our rural public health workforce.
December 20, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, Katie Strozyk and Noah Frank will summarize data regarding fentanyl overdose In Washington State. Katie, an Opioid Response Coordinator for Thurston County’s Public Health & Social Services, and Noah, a Drug User Health Epidemiologist from the Washington State Department of Health, will use data to help separate fact from fiction when it comes to fentanyl use and deaths caused by overdose. They will also examine local initiatives to address the overdose crisis, and explore options and opportunities for developing further programming.
Learning Objectives
- Explore local and national data on fentanyl overdoses.
- Address fentanyl facts, misconceptions and myths.
- Understand local initiatives being used to address the overdose crisis
November 29, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, Scott Lindquist from the Washington State Department of Health will talk about lessons learned from the state’s response to Monkeypox, including how public health professionals can plan with health equity and concerns of stigma in mind.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize state and national data trends on the monkeypox outbreak that can be helpful in responding to the outbreak.
- Understand social aspects of the outbreak, including misinformation and the stigmatization of LGBTQAI+ people.
- Identify future risks associated with the ongoing spread of zoonotic diseases.
October 27, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, Dr. James Fausto, the Medical Director of Palliative Care for UW Medicine and a Cambia Sojourns Leadership Scholar, will review the five key principles of adaptive leadership. He will then ask attendees to reflect on current workplace challenges using these principles, offering a number of resources to learn more about adaptive leadership.
Learning Objectives
- Learn foundational principles of adaptive leadership
- Understand why leading adaptively is important in today’s health systems environment
- Consider how you will apply these principles to your own leadership challenges and personal practice
August 24, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, Karyn Brownson and Tony Gomez, from the Violence and Injury Prevention Unit (VIP) at Public Health — Seattle & King County in King County, Washington, will provide a high-level overview of key policy planning, learning, and overall efforts. They will share key elements of injury and violence prevention work that other public health agencies can learn from and use as guides for their own policy efforts. This includes local, state, and federal efforts on traffic, water, and firearm safety.
Learning Objectives
- Articulate a planning framework for public health policy work.
- Understand the spectrum and steps of prevention.
- Identify key elements of successful Washington state injury and violence prevention policies.
- Understand how to anticipate and address racial, geographic, and other health inequities in policy work.
July 26, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, Cynthia Harris and Rizza Cea — with the Washington State Department of Health’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Program — will share why and how the state approaches abortion access with a public health framework. Regardless of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, access to abortion remains legal in Washington State. Washington state will continue to support reproductive health access and abortion access using a public health framework through current state laws and legislation. As other states pass stricter abortion laws that limit access, Washington state is strengthening their position and resources in efforts that center equity and reproductive justice.
Learning Objectives
- Understand and be able to articulate the magnitude of health impacts from the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome.
- Understand how states can protect access to abortion, like Washington state, using state laws or policies around reproductive choice.
- Describe the implications of Roe v. Wade being overturned for your state or neighboring states.
- Identify actions your organization can take that support abortion access in your service area using a public health framework, including understanding service gaps.
June 28, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, Brendon Haggerty, interim supervisor of Healthy Homes and Communities at the Multnomah County Health Department, will share changes made since the heat dome, highlight transferable lessons, and resources for other public health agencies.
Learning Objectives
- Understand and be able to articulate the magnitude of health impacts from the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome.
- Evaluate strengths and shortcomings of public health preparedness for heat events.
- Navigate to resources describing best practices in heat response.
May 31, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, Jessica Fisher — Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at PHAB — will share the organization’s work to advance the continuous quality improvement of tribal, state, local, and territorial public health departments.
Learning Objectives
- Provide context for transformation efforts.
- Discuss national initiatives focused on transformation and systems.
- Contribute to a dialogue around how practitioners can engage in transformation efforts.
April 20, 2022. During this one-hour webinar, Dr. Charlene Aqpik Apok — executive director and co-founder of Data for Indigenous Justice — will share the organization’s work to gather, steward, and decolonize data.
Learning Objectives
- Know broadly about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples.
- Understand some of the systemic gaps in data on this issue.
- Become familiar with strategies that Indigenous peoples are leading to address this issue.
March 29, 2022. This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, will introduce public health professionals to the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, including why and how it is helping the health and well-being of Oregonians. Participants will hear from the Oregon Health Authority and a community-based organization working on the ground to support addiction treatment and recovery.
Learning Objectives
- Describe why and how a health-based approach to addiction and overdose is more effective, humane and cost-effective than criminal punishments.
- Understand why oversight is important and how it can be done.
- Identify future actions to take after implementing a Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act.
February 22, 2022. This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, will share how public health professionals can identify, communicate about, and address health inequities in rural communities with the support of Solutions in Health Analytics for Rural Equity across the Northwest (SHARE-NW).
Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of visual data in identifying and communicating about health inequities.
Describe at least two ways county-level data can help identify health inequities and support decision-making on how to address those inequities.
Consider the effect training can have on developing a culture of data-driven decision making in public health practice.
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.”
Learning Objectives
- Identify steps to cultivate cultures of belonging in all shared spaces
- Consider the importance of using the Racial Justice Competency Model in addressing racial bias and creating a sense of belonging
- Apply health and racial equity principles across public health policies and practice competently using the Racial Justice Competency Model
December 14, 2021. This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, reviews tips for developing more inclusive data practices that better represent the people behind the numbers.
Learning Objectives
- Consider the importance of inclusion in public health data visualizations.
- Detect biases that impact the visualization process.
- Identify basic approaches for inclusive data visualization practices.
November 16, 2021. This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, reviews framing principles about alcohol and drugs to help practitioners, journalists, advocates, and other communicators tell a new story about this urgent and timely issue.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the role of framing in telling the story of alcohol and drugs in the United States and in helping broad audiences imagine the systems-level solutions required to reverse trends.
- Identify how harmful stereotypes are reinforced in the “usual stories” about drugs and alcohol and what is needed to develop and tell new "solutions" stories.
- Specify resources to both illuminate current patterns in communications about drugs and alcohol and to help build a new narrative.
