September 27, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, representatives from the Coeur d’Alene tribe and Idaho’s Panhandle Health District discuss how they responded to a significant windstorm.
Hot Topics: Something to Smile About: Expanding Oral Health Services in Northwest Tribal Communities
August 4, 2016. In the August session of Hot Topics in Practice, Christina Peters speaks about the use of dental aides to expand oral health services in tribal communities.
June 21, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, Jim Krieger, MD, MPH reviews scientific evidence about the rise in sugar consumption, emphasizing how these data are guiding many of the currently proposed reforms to our policies, food systems, and retail environments. He also discusses which prevention strategies can yield the most health care savings and which ones are gaining ground around the U.S.
May 17, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, leaders from Washington State discuss what Zika preparedness means for the region's public health and emergency management systems.
April 19, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, Brendon Haggerty reviews Oregon’s state and local efforts to address the health impacts of climate change in the Northwest.
March 29, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, national and state public health leaders discuss putting the public health approach to firearm safety into action.
February 23, 2016. In this one-hour session of Hot Topics in Practice, Karyn Brownson describes the process of developing the new Washington State Suicide Prevention Plan with more than 250 stakeholders.
January 26, 2016. In this one-hour session of Hot Topics in Practice, Marla Peters, MHA, shares her experience working with marine law enforcement officials to evaluate a law change to improve boater safety.
December 15, 2015. In this one-hour webinar, public health leaders from Washington State discuss how to institutionalize a quality management culture in big and small organizations.
November 10, 2015. In this one-hour webinar, Kurt O’Brien, MHROD reviews the importance of long-range planning, especially in light of health care reform.
October 28, 2015. In the October session of Hot Topics in Practice, Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, FAAN, reviews the importance of collecting standardized data and demonstrates how the information is being used to make the case for public health services.
September 29, 2015. In the September session of Hot Topics in Practice, CDC Analyst Donovan Newton, MPA, shares evaluation results of recent injury and violence prevention initiatives.
July 14, 2015. In the July session of Hot Topics in Practice, Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH, discusses the “one health” framework for connecting human, animal, and environmental health to address emerging disease challenges.
June 23, 2015. In the June session of Hot Topics in Practice, Drs. Patrick O’Carroll and Tim McAfee will review past and future strategies for preventing tobacco-related diseases.
May 19, 2015. In the May session of Hot Topics in Practice, Rosalyn Singleton, MD, MPH, shares how Alaska’s health care providers, public health workers, and policy-makers helped to successfully eliminate endemic measles cases in their state.
