February 21, 2017. In this one-hour presentation, the speakers will summarize the state of reproductive health issues at the national level, review the science about unintended pregnancies and health disparities, and describe effective forms of birth control.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe Washington State’s Accountable Communities of Health in general, and the North Sound Accountable Community of Health in particular.
  • List three challenges an unintended pregnancy creates.
  • Identify effective forms of contraception.
  • Summarize one success and one lesson learned from the North Sound Accountable Community of Health’s Long-Acting Reversible Contraception project.

January 24, 2017. In this one-hour webinar, government affairs specialists discuss a statewide plan to build public support for funding essential public health services in Washington State.

Learning Objectives

  • List three elements of the foundational public health services funding proposal being considered by the Washington State Legislature.
  • Review how to talk about core public health services in compelling ways to those who are not familiar with them.
  • Identify two ways to educate decision-makers and other stakeholders on the importance of public health in local communities.

December 13, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, representatives from Public Health - Seattle & King County describe their work investigating and preventing childhood deaths through a multi-sector review team.

November 28, 2016. In this one hour webinar, speakers share the results of NWCPHP's 2016 regional public health training needs assessment and discuss how one health department in Washington State is acting on the data.

October 18, 2016. In this one-hour webinar, speakers present new evidence and examples about cross-jurisdictional resource sharing among local public health jurisdictions.

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.

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.