Webinars, events, trainings

March 2023

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Webinars + events 

April

Preparedness Summit (NACCHO): Apr. 13–16, Baltimore and virtual

NatCon (National Council for Mental Wellbeing): Apr. 27–29, Denver

May

HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): May 9–12, Las Vegas

June

Promo graphic for Drexel Urban Health Summer Institute, June 22-26 in Philadelphia

July

NACCHO360: July 14–17, Louisville

August

We Are the Founders: Writing the Unfinished Story of Our Democracy (PolicyLink): Aug. 24–28, Washington, DC

  • BCHC plans to sponsor a small group of Health and Racial Equity Working Group members to attend this conference. BCHC is also planning social and learning events at the summit
  • Early bird and scholarship deadline: Dec. 31

November

APHA 2026: San Antonio, Nov. 1–4; abstracts due Mar. 31

Recordings of the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health 2025 webinar series

Webinar #1: Jan. 21 – Watch recording

  • Evaluating a minimum data set to characterize the PHN workforce
  • Distribution of LHD nurses and nurse leaders relative to local demographics: does distribution match local needs?

Webinar #2: Feb. 5 – Watch recording

  • Insights about the implications of civil service requirements on workforce recruitment
  • nnovative workforce development strategies to address recruitment and public health partnerships

Webinar #3: Feb. 20, 2pm ET – Watch recording

  • Using Staffing Up estimates to compare predicted workforce need to desired workforce need
  • Who should deliver the foundational public health services?

Webinar #4: Mar. 12, 2pm ET – Watch recording

  • Implementation of an evidence-based public health workforce loan repayment program as a recruitment incentive for local, state, tribal, and territorial governmental public health departments
  • Distinguishing characteristics of public health occupations compared with existing standard occupational classification codes

Trainings

Resilience Skills for Public Health Professionals (TRAIN): Mar. 11, 12–2pm ET

ChangeLab Solutions has re-opened its live, virtual training on Finding & Reading the Law; choose from several upcoming dates from Feb.–May

Lyme disease continuing education, four-part series (CDC)

Boston University School of Public Health has made 12 of its online courses available for free on its Teaching Public Health platform; the courses focus primarily on epidemiology and data analysis

Community-based suicide prevention for local health departments (NACCHO) – Self-paced, online, four-part course

Data science and informatics (Public Health Foundation/TRAIN)

How to think like a modeler (University of Texas Center for Health Communication): First in a series of trainings to help public health professionals better understand and use infectious disease modeling

Video course: Understanding tribal treaties and reserved rights (US Department of the Interior): CDC recommends all CDC-funded partner staff working with tribal communities should complete these modules.

Recently updated: Introduction to public health practice (CDC)

Online training: Taking action to protect public health authority (Public Health & Equity Resource Navigator)

CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics has a collection of online courses in its Learning Library.

WHO has regularly updated courses on infodemic management 

Exploring the Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, and the Law (ChangeLab Solutions/CDC): Watch part 1 & part 2 on TRAIN