Local health departments are responsible for creating and maintaining conditions that keep people in their communities healthy and safe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has defined and
Leadership Domain: Resource Allocation and Development
Shifting the Narrative: Trauma Informed Care to Systems Change
This month’s Log-in2Learn Webinar takes a look at trauma-informed principles and procedures, encouraging organizations and systems to acknowledge and recognize the trauma that individuals experience. Participants will learn how understanding
Strategies to Advance Health Equity: How Health Departments Can Grow a Healthy Public Food Sector
This self-paced, interactive module prepares public health professionals working in state and local health departments to develop or support food policy changes in their communities to encourage healthy food systems.
Strategies to Advance Health Equity: How Health Departments Can Protect the Health of Immigrants
This self-paced, interactive module prepares public health professionals working in state and local health departments to develop or support health care, social services, and public health programs to protect the
Policy Making and Systems Thinking: tools to help the public health workforce address challenging times
In this month’s Log-in2Learn, Helen de Pinho, MBBCh, FCCH, MBA, and Sylvia Pirani, MPH, MS, walk us through the process of policy making and the role of systems thinking in
Advanced Program Evaluation
Learners will take on the role of a staff member at the Middleton County Health Department who is tasked with helping to develop an evaluation plan for an obesity-prevention program
How to Recruit, Hire, Monitor and Train Community Health Workers: Guide for Local Health Departments
This course developed by the Region 2 Public Health Training Center (PHTC) aims to describe the integral role that community health workers (CHWs) can play in public health departments. After
Chief Health Strategists: How Public Health Leaders Can Be Successful Working Across the Health Landscape, Part I
The concept of Chief Health Strategist allows public health leaders to serve as a chief architect across their jurisdiction and align health systems transformation and population health activities. Chief health
A Commitment to Advancing Health Equity
Dr. Aletha Maybank discusses the Center for Health Equity’s revitalization of a de-centralized, multi-level, ?inside-outside? approach to addressing health inequities in New York City. She suggests that collaboration between city
A Systems Approach to Understanding Childhood Obesity
In this module, you will learn how to identify the characteristics of a system in a public health context.