In this one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, Mary Kay Chess explores how systems thinking can be used to understand and resolve difficult public health problems.
Training Category: PHTC Training
Creating a Learning Agenda for Systems Change
This webinar reviews the origins of the toolkit and explores its key elements, including a conceptual learning framework, rapid assessment tool, discussion guide, and learning approach planning tool, to help
Episode 6: Navigating Politics to Advance Public Health Policy
Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States, joins Sana Khan and Emily Maas to talk about navigating politics and communication strategies to advance public health policy, focusing
Toward a Trauma-Informed City: Challenges and Opportunities in Philadelphia
To be ?trauma?informed? involves a number of scientifically grounded elements that focus on safety, emotional intelligence, connection, communication, resilience, and healing. We now know that many of the individual problems
The Future of Population Health (Part 1): Public Health Systems and Structures
This conversation is the first program in a three-part series convening contributing authors from The Milbank Quarterly’s special issue celebrating its 100th anniversary, titled, ?The Future of Population Health: Challenges
Storytelling for Public Health
This course introduces storytelling as an effective communication tool in public health practice. After reviewing story structures, learners will review public health stories in multiple formats and outline their own
The History and Contemporary Reality of Black Communities in Maine
Participants will learn about the history of slavery and racism in Maine, including the role of eugenics and the term Vacationland. Presenters will talk about our shared ancestry and how
The Next Normal: Civil Liberties and Health
What are the implications of the moment for future conversations? This program is a part of ?The Next Normal? series, designed to take a moment to pause and ask, as
Skills and Strategies for ‘Where the Puck Is Going’ —’Wait, Is It Even Still a Puck?’
The future of the public health field is uncertain, and that will continue to be true. Workforce development will play a critical role in preparing in an uncertain and constantly