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Apply to Host a Local Health Intern for Summer 2022!
We are excited to share this opportunity to host an internship from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Division of Epidemiology. Host applications for the Local Health Internship Program 2022 are due on Friday, February 18, 2022. Learn more and apply here!
MA PHIT Housing
Are you responsible for responding to housing complaints or enforcing housing-related laws and regulations in your community? MAPHIT— Housing helps local public health officials understand and apply inspection and enforcement standards that protect the health, safety, and well-being of occupants and the general public. About this course: Massachusetts Public Health Inspector Training: Housing... More
Mutual Aid for Public Health in Massachusetts
Training Overview Audience: Public health professionals and emergency managers or planners Format: Online, self-paced Price: Free Length: 1 hour Contact hours: Massachusetts CHO, RN, RS Competencies: Emergency Preparedness Learning level: Awareness Prerequisites: None Companion trainings: Orientation to Local Public Health Public Health Law and Legal Issues in Massachusetts Supplemental... More
Massachusetts Public Health Inspector Training: Housing
Course Description This course is designed to train public health and housing officials to comprehensively and uniformly enforce housing-related laws and regulations, including State Sanitary Codes (SSC) 105 CMR 400.000: General Administrative Procedures and 410.000: Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation, which we will refer to as 400 and 410, More
Two new trainings about Opioid Epidemic specifically for the local public health workforce
LPHI is proud to have released two new trainings about the Opioid Epidemic for the local public health workforce. These trainings were developed collaboratively with subject matter experts from the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) at MA Department of Public Health. Opioid Epidemic and Substance Use Disorder: A Primer for... More
Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps
Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response The Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps (APHVC) is a program of the Academic Health Department Consortium. The mission of the APHVC is to leverage public health students, alumni, and expert volunteers to augment, amplify, and promote local public health efforts in Massachusetts. Public... More
Pandemic Timeline, a Public Health Perspective
The Gail Douglas Award is annual award recognizing excellence
The Gail Douglas Award is annual award recognizing excellence in public health practice to acknowledge an outstanding member of the public health practice community. Ron O'Connor, Director, Office of Local and Regional Health at Massachusetts Department of Public Health, has shown exemplary service to local public health professionals. Ron has made outstanding... More
COVID-19 Resources for Local Public Health
Ron O’Connor recognized for Gail Douglas Award
The Gail Douglas Award is annual award recognizing excellence in public health practice to acknowledge an outstanding member of the public health practice community. Ron O'Connor, Director, Office of Local and Regional Health at Massachusetts Department of Public Health, has shown exemplary service to local public health professionals. Ron has made outstanding... More