CDC Highlights NEPHTC’s Storytelling Course
Re posted from BUSPH News May 1, 2020 Through its ability to draw emotion, connection, and comprehension, storytelling has become an increasingly valuable tool for public health practitioners to use when communicating complex or critical health information to the public—and it is one that the School of Public Health embraces often. For the month of May, the Centers […]
What is the role of public health in building mental health? NEPHTC and Vermont Partners set a path.
NEPHTC, via partners at the Vermont Public Health Institute and the Vermont Public Health Association, commissioned an assessment of knowledge of mental health/resiliency tools and resources in the public health workforce in Vermont. To build on the mental health goals in the Vermont State Health Improvement Plan, NEPHTC and its partners attempted to discern the […]
Happy to Work Together: Collaboration Across the PHLN Increase Deliverable Quantity and Quality
NEPHTC is part of the Public Health Learning Network (the PHLN), a is a national network of federally-funded Regional Public Health Training Centers providing comprehensive, up-to-date learning resources for public health professionals. One of the pleasures of being part of the Public Health Learning Network are the opportunities for collaboration. While there regular meetings […]
Learning Can Help Public Health Cross Silos in the Opioid Epidemic
The Public Health Training Centers like nothing better than to see learning take hold and actualized in the real world of public health, particularly on an important issue like the Opioid Epidemic. In this post, NEPHTC is celebrating work done by a public health team in Kansas, that started with a learning program developed by […]
Self-Paced Training: Introduction to Systems Thinking
About this course This self-study course introduces learners to the fundamental tools of Systems Thinking. Systems thinking provides a framework for identifying and addressing the underlying causes of complex problems. This approach minimizes responding to problem symptoms and the associated unintended consequences of quick fixes. This training will provide an overview of key concepts and […]
Coaching: Success Story from a Public Health Team
NEPHTC is happy to share this video, developed for APHA in November, 2019, describing the successful use of Systems Thinking by the Vermont Cancer Registry.
2019 NNPHI Annual Conference – Systems Thinking Training Program, with a Plan for Action
Systems Thinking provides a framework to understand and solve complex problems by identifying and addressing underlying causes of the problems. This approach minimizes responding to problem symptoms and their unintended consequences. This one-hour online training introduces participants to the systems approach and three systems thinking tools. View the entire poster for Systems Thinking Training […]
Todd Highlights Systems Thinking Results at National Conference for Health Departments
Karla Todd, Senior Program Manager Training Specialist for New England Public Health Training Center, led a session at the NACCHO Annual Conference in Orlando. This year’s conference emphasized the theme, Improving the Nation’s Health through Public and Private Partnerships. Todd’s session, co-authored with Hope Kenefick, NEPHTC Evaluator, and Julia Ross, Systems Thinking Expert from Ross […]
Coaching on Strategic Skills – Public Health Teams Learn By Doing (and Build Capacity)
What is coaching, and why is it an important learning tool for public health? The public health workforce does not have time for theory, and wants practical application. Coaching is a way to get to the practical application of learning that is often missing from self-paced and classroom learning alone. […]
Great Training Performance Numbers (and a Correction)
With the help and good attitude of the whole team, New England Public Health Training Center just finished its annual data gathering, cleaning and inputting process, to happy results! Our training instances continued their upward trend, reaching 29,038. As we reflect on growth, we are happy, but all too aware that growth won’t always continue. […]