Systems Thinking Training Rolling Out in New England
NEPHTC is excited to provide Systems Thinking training in four states. The first Systems Thinking live training was held April 11, 2018 in Burlington, VT at the Vermont Department of Health, with the help of Heidi Klein, Director of Planning and Healthcare Quality, and Heidi Gortakowski, Director of Performance Management. The second Systems Thinking live […]
Going Virtual: Converting Live Field Trainings to a Virtual Environment
NEPHTC’s talented Educational Technologist, Liam Hunt, is presenting a poster at SOPHE (Society for Public Health Education) Conference April, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. Showcasing a virtual house that has replaced live field visits to a “fake” house for inspection, Liam is demonstrating how trainers, health departments and programs can develop virtual online environments that allow […]
PHTC Content Area Accomplishments on National Webinar
Kathi Traugh, of the Yale School of Public Health, represented the New England Public Health Training Center, on a national webinar hosted by NNPHI on recent accomplishments in our content area, Preparedness. The PHLN (Public Health Learning Network) is composed of ten Public Health Training Centers, each covering a wide range of public health topics […]
PHTCs’ Nimble Response in Puerto Rico at NACCHO Preparedness Summit
PHTC PR Maria PH Campaign (90cm x 150cm)_v2_ for poster which will be featured at NACCHO’s Preparedness Summit in Atlanta, NEPHTC’s Program Manager /Training Specialist Karla Todd and Region 2 PHTC’s Heidi Parrilla López de Victoria, PhD , Impactivo’s Senior Associate / Project Coordinator will be sharing the nimble response to public health crisis in Puerto Rico […]
NEPHTC Management Program Featured in Prestigious Journal
It is with great pleasure that NEPHTC announces the publication of this article: “Building Professionalism Through Management Training: New England Public Health Training Center’s Low-Cost, High-Impact Model.” This article gives demonstration of impact at Level 1 (satisfaction) and 2 (knowledge gain), as well as describing the pilot evaluation of Level 3 (behavior change) impact. Since […]
Measuring Training Impact: Impressive Substance Prevention work by SHIELD
In an effort to measure training impact in PHTCs across the country, starting in June 2016, public health training centers across the country adopted 4 “common metrics” evaluation question in most trainings.* NEPHTC is pleased to share its most recent common metrics for trainings in the period January 1, 2017-June 30, 2017. *not always […]
PHLN Network Shines in Puerto Rico Response
While the Public Health Learning Network is effective every day delivering training across the country, the value of a dedicated public health network became even more clear in the recent coordinated response to the public health crisis in Puerto Rico. Local Partnerships are Essential: After being hit in September by two category five hurricanes, and […]
For Perinatal Women, The Recipe for Overcoming Addiction Includes Good Food
As a public health master’s candidate doing an NEPHTC internship at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock perinatal addiction treatment program in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Deirdre Martinez Meehan brought an environmental health perspective to the team. The program’s participants were pregnant women or new mothers with substance abuse disorders, primarily opioid addiction, from the largely rural communities in the […]
Boston Public Health Commission and NEPHTC in PH Journal
Co-authors at Boston Public Health Commission and New England Public Health Training Center were delighted to learn that their article describing their joint management training curriculum had been accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Management training curriculum and courses have been one of the most commonly-requested needs for public […]
NEPHTC Is Training More Public Health Pros
Collaboration is changing the number of and types professionals taking NEPHTC trainings. More than 11,000 participants attended single trainings that were wholly or partially supported by the HRSA grant UB6HP27877, up from 9,000 in the previous year of the grant. Overall, NEPHTC increased the number of trainings offered from 190 to 239. By collaborating with […]