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2/6/2025: Building Climate Resiliency: Empowering Community Health Workers Through Education
Thursday, February 6th 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Learning Objectives: Identify strategies for educating Community Health Workers on climate resiliency and explain how these strategies can be applied in their communities. Summarize the key findings from the project and... More

2/4/2024: Eat Well, Be Well: Evaluating the Country’s First Statewide Retail SNAP Program
Tuesday, February 4th 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET What are the impacts of the country’s first state-wide retail SNAP incentive program, Eat Well, Be Welll?

Announcing Our New Self-Paced Course: Understanding Mpox, A World Health Issue
Learning Objectives: Analyze the public health significance of mpox, including its epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and societal impact. Evaluate the role of education, prevention, and treatment strategies in addressing mpox outbreaks and reducing stigma. Critically examine the challenges and opportunities in... More

1/21/2025: Doxycycline as Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) to Prevent Bacterial STIs
Tuesday, January 21st 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET Learning Objectives: Identify current trends in STIs. Describe current evidence in STI prevention. Review doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent bacterial STIs

1/9/2025: Establishing a State-Wide Pain Registry in Maine
Thursday, January 9th 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Description: One in 3 Mainers experience chronic pain, which poses a significant challenge in pain management at a population level. This webinar will raise awareness of this public health issue and introduce... More

PHTC Network: Highlighting Success and Impact
Overall Training Metrics: The Public Health Training Center Network (PHTCN) has achieved remarkable results in its efforts to strengthen the public health workforce. Between July 2018 and June 2024, the program provided essential training to over 1.6 million participants, delivering 37,153... More

NEPHTC goes to MPHA and APHA!
The New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC) had the opportunity to attend two conferences this fall; the Maine Public Health Association (MPHA) annual conference in Portland, Maine at the beginning of October and more recently, the American Public Health... More

11/14 Supporting Infant Feeding Goals in the First 4 Weeks
Thursday, November 14th, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Description: Maine Public Health Association, Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition are coming together for a discussion around supporting the breastfeeding dyad in the first month... More

10/3 Influenza Season Update: Trends, Data, and Emerging Threats
Thursday, September 5th 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Description: Dr. Andrew Rennekamp from CSL Seqirus will present an overview of influenza-associated disease and prevention, focusing on annual CDC vaccination recommendations, current vaccination rates, and the latest influenza vaccine technologies. He... More

9/5 Incarceration: A Public Health Crisis
Thursday, September 5th 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Description: This presentation will provide an overview of how Maine’s current incarceration system reflects critical economic determinants of health and how incarceration affects Maine’s economy, community health and safety. It will also... More