Our Impact
Video: The Harris County Health Equity Transformation Story
NEPHTC Advisory Committee, with membership from health departments across the region, met in November, 2017 to learn about another excellent health equity implementation model. We were fortunate to hear from Jennifer Hadayia, who served for several years as the Harris... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Video share: Health Equity – What is it?
The NEPHTC Advisory Committee, SHIELD Advisory Committee and many community partners met to learn and consider "How Do We Train for Health Equity?" We were joined by Jacques Colon, Health Equity Coordinator of the Tacoma-Pierce Health Department in Washington. TPHD... More
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. More
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. More
Metrics for Success
Of 187 trainings delivered by NEPHTC and partners, 124 of those were evaluated by learners using the common metrics. See some snapshots of the findings from the evaluation below or download the Common Metrics 2017 Infographic (PDF). More
Community Health Centers are Neighborhood Responders
In Connecticut and Massachusetts, NEPHTC Trains Community Health Center Staff for Post-Disaster Response "Public health has a responsibility to ensure that the medical care system is prepared to deal with emergencies, particularly primary care clinics serving vulnerable populations. To strengthen their... More