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Whether you are a member of a coalition or an organization, our trainings and webinars can build your capacity to do effective community health work. Thanks to the MA Department of Public Health, our trainings are free!
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Our Free Trainings and Webinars
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Lead Trainer: Karen Errichetti, Senior Research Scientist, |
Thursday, February 2, 2017
10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST
How can quality improvement make coalitions' work more effective?
Effective coalitions often use quality improvement strategies to build their initiatives, implement their ideas, evaluate their success, and continuously improve their work. The Model for Improvement and its Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology offers coalitions an approach to organize multi-sector efforts focused around a specific aim, to develop interventions to meet that aim, and to test those interventions through multiple rapid cycle changes. This webinar will introduce the Model for Improvement, demonstrate how to plan and implement PDSAs, share specific examples of collaborative efforts using QI tools, and demonstrate how coalitions can use QI data to jumpstart improvement efforts.
Participants completing this webinar will be able to:
1. Define quality improvement in the context of multi-sector initiatives
2. Name the elements of the Model for Improvement and its method, the PDSA cycle.
3. Identify core concepts in QI to organize a collaborative effort.
4. Describe how to use QI data to assess improvement over time.
5. Describe strategies for sustaining coalitions engaged in long-term QI efforts.
Audience
Coalition leaders, individuals, and partners who want to work effectively and collaboratively towards community health goals.
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February 21 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (webinar)
Lead Trainers: Rose Swenson and Amanda Ayers (HRiA)
March 9 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (in-person training)
April 6 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (in-person training)
Lead Trainers: Ben Wood (DPH), Rose Swenson (HRiA), Amanda Ayers (HRiA), Barry Keppard (MAPC)
April 27 9:30 am - 11:00 am (webinar)
Lead Trainers: Rose Swenson and Amanda Ayers (HRiA)
*Offered twice in different parts of the state. Locations TBD
REGISTRATION OPEN SOON
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ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND EVENTS OFFERED BY OUR PARTNERS AND OTHERS
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HRiA rolls out new FAST strategic planning process to maximize impacy, engagement, and efficiency
From HRiA:
Organizations and community partnerships know s
trategic planning is critical to better performance, engagement, and quality improvement. Yet many face the reality that planning is time consuming and costly.
HRi
A's FAST approach to Facilitating Alignment and Strategic Thinking builds consensus, uses data to inform collective action
, and aligns efforts to maximize impact. FAST is an intensive and interactive planning process that produces the output of a typical 12- to 18-month planning engagement - in just about eight hours. HRiA emphasizes an equity focus in our FAST engagements and the approach has been tested by health care institutions, public health departments, and community organizations across the country.
HRiA's latest Practice Brief outlines the benefits and key components of this FAST approach, including how FAST maximizes impact while engaging diverse, multi-disciplinary stakeholders. The keys to a successful FAST strategic planning effort are outlined, and client stories demonstrate FAST in action. The 4-step FAST planning cycle is supplemented by five easy-to-use tools including:
- Stakeholder Engagement Tool
- Vision-Mission-Values Tool
- Prioritization Tool
- Action plan
- Communication Planning Tool
Learn More
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Urban HEART
Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool
Urban HEART aids decision-makers in planning action on inequities in health. The tool guides users through a process to identify health inequities in their city by assessing indicators on health outcomes and health determinants, and then developing actions based on the evidence generated.
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FEATURED NEWS: Call for Abstracts for APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting Now Open
Excerpt from APHA:
The official call for abstracts is now open for APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo, which will take place Nov. 4-8 in Atlanta and have a theme of "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health." While we definitely encourage abstracts that align with the meeting's climate change theme, abstracts related to all public health disciplines are welcome.
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Funding and Job Opportunities
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JOB AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
- Development Associate, Mustard Seed Communities
- Senior Program Director for Arts & Creativity, The Barr Foundation
- College Access Program Manager, Let's Get Ready
- Director of Counseling and Homeless Services, RCAP Solutions
- Finance Director, Mass Insight Education
- Director of Development, Breakthrough Greater Boston
- Boston Program Manager-Non Profit Executive, New Sector Alliance
- Outreach and Development Manager, MetroWest Visitors Bureau
- Executive Director, Horizons at Dedham Country Day School
- Executive Director, OUT MetroWest
- Development Manager, HILL for Literacy
- Development Associate, NE FIRST
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Contact us for more information about opportunities to grow through training and resources, or if you'd like to submit a resource or event for inclusion in the next update.
Sincerely,
Daisy Ortega, Gina Rodriguez, and Kelly Danckert
Community Health Training Institute
P.S. If you are a member of a MA Coalition, remember to update your coalition profile today! |
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