As we enter the holiday season, we'd like to wish you all a restful and joyous time.
Check out the webinars and trainings we have coming up in the New Year!
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Trainer: DJ Wilson, Massachusetts Municipal Association |
Wednesday, January 17
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Online Training
Audience:
Coalition leaders, members, and partners; community health advocates working on municipal and state level to create healthier communities.
Description:
To make a lasting impact, effective community health work is transitioning from a program approach to policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change. Engaging a variety of people who can champion your work in places you may not be able to reach is an important strategy for implementing PSE change. This online training will explore why it is important to engage elected officials in the community work you do, and different strategies for how to engage them. The presenter will provide a brief overview of the structure of local governments and strategies for preparing talking points that your coalition can use in phone calls, emails, or visits to elected officials. Examples from the field include smoke-free housing, healthy food access, and town planning for
the built environment.
Participants completing this training will be able to:
- Define PSE change.
- Describe local PSE change examples.
- Identify key components and strategies to incorporate engaging elected officials in their scope of work
This training address the following MA DPH Coalition Quality Criteria:
- Shared vision including a focus on reducing health disparities and promoting health equity
- Participation from key stakeholders (individuals and organizations that have a vested stake or interest in a
program or policy initiative, e.g. it will impact them directly)
- Effective utilization of data to inform goal and activity selection, implementation, and evaluation
- Consistency with MA DPH's goals and priorities
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Worcester, MA
Audience:
Coalition leaders, individuals, and partners who want to work effectively and collaboratively towards community health goals.
Trainer: Jamiah Tappin, Boston Alliance for Community Health
Wednesday, February 21
9:00 pm - 12:00 pm
Worcester, MA
Audience:
Community coalitions and partners
Trainer: Daisy Ortega, Health Resources in Action
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The planning committee is looking for:
- examples of collaborative work to create healthier communities with a particular emphasis on the social determinants of health
- initiatives that explicitly address racial and/or health inequities through program development/implementation, institutional/community systems change, or policy development based on best practices and developed through community engaged processes.
The sessions should provide best practices, share resources, or facilitate discussion on innovative models and emphasize their feasible application and replication in communities across the Commonwealth.
Proposals are to be submitted by Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:59 pm ET.
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We are excited to release the Call for Workshop Proposals for the
17th Annual Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Conference on May 2nd & 3rd, 2018 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Framingham, MA.
The theme of the 2018 conference is:
Many Voices, One Mission: Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan. To learn more and submit a proposal,
please click here.
The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2017 at 11:59 pm EST. Please feel free to contact
Darlyn Beaujour
with any questions.
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State Health Assessment (SHA) uses a collaborative, systematic process to collect, analyze, and interpret a prioritized subset of available state-level data to provide context for the health of residents across Massachusetts and identifies the key assets--resources, programs, and services--that promote and protect the public's health. The SHA process also includes many methods of data collection and a variety of data sources to help ensure diversity in perspectives outside of the health department. Accordingly, the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and partner organizations, agencies, and initiatives will use the SHA when conducting state-level health improvement planning. Individuals, organizations, and coalitions may also leverage the SHA as a source of data when applying for state, federal, and private funding to promote the well-being of residents across the Commonwealth.
Access the full report here.
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FUNDING AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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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
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