NOVEMBER
Trainings, News, and Resources
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Greetings!
Happy Halloween to you all! After a busy October, we are gearing up for even more exciting events this month. Keep reading to find out more!
First, we want to share a brand new, pre-recorded webinar on
PHIT (The Population Health Information Tool)
that we recorded with the PHIT experts at the Department of Public Health. This webinar walks you through how to use this handy tool to search for and analyze data on towns, cities, and the whole state of Massachusetts. Check it out below!
We are also excited to announce a brand new training this month on
Motivational Interviewing
. Though it's often used as an interpersonal tool, we adapted the techniques of MI to make it applicable to coalition work. We hope to
see you there
!
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ANNOUNCING: CHTI'S 2020 COHORT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
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Last year, we launched our pilot Health Equity Cohort with great success. Using feedback from participants, we created not one, but TWO
new cohorts
for this training year.
First up is an updated version of our
Health Equity Cohort
, which will focus on how our personal identities impact our health equity work.
Our second offering is a
Coalition Building Cohort
, which aims to build the capacity of coalition members, leaders, and stakeholders.
Interested? Apply to one or apply to both! Click the button below for a link to the applications, due January 8th!
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AND CHECK OUT WHAT ELSE IS NEW!
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Stay up to date on our latest blog posts, newsletters, and announcements by bookmarking
this page!
Currently on the blog is a piece highlighting World Food Day that asks: what can you do in your own community to combat food insecurity?
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Urban College of Boston, Boston MA
Topics:
Tools and strategies for motivational interviewing, using motivational interviewing in our community work.
Description:
Motivational Interviewing is a powerful tool for supporting behavior change. It is a practical, empathetic, and person-driven approach for eliciting the internal motivation needed to make a change. Motivational Interviewing is a tool traditionally used in interpersonal relationships, so how can we use motivational interviewing in a broader community context? This training will cover the basics of motivational interviewing and how it can be applied to multiple settings, including community meetings, forums, and one-on-one conversations. Participants will be able to practice motivational interviewing and all the components of it by asking open-ended questions, affirming, using reflective listening, and summarizing during a conversation.
Trainer:
Daisy Ortega, Health Resources in Action
Audience:
Coalition leaders and members leading conversations in their communities and coalitions.
Participants will be able to:
- Name the basic principles of motivational interviewing
- Identity ways to apply MI principles into community work
- Explain the importance of motivational interviewing for supporting community change
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WATCH THIS: UTILIZING THE POPULATION HEALTH INFORMATION TOOL (PHIT)!
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Take a look at our new informational webinar on PHIT! Check out the video
here
(or click below) and be sure to read our
blog post
with important context about this webinar.
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THIS MONTH'S FEATURED RESOURCE
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At the Community Health Training Institute, we strive to design our trainings with a racial equity lens, since we know that race is often the greatest indicator for health outcomes. This
resource
does not seek to answer all questions about how to better incorporate racial or ethnic equity into research, however it provides a detailed
guide
for researchers who examine data through these lenses. Read the working paper
here
.
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PARTNER EVENTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Calling all Springfield-area educators!
Register today to attend a FREE summit for middle school educators to learn about using Project Here's resources to teach substance use prevention.
All public middle school (grade 6-8) educators, administrators, staff, SROs, & prevention coalitions are welcome to attend. Limited seats available and priority will be given to school personnel. Travel and substitute teacher stipends may be granted upon request.
The goals of this Summit are
:
- Learn skills to provide effective substance use prevention education to middle school students.
- Foster educator connections to support work.
Details:
When
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm (registration begins at 8:00 am and lunch is provided)
Where
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Meline Kasparian Professional Development Center (1250 St James Avenue, Springfield, MA 01104)
Contact:
Ivy Schmalzried
(
ischmalzried@hria.org
)
for more information!
If participants are MAHPERD members they can receive PDPs.
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UPCOMING TRAININGS FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Far too often, masculine expectations lead those who identify as male to engage in harmful behaviors, including high risk sexual behaviors. Educators, youth workers, and other caring adults frequently see the negative impact of these expectations and struggle to reach male identified folks unwilling to seek out and utilize health care services and other support networks. In this workshop participants will explore and attempt to understand harmful masculine expectations and will leave with strategies for challenging and countering these expectations with the goal of promoting more positive, uplifting expressions of masculinity. This workshop will take place on
November 13, 2019
from
9:30 am-12:30 pm
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Register here
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This full-day training is for professionals committed to creating inclusive spaces for people of all sexual identities and genders. This training will cover vocabulary, using gender neutral language and correct pronouns, answering tough questions, and will provide opportunities for skill building utilizing real-life examples plus more. Any and all are welcome to attend, including educators, nurses, school nurses, human resource professionals, medical and health providers, disability service providers, youth-serving professionals, law enforcement officers, etc. This training will take place on
December 3, 2019
from
9:00 am-4:30 pm
.
Register here
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Click on the calendar to see more great partner offerings for the month!
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Click to see this month's grant and funding opportunities!
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That's all for this month!
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, Kelly Danckert, and Tonayo Crow
Community Health Training Institute
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