The June session of Hot Topics in Practice will share lessons learned from the heat dome and climate change by the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon.
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Public health managers faced increasingly challenging situations during the COVID-19 pandemic that required negotiation and conflict resolution skills as they worked to improve the wellbeing of their communities.
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The May session of Hot Topics in Practice will share resources from the Public Health Accreditation Board about how public health organizations can modernize and transform their practices.
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NWCPHP offers resources to help public health professionals address current and emerging challenges.
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The next session of Hot Topics in Practice will address decolonizing data to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited people (MMIWG2S).
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Original artwork by Devin Newman, Unangax/Deg Hit'an
The next session of Hot Topics in Practice will share how Oregon has taken a health-based approach to drug addiction and recovery.
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Nick Pinkham is the new continuing instructional technologist for the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice.
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The next session of Hot Topics in Practice will share how public health professionals can identify, communicate about, and address health inequities in rural communities.
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Student funding recipient Yachana Bhakta.
The next session of Hot Topics in Practice will share how organizations can help address racial bias using the “Racial Justice Competency Model for Public Health Professionals.”
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