May 2, 2017

In this session of Hot Topics in Practice, members of the Seattle and King County Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force discuss their attempts to implement “supervised consumption sites” to address the health and social harms of substances.

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April 12, 2017

NWCPHP sits down with 2016–17 Public Health Management Certificate program scholar Dorota Carpenedo to learn how the program has enhanced her career.

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Dorota Carpenedo, scholar in the 2016-17 Public Health Management Certificate program.

April 4, 2017

In the April session of Hot Topics in Practice, Emily York, MPH, Oregon Health Authority, presents the state’s new climate resilience plan.

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March 8, 2017

In this one-hour webinar, Public Health Nurse Deborah Giedosh, EdD, shares how her team developed and delivered public health curriculum to support incarcerated dads and their reentry from the Goose Creek Correctional Center.

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February 16, 2017

NWCPHP's new online training is a revised and updated Evidence-Based Public Health series, a nine-part course offering a comprehensive guide to incorporating evidence into public health practice.

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February 3, 2017

In the next session of Hot Topics in Practice, representatives from the North Sound Accountable Community of Health discuss unintended pregnancies and expanding contraception access in their area.

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January 13, 2017

NWCPHP's new online training helps health professionals work with communities to address vulnerability in public health settings.

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January 9, 2017

In the next Hot Topics webinar, government affairs specialists discuss a statewide plan to build public support for funding essential public health services in Washington State.

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Photo courtesy of the Washington State Public Health Association.

December 8, 2016

Public health students Madeline Frost and Elly Riser used funding from NWPHTC to help public health leaders in Mason County, Washington address the rise in opioid-related deaths in their area.

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Public health students Elly Riser and Madeline Frost.

December 1, 2016

In this one-hour webinar, representatives from Public Health - Seattle and King County describe their work investigating and preventing death among young people and offer lessons for other jurisdictions interested in this approach.

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