Public Health Training, Research, and Evaluation for the Northwest
Hot Topics in Practice is a monthly webinar forum to discuss issues currently affecting public health practice.
Each month guest speakers from local, state, tribal, and national public health organizations present and take questions from the audience. Hot Topics is moderated by Sue Grinnell.
Below you may browse previous Hot Topics webinar sessions. All are available for viewing in PH LearnLink free of charge.
February 27, 2024. This Hot Topics will further discuss the findings from the 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS).
January 30, 2024. This Hot Topics will focus on how health communicators can approach the challenges of mis- and disinformation.
December 19, 2023. This Hot Topics will examine various approaches for providing gender-affirming care.
November 28, 2023. This Hot Topics provides a background on sexual violence among adolescents.
October 31, 2023. This Hot Topics summarizes findings from a joint effort to advance data modernization for public health in Washington.
September 26, 2023. This Hot Topics explores the work of the Population Health Innovation Lab’s (PHIL) Aligning Systems for Health project, which conducted research with 22 Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) in Washington state and California.
August 29, 2023. This Hot Topics takes a closer look at the data collected from the Washington State Maternal Mortality Review Panel’s most recent report.
July 27, 2023. This Hot Topics webinar explores steps that organizations can take to build deeper connections with the communities they serve.
June 15, 2023. This Hot Topics webinar will explore the role of syndromic surveillance within Alaska’s Tribal Health System (ATHS).
May 23, 2023. This Hot Topics webinar will explore the affordable housing challenges Washington’s older adults confront.
April 25, 2023. This Hot Topics webinar will consider themes known to have a negative impact on the occupational health of workers, including gender bias, stigma, and feeling unsafe at work.
February 28, 2023. This Hot Topics webinar will discuss Rethink the Drink, a mass-reach health communications initiative led by the Oregon Health Authority. Presenters will discuss formative research and partner engagement, explore brand assets and strategy, and share key lessons learned from the program’s implementation.
January 23, 2023. This Hot Topics webinar will examine findings from the 2021 Public Health Workforce Interest and Needs Survey. This study took place during a time of great challenge for public health, as rural health departments struggled to support high needs populations with inadequate resources. These existing challenges were compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had lasting and severe impacts on both rural and urban public health practitioners.
December 20, 2022. This Hot Topics webinar will explore data and trends on fentanyl overdoses in Washington State. Participants will identify misconceptions and misinformation about fentanyl and learn how community-level initiatives are succeeding in addressing the overdose crisis.
November 29, 2022. This Hot Topics webinar will share insight from the State Medical Epidemiologist for Washington State about the response to Monkeypox and how public health professionals can prepare for and respond to other zoonotic outbreaks.
