Spring 2020
In this issue:
- COVID-19 Update >>
- NCIPH News >>
- NCIPH Workshops and Training >>
- Partner Training Opportunities >>
- What we're reading – our favorite #PublicHealthNerd articles from around the web >>
- Out and About with NCIPH >>
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COVID-19 Update
In light of COVID-19 and the fact that public health agencies are on the front lines of mitigation and response within their communities, as well as guidance issued from UNC-Chapel Hill, we are cancelling all on-site courses/training sessions in March and April 2020. Participants who have already registered for courses will receive email messages regarding plans for cancellation or postponing of specific courses.
At this time we are not cancelling or postponing courses and on-site sessions scheduled for May and beyond, but we will continue to monitor and make decisions based on current information.
We also want to acknowledge the tremendous work many of you are doing across the state in response to COVID-19. Like always, but especially now, we appreciate your service and also wish you, your staff and your family health and wellness in the coming weeks and months.
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Upcoming Training Opportunities
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Now more than ever, public health needs leaders to be at the top of their games. The North Carolina Public Health Leadership Institute (June 2020 - June 2021, $495) brings together experienced state and local public health leaders for intensive leadership development. Over the course of a year, they learn to improve resilience, communication and collaboration as well as to create a shared vision and embrace change. Learn more and apply
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Public health runs on good data! Develop best practices for data collection, visualization and communication that you can put straight to use when you return to the office. Data for Impact (May 18, $99) will help you collect and communicate data in ways that resonate with decision makers and community members. This workshop is offered with funding support and partnership from the NC AHEC program. Learn more and register
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Meet accreditation standards and bring your local board of health up to speed on their roles and responsibilities with free, in-person trainings that come to you. Our Boards of Health trainings are led by retired, experienced local health directors or board of health members. Learn more about scheduling your board's training
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Partner Training Opportunities
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2020 National Smart Start Conference
Greensboro, NC
May 4 - 7, 2020
More information
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NCPHA Spring Educational Conference: "Reading Between the Lines, Creating Equitable Messaging in Public Health"
Raleigh, NC
Tuesday, May 19 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
More information
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NCPHA Young Professionals' Conference
Raleigh, NC
Thursday, May 21 | 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
More information
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To keep up with COVID-19 news, we're turning to sources such as North Carolina Health News, NC DHHS and the Gillings School of Global Public Health's Coronavirus Information Portal.
Some of our favorite recent (non-Coronavirus) articles from around the web include:
- "Census Count Has Implications for Public Health: Health Funding, Programs Depend on Accurate Enumeration" (The Nation's Health, Feb/March 2020)
- "Embodied: The Long Drive to Safe Birth in NC" (WUNC, February 20, 2020)
- "Scientists ♥ Their Emojis, But It's Complicated" (NPR, February 12, 2020)
- "Ocracoke Health Center Back Up and Running" (Ocracoke Observer, January 24, 2020)
- "Connecting the Dots: Learning Through Real-World Scenarios" (Association for Nursing Professional Development, January 2020)
- "You Are Unvaccinated and Got Sick. These Are Your Odds." (New York Times, January 9, 2020)
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Matt Simon presented NCIPH's approach to gathering local health indicators at the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust's launch of Healthy Places NC in Robeson, Bladen and Columbus Counties.
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As part of the Gillings School's commitment to inclusive excellence, Cherelle Whitfield & Janet Suttie from NCIPH joined several Gillings staff for an Opening Doors retreat. The 3-day workshop facilitates positive change on diversity within individuals & organizations.
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Dean Barbara Rimer recently visited Granville Vance Public Health with NCIPH Director Doug Urland and Associate Dean for Practice Anna Schenck to see the innovative academic health department projects that NCIPH supports. They're pictured here with Gillings alum (and former NCIPH staffer) Lisa Harrison, director of Granville Vance Public Health.
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