We encourage you to browse our catalog of virtual learning opportunities that cover a range of health equity topics, including multi-part sessions on health literacy, interactive modules on community engagement, writing webinars, and coaching sessions. Each virtual learning opportunity provides additional, in-depth technical assistance for OT21-2103 grant recipients.
Health Literacy Series Session I
Through this three-part series, hosted by NNPHI, Dr. Lindsay Rosenfeld presents health literacy and its related assessments. In Session I: Removing Barriers: Organizational Health Literacy as a Tool for Health Equity, health literacy, specifically organizational health literacy as defined by Healthy People 2030, was discussed, and various aspects of applying a health literacy lens to work in departments of health were explored.
“Shift Your Power: Advancing from Transactional Practices to Progress”
“Shift Your Power: Advancing from Transactional Practices to Progress” is a guided series hosted by NNPHI and a dedicated team of COVID-19 Health Equity Project ECHO consultants. This four-part series is designed to inspire participants to reevaluate, reallocate and reimagine power to focus on the mission, vision, and alignment of those most impacted by historic and current power imbalance. Access all sessions below.
Clear & Compelling Abstracts: A Writing Webinar for OT21-2103 Participants
This workshop, hosted by NNPHI, featured Dr. Rachael Lussos from Graham Associates, who provided resources on writing clear and compelling abstracts for the American Journal of Public Health’s “Lessons Learned from CDC’s National Initiative to Address Covid-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-risk and Underserved” supplement issue. In this recording from April 2023, Dr. Lussos used analysis techniques to ensure that recipients’ abstract scopes are relevant to the supplement’s purpose and the journal’s audience.
Using Open-Source Data and Mapping to Understand Rural Community and Special Population Needs
This webinar, created by the Public Health Alliance of Southern California and the Public Health Institute’s Center for Wellness and Nutrition, is the fourth of a four-part series on data equity. This webinar discussed barriers and proposed solutions for using data to address health inequities in rural populations.
Best Practices in Transforming Data into Policy Actions for Health Equity and Racial Justice Webinar
This webinar, created by the Public Health Alliance of Southern California and the Public Health Institute’s Center for Wellness and Nutrition, is the second of a four-part series on data equity. The webinar reviews The Healthy Places Index (HPI), which is a powerful data, mapping, and policy platform. HPI was designed to identify opportunities to improve neighborhood health and help guide investments, programs, and policy changes.
Community Engagement in Community Health Improvement
In this session, participants learned about and discussed best practices for community engagement in a CHI process. A guest speaker from Lake County, IL shared their experience engaging community members in CHI.
As a part of the CDC-RFA-OT21-2103: National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health
Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) is one of three national partners providing Technical Assistance (TA) to grantees.
NNPHI partners with an extensive network, including Public Health Institutes, to offer coaching to enhance other forms of technical assistance, learning initiatives, and capacity building provided to grant recipients. Equity leaders participate in coaching to support the integration and operationalization of equity-centered practices, procedures, and policies to improve health outcomes.
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity, and leadership.
Coaching helps public health leaders build, leverage, and expand public health infrastructure that is rooted in equity. If you are interested in driving culture change within your organization, addressing health equity within your community, and improving population health for the people you serve, contact us to request a coach.
As a part of the CDC-RFA-OT21-2103: National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) is one of three national partners providing Technical Assistance (TA) to grantees. NNPHI partners with our network, including Public Health Institutes, to offer additional technical assistance in the form of onsite Action Learning Labs.
Action Learning Labs are a form of technical assistance in response to TA requests that benefit from facilitated in-person working groups. These scalable working groups are designed to improve the efficacy of existing or new TA provider and grantee relationships by operationalizing the ongoing ECHO mini-series theme of ‘Gather Your People: Roadmap to Real Change’. Action Learning Labs will focus on utilizing best practices for effective coalition building to leverage and expand support for populations that are at higher risk and underserved.
Please email covid19healthequity@nnphi.org for assistance with submitting a TA request on best practices for effective coalition building to leverage and expand support for populations that are at higher risk and underserved.