Interactive Online Workshops, Region IV Public Health Training Center

Registration is now open for multiple 3-hour interactive online workshops this August. These workshops are offered through the Region IV Public Health Training Center, and are free for all to attend. You can find detailed information for each workshop and registration links here. 

August 4, 2022: Practical Evaluation for Public Health Practitioners (Interactive online workshop)

August 11, 2022: Human Resource Management for Public Health Leaders: Developing Your Organization’s Most Valuable Resource (Interactive online workshop)

August 18, 2022: Rethinking Conflict: Conflict Management for Public Health Professionals (Interactive online workshop)

August 25, 2022: Strengths-based Leadership: Creating Workplaces that Work (Interactive online workshop)

National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium, Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center

The National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium is for everyone interested in improving maternal health outcomes, including public health professionals, health care providers and administrators, community groups, advocates, policymakers, researchers, and many others. Registration is currently open here, and the event is free for all attendees!

The deadline for registering to attend the Symposium in person is July 11^th, 2022 and the virtual registration deadline is July 18^th, 2022. A draft of the agenda for this event, along with additional event details can be found here. Please email Alice Pollard at alicepollard [at] unc [dot] edu for more information.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Feedback

The Department of Epidemiology is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive climate for teaching and research which includes recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, increasing diversity of student population, and building an inclusive and equitable community for all. 

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Empowering Women for Leadership in Global Health

OVERVIEW

EMERGE is supported by the Women of Emory Impact Circle and the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University to empower early-career women for leadership in global health. EMERGE will support Emory women graduate students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds by offering opportunities for leadership training, mentoring, and teambased projects that contribute to academic flourishing and positive career outcomes in global health.

ELIGIBILITY

Students are eligible to apply if they are enrolled full-time in a graduate program at Emory; are engaged in global-health research; self-identify as a woman; belong to a Historically Underrepresented Group (HUG)1 or come from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC); demonstrate leadership potential; and can be present for all in-person programming to maximize engagement with other EMERGE fellows. EMERGE is committed to select a talented cohort of up to 30 doctoral or exceptional masters-level students from diverse disciplines, graduate programs, and backgrounds.

EXPECTATIONS

All students selected to be EMERGE fellows will be expected to complete the following program components:
• Three-day leadership development workshop (in-person)
• Periodic lunch-time speaker webinar “Stories of Leadership” (in-person or zoom)
• Six-month team-based “Women’s Leadership Challenge” with regular team and mentor meetings (in-person or zoom)
• Leadership challenge deliverable (research manuscript; original photo-gallery or artwork; a form of public scholarship)
• Culminating celebration and showcase of Women’s Leadership Challenge Projects

The program team will ask fellows to assess their experience and to share ideas to enhance EMERGE by inviting them to take part in a team-based focus-group discussion before and after the leadership challenge and to complete a questionnaire—just before the leadership development workshop, just after the workshop, at 6 months, at 9 months, and at the 12-month end-of-project mark. These data will help us to assess program impacts on specific leadership domains, as well as perceptions of and satisfaction with the EMERGE program. Please bring your drive, passion, and commitment to EMERGE; engage fully with peers, mentors, and coaches; and make the most of all program elements. A key takeaway of EMERGE are the relationships you form during this year.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Complete and submit your application at this link: https://redcap.emory.edu/surveys/?s=N7JCWWKRDAKH4TTP
In addition to answering the online application questions, please upload the following materials to the submission portal:
(1) Full Curriculum Vitae;

(2) One-page statement (11-point font) describing yourself and your career goals in global health;

(3) 90-second video created by the applicant describing a leadership challenge for women in global health;

(4) Letter of recommendation from an academic advisor who is committed to join our EMERGE pool of mentors. Your recommender should clarify the nature and duration of their relationship with you; global-health related contributions you have made to your field; your strongest leadership skills and most promising areas for growth; and your most distinctive professional quality or accomplishment. Send your questions to Dr. Kathryn Yount (kyount [at] emory [dot] edu).

TIMELINE

• Application deadline: July 01, 2022 at 5pm
• Notification of selection (by program coordinator): July 15, 2022
• Confirmation of acceptance (by applicant): July 22, 2022
• Program start (leadership workshop): August 11-13, 2022 (to be confirmed)

Free HIV, STI, and COVID testing at Community Health Night

The Emory Hope Clinic hosts bimonthly Community Health Night events where they provide HIV and STI testing with Someone Cares, and COVID vaccinations with CORE GA, and COVID rapid antigen and antibody testing, sexual health education, and refreshments. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday events take place at the Little 5 Points Community Center from 4-8 PM. Visit goemory.org/register to see location information and register in advance!

MCH Training and Research Opportunities

Check out this month’s alert from the Division of Maternal & Child Health Workforce Development on training and research opportunities below or on their website!

HRSA FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center
• Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood
• Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas
• State Maternal Health Innovation & Data Capacity Program
• Community Health Worker Training Program
• Maternal and Child Health Services

INFORMATIONAL

• Recommendations for Care of Children with Down Syndrome
• Elimination of Race-Based Medicine
• Bright Futures and AAP Resource List
• Applying Principles of a Shared Plan of Care for Adolescents Living with Mental Health Concerns
• Call to Action: Change How We Work to Improve Access and Encourage Eating of Vegetables and Fruits
• 2020 NSCH Interactive Data Query
• Health Disparities and Equity
• 3rd Annual It Starts with Mom Campaign
• Emergency Preparedness Toolkit
• Prioritizing Mental Health Care in America
• Digital Shareables on Child and Adolescent Mental Health

TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL

• MCH Public Health Academic Journey
• Creating Equity Opportunities
• Nexus Summit 2022
• Awareness to Action: Dismantling Bias in Maternal and Infant Healthcare

TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL: WEBINARS

• The Water of Systems Change Approach: Connecting the Dots for Health Equity, Racial Justice, and Social Determinants of Health
• Tele-therapy for Autism During COVID-19: A Survey of Parents in Southern California
• Big Ideas in Overdose Prevention: Reach People Where They’re At
• Future of Nursing Research 2020–2030: What’s Next for Nursing Research and Policy?

TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL: WEBINAR ARCHIVES

• Autism Acceptance Double Webinar

Homelessness and Health Among Veterans, May 24

This is a live webinar scheduled for May 24, 2022 from 12 – 1:30 pm ET.

Veterans experience higher rates of both homelessness and suicide compared with their non-Veterans peers. In addition, Veterans experiencing adverse social determinants of health—such as homelessness—are at increased risk of suicide and other poor health outcomes. In this webinar, Dr. Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Associate Professor at the UAB School of Public Health, will explore the concept of homelessness and housing instability generally and experiences among Veterans specifically. We will discuss how homelessness is defined and enumerated, pathways into homelessness, trajectories of homelessness, and multi-level interventions to prevent and end homelessness. We will also explore the intersection among homelessness (and other adverse social determinants of health), Veterans’ use of tailored services to address these needs, and their experience of particular health conditions and outcomes, including suicide ideation, attempt, and death.

By the end of this webinar you will be able to:

• Describe the experience of homelessness among Veterans.
• Identify interventions to prevent and end homelessness among Veterans.
• Describe the association between the use of tailored services to address adverse social determinants of health and Veterans’ risk of suicide mortality.

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Potential Polling Volunteer Opportunities

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Addressing LGBTQ Health Risk and Resilience in the Southeast, May 10

This is a live webinar scheduled for May 10, 2022 from 12 – 1:30 pm ET.

Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) face a disproportionate number of structural, programmatic, and individual-level barriers to address their health and wellbeing. LGBTQ communities also have developed incredible resilience and coping mechanisms in response to daily experiences with stigma and discrimination. In this webinar, Dr. Sarah MacCarthy, the first appointed holder of the Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship at the UAB School of Public Health, will discuss different terms and concepts related to LGBTQ health, with attention to the ways in which the rapidly changing landscape impacts research and practice. She will also help detail the growing size of LGBTQ communities across the country. Dr. MacCarthy will describe LGBTQ health inequities nationally and highlight the ways in which unique barriers and facilitators impact the Southeast.  Dr. MacCarthy will also identify resources that health departments can use to find evidence-based practices to serve this population.

By the end of this webinar you will be able to:

• • Define key terms that relate to LGBTQ communities
  • Describe the health inequities experienced across and within LGBTQ communities
  • Describe some of the root causes of health inequities impacting the LGBTQ community
  • Identify resources for evidence-based practices to better serve the public health needs of LGBTQ people

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Spring Course Evaluations: Closing Today!

Regular session course evaluations close Monday, May 2^nd.  Currently, only 5% of our traditional 500 level courses have met or exceeded the 66% response rate.