Advancing Health Equity: Community Engagement Strategies is the second course in the Advancing Health Equity Series. This course explores the role of community engagement in health equity work. Principles of equitable community engagement are shared, the benefits of community engagement are outlined, and various models of partnership and engagement are discussed.

Advancing Health Equity: Moving Upstream is the third course in the Advancing Health Equity Series. This course presents an upstream/social justice framework to public health and explores the root causes of health inequity. Learners are encouraged to identify personal, interpersonal, and institutional changes they can make to be intentional about health equity work.

Advancing Health Equity: Moving Upstream is the third course in the Advancing Health Equity Series. This course presents an upstream/social justice framework to public health and explores the root causes of health inequity. Learners are encouraged to identify personal, interpersonal, and institutional changes they can make to be intentional about health equity work.

Advancing Health Equity: Reaching Priority Populations is the fourth course in the Advancing Health Equity Series. This course covers considerations for identifying, partnering with, being inclusive of, and better serving priority populations.

Time Commitment: 60-minute monthly webinars (except for January and July, which are ArthritisCouncil Member only webinars) The NACDD Arthritis Council hosts ten (10) webinars per year focused on specific topics identifiedthrough an annual needs assessment of CDC-funded state and national arthritis programs. Thesewebinars aim to increase capacity of state arthritis program staff and partners to effectively addressarthritis public health priorities by providing technical assistance, resources, tools, and an opportunity toshare best practice approaches to promoting arthritis-appropriate evidence-based interventions(AAEBI), while also providing a platform for peer-to-peer learning and sharing. The webinars are heldevery first Tuesday from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET.…

The Arthritis Council provides a forum for managers and their staff to come together to share their wisdom, experience, successes, and lessons learned in an effort to make their work more efficient and more effective. Monthly conference calls the first Tuesday of the month at 2pm ET. Contact: arthritis@chronicdisease.org

Because our words matter, addressing how and what we communicate about health is low-hanging fruit for achieving equity. Part of communicating more effectively with people is beginning to understand our own biases and how our experiences and values shape the lens through which we view our world. As we work towards equity, best practices in communication are constantly evolving. In this course, Zunera Mirza, MPH, discusses recommended communication standards to increase inclusivity and acknowledgement of the way words matter.

Time Commitment: 90-minute monthly webinars The Building Resilient Inclusive Communities (BRIC) monthly webinar series is designed to build capacity and increase resiliency of states and their community partners to address food and nutrition security, safe physical activity access, and social connectedness through a policy, systems, and environmental change lens in communities at highest risk. Social determinants of health, health equity, and social justice principles are integrated into all webinars, in addition to accounting for the impact of the COVID19 pandemic. The webinars are held every fourth Wednesday from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET. Access past recordings or contact BRICinfo@chronicdisease.org to…

The NACDD Cancer Council connects all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded cancer program staff from State Health Departments, tribal territories, commonwealths, and academic institutions. Cancer staff come together to share their knowledge and experiences, and to develop professional growth opportunities. Cancer staff identify emerging issues, brainstorm, and problem-solve around current issues, and share best practices for cancer prevention and control. If your program receives cancer-related CDC funding, you are already a member of the NACDD Cancer Council. Cancer Council – Third Thursday, 3 pm ET (Jan., April, July, Oct.). Contact: cancercouncil@chronicdisease.org

The Cancer Council Mentoring Program seeks to connect cancer staff who want to strengthen their professional skills and knowledge with an experienced peer who is a volunteer mentor. The mentor and mentee can then meet via email, phone, Zoom, etc., to have a single conversation, or decide to have an ongoing peer-to-peer relationship.

The P2P Learning program is a grantee-informed learning and engagement opportunity that provides breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer program staff a space to share and learn from each other. The program includes webinars, calls, and summaries of innovations. These events are open to all breast, cervical, or colorectal program staff who receive cooperative agreement funding from CDC.

The Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Council, with support from the NACDD CVH team, is a virtual network of all CDC-funded state and local partners and their contractors addressing cardiovascular disease prevention and management. The CVH Council supports training, identifies learning opportunities, and facilitates meaningful connections among state and local health departments. The Council also provides the cardiovascular health perspective to other NACDD councils, CDC leadership, and national partners. Cardiovascular Health Council – Fourth Wednesday, 1 pm ET (Jan., April, July, Oct.). Contact: healthsystems@chronicdisease.org

Time Commitment: 3 days plus travel time Chronic Disease Academy is a multi-day, in-person educational event. The Academy provides opportunities for participants to learn from leaders in the field and showcase their work through plenary sessions, half-day workshops, and breakout sessions. There are a limited number of spaces available to each state and territory. *Requires CDD Approval

Time Commitment: One 60-minute meeting monthly This monthly video meeting is an opportunity for peer learning, sharing, and support among Chronic Disease Directors (CDDs). Sessions include learning modules and peer discussion. Sessions are held 3- 4pm ET on the first Thursday of each month, with no webinar scheduled for January or July. All CDDs should have a standing calendar invite for the event. If not, please contact CPHL@chronicdisease.org to be added to the list.

Diabetes Council Leadership Group is a bridge between CDC and State Health Departments, making it easier for states to fulfill grant requirements and achieve success. Their collective voice for change enables them to advocate on behalf of State Health Departments, connect colleagues across the country, and inspire strategic direction for diabetes prevention and management. Third Thursday, 2:30 pm ET. Contact: nacdd.diabetes@chronicdisease.org

Please join psychologists Dr. Mark Evces Dr. Karima Clayton from WorkHaven to explore actions we can take to protect our own well-being as well as that of our colleagues. Together we will explore how to create a culture of care and empathy in the workplace. Learn practical strategies for building connection that you can implement right away.

The Enhancing Chronic Disease Surveillance Using Clinical Data cohort course is intended to help health departments and other users of clinical data to identify the fundamentals of clinical data capture and electronic health record (EHR) systems and identify strengths and limitations of using clinical data for public health surveillance.This is a four-week online course with four live learning sessions. It is available by invitation only.

This is a new group (starting June 2023). The main purpose of this group is to provide a forum for knowledge and resource sharing by promoting networking among epidemiologists and surveillance workforce, learning what other states are doing, and gaining exposure to other topics and methodology outside of daily work. This interest group will meet monthly for short, focused methodology “chats” and quarterly sharing sessions.

Time Commitment: One 60-minute meeting every other month The Evaluation Peer Network is made up of evaluators involved in programs sponsored by CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, including 1815/1817, WISEWOMAN, and the Paul Coverdell Acute Stroke Program, as well as 1815/1817 Category A evaluation sponsored by CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation. This group provides evaluators with a community for exchanging tips and best practices; helps to improve evaluation capacity among CDC-funded recipients by providing opportunities for networking, information exchange, peer mentoring, and training; and supports improved coordination between program and evaluation staff.

Time Commitment: One 2-hour session weekly over 10 weeks The Evidence-Based Public Health Course focuses on nine specific content areas to improve public health practice. These skills act as a framework for the course. Through presentations, practice exercises, and case studies, the course emphasizes application of skills and helps participants make use of information that is readily available to busy practitioners.

Time Commitment: The in-person version of the training is two days long; the virtual version is split into 2–3-hour segments based on state preference. This two-day course is designed to build community capacity to advance health equity. The training is delivered in-person or virtually and ends with a Call-to-Action. During this training, facilitators review common terms and concepts used to promote health equity. Participants explore social determinants of health, understand disparities in birth and maternal outcomes, apply health equity strategies to case scenarios, and enhance their knowledge and skills around applying a health equity lens. Participants will build capacity to…

Time Commitment: One 90-minute session weekly for 4 weeks GEAR Groups are peer-to-peer, case-based, action learning opportunities. Groups work as a cohort and meet once per week for 90 minutes for 4 weeks. Meetings are facilitated conversations among participants requiring preparation and active participation. Topics for each specific GEAR Group are chosen based on Member interests. Registration for sessions opens 1-2 months before each group launches.

Time Commitment: 60 minutes per webinar NACDD’s General Member Webinar series addresses a wide variety of emerging public health topics throughout the year. Details are shared via NACDD email to all Members in advance of each event. These webinars are open to all; register for each webinar to get the Zoom link to attend. Webinars are held 3-4pm ET on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. Webinar recordings are also available online to watch if you are not able to attend during the live webinar.

This course focuses on the key differences between the three most common generations in the public health workplace: Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials. You will gain an appreciation for each generation’s strengths and uniqueness.

The Multi-state EHR-based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) pilot project is a distributed network for surveillance that leverages EHR data to generate timely prevalence estimates of chronic disease risk factors at national and local levels. This course has been developed to introduce you to features of the MENDS network as well as potential uses of MENDS data.This course contains 2 modules (Module 1: MENDS: A Novel Approach to Chronic Disease Surveillance and Module 2: Using RiskScape: A Powerful Tool for Visualizing Chronic Disease Prevalence) and is expected to take 45-60 minutes to complete. Each module contains videos, knowledge check questions,…