How Do We Train for Health Equity? Lessons from Health Equity Coordinator, Tacoma, WA
How has a leading health department trained to integrate health equity into its programming and planning?
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Course Information
- Audience: Public health professionals, community professionals wishing to increase health equity, trainers, training planners, managers and leaders who can arrange training, workforce development teams, community health workers
- Format: Self-paced video from live training
- Date/Time:
- Price: Free
- Length: 6 part series - 1 hour of video
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID:SS1131137_HWTHE.
If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Health Equity Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings Introduction to Systems Thinking
Thinking Lobbying and Advocacy: A Primer for NH Non-Profit Advocates - Supplemental materials: None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
See the highlights of a joint NEPHTC (Public Health) Advisory Committee, SHIELD (School Health) Advisory Committee meeting in which met with community partners to learn and consider “How Do We Train for Health Equity?” Leading the training was Jacques
Colon, Health Equity Coordinator of the Tacoma-Pierce Health Department in Washington. Jacques provides an overview of health equity and gives examples from TPHD’s work in training and implementing health equity in programs and functions.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the difference between Health Disparity and Health Inequity
- Identify a resource that can help a health department define its health equity needs
- Describe Tacoma Pierce Health Department’s consultative approach to supporting health equity in programs
Subject Matter Expert
Jacques Colon
Health Equity Coordinator,
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Jacques Colon has served as the for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department for the past three years, where he leads their Health Equity Initiative. This role includes leading the health department’s internal 10-person Health Equity Implementation Team, which is charged with improving the structures, processes, and practices of the health department in order to eliminate health inequities in Pierce County, WA.
Registration and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact trainingmanager@nephtc.org.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the webinar. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.