Tackling a City’s Greatest Public Health Challenges through a “Health in All Policies” Strategy
How do you create public health innovation by working across sectors?
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Course Information
- Audience: Public health professionals, State and local health departments
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: September 26, 2019
12 PM - 1 PM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of completion
- Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials: Session PowerPoint
- Pre-requisites: None
About this webinar
This webinar will highlight the City of Providence, Rhode Island’s efforts to integrate health into public policies across sectors. Examples will include working in collaboration with Providence public schools to address chronic absenteeism, working with fire stations and first responders to mitigate harms from opiate dependence, and working with the public works department.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand innovative strategies to work across sectors to address public health problems with innovative public sector partnerships.
- To gain new understanding of novel strategies to mitigate the public health harms of opiate dependence by training firefighters and first responders in recovery coaching.
- To understand how to reduce chronic absenteeism by working with public works departments to enhance snow removal in winter months.
- To understand how to reduce chronic absenteeism by providing menstrual hygiene products in public schools.
Subject Matter Expert
Ellen Cynar
Director of City Providence Healthy Communities Office
Ellen Cynar is the Healthy Communities Office Director for the City of Providence. She joined the office in January 2013. Ms. Cynar has worked in a wide variety of public and private settings as well as health education and promotion positions. Her public health interests include nutrition and food policy.
Ms. Cynar directs the City’s efforts on substance abuse prevention, and promotion of healthy eating, active living, and mental health initiatives. In this role, she provides leadership and advises on health and prevention issues, environmental policy changes, and public education efforts.
Ms. Cynar received a MS in Nutrition and Food Policy from Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition, a MPH in Global Health from Tufts University’s School of Medicine, and a BS in International Affairs from Lewis and Clark College. She lives in Providence, RI with her husband and two children.
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.