Chicago, IL – June 25-29, 2018

The Health Resources And Services Administration (HRSA), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CityMatCH are offering a Training Course In MCH Epidemiology as part of their ongoing effort to enhance the analytic capacity of state and local health agencies.

The training course is an intensive program, combining lectures, discussion, hands-on exercises, and opportunities for individualized technical assistance. Several post-training webinars will serve to build upon and extend the content of the in-person training.

Content For The 2018 Course Will Include:

• Needs Assessment And Prioritization
• Specialized Multivariable Regression Methods
• Performance Measurement And Trend Analysis
• Program And Policy Evaluation
• Quality Improvement Analysis And Reporting
• Effective Data Presentation And Translation

Who Should Apply?

This national program is aimed primarily at professionals in state and local health agencies who have significant responsibility for collecting, processing, analyzing, and reporting Maternal And Child Health data. This year, the course is geared to individuals with Intermediate to Advanced skills in statistical and epidemiologic methods, preferably in MCH or a related field.

Note: Only applicants who work domestically and regularly analyze data rather than manage programs, will be considered.

If you have Basic to Intermediate skills (mostly generate descriptive statistics with limited application of regression analysis), we welcome you to apply to next year’s course, and to review the online archived course materials from the 2017 basic to intermediate course. If you are a program manager, please see the training links below for data users.

Details:

• Training will begin mid-day Monday, June 25 and conclude mid-day Friday, June 29.
• Hotel room lodging is included in the training.
• A limited number of scholarships for airfare are available.
• Applications will be competitively reviewed, and acceptance notifications issued by late March.

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Completed applications must be submitted online for competitive review by 11:59 pm PST, February 23, 2018. No late applications will be accepted.

Apply to IHART2 | Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Now accepting applications for the 2018 cohort. Applications will be considered on a rolling deadline.

The application process for the Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training program includes an online application form and uploading several documents.

You will be prompted to upload the documents at the end of the application form. You may save your work to complete later. Please note, however, that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this program until all required documents have been received.

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The Improving Patient Care (IPC) program is pleased to provide access to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School to support you in your quality improvement efforts.

Enjoy this amazing opportunity to design your own path to develop your skills in improvement, safety, system design, and leadership through the Open School tools and resources.

The Open School offers essential training and tools in an online educational community to help you and your team deliver excellent, safe care and to build core skills in improvement, safety, and leadership. The Open School offers more than 30 online courses in quality, safety, leadership, the Triple Aim, and patient-centered care. CEUs are available.

For IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Program ambulatory facilities, access is available through the IPC Program. For IHS Direct Service CMS-certified hospitals and their associated ambulatory care facilities, access is available through your PATH partner. Contact your PATH partner to get enrolled.

Please contact susan.anderson@ihs.gov for any questions you may have.

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Speakers:
Karrie Joseph, MPH, CHES, Public Health Programs Manager, NIHB
Carrie Sampson (Umatilla, WallaWalla, Cayuse), Assistant Administrator, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center

Description:
Tribal communities bear a disproportionate burden of social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage relative to other racially or ethnically defined population groups. Therefore, ensuring that all American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) achieve the highest level of health possible will require broad-spectrum action that goes beyond addressing individual determinants and disease management to include action to address such disadvantages.

The changing landscape of public health, with a multi-disciplinary approach focused on the social determinants of health, is a true opportunity to advance the well-being of AI/AN communities. The National Indian Health Board (NIHB), in partnership with the NPA, has taken a proactive and strategic approach to building the public health capacity of tribal health departments through information gathering and dissemination, capacity building, and awareness raising.

This webinar will highlight the work that has been done at the national level as well as within a tribal community to advance health equity and improve health outcomes for AI/ANs.

Presenters will:
• Provide a background on the landscape of public health in Indian Country;
• Discuss the findings of an environmental scan on the state of public health accreditation and health equity within tribal communities; and
• Share one tribe’s approach to using public health accreditation activities to achieve health equity within its community.