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  • "Adapting Public Health to the New Normal" presentations are available on Moodle!

    Thank you to everyone who presented and attended our virtual conference on "Adapting Public Health to the New Normal." The presentation recordings are now available on Moodle.

  • 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Resources

    A list of resources for those in HRSA Region 9: Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands.

  • Infectious Agents Exposure Reduction Training for First Responders

    View a newly developed 10-minute training video on pathogen exposure prevention for first responders. 

  • Systems Thinking for Childhood Obesity Prevention

    Systems thinking is an approach to solving complex problems promoted by researchers and policy makers.  This training guides you through taking a systems approach to childhood obesity prevention, and presents ways to think about evaluating your approach.

  • Breathe in, Breathe out: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

    Stress is a universal experience. If not addressed, stress can have negative effects on our mental health. To help people reduce stress and improve the mind-body relationship for overall health, Jon Kabat Zinn, PhD, developed formal mindfulness practices, termed Mindfulness Based Stress...

  • Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease: A Training on Legionella Water Management Programs

    Are you involved in water safety for buildings? Take the free training from CDC and partners on creating a water management program to reduce risk for Legionnaires’ disease. The training aligns with industry standards on managing risk for Legionella ...

  • Effective Advocacy in the Context of Childhood Obesity Prevention

    Course Description

    Public health advocacy includes promoting education, processes and legislation that are designed to improve the general health of people living within a defined geographical location. The process of advocacy also involves identifying potential threats...

  • Acanthosis Nigricans: Screening and Referral for Insulin Resistance

    Acanthosis nigricans is a skin condition known to be associated with insulin resistance.  This training explains more about the condition, and discusses recommended identification and referral techniques in children.   

  • Public Health Essentials in Action Online

    The Arizona Public Health Training Center is proud to offer the online version of our face-to-face course Public Health Essentials In Action.

  • Getting Results: Motivational Interviewing

    This training will get you familiar with a concept called Motivational Interviewing (MI), a strategy to help guide your patients and help them become their own agent of change.  Whether you are just learning about MI or need a refresher, this training will review MI techniques and give you the...

  • Recognizing and Challenging Stigma

    Stigma is an intense human experience. Stigma causes suffering and worsens health. This training focuses on recognizing and challenging stigma.  In the first section, we explain what stigma is, how it feels, and how to recognize it.  In the second section, we explore the ways stigma is entangled...

  • Western Region Public Health Training Center

    UA Receives $4M to Improve the U.S. Public Health System

    More than 97,000 public health professionals have taken free courses through the Western Region Public Health Training Center since 2015, with a focus on the top public health issues today: childhood obesity, the opioid epidemic, and mental health.

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Who we are

The Western Region Public Health Training Center is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is a Designated Multiple Event Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. The Western Region Public Health Training Center is an organizational member of the True Health Initiative

Funding Statement

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UB6HP31687 and the Regional Public Health Training Center Program for $,013,453. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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