The LGBTQ+ population faces disproportionate health risks related to marginalization and discrimination, which may be further intensified with a hostile political climate. LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces are needed to help decrease existing disparities and work towards health equity. Explore ways to improve LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the workplace, virtual environments, and when designing and implementing surveys. Discover tools and resources for responding and taking action.
LGBTQ+ inclusive healthcare is needed to help decrease existing disparities and advance health equity. Take an in-depth look at LGBTQ+ inclusivity specific to the healthcare setting. Explore ways for members of the healthcare team and for everyone working in a healthcare setting to improve LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Consider your role and and how it relates to other healthcare professionals in providing LGBTQ+ inclusive healthcare.
It is recommended to complete the LGBTQ+ Inclusive Spaces(opens in a new tab) training as an introduction.
Build on your knowledge of a healthy and fair workplace culture and learn strategies to make improvements. This course will prepare you to take steps towards improving workplace culture through assessment and management of psychosocial factors key to a healthy workplace culture: psychological safety, meaning and purpose, inclusive leadership, autonomy, flexibility, and fairness.
This course will help you get ready to address the changes in working arrangements and create a healthy and fair workplace culture. It will feature many examples of programs and strategies, and also several corporate case studies. We will conclude with a test of competency and leave you with numerous useful resources for continued learning.
Being healthy is about more than seeing a doctor or personal health behaviors. Access to clinical care actually accounts for only 10-20% of a person's overall health. The rest is shaped by external conditions - where they live and work, how much money they make, or their position in the community. Explore the social determinants of health and their impact on health outcomes in this short course.
Ethical dilemmas are persistent in public health. Decision making-processes can be very complex, often with conflicts and competing interests. In this training, examine public health ethics and ethical based approaches to decision making. Learn to use ethical frameworks to make decisions confidently and justify decisions with transparency. Practice addressing ethical challenges respectfully in a way that builds trust with communities and stakeholders through simulated case scenarios. Practice identifying ethical dilemmas and the exploration of solutions.
The LGBTQ+ population faces disproportionate health risks. Stigma, discrimination, and a general lack of understanding of specific needs of the LGBTQ+ population reduces access to safe healthcare and services. Learn about health disparities faced by the LGBTQ+ population and the health consequences of ongoing stigma and discrimination. Familiarize yourself with current terms and practice using language appropriately to contribute to improving health equity for the LGBTQ+ population.
Using inclusive language is one way to address bias in order to create a safe, positive environment for employees and clientele. A positive environment will engage both staff and the public, increasing productivity and satisfaction. Public health and health professionals will be challenged to improve their understanding of implicit bias and inclusive language to implement a more equitable workplace in this course.
This interactive and engaging training will lay the foundation for health equity. You will learn practical ways to advance health equity in order to help all individuals attain their full health potential. The Health Equity training challenges all public health and health professionals to apply a health equity lens to their area of focus and expertise.
Environmental factors and federal policies have had a large impact on the health and cultural identity of our Indigenous populations. With increasing rates of diabetes, obesity, and cancer in Native American communities, strengthening Native food systems offers an opportunity to improve Native economies, health, and culture. This course is meant to give an overview of how health departments and public health workers can help strengthen Native food sovereignty, for the purpose of improving Native health and revitalizing Native cultures.
Motivational Interviewing is a communication technique that helps empower patients to make desired behavior changes to improve their health. Available literature demonstrates the use of motivational interviewing in patients with diabetes significantly enhances adherence to treatment recommendations and weight loss efforts. This training will get you familiar with the concept of motivational interviewing in the context of weight management.
This interactive training looks at the most fundamental aspects of public health to break down the overarching goals and strategies of the field. You'll gain an understanding of the 3 Core Functions and 10 Essential Public Health Services as a framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems, and how this framework serves to improve health equity.
Excess weight gain during pregnancy and excess weight retained after pregnancy can contribute to lifelong development of obesity and increasing cycles of obesity and diabetes in mothers and children. This training reviews body mass index (BMI), prevalence of obesity in women, health consequences of excess weight in pregnancy, guidelines for weight management during and after pregnancy, and components of effective community-based postpartum weight loss programs.
Have you considered ways that local health departments may work with youth sports organizations to improve health? Learn how national public health goals are in line with youth sports participation, ways to consider equitable access to youth sports, and how youth sports organizations can support positive mental and physical health. Develop your skills to strengthen connections between local health departments and sports organizations and support equitable sports participation.
This training will help you navigate fad diets, diets that are supported by evidence-based science, and screening tools for identifying the difference. Take the role of a Public Health Professional to answer case scenarios for how to respond to a person who expresses interest in a fad diet.
