Training Webinars

SEPTEMBER

 Using the Public Health Foundation's TRAIN Dataset

Learn about the Public Health Foundation's (PHF) TRAIN (or TrainingFinder Real-Time Affiliated Integrated Network), the nation's premier learning network for professionals who protect the public's health.

TRAIN is a unique web-based learning management network that provides a robust clearinghouse of on-site training and distance learning opportunites available in local, state, and national jurisdictions.

Ilya Plotkin, MA
Assistant Director of TRAIN
Public Health Foundation
 

Cost Estimation Methods: Strategies and Examples in PHSSR
In light of the current fiscal realities, much research is revolving around the need to adequately evaluate the costs of achieving the functions of our Public Health System. This webinar will provide you with the latest methods used in cost estimation studies in PHSSR.

Discussion Leaders:
Patrick Bernet, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor of Healthcare Finance
Florida Atlantic University

Michael Morris, MPH, MPA
Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Conducting Effectiveness Research and Patient Centered Outcomes Research Studies in PHSSR: Design, Analysis, and Funding Considerations.
With increasing CER and PCORI funding opportunities on the horizon, this webinar will help set the stage for PBRNs considering their own potential roles in these growing research areas. The timely information provided will be invaluable for generating research questions, grantwriting, and conducting relevant research.

Discussion Leader:
Glen Mays, PhD, MPH
F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor
of Health Services and Systems Research

Developing Community-Based Grant Proposals:
A Reviewer’s Perspective

Discussion Leader:
Anna Goodman Hoover, MA,
Deputy Director
Public Health PBRN National Coordinating Center

The Forward-Looking Network:
Strategies for PBRN Sustainability
Dr. Mays gives an overview of strategies for building a sustainable Public Health PBRN and for securing ongoing research funding

Discussion Leader:
Glen Mays, PhD, MPH
F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor
of Health Services and Systems Research
 

Public Health Services and Activity Tracking (PHAST):
Current measures, data and activity
Dr. Bekemeier gives an update of their progress with the PBRN PHAST study, types of data available, resources/platforms that currently exist through PHAST and how to leverage PHAST for future research.

Discussion Leader:
Betty  Bekemeier, PhD, M.P.H., FAAN
Assistant Professor
University of Washington-Seattle School of Nursing

Finding the Middle Way in Practice-based Research 

Discussion Leader:
Edward L. Baker, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Professor
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Director NC PH PBRN

What is Evidence-Based Practice and Policy?
Dr. Brownson will provide an overview of the principles of evidence-based approaches in public health. It will include both the scientific basis for evidence-based approaches as well as the practical challenges of implementation. 

Discussion Leader:
Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director of the St. Louis Prevention Research Center
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Department of Surgery and Siteman Cancer Center

AUGUST

Ethical Issues in Practice-Based Research

Featured Speaker:
Robert Hood, PhD, CIP
State Public Health Ethicist
Florida Department of Health

MAY

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is working to include more evidence-based research and tools into both its Model Practices and Toolbox programs and is also exploring ways to evaluate existing tools and model practices through PBRNs. 

English and Todorovich discussed these programs, how they are connected, and also how PBRNs' work relates to these programs.  English and Todorovich have both worked on the Toolbox and Model Practices programs during their entire tenure at NACCHO.

Discussion Leaders:
Maggie English, Program Assistant &
Gina Todoorvich, Web Associate
from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Quality Improvement in Public Health: Models and Methodologies for Practice Based Research Networks

Featured Speaker:
William Riley, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

A Modest Proposal for a Baseline Network Analysis of Public Health PBRNs

Featured Speaker:
Sharla Smith, MPH
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Arkasas for Medical Sciences

Updates on Research Interest and Projects

Featured Speakers:
Julie Marshall, Ph.D.-Colorado PBRN
Justeen Hyde, Ph.D.-Massachusetts PBRN
Hanne Thiede, D.V.M., M.P.H.-Washington PBRN
Ed Baker, M.D., M.P.H.-North Carolina PBRN                           
Angela Dearinger, M.D., M.P.H.-Kentucky PBRN

Preparedness and Public Health Systems Research: Examples from H1N1 and Beyond    

Featured Speaker:
Glen Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Arkasas for Medical Sciences
 

MAY

Studying Public Health describes the study of public health systems in eight communities in the eight communities in the domains of adolescent health, senior health, and preparedness. 

The presentation discusses purposive sampling strategies to maximize extreme variation in key factors, developing surveys to measure public health systems, particularly as social networks, graphical and multivariate analytic methods.            

Featured Speaker:
Douglas Wholey, Ph.D.
Professor of Organization and Management
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota