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Annotation: Constructing a powerful message is important to convey essential information, especially in the context of environmental health. This session gives public health professionals guidance on how to construct, frame and distribute messages effectively when communicating with decision makers. This session also provides tools to effectively advocate to local, state and federal decision makers for policies and resources that promote and protect environmental and human health.

Learning Objectives: • Construct effective messages designed to incorporate health broadly in all policies (CHES Area of Responsibility 7.1.1). • Identify key audiences for environmental health messaging (7.1.3). • List tools for communicating and advocating to decision makers (7.2.3,7.2.5). • List resources that promote and protect environmental and human health (7.2.3).

Continuing Education: 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours (expires March 31, 2019); 1.0 CHES Category 1 CECH, Certificate of completion; $3 charge for CE credits

Annotation: Mediation is at the core of dispute resolution. By educating and helping people to resolve conflict, their quality of life is enhanced and as well as that of their family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. The Mediation Center of the Pacific, Inc. provides Hawai’i residents with peaceful approaches to working through conflict through programs and processes that meet the unique needs of Hawai’i’s culturally diverse population.

Learning Objectives: • Discuss the techniques for good negotiation and dispute resolution. • Examine how to practice processes needed to advance negotiation to peaceful resolution. • Share case studies of how people have negotiated and resolve conflict creatively.

Continuing Education: 1.5 CHES, 1.5 CPEU for RDs, pending approval for CNEs for RNs

Annotation: This learning opportunity was recorded from the 2018 policy and advocacy lecture that Dr. Handler presented to her class at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It is divided in 10 short videos for ease of engagement. In the presentation, she outlines key advocacy components, the difference between case and class advocacy, and a review of policy and advocacy through the history of MCH. She explains current trends and the need for ongoing education and advocacy at national, state, and local levels. It concludes with current advocacy laws and a summary of the topic grounded in the current public health environment.

Learning Objectives: • Understand the strategic differences between advocacy and community organizing/community empowerment strategies. class issues, compromise, internal vs. external agents of change, and the difference between advocacy from the left and from the right. • Be able to to connect women and children's topics when advocating for services and discusses using children as a population group to address broader issues of social justice. • Synthesize the differences of case and class advocacy. • Become familiar with the history of advocacy related to MCH. • Understand how the advocacy process works. • Be able to use strategies in three main categories to advance MCH topic areas. • Be able to develop a plan to follow current lobbying laws appropriately.

Annotation: This webinar, led by Jennifer Nickisher, we’ll explore the three most typical types of conflict and the five strategies for managing it. Conflict is present in all aspects of life, both personal and professional. And while it can wreak havoc on an organization, it doesn’t have to. When handled properly, conflict can yield many benefits–from sparking creativity to better problem solving and improved relationships. It’s a matter of understanding how and when to utilize the most appropriate strategy for managing conflict.

Learning Objectives: • Five different strategies for managing conflict • How and when to utilize an Integrating strategy • The best uses for alternative strategies • How to create a conflict management development plan

Special Instructions: You must be a member to view webinar.

Annotation: This series of webinars includes the following: Be Prepared to Be Engaged (June 6, 2018) Create a Safe Medicine List Together (June 21, 2018) Teach-Back (August 1, 2018) Warm Handoff Plus (August 9, 2018)0

Learning Objectives: • Review the key threats to patient safety in primary care settings and interventions to engage patients and families to improve safety. • Describe the role and value of each innovation in improving patient safety. • Identify strategies for implementing each innovation in primary care settings.

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Annotation: This webinar is based on a chapter from the Handbook of Life Course Health Development.

Annotation: The meeting addressed how to compose and share your program's story from a high-level perspective, emphasizing effectiveness, impact, and interaction with key audiences. It also underscored the value of building and establishing relationships with decision-makers, state agencies, community organizations, and more. To highlight Dr. Klein Walker's presentation, three (3) DMCHWD grantees shared their examples during the webinar. You can view the YouTube recording of the presentation. Their slides and attachments are located on the webpage at the link in this record. The three programs were: * Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH): MCH H.O.P.E.S. (Birmingham, AL) * Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND): Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Cincinnati, OH) * Healthy Tomorrows: Clinic in the Park (Santa Ana, CA) This resource includes the meeting agenda, PowerPoint slides, transcripts, discussion notes, and other materials.

Annotation: This tribal systems of care learning community webinar focuses on management and supervision. It explores the differences between leadership, management and supervision; provides tips on effective communication with employees; demonstrates how to use behavioral competencies as building blocks in supervision; and defines the keys to successful management.

Annotation: Reid Caplan from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network explains how to use personal stories for advocacy in different situations. What is a public comment period? How can you make sure that the people in government hear your concerns? As advocates, we have a lot of important experience and perspective to share. Learn more about new ways to be heard! A video and slides are available.

Annotation: Public Health Pronto is one of the MCH Navigator's microlearning projects that allows you to participate in short bursts of learning to improve your public health skills. Similar in format to the 5-Minute MCH microlearning program, Public Health Pronto has an improved the format, while keeping the emphasis on just-in-time, incremental, communal learning that can be accessed on-the-go to match your fast-paced work life. The program addresses the eight Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and three Health Transformation cores (in collaboration with the National MCH Workforce Development Center), putting key public health concepts into alignment with MCH priorities by using an easy-to-follow modular format designed to increase your knowledge and skills through 5-minute intensive learning sessions.