Hearing a Need

Rural public health professionals across the Northwest voiced a need for better access to data that is easy to review and helps identify health inequities issues within the communities they serve. Data can provide insight for decision making and priority-setting and strengthens requests for funding to support communities.

Training Overview

This free training series, known as Addressing and Communicating About Rural Health Disparities with Data, is designed to increase understanding of population health concepts and help public health professionals develop skills and confidence in effectively communicating with data, including sharing data visually in charts and graphs.

The training is part of a five-year, collaborative project with public health professionals in the Pacific Northwest so they can more effectively identify, address, and communicate about health disparities in the rural communities they serve.

It is designed with and for public health professionals serving rural communities in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington state). Module content primarily focuses on rural health disparities. The information and approaches highlighted in the modules are also transferable to a variety of public health contexts.

Training Details

Dates: October 12 – November 10, 2021

Time: Approx. 7 hours total

Cost: Free

Format: Self-Paced Courses and Live, Virtual Training

This training series starts with asynchronous training modules and is followed by a live, virtual training. There are three training modules that will each take about one hour to complete and should be done before the live trainings. The live, virtual trainings will be two-hour sessions on November 8 and 10.

Participants will be emailed a 5-minute survey before starting the modules and a 15-minute survey after completing the final live training session.

Enroll today. Registration closes Tuesday, October 5, 2021.

Questions? Contact Greg Whitman.