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Registration is open for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board's 2025 Tribal Public Health Emergency Preparedness Conference being held May 7-9 at Muckleshoot Casino.
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This event, hosted by the Fred Hutch Cancer Center's Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, will provide a space to learn about best practices and discuss what can be done to address cancer health disparities in inclusive and equitable ways.
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This long-term, system-wide plan will shape the future of public health in our state, and we need your input. Hybrid listening sessions in April and a public survey provide opportunities to help identify public health priorities, align public efforts to improve health outcomes for all Washingtonians, and form this critical statewide effort.
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On November 7 the Bree Collaborative and Foundation for Health Care Quality hosted their 2024 Social Need and Health Equity Summit. The presentation topics were based on four of their reports - Advancing Health Equity, Social Need Screening, Social Need Intervention, and Storing and Sharing Data.
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The DOH Office of Strategic Partnerships published its 2024 Annual Report. The report gives highlights from the Regional Health Offices and work that occurred through partnerships with Early Learning and K-12, higher education, the private sector, and more.
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The ancestral homelands of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe span across Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson, Mason, and San Juan counties. The Tribe will receive $200,000 per year for at least two years to help identify health priorities and develop community action plans.
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DOH and the Washington Public Health Academic Learning Collaborative is offering a virtual series for students and others interested in public health careers in our state. Join the conversations on the second Wednesday of each month, from noon to 1 p.m., through May 14, 2025.
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On May 16, the Foundation for Health Care Quality and the Bree Collaborative hosted a webinar on Social Need Screening. In this session, we heard from CHAS Health on how community health workers (CHWs) supported their social need screening process.
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Find out how to get support developing a quality improvement project that promotes equity within your organization. Individuals, teams, and organizations serving Washingtonians are welcome to join a Health Equity Action Collaborative starting in May.
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Health practitioners working in chronic disease can get support from Prevention Research Centers (PRCs). The centers are a network of 26 academic research centers that work with local communities to develop, test, and evaluate solutions to public health problems. PRCs conduct community-based applied public health research to address chronic diseases and other leading causes of death and disability in the United States. The CDC provides funding, leadership, technical assistance, and oversight for the PRC Program.