LibGuides: Ohio Public Health Practitioners: Training and Continuing Education

Locate Online Training and Continuing Education

Program staff from all backgrounds and with all levels of experience may find value in public health training and continuing education. Multimodal training resources and toolkits are available at low to no-cost from academic institutions, national networks and agencies. Check the links below to view specific items offered by each organization.

Toolkits:

Getting to Outcomes Toolkit
RAND Corporation offers the Getting to Outcomes toolkit for help with implementation and evaluation disease prevention programs.
PHF Resources and Tools
Public Health Foundation website offers training resources on a variety of public health topics that are searchable by Format, Category, or Tag.
Community Tool Box- Toolkits
The Community Tool Box Toolkits provide public health practitioners guidance in key areas of public health planning and troubleshooting common issues.

Training Modules & Webinars:

Region V | Public Health Training Center
The Region V Public Health Training Center (RVPHTC) seeks to advance the skills of the current and future public health workforce to improve population health outcomes. Part of the Public Health Learning Network (PHLN), the RVPHTC develops online and in-person trainings on a variety of public health topics.
Training Search Tool
The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice houses a catalog of online training resources that are open to the public. Trainings are searchable by Title, Topic, or Format.
Public Health Learning Navigator
The National Network of Public Health Institutes provides online trainings through their Public Health Learning Navigator.
Management Academy for Public Health
North Carolina Institute for Public Health Management Academy for Public Health offers free online training modules and examples for public health business and feasibility planning.
An Introduction to Evaluation
YouTube playlist of 6 videos ranging from 7 to 11 minutes each, taught by Dr. Jennifer Greene, Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
NCCMT Learning Centre
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) at McMaster University offers online learning modules on multiple areas of community health programming.
Center for Public Health Practice
The Center for Public Health Practice in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University supports professional development and organizational improvement for public health in Ohio. In addition to free online training, the Center provides focused in-person support to agencies.

Online guides:

Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects (NN/LM Evaluation Office)
Though focused on librarians conducting community outreach, the three booklets provided free of charge in full text provide a wealth of information applicable to numerous researchers.

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