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2020
DC Healthy Homes Collaborative Creates Videos and Materials to Keep Families Healthy
Press ReleasesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2020 Home Tips to Keep Families Healthy As families enter their fourth month home with children, the DC Healthy Housing Collaborative (DCHHC) knows one of parents’ top concerns is how to keep homes clean and pest-free. For parents of children with asthma, this GO! >
2019
IPHI and the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council host Focus Groups to Address Food and Beverage Marketing
Events and WebinarsIPHI and the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council host Focus Groups to Address Food and Beverage Marketing *NEW DATES ADDED* The Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) and the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council (FEC) are working in partnership with the National GO! >
2019
IPHI Hosts 1st Regional Conference to Bring Together DC, MD, & VA CHWs to Share Best Practices, Expand Skill Set
Press ReleasesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2019 Contact: Kady Pecorella 202-350-4120 kpecorella@institutephi.org IPHI HOSTS FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE TO BRING TOGETHER DC, VA, AND MD COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, EXPAND SKILL SET Almost 300 Participants Gather from all over GO! >
2019
ELEVATE: 2019 Regional Outreach Workers’ Conference
Events and WebinarsELEVATE: 2019 Regional Outreach Workers’ Conference On August 1-2, 2019 IPHI hosted ELEVATE, the 2019 Regional Outreach Workers’ Conference, with support from partners DC Health, DC Department of Behavioral Health, the Effi Barry Training Institute, HealthHIV, the Virginia CHW GO! >
2019
IPHI Hosts Webinar on Decreasing Life Expectancy
Events and WebinarsAmerica’s Public Health Crisis: Declining Life Expectancy & its Systemic Causes On February 25, 2019, the Institute for Public Health Innovation hosted a webinar examining declining life expectancy trends in the U.S. In 2018 the CDC released data revealing that U.S. life expectancy GO! >
2019
IPHI Partners with Local Foundation to Complete its 2018 Community Needs Assessment
News Coverage and PublicationsIPHI Partners with Local Foundation to Complete its 2018 Community Needs Assessment IPHI partnered with the Cameron Foundation in Petersburg, VA to update its periodic Community Needs Assessment for 2018. The assessment provides a comprehensive review of demographic, socioeconomic, GO! >
2019
Southern Maryland Partners Launch PreventionLink
News Coverage and PublicationsSouthern Maryland Partnership Receives Major Federal Funding to Create Integrated Regional System of Chronic Disease Prevention and Care. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded the Prince George’s County Health Department and a broad group of partners a $12 GO! >
2018
IPHI Celebrates 19 Graduates of the CHW Core Skills Training
Events and WebinarsIPHI Celebrates 19 Graduates of the CHW Core Skills Training IPHI is excited to congratulate 19 graduates of the Community Health Workers Core Skills Training facilitated from July – August in Richmond this summer. On August 29, 2018, Community Health Workers from across Virginia GO! >
2018
D.C. Outreach Workers’ Conference 2018
Events and WebinarsD.C. Outreach Workers’ Conference 2018 On July 24 and 25, 2018, IPHI co-hosted the 1st Annual DC Outreach Workers’ Conference with DCPCA, DC Health, and La Clinica del Pueblo. The 2-day event brought together CHWs, outreach workers, and stakeholders to participate in workshops and GO! >
2018
Regional Update on CHW Workforce Development and Certification
News Coverage and PublicationsCHW Certification and Workforce Development – Spring 2018 Update Maryland Great news concerning CHW certification comes out of Maryland! Together with chapters of the Maryland CHW Network and other partners, IPHI was highly involved in the CHW certification legislation introduced during GO! >