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Annotation: the Six Pillars of Community Health Workers as developed by the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) to strengthen the professional identity and sustainability of the field. It describes Community Health Workers (CHWs) as a unique field of public health workers with core competencies who promote social justice and health equity, highlighting their community-based approach in building relationships to address social determinants of health. The document explains the historic and diverse nature of CHWs dating back to tribal healers, their cross-sector work in reducing healthcare barriers in underserved areas, their proven effectiveness across clinical and public health systems over 60 years of research, and the precarious nature of the profession due to challenges including low pay, discrimination, and poor legislative protections.

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Keywords: Community health workers, Professional training, Public health, Standards, Work force

Annotation: The purpose of this institute was to maintain and strengthen leadership capabilities for medical, nursing, and administrative personnel in programs providing services to children with special health care needs. One institute and one topical seminar were given each year. The institute offered orientation for new staff concerning the history, organization, funding, purposes, and functions of CSHCN programs. The topical seminar attracted senior CSHCN program officers who discussed current issues, developed problem-solving strategies, and forecasted future trends in health care services for children with special health care needs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Continuing education, Health professionals, Leadership training, Professional education, Special health care needs

Annotation: These trainings are designed to help health professionals integrate oral health care into well-child care for children. Trainings include Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum, which can be completed for continuing medical education (CME) or continuing nursing education credit, and a training that focuses on tooth decay prevention, oral health assessment, and fluoride-varnish application in Maine, which can be completed for CME credit.

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Keywords: Child health, Oral health, Pediatricians, Professional training, Well child care

Annotation: This Trainee Toolkit is designed to provide current and former trainees, training programs, and MCH stakeholders with online and downloadable resources in one convenient location. It contains links to comprehensive, easy-to-use web pages; downloadable resources to orient the reader to the Training Program; and a list of frequently used acronyms relevant to trainees.

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Keywords: Child health, Maternal health, Resources for professionals, Training programs

Annotation: This course provides a definition of health literacy and discusses how health literacy and oral health literacy are measured, the role of oral health literacy in promoting oral health, and access to oral health care in private practice and in public health settings. The course describes ways that oral health literacy can influence long-term oral health outcomes and how oral-health-literate approaches can be integrated into private and public health organizations.

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Keywords: Health literacy, Oral health, Professional training, Public health, Service delivery

Annotation: This toolkit provides public health professionals with research-tested talking points, examples, and communication strategies to help build public health literacy in their communities. It addresses common knowledge gaps about what public health is, what public health workers do, and how public health activities benefit individuals and communities. The toolkit includes five "big ideas" about public health with corresponding talking points and examples, guidance on selecting effective examples that resonate with different audiences, tips for communicating in specific situations such as press conferences and community conversations, and a planning worksheet to help professionals prepare their communications. It emphasizes using consistent, clear language focused on how public health works at the community level, prevents illness and injury, serves local communities through professionals in various roles, and benefits everyone. Additional resources for inclusive and culturally relevant communication are included, along with recommendations for communicating during polarized times and public health emergencies.

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Keywords: Communication, Professional training, Public health, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This web page, hosted by the 4th Trimester Project, offers virtual learning events and training intended opportunities for professionals such as maternal and public health workers, researchers, and social workers. The goal of these sessions is to promote high-quality, personalized care and improve health outcomes for postpartum individuals and their families. The major topics covered in these webinars and Communities of Practice include essential issues like advancing equity and addressing racism in care, maternal mental health policies, disability and maternal health, Medicaid expansion, and inclusive care (including supporting fathers/partners and transgender individuals). Certain live events offer 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours, and the site makes recordings of past sessions (dating back to 2023) available, including content related to Spanish-speaking communities; users can also access postpartum toolkit materials designed for care teams.

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Keywords: Maternal health, Postpartum care, Professional education, Professional training

Annotation: This 3-part learning module focuses on maternal health wellness topics such as self-care, healing and recovery and childbirth, mental health/emotions, breast/feeding issues, bottom/pelvic health, and knowing when to call for help. Presented as a Clinical Tool and available in English, the module is intended for professionals including Communications workers, Community Workers, Care Teams, Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Professionals, Researchers, and Social Workers.This series was developed by 4th Trimester Project team members and subject matter experts for Start Early.

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Keywords: , Maternal health, Mental health, Postpartum care, Professional training, Social support

Annotation: This training program applies core principles of health equity specifically to women's health workers in maternal and child health care settings. The training addresses persistent disparities in maternal health care across the country by examining how bias and racism emerge and present themselves in clinical care provided to women, birthing people, and their children. The program is designed for clinicians and women's health workers to help them understand and address the specific ways that inequities manifest in maternal and child health care delivery. The training focuses on identifying and addressing systemic barriers that contribute to maternal health disparities.

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Keywords: Health care disparities, Health equity, Implicit bias, Maternal health, Professional training

Annotation: This guide provides a curated list of online training resources designed to enhance public health strategic skills across various professional tiers. Topics addressed include effective communication, data-based decision making, resource management, cross-sectoral partnerships, systems and strategic thinking, community engagement, change management, and policy engagement. The guide outlines the rigorous evaluation and pilot process used to select trainings that meet specific quality standards. Additionally, it presents real-world practice examples and includes a self-assessment tool to help practitioners identify skill gaps and prioritize their professional development

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Keywords: Professional training, Public health, Standards

Annotation: This curriculum for health professionals and educators comprises nine courses addressing oral health. Courses focus on the relationship between oral health and systemic health; child oral health; adult oral health; acute oral health problems; pregnancy and women’s oral health; caries risk assessment, fluoride varnish, and counseling; the oral exam; oral health for older adults; and silver diamine fluoride. The courses can be taken for continuing education credit or simply to gain knowledge on the topics.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Continuing education, Curricula, Distance education, Financing, Infants, Mobile applications, Multimedia, Older adults, Oral health, Oral health care, Pregnant women, Resources for professionals, Spanish language materials, Training, Young children

Annotation: This manual is designed to help non-oral-health professionals implement fluoride-varnish application for infants, children, and adolescents ages 6 months to 21 years who are enrolled in Massachusetts’ Medicaid program. The manual includes instructions on how to complete the online Smiles for Life training, which is required for health professionals to apply fluoride varnish for this population. It also discusses how to begin using fluoride varnish in a practice as well as how to keep fluoride varnish notes and how to bill for fluoride varnish application. Basic information about fluoride varnish application and information to share with parents and other caregivers is included.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Clinical coding, Consumer education materials, Dental caries, Disease prevention, Fluorides, Infants, Manuals, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health care, Preventive health services, Reimbursement, Resources for professionals, Risk assessment, State programs, Training, Young adults

Annotation: This resource guide features materials on policy; professional education, tools, and training; program development; and public education. A list of relevant organizations is included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Consumer education, Health literacy, Oral health, Professional education, Program development, Resources for professionals, Training

Annotation: This workbook provides guidance for public health practitioners on conducting evaluations for the Children’s Healthy Weight Capacity Building Project. It explains core concepts such as evaluative thinking and outlines steps for developing a theory of change and a "tearless" logic model to clarify program goals. The workbook details various data collection and analysis methods, including photovoice, appreciative inquiry, and the World Café approach, while emphasizing culturally responsive and equitable evaluation practices. It also presents strategies for sharing results through data parties, infographics, and success stories to engage stakeholders. Appendices provide protocols for conducting focus groups and interviews, qualitative data analysis steps, and a list of evaluator competencies.

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Keywords: Child health, Evaluation, Guidelines, Models, Nutrition, Public health, Training for professionals

Annotation: This iissue brief describes the significance of simulation for obstetric training as a way to improve the quality of clinical practice, including the management of hemorrhage and effective communication with patients and family. The brief also highlights innovative obstetric simulation offerings/programs and explains how academic obstetric and gynecology departments can apply lessons learned from obstetric simulation training and drills conducted in other fields.

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Keywords: Obstetrical care, Professional education, Quality assurance , Training

Annotation: This report presents recommendations to strengthen the primary care workforce for young adults with medical complexity (YAMC) by promoting and increasing the supply of well-prepared adult primary care physicians for YAMC transitioning to adult care. Included is an overview of the YAMC population and the current care landscape, including health workforce and financing consideration. The recommendations were developed by a national advisory committee established by the National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition and the George Washington University Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Primary care, Professional education, Professional training, Program improvement, Transition planning, Transitions, Young adults

Annotation: This video provides information on (1) tooth anatomy, the differences between primary and permanent teeth, and how to care for a child’s teeth; (2) recognizing and preventing tooth decay, handling oral emergencies, and helping children get oral health care; (3) identifying signs and symptoms in the mouth of possible child abuse and neglect and knowing the steps to take if either is suspected; and (4) understanding how a pregnant woman’s oral health may change during pregnancy and how to care for a newborn’s mouth. Participants who complete the training can earn continuing education credits through the Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association, nursing continuing education contact hours, and dietitian continuing education units. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Ohio, Child abuse, Child neglect, Continuing education, Oral health, Pregnancy, Prevention, Professional training, State information, Videotapes

Annotation: This website describes the Postpartum Contraceptive Access Initiative (PCAI)--a training program created to help ensure that all birthing people have access to the full range of postpartum contraceptive methods before leaving the hospital after a delivery. The site outlines the evidence-based research behind the train-the-trainer program design; highlights the importance of collaboration in developing individualized training plans; and emphasizes the importance of patient autonomy and shared medical decision making. Links to additional information on postpartum depression, clinical considerations, contraception counseling, and implementation are included.

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Keywords: Access to care, Contraception, Postpartum care, Professional Education, Training

Annotation: This issue brief outlines Action 5.4 from Goal 5 of the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis, which focuses on preventing and addressing violence against pregnant and postpartum individuals through state-level pilot programs. It describes how intimate partner violence intersects with leading causes of pregnancy-associated deaths, examines evidence-based screening tools and interventions, and presents data on racial disparities in pregnancy-associated homicide rates. The document details barriers to effective screening, successful intervention models, and resources for implementing provider training programs to better identify and respond to intimate partner violence during pregnancy and postpartum periods.

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Keywords: Battered women, Domestic violence, Injury prevention, Model programs, Physical abuse, Postpartum women, Pregnant women, Professional training

Annotation: This web page from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides clinical case scenarios and training materials for the AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, Phase 2. The scenarios illustrate 10 teamwork tools and strategies for improving care in obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension in pregnancy. The page includes two sets of education materials: (1) Tier 1 consists of eight short video-based emodules for each condition that introduce frontline clinicians to the teamwork tools and demonstrate their use; (2) Tier 2 provides PowerPoint slide sets with speaker notes to help Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Team Leads disseminate the teamwork toolkit to frontline staff in their labor and delivery units, ideally through live workshops by a TeamSTEPPS master trainer.

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Keywords: Emergency medical services, Hemorrhage, Hypertension, Patient safety, Perinatal care, Postpartum care, Pregnancy complcations, Professional training