Development Level |
Title |
Description |
Early |
New Resources and Creative Strategies for Recruiting Candidates for Health Departments |
This training has an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment for health departments. The training covers understanding candidate motivation, developing effective recruitment materials, and how emphasizing the mission-driven work of public health agencies can help attract the best candidates. |
Development Level |
Title |
Description |
Early |
Prevention Institute Health Equity and Prevention Toolkit |
The Health Equity and Prevention Primer (HEPP) leverages expertise from state and LHJ employees and equity leaders to build seven different training modules including Community Factors & How They Influence Health Equity; Enhancing Effective Partnerships for Health Equity; and Measurement and Evaluation for Health Equity. The toolkit focuses on how equity and prevention interventions can be combined to increase the health and safety of the community. |
Early |
Western Region Public Health Training Center - Health Equity Course |
This training is a short (estimated 30 minutes) introduction on the concept of health equity with powerful resources and learning tools. |
Established |
Race Forward Racial Justice Training |
($100 fee, scholarships available) These interactive training modules are focused on advancing racial equity and understanding the roots of structural racism. Organizations should start with the training "Building Racial Equity” then continue learning with additional trainings, including “Organizing Racial Equity: Shifting Power” and/or “Decision-Making for Racial Equity.” |
Established |
Health Equity Consultants |
This is a list of equity consultants compiled by CDPH representatives, but not endorsed or necessarily recommended by CDPH. |
Strong |
NACCHO Roots of Health Inequality Training |
This is a group training with a discussion focused curriculum, where participants learn from and contribute to the training environment. Groups will learn how to start the conversation around health inequities, how values and assumptions shape organizational commitment to equity, public health history, root causes of inequities, and how to use social justice concepts to advance equity. Each module comes with a discussion guide, examples from the field, and presentations. |
Development Level |
Title |
Description |
Early |
Essentials of Collaboration |
This 1-hour interactive course examines how efficient teamwork can result in improved population health. Using a case study to explain essential principles, you will receive guidance on breaking down silos, aligning activities across sectors, and cooperating effectively. The course's definition of a successful collaboration lays the groundwork for teaming up with others to improve your community. |
Development Level |
Title |
Description |
Established |
Changing Internal Practices to Advance Health Equity |
Human Impact Partners (HIP) presents a training for organizations interested in addressing barriers to integrating health equity into their department. The program confirms the role of local health departments in addressing the roots of health inequity, addresses change management and different levels of influence in staff around equity initiatives, and gives examples of how to use internal actions to advance health equity. The reframing tools in this training are also very useful to all organizations in their equity discussions. |
Established |
Serving Diverse Communities: Building Cultural Competence and Humility into the Workplace |
This training discusses culture, cultural competence, cultural humility, and the differences between them. Three online resources are included in this training to promote cultural competency and humility. |