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Looking for end-of-year training or CE? Check out CDC Learning Connection's featured trainings, which all offer FREE CE! About 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 6 children in the United States have a disability. Learn how to include people with disabilities in health department programs, products, and services...

Prevent Yellow Fever, Communicate Clearly, & Fight Flu

Posted in: TRAIN

November 4, 2019

Boost your immunization and communication skills this November with CDC Learning Connection's featured trainings! Do you provide care for international travelers? They may need the yellow fever vaccine. Learn how to conduct a pretravel consultation with the Yellow Fever Vaccine training. Earn free...

End Human Trafficking, Enhance Collaboration in Opioid Prescribing, & Prevent Violence

Posted in: TRAIN

October 2, 2019

Check out October’s timely trainings on CDC Learning Connection that all offer FREE CE! Human trafficking is a public health concern that impacts communities throughout the United States. Learn to identify and respond to individuals who are at risk or who are experiencing trafficking with SOAR to ...

HIV, Foodborne Outbreak, & Older Adult Falls Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN

September 4, 2019

Start your fall off strong with September’s featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection! An estimated 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year. This Sexual Health Awareness Month, learn the latest guidance on HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment with the AIDS Education and Training...

Policy Analysis, Antibiotic Stewardship, & Water Fluoridation Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN

August 5, 2019

Discover CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings for August! Policy has been a useful tool in many public health achievements. Take CDC’s Introduction to Policy Analysis in Public Health course to learn techniques for analyzing public health policy options. Antibiotic resistance is an urgent...

Performance Improvement Professionals Identify High Priority Areas for Workforce Development

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

July 18, 2019

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Nearly 70 performance improvement (PI) professionals working in health departments and other public health organizations across the country came together last month to discuss and identify high priority...

June’s CDC Learning Connection Courses: Opioids, HIV Prevention, Epidemiology, & Patient Safety

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

June 4, 2019

Start your summer by taking one of the CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses! Did you know a validated instrument such as the PEG Assessment Scale can help you quickly assess and monitor patients with chronic pain? Learn additional best practices with the Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing...

March’s Courses on the CDC Learning Connection: Opioids, TB, Systems Thinking, & Blood Clots

Posted in: TRAIN

March 4, 2019

Spring into training with March’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection! Check out the Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids training series to learn strategies for implementing CDC’s recommendations in clinical settings. Topics include opioid dosing, patient communication, and...

CDC Learning Connection’s February Courses: Opioids, HPV Vaccination, & Business Planning

Posted in: TRAIN

February 6, 2019

Check out February’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection! Approximately 36% of the 47,600 opioid overdose deaths in the United States in 2017 involved a prescription opioid. Learn about pain management, safe prescribing practices, and more with the latest opioid courses on TRAIN. CDC est...

CDC Learning Connection’s January Courses: Opioids, Concussion, Foodborne Outbreak, & Lab Informatics

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 9, 2019

Kick off 2019 with a CDC Learning Connection featured training! More than 70,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2017. Access the latest opioid courses on TRAIN via our Hot Training Topic to learn about substance use disorders and more. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is ...