Hot Topics in Practice

Hot Topics in Practice is a monthly webinar forum to discuss issues currently affecting public health practice.

Each month guest speakers from local, state, tribal, and national public health organizations present and take questions from the audience. Hot Topics is moderated by Allene Mares.

Upcoming Session

November 2019

Economic Development for Rural Health
Thursday, November 21, 2019, 12:00 to 1:00 pm (PT)
Slides and slide handout available the morning of the session.

Previous Sessions

Below you may browse previous Hot Topics webinar sessions. All are available for viewing in PH LearnLink free of charge.

Making Meetings Work: Facilitation Skills for Public Health Professionals

May 10, 2011

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Guila Muir, MEd provides the absolute essential skills to make your next meeting shorter, more productive, and maybe even fun.

Quality Improvement in Public Health: It's Not Just Another Program

November 23, 2010

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Marlene Mason, from Seattle-based MarMason Consulting, talks about the current QI activities being conducted in health departments across the United States and the link between QI and public health accreditation standards.

Working at the Intersection: Health Equity, Chronic Disease, and Public Health Practice

July 20, 2010

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, we look at how public health can decrease health inequities by reducing chronic disease through community-based prevention.

Using Slides Effectively in Presentations

February 17, 2009

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Nancy Duarte, Principal of Duarte Design, cover foundational presentation design principles from the book slide:ology.

Ethical Decision Making in Times of Public Health Catastrophe

December 9, 2008

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Harvey Kayman, MD, MPH, discusses ethical decision-making in times of public health disaster.

Disasters and Public Health: Learning from Recent History

June 24, 2008

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Richard Keller, PhD, addresses the role of public health in the history of disasters.

Tuberculosis in the 21st Century

July 17, 2007

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Scott Lindquist, MD, MPH, from the Washington State Department of Health provides an introduction to the epidemiology of global TB.

A Culturally Competent Preparedness Model for Reaching Limited English Proficient Communities

June 28, 2006

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Sharyne Shiu-Thornton, PhD, MA, provides an overview of how to reach Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations as part of public health preparedness.

A CLAS Act: Enhancing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Preparedness

February 28, 2006

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Ira SenGupta highlights standards as a set of guidelines and strategies for improving public health preparedness.

An Effective Incident Command System: Public Health Response to Katrina Evacuees

January 24, 2006

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, presenters describe how the Atlanta National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Federal Coordinating Center (FCC) rapidly put a site into operation for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

Preparedness and Response Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

November 1, 2005

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, presenters share experiences and reflect upon lessons they learned from their response efforts to Hurricane Katrina.

How Preparedness Resources Improve Local Public Health

October 18, 2005

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, a panel of speakers describe a unique example of how preparedness resources have contributed to developing the skills, talents, capacity, and experience of a fully functioning health department in Montana.

Collaborative Leadership for Better Preparedness

June 30, 2005

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Betty Bekemeier, MSN, MPH, RN, focuses on using collaborative leadership in public health preparedness.

Applying the Principles of Quality Improvement to Public Health Preparedness

January 20, 2005

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Casey Milne and Tom Milne, Principals of Milne & Associates, LLC, introduce participants to the concepts of quality improvement and will offer opportunities to discuss the application of an improvement model in the area of emergency preparedness.

Mental Health and Preparedness: Are We Ready?

June 23, 2004

In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, Randal Beaton, PhD, EMT talks about how frontline public health practitioners can help respond to the mental health needs of the community following a disaster.