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SUMMARY:Survey Development Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:\nSurveys are a great tool to gather information about a community or a specific topic of interest. Good surveys that deliver credible and meaningful results take time and careful planning to design because the questions need to be asked in a way that will accurately measure the opinions\, experiences\, and behaviors of the community. In this workshop\, participants can expect to learn the basics of how to design an effective survey that is clear\, engaging\, and asks useful questions that avoid unintentional bias. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nIdentify the applications of surveys in community work\nApply the steps entailed in survey development\nDevelop valid\, reliable\, relevant\, and readable items for a survey\nDemonstrate how to employ a survey in community work\nIdentify common sources of error in survey administration and how to overcome them\n\nFeatured Speaker\nManoj Sharma\, Ph.D.\, MCHES® \nProfessor and Chair\, Department of Social and Behavioral Health \nSchool of Public Health at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas  \nManoj Sharma\, MBBS\, Ph.D.\, MCHES® is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. He has taught over 6\,000 students in his career and has worked at local\, state\, national\, and international levels in public health for over 35 years. He is ranked in the top one percentile of scientists globally by Elsevier. His research interests are in developing evidence-based health promotion interventions\, survey research\, integrative health\, and community-based participatory research (CBPR). \nJamie Ross \nExecutive Director\nPACT Coalition \nJamie Ross has been the Executive Director of the PACT Coalition since 2011. She has been involved with substance misuse prevention from a young age and has turned her lifelong passion for bettering the community into a career\, helping to create system-wide change geared toward reducing substance misuse. \nThe PACT Coalition is the largest substance misuse prevention coalition in Las Vegas with diverse funding focused on the full spectrum of prevention\, including mental health\, primary and tertiary substance misuse prevention\, and the intersection of prevention into all aspects of community building. \nAs the Executive Director\, Jamie oversees all programs and funding\, writes grants\, and manages staff. Since its inception\, she has helped the PACT Coalition grow to ten times its original funding and capacity. Jamie believes in the power of the community to change itself for the better. When a community comes together to solve its own problems\, the results are powerful and transformative. As Sam Quinones says\, the solution to the opioid crisis isn’t naloxone\, it’s the community. \nWhen Jamie isn’t working\, she can be found hiking and climbing or watching the latest superhero movie with her husband. \nElizabeth Moore \nProject Coordinator\nPACT Coalition \nElizabeth Moore is a Project Coordinator at the PACT Coalition\, where she is responsible for coordinating primary prevention efforts for Southern Nevada specifically through the revision and presentation of timely prevention data. This role allows Elizabeth to support the Clark Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board by connecting the substance misuse and behavioral health community. Elizabeth especially enjoys the community outreach aspect of her work\, as she is always excited to have the opportunity to connect with locals. \nElizabeth also has experience working as a Research Assistant at the Nevada Institute of Children’s Research and Policy and as a Student Intern at the Southern Nevada Health District. She completed her Master’s degree in Public Health with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Health from the University of Nevada\, Reno in 2020. In 2022\, she became a Certified Prevention Specialist. \nChelsi Cheatom \nProgram Manager\nPACT Coalition \nChelsi Cheatom has been working with Trac-B Exchange since 2016 as the Program Manager. She has helped to support Trac-B Exchange opening the first storefront syringe exchange in Clark County\, NV as well as supporting the roll-out of the Impact Exchange vending machine project which now has 5 public health/ syringe vending machines placed in the Las Vegas community. Prior to working at Trac-B Exchange\, Chelsi oversaw the STD and Adult Viral Hepatitis grant programs for the State of Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology and was a Disease Investigation and Intervention Specialist with the Southern Nevada Health District. Chelsi earned a Master’s degree in Health Promotion from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas in 2010. \nFunding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/survey-development-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us every third Wednesday of the month at 11AM PST for the Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative meeting! \nThe NVEC is a partnership comprised of diverse and interdisciplinary members of the public\, as well as private\, state\, and community partners\, co-led by Immunize Nevada and the Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition. \nMembers of the NVEC include state legislators\, community members representing different ethnicities and demographics\, healthcare providers\, faith-based leaders\, public and private representatives. \nRegister
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/nevada-vaccine-equity-collaborative-monthly-meeting/2023-01-18/
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SUMMARY:Use Your Voice: Advocate to Change Your Community
DESCRIPTION:Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:\nAdvocacy can amplify a community’s voice in an effort to increase health equity. This workshop will explore different forms of policy\, Nevada’s state legislative process\, and the differences between advocacy and lobbying. Workshop attendees will learn how to communicate ideas and concerns to policymakers\, as well as ways to engage with them. Additionally\, this workshop will build on participants’ experiences to find what will work best to mobilize change within their networks. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nDefine policy\, advocacy\, and lobbying in the context of the policy process\nExplain why policy is an important tool to improve communities\nDescribe the legislative process in Nevada\nIdentify different ways to advocate\nRecognize tools that can assist with advocacy work\n\nFeatured Speakers\nValeria Gurr\, M.A. and Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs \nDirector of External Relations\nThe American Federation for Children \nValeria Gurr\, M.A. and Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas (UNLV)\, is the Director of External Relations for the American Federation for Children. The Concilio Hispano Media Group named her in 2018 as one of the most influential Hispanics in Southern Nevada. Valeria obtained her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations with a specialization in Marketing from Duoc UC of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2009 and a Master’s degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2013. Valeria’s research interest after the pandemic is how the lack of access to quality education in traditional public schools and the digital divide impact low-income families\, especially Hispanic and Latino children.In her role\, Valeria seeks to inform and empower families with the right information to make the best decisions regarding their children’s education. \nMax Gakh\, JD\, MPH \nAssociate Professor\, School of Public Health\nAssociate Director\, Health Law Program\nUniversity of Nevada\, Las Vegas \nMax Gakh\, JD\, MPH\, is an Associate Professor based in the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Public Health and the Associate Director of the UNLV Health Law Program. His research\, teaching\, and service center on the intersection of law\, policy\, and public health and investigate how legal mechanisms and policies can improve or hinder the health of communities. His work includes exploring the government’s legal authority to promote public health\, laws relevant to public health emergencies\, and laws and policies outside of the health sector that impact health. Max’s previous experience includes collaborating with public health professionals to address real-world health issues using law and policy and working as a legislative attorney. \nFunding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/advocacy-2/
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