Region IV Public Health Training Center

The WebEOC training will provide participants with an overview of processes and procedures that are essential to increasing the consistency, proficiency, and number of users efficiently using WebEOC to track and update public health events. Read more

The Patient Placement, Tracking, and Receiving training will provide participants with an overview of processes and procedures that are essential to the efficient movement of patients between health facilities throughout the state of Georgia. The purpose is to improve the ability to implement patient placement, transport, and tracking procedures during a hurricane. Read more

Note: This is a recording of a webinar held on May 19, 2021. Training Overview This webinar was co-sponsored with the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center at Emory University.  The recent pandemic has created a confluence of uncertainty, social isolation, and disruptions in services and supports important to children.  The nature and extent of the mental health impact on this age group depends on pre-existing vulnerabilities, contextual issues related to their COVID experiences, and the effectiveness of response efforts. In this interactive, virtual webinar, risks and protective factors will be identified, and effective strategies for promoting recovery from pandemic related distress will be explored using a developmental lens, and a social-ecological framework. Whenever possible, child and parent narratives will be used to illustrate concepts. The course contains two modules: a content module and a resources and evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard. This recording is approximately 90 minutes. There are no prerequisites. Participants will need a broadband internet connection (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred browsers) and computer speakers. For technical support, please contact emoryphtc@emory.edu. About the Trainer Ginny Sprang, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky, and executive director of the UK Center on Trauma and Children. She is the Principal Investigator of the SAMHSA funded Category II Secondary Traumatic Stress Innovations and Solutions Center, the Category III Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatment and Training Institute, and Chair Emeritus of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Collaborative group. She has or currently holds national leadership positions in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network as a steering committee member and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Special Interest Group Chair for the Terrorism and Disaster committee. Dr. Sprang has over 125 publications on topics such as child trauma, trauma-informed care, the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, implementation and sustainability, disaster response and secondary traumatic stress.  Her work involves the creation of translational This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. Read more

Note: This is a recording of a webinar held on March 25, 2020. Training Overview Pediatric obesity has continued to challenge our clinics and communities for effective and supportive approaches to improve health and treatment of disease.  We will refine the clinical assessment of the severity of the disease of obesity and its complications as well as discuss treatments appropriate for the different classes of obesity.  Then we will explore community efforts to promote health, prevent obesity, and support those working to lose weight.   The course contains two modules: a content module and a resources and evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard. This recording is approximately 90 minutes. There are no prerequisites. Participants will need a broadband internet connection (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred browsers) and computer speakers. For technical support, please contact emoryphtc@emory.edu. About the Trainers Brooke Sweeney, MD, FAAP, ABOM is a Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatric Physician and the Medical Director of Weight Management services at Children's Mercy Kansas City and the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.  Nationally, Dr. Sweeney is on the Governance Board of POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry) and the Co- Director of POWER Operations and Sustainability. Dr. Sweeney is active in the Weight Management Expert Exchange of the Children's Hospital Association/American Academy of Pediatrics Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight. She is board certified in Obesity Medicine.  Her clinical expertise is in prevention and treatment of severe obesity through medical weight management and bariatric surgery for children with severe obesity.  This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. Read more

Note: This is a recording of a webinar held on February 17, 2023. Training Overview The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) developed the Move Your Way® campaign in 2018 to share key recommendations from the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The campaign aims to increase awareness and knowledge of the guidelines, physical activity self-efficacy, and ultimately change behavior. It includes over 80 free resources, such as posters, fact sheets, and videos, that are available in English and Spanish and tested with diverse audiences. This webinar will provide an overview of the campaign, highlight how community pilots from health departments in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and Jackson, Mississippi successfully implemented Move Your Way®, and describe strategies for how public health professionals and organizations can leverage the campaign to promote physical activity in their communities. This recording is approximately 90 minutes. There are no prerequisites. Participants will need a broadband internet connection (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred browsers) and computer speakers. For technical support, please contact emoryphtc@emory.edu. CERTIFICATE:  The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard. About the Trainer Joshua Chigozie Ogbuefi, MPH, is a Health Communications Fellow at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His primary role is project support for the Move Your Way® campaign, which is the communications campaign for the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. His other projects at ODPHP include supporting the ODPHP Healthy Equity Workgroup as a communications subject matter expert and project manager for the ODPHP social media team. Prior to his current role, Joshua interned at the CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical, Activity, and Obesity, Physical Activity and Health Branch supporting the branch’s health equity work. Joshua holds a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion and Behavior from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from The Ohio State University. Katie Costello, MPH, is a Health Communications Fellow at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her primary role is project support for the Move Your Way® campaign, which is the communications campaign for the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Her portfolio also includes supporting the promotion of ODPHP’s Healthy People 2030 and Healthy Aging initiatives. Prior to her current role, Katie served as an intern at the Society for Public Health Education where she contributed to the organization’s cooperative agreement with CDC Healthy Schools. Katie holds a Master of Public Health degree in Physical Activity and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland, College Park.  Laura Steele oversees BikeWalkKC’s education team and works to ensure program sustainability through cultivating strong relationships with numerous community organizations, school districts, public health-focused workgroups and others across the Kansas City Metro. She is involved with the Women Bike KC initiative and coordinates the KC Women’s Bike Summit and the Greater KC Safe Routes to School Summit. Laura is Licensed Cycling Instructor, 2017 alumni of the Healthy Communities Leadership Academy, frequent bike commuter, and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was elected as a Council Member for the City of Westwood in 2019 and resides with her family of cyclists in Westwood, KS. This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. Read more

Note: This is a recording of a webinar held on August 10. 2020. Training Overview In recent months, we have seen an extraordinary number of people take to the streets to protest police violence and systemic racism. This webinar will focus on police violence as a public health issue, a framework that allows us to view police violence in a broader societal perspective. We will discuss basic measures of police violence across populations and limitations of the existing data. De-funding and abolition will be discussed as possible strategies to reduce police violence. The course contains two modules: a content module and a resources and evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard. This recording is approximately 90 minutes. There are no prerequisites. Participants will need a broadband internet connection (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred browsers) and computer speakers. For technical support, please contact emoryphtc@emory.edu. About the Trainers Dr. Fullilove is a social psychiatrist and professor of urban policy and health at The New School. From her research, she has published numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs. Dr. Cooper holds the Rollins Chair of Substance Use Disorders Research at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH), where she co-directs the Emory University Center for AIDS Research Prevention Sciences Core, and directs the Research Core of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory. Dr. Sewell (they/them/their) is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University and Founder and Director of The Race and Policing Project.  This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. Read more