The Oklahoma Youth Literacy Program (OKYLP) has been serving the Oklahoma City community since 2014. The mission of the organization is the commitment to creating excellence in the lives of children as it relates to making a direct impact on their life skills through personal guidance, literacy, and team building athletics. OKYLP joined the Public […]
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The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is offering a free, self-paced online course to help you improve communication skills to tackle vaccine hesitancy. The course is designed to take approximately 1 hour and covers the following learning objectives: Identify a patient’s readiness for vaccination Understand how to use Motivational Interviewing to guide respectful discussions around vaccination
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Build Healthy Places Network recently release a tool to guide cross-sector collaborations and to support partnerships in rural areas and small cities. Designed specifically for rural area and small cities, this useful primer is one you don’t want to miss. Explore the role of community development, read case studies, use the partner finder, and bookmark
Organizations are eligible to receive $300 per participant recruited! Email us at info@publichealthok.org with questions or to request more information.
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This Oklahoma Family Network event, hosted virtually on May 17th, is for family members of children, youth and young adults. Sessions will run from 9am to 4pm including a fun self-care gathering with a speaker during the noon hour.
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County Health Improvement Organizations (CHIOs) in Oklahoma are well-positioned to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in their communities. And these efforts are a great way to connect the CHIOs to the Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement Cooperative (OPHIC). Click below to learn more from the Health Affairs Blog in their recent post “Finding Effective Ways
“Energy” and “Pride in Community” were two emerging themes from the March 10th CATCH-UP Community Testing Event hosted by Tabitha Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. In partnership with Skyline Ministries, community members were offered free, fresh food along with free, COVID-19 testing. A special thanks to Dr. VanWagoner, OSCTR Deputy Director, of the Oklahoma Clinical
It was a windy March day in Kansas, OK on the 10th! But this adaptable Delaware County team proved that all they need to host a Free Community COVID-19 testing event is a car and a parking lot! One of the highlights of project CATCH-UP for the Public Health Institute of Oklahoma has been watching,
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American Indian Smokeless Tobacco Users: We need your help! Consider joining a research study Measuring Smokeless Tobacco Dependence among American Indian Adults We want to find out why people use smokeless tobacco (chew, dip, snuff, or snus) and how to best measure their dependence on smokeless tobacco. You are eligible if you are: · American
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“Osage County, Oklahoma — where the country is beautiful, the folks are friendly, and the smiles are always free!” This was certainly true in Pawhuska on Saturday, March 6th as the Osage County Community Health Alliance hosted a free COVID-19 testing event, in partnership with project CATCH-UP. Click here to learn more about CATCH-UP. Proving
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