A patient, flexible and capable team of community volunteers came together this past Saturday in Guymon to meet the needs of Texas County for COVID-19 testing. As the second site in Oklahoma to host an event for project CATCH-UP (click here to learn more about CATCH-UP) this team, organized by the Texas County Health Improvement […]
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3/2/21 Update: As the first team to host a COVID-19 testing event for project CATCH-UP, the Wilburton team was at it again, meeting the needs of their community on March 2nd. Based on community feedback, they expanded the services offered at their second testing event to include flu shots. And it wasn’t just the spring-like
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The Public Health Institute of Oklahoma (PHIO) is pleased to announce our involvement with partners across the state working to address gaps in COVID-19 testing in rural and underserved populations through established community partnerships to enhance the existing state-wide public health and health care infrastructure. The Community-Engaged Approaches to Testing in Community Healthcare Settings for
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a web-on-demand, self-paced module for healthcare providers who will be administering COVID-19 vaccine. The module, COVID-19 Vaccine Training: General Overview of Immunization Best Practices for Healthcare Providers, will provide healthcare providers with information about COVID-19 vaccine, Emergency Use Authorization, safety, and general information about vaccine storage,
Led by the University of Chicago research coalition, the US COVID Atlas is a COVID-19 pandemic visualization tool that can assist to locate regional hot spots, track patterns, explore transmission at state and county levels, identify community health factors and socioeconomic indicators and identify emerging risk. Here’s one example of how you can use this
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County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is launching a special webinar series, Health Equity and Social Solidarity in the Time of Pandemic: Strategies for COVID-19 Response and Recovery. This series will highlight the challenges communities are facing as they respond to COVID-19 and its impacts, and serve as an opportunity for community leaders across the nation
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County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is launching a special webinar series, Health Equity and Social Solidarity in the Time of Pandemic: Strategies for COVID-19 Response and Recovery. This series will highlight the challenges communities are facing as they respond to COVID-19 and its impacts, and serve as an opportunity for community leaders across the nation
Several weeks ago we shared this post, with a message from Oklahoma Sheriff Todd Gibson, to inform communities about ‘Handle with Care’ during the COVID-19 crisis. There is still so much to learn during this time and abundant opportunity to explore the underlying role of inequity on overall health and disease outcome. We wanted to
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The Public Health Foundation’s (PHF’s) offers a live search tool for training related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Training is available through the TRAIN Learning Network and provides access to training from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and other training providers, and automatically updates
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MCD Public Health Training and Technical Assistance is offering Community Health Worker COVID-19 eTraining. Designed for and by Community Health Workerss, the training is currently offered in English with Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Arabic versions coming soon. This comprehensive interactive CHW COVID-19 eTraining module covers crucial topics for CHWs including: Various roles CHWs can take in combating
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