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MAHB Annual Certificate Program for Boards of Health

 

Board of Health members and staff must register through the membership portal. Log in, select board members and/or staff to be registered from the drop down list for your town, chose the locations, and print out an invoice. You can now also view a list of all registrations for your town, including locations and payment status. A reminder email with directions will be sent out several days before each conference to all BOH registrants with email. DOWNLOAD non-BOH registration form here

2011 Program

Track #1 Governance

  1. Orientation for new board members Part 1- Cheryl Sbarra, MAHB  Senior Staff Attorney, Marcia Benes, MAHB Executive Director, Charlie Kaniecki,DPH District Health Director
  2. Orientation for new board members  - Part 2
  3. Legislative Updates, (1) Other Tobacco Products:  Promising Local Strategies; (2) Supporting Locally Grown Food: Synergy and Conflict; and (3)  Current Status of Regionalization Efforts.- Cheryl Sbarra, MAHB Senior Staff Attorney
  4. Funding Options for Boards of Health - Cheryl Sbarra JD and Joan Langsam JD

Track #2 Environmental Health

  1. Onsite Wastewater Systems for Board of Health members- Daniel Ottenheimer, President, Mill River Consulting, former Gloucester Health Director
  2. Abandoned Properties and the Condemnation Process, Charlie Kaniecki,DPH District Health Director.
  3. Fire, Floods and Food; Charlie Kaniecki,,DPH District Health Director.

Track #3 Emergency Preparedness/ Community Health

  1. Bringing Value to Prevention: Views from Under the Radar! ;Kitty C. Mahoney R.N. BSN, Framingham Public Health Nurse, Charlotte E. Stepanian, MSN, RN-BC;Public Health Nurse, Town of Merrimac;Adjunct Faculty, St. Joseph’s College of Maine
  2. New Trends in Emergency Preparedness and Response in MA:  new Capabilities for Local Health; Michael Coughlin,Local Public Health Manager/DPH-EPB
  3. A Case Study in Sheltering - Frank Singleton, Director of Public Health, Lowell MA
  4. Making the Case for Public Health: Using Community Health Needs Assessment Data to Build Relationships for Community Health Improvement, facilitated by Massachusetts Department of Public Health Regional Directors
  5. Using Social Media during Emergencies; Dennis Swift, Bristol County Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator