How do we make public health emergency preparedness and response more efficient and effective? Register: https://pri.nyc/findingwhatworks Finding What Works In PHPR is a webinar series focused on promising and evidence-based approaches to some of the most pressing...
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Improve Public Health Communication – Demo – Using an AI Tool – Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Dear Health Department Colleagues, The Massachusetts Association of Health Boards is pleased to share an exciting opportunity from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Emergency Preparedness Research, Evaluation and Practice Program. Health departments...

Register for the 2025 Annual MAHB Certificate Program
2025 Agenda (PDF) 2025 Session Theme - Public Health Law Topics for Boards of Health and Health Departments OPEN TO ALL BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS AND STAFF IF YOUR TOWN IS A MEMBER OF A SHARED SERVICES ARRANGEMENT, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEE REIMBURSEMENT OR DIRECT...
Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid-Related Overdose
Pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) and the prevention of opioid-related overdose are prescribed 80% more often to White patients, compared to Black patients, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on May...
Do Opioid Addicted Teens Have Access to the Gold Standard Treatment?
Only 1 in 4 (24.4%) residential addiction treatment programs for teenagers across the US provide buprenorphine treatment, the “gold standard” for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on...
Fall 2022 Online Annual Certificate Program – October 13, 2022
2022 Session Theme - Public Health Law Topics for Boards of Health and Health Departments October 13, 2022 -- Online Session via Zoom, 5:30 PM to 8:30PM Zoom Lobby opens at 5:15 PM This Session is an abbreviated version of the in-person sessions held in May and...
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