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    Feb 25
    UWPHI Immersions: Introduction to Structural Determinants of Health and Power

    Online (via Zoom) Register Today

    Content may be of particular interest to those who want to learn more about what creates the community conditions that impact health – the written and unwritten rules and power dynamics that result in some communities having what they need to thrive and others not having what they need.

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  • Feb 11
    PHIG Spotlight Series: Sheboygan County Health & Human Services, Division of Public Health

    Online (via Zoom) Register Today

    New in 2025, the monthly PHIG Spotlight Series provides a space for Wisconsin public health departments to share experiences, lessons learned, and barriers encountered while implementing programs or policies. Each Spotlight will include a virtual presentation, followed by an interactive Q&A or collaborative brainstorming session to foster shared learning, collaboration, and innovation across public health agencies.

  • Nov 19
    Current Crisis, Big Questions: An Update on the Vaping-Related Injury Outbreak and Research on E-Cigarette Use

    Wisconsin State Capitol - Room 412 East Website

    Recent vaping-related deaths have gained national attention, with Wisconsin providers and policymakers played a key role in identifying the crisis. Join us for a Capitol Briefing on what we know about the recent outbreak of vaping-related injuries, and a look at the research on other potential long-term health impacts of vaping and e-cigarette use.

  • Oct 10
    EBHPP Capitol Briefing: The Other Half of Health: How Where We Live, Work and Play Affects Our Well-being (Part III: Education)

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    Register for this Capitol Briefing Here Our health is not just driven by what happens in a doctor’s office, or by our habits and behaviors, but also by the conditions in which we live, grow, work, and learn. Collectively these are called social and environmental determinants of health, and include education, income, employment, family and …

  • Dec 12
    EBHPP Capitol Briefing: Preventing Suicide Among Youth and Young Adults

    Wisconsin State Capitol - Room 411 South Website

    Registration is full — click here to register for the waitlist Wisconsin continues to have one of the highest youth suicide rates in the nation, and recent data show that 1 in 6 Wisconsin high school students have considered attempting suicide in the previous twelve months. Helping our communities avoid tragedy by preventing suicide in …

  • Jun 25
    Community Health Expertise in the Coulee Region: How are Local Groups Sharing What They Know?

    Viterbo University - Fine Arts Center Website

    Register Viterbo University Fine Arts Center, La Crosse, WI Every day across Wisconsin, groups in the public, private, and academic sectors work to improve the health of their communities in areas such as aging, obesity prevention, and substance use. But no matter what area they work in, these groups all share a common thread: they …

  • Mar 21
    The Other Half of Health: An Introduction to the Social Determinants

    Viterbo University - Fine Arts Center

    Part II — Housing Register Our health is not only driven by what happens in a doctor’s office, or by our habits or behaviors, but also by the conditions in which we live, grow, work, and learn. Collectively these are referred to as the the social and environmental determinants of health, and includes education, income and …

  • Jan 29
    PHS Monday Seminar: The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Evidence-based Prevention

    Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) Website

    Linda Baumann, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor Baumann is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She received a BSN and MS in nursing from the University of Michigan and her PhD in psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her expertise is community health nursing, health behavior, and global …

  • Dec 14
    Evidence-Based Health Policy Project – Legislative Training Session on “Get Facts”

    OPEN TO LEGISLATORS AND STAFF ONLY. Join the EBHPP for a training session on Get Facts, a resource to access demographic information on Wisconsin’s counties, cities, towns, and villages. Run by the Applied Population Lab at UW–Madison, this training session will show legislators and staff how the Get Facts data profiles can help inform their …