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Professional and Workforce Development
One of the foundational pillars of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors is its focus on professional development and workforce training.
From its Chronic Disease Academy to monthly Member webinars, NACDD is at the cutting edge of providing educational opportunites to its Members. Subjects chosen are based on needs assessment data from NACDD Membership and are also related to 1) NACDD competency domains, 2) Chronic disease prevention and health promotion domains and 3) PHAB standards.
The following are highlights of the resources we offer to you, with many more available through our online Professional andWorkforce DevelopmentTraining Center:
• General Member Webinars: Hear various educational topics presented monthly (January through December) in a one-hour call on the fourth Thursday at 3:00 p.m. ET.Topics in the past have included how to build a prediabetes awareness campaign in your state, adapting the CDC’s Whole Child, Whole School, Whole Community model to oral health promotion, an editor’s Perspective on reviewing and selecting information on the General Member webinars, visit https://chronicdisease.site-ym.com/general/custom. asp?page=Archived_Webinars.
• Chronic Disease Academy: Held annually in the fall, the Academy is NACDD’s premier professional development program. On average, more than 200 state and territorial health of cials, their staff, partners, and students attend the Academy for a deeper dive on core chronic disease prevention and control competencies, emerging issues in our eld, and networking opportunities.
For more information on the Chronic Disease Academy, contact info@
chronicdisease.org
• Resource Library: NACDD’s Professinal Development and Workforce Training
Center features a variety of training/educational modalities, including webinars, training videos, public health lectures, and online courses. Our webinar library features a collection of archived professional development events sponsored by NACDD, as well as other public health organizations. For more information visit https://chronicdisease.site-ym.com/?Archived_Webinars.
2017 Public Health Showcase (Atlanta, Georgia)