NHPHA Events

For more information about any event listed, contact Jess Barnett at [email protected] or click registration links if currently available. This page will be updated frequently.

Upcoming Events

Public Health Mentoring Program 2019-2020

When: Fall 2019 through Spring 2020

Details: Mentees and mentors have now been recruited! All mentors and mentees will attend three training and networking sessions (fall, winter, and spring) with other mentor/mentee pairs and monthly on their own. For more information about the program, click here.

Mentor Program Check-In: January 22, 2020, from 2 to 5 p.m.; location TBD; snow date: January 29, 2020

Mentor Program Celebration: May 14, 2020, from 2 to 5 p.m.; location TBD

Public Health Career Webinar

When: Winter 2020

Details: This webinar is geared toward public health students in the state of New Hampshire. It will explain the public health infrastructure in New Hampshire and feature a variety of public health professionals to describe the types of diverse public health careers that exist within the state.

Food Insecurity Webinar

When: Winter 2020

Details: In response to great interest expressed by our members, NHPHA will work with expert partners to present a webinar on the root causes of food insecurity and evidence-based practices that can be used to address this problem. Some of the practices that address food insecurity can also be effective in focusing on the factors contributing to childhood obesity.

Change Management

When: February 2020

Details: Public health professionals need to be able to respond to changing environments and sustain their work in times of challenge and crisis. A workshop is in the planning stages to provide tools for public health professionals to lead and manage change in the current and future public health environment.

NHPHA Annual Meeting

When: April 15, 2020

Details: Join your public health colleagues and friends for the New Hampshire Public Health Association’s annual meeting scheduled to coincide with National Public Health Week. The meeting features a student skills building session, peer/professional networking, student posters, and recognition of outstanding public health partners and professionals during the annual awards ceremony.

Past Events

NHPHA Open House

When: December 6, 2019, 5 to 7:30 p.m.

We had a great time at our open house this year! Thanks to all who attended, and special thanks go to Ashley Wilder for providing a cookie decorating station for the kids in attendance (and some of the adults!).

Lobbying and Advocacy: A Primer for New Hampshire Non-Profit Advocates

Public Health Mentoring Program 2019-2020 Program Kick-Off

October 10, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Kimball Jenkins Estate, Concord, NH

The second year of the Public Health Mentoring Program kicked off on October 10 at the Kimball Jenkins Estate in Concord. We have 14 mentor-mentee pairs for the 2019-2020 program, including a variety of students, early-career professionals, and people pursuing a career change, all enthusiastic about public health in New Hampshire! During the kick-off event, mentors and mentees had the opportunity to get to know one another, set goals and expectations, and attend a training by Emily Bass that focused on communication and asking thoughtful questions. The program is now in full swing. Mentors and mentees have begun their one-on-one meetings, and many are planning on attending events together. We are looking forward to our check-in event in January!

Team Up, Take Action: A Conference on Partnering to Improve Community Health: Building Bridges between Communities and Healthcare

October 2, 2019, 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH

NHPHA co-hosted its annual fall forum with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Vermont Public Health Association. Nearly 200 people attended. This provided a public health professional development and networking opportunity for its members. José T. Montero, MD, MHCDS, director of the Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was the keynote speaker.

Persuasive Public Health Messaging Follow-Up Videoconference

September 18, 2019, online

In March 2019, NHPHA hosted Michele Levy to present a training on persuasive public health messaging. We reconvened the participants via a video conference to share about their successful work using messages they began crafting at the training. It was geared toward those who participated but was open to all. To view the webinar, click here.

Practicum: Systems Thinking Training: Using Systems Thinking to Address the Social Determinants of Health

June 25, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., NH Audubon McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord

This event was co-sponsored with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services, and the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. This day-long practicum was specifically designed for regional public networks to learn to apply systems thinking to address social determinants of health in their communities. Networks were encouraged to attend in teams of at least 3 community members and focus on a social determinant that was a priority for them (transportation, food insecurity, homelessness, education, etc.).

Expert trainer Julia Ross (principle at Ross & Co.) shared the basics of systems thinking to enable teams to consider the underlying causes that may be standing in the way of making traction on complex issues. Teams had time to work together to have these conversations with coaching from Julia.

Fundraiser/Networking Event: Fundraise with NHPHA During NH Gives!

June 12, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., online and/or at NHPHA, 4 Park St., Suite 403, Concord

With volunteers' help, we raised over 66% of our 2019 goal! We spent this official day of 2019 NH Gives reaching out to our individual contacts via email, social media, and phone. Coffee and food were provided. We asked volunteers to participate in a Facebook live event to generate and maintain interest during this important day of giving. All donations this year went toward our workforce development program and its associated activities. We thank everyone who participated and donated for their support and generosity.

NHPHA Annual Meeting

April 9, 2019, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord, NH

NHPHA members and public health colleagues met for the annual meeting, scheduled to coincide with National Public Health Week. The meeting featured a student skills building session, peer/professional networking, student posters, and recognition of outstanding public health partners and professionals during the annual awards ceremony. Cassie Yackley, PsyD, PLLC, was the keynote speaker. This was the first year we held a silent auction in conjunction with the annual meeting, and the event was a success, raising money for the NHPHA Public Health Mentor Program!

Training: Persuasive Public Health Messaging Workshop

March 2019, Audubon Center, Concord, NH

This practical, hands-on marketing workshop for public health teams was hosted by NHPHA in March 2019 and led by brand strategy expert Michele Levy. The workshop is designed to help teams develop clear, concise, compelling messaging for a specific public health program or project. Crafting your public health message can help in writing to funders, talking with colleagues and explaining your work to decision-makers such as selectman or legislators. Through a combination of presentation, breakout working sessions, and discussion, participating teams draft an elevator pitch, supporting points, and audience messaging for their chosen program or project.

Training: Lobbying and Advocacy

What can you do as a nonprofit or public health official? What are the legal sources of lobbying restrictions? What is the difference between advocacy, direct lobbying, and grassroots lobbying? Participants learned the answers to these and other sometimes confusing questions through our Lobbying and Advocacy training. NHPHA co-hosted this event with presenters Kate Frey and Aly McKnight from New Futures as well as speaker Kerri McGowan Lowrey from the Network for Public Health Law’s Eastern Region at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law.

Webinar: Exploring Social Determinants of Health: From Data to Action to Advance Equity: New Hampshire and National Approaches

We know good health goes beyond medical care and is influenced by economic opportunity, affordable housing, and quality education - all factors that communities can transform. These "social determinants of health" were the focus of this webinar from May 2018, using data and evidence from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps to learn how to strengthen community efforts to improve health outcomes.

In addition, participants learned how Carroll County Coalition for Public Health's health partners are mobilizing community-wide approaches to address housing and transportation challenges in order to affect the conditions in which all people can be healthy. They also heard about Cheshire Medical Center's Prescribe for Health Program that uses provider referrals to Population Health Workers to more effectively connect patients to the community-based supports that will make healthier choices the easier choices, especially for those with chronic disease who are also socio-economically disadvantaged. There was a discussion of how the Monadnock Living Wage Work Group has been working with area businesses to pledge to pay an entry wage equivalent of $15 by 2020.

Click here to view the webinar.