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Maricopa County Department of Public Health: Maricopa County Training for Community Based Organizations

Contract No.: C-86-23-093-X-00

Contract Dates: 02/01/2023 - 05/31/2024

Description

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH), Office of Community Empowerment partnered with local and national organizations to provide health equity training. Maricopa County’s Health Equity Training Series supports knowledge development and application for internal staff, external partners, and influencers of public health. Contractors provide trainings, seminars, workshops, technical assistance, and mentoring to assist staff and the community to better understand health disparities, address health equity, and implement best practices for addressing emergent public health issues.

 

Maricopa County’s Health Equity Training Series include monthly sessions for subrecipients of the Health Disparities grant, contracted agencies, and quarterly training for MCDPH staff. Ad-hoc training is also be offered on a smaller scale to cover topics tailored to specific subrecipients. The goal is to improve MCDPH and our community’s understanding of health equity and health disparity principles; the intention is an increased capacity to prevent, mitigate, vaccinate, treat, and aid in recovery from COVID-19 in addition to ongoing health and societal effects of the disease. Furthermore, the training series will help participants to better prepare for health emergencies and emergent public health issues in the future.

Scope of Services

BCT will provide trainings, seminars, workshops, technical assistance, and mentoring on the following themes and topics:

  • Introduction to Health Equity; Health Equity Data; Health Disparities

  • Implicit Bias; Subconscious bias

  • Facilitating difficult conversations

  • Creating More Welcoming and Inclusive Environments

Point of Contact

Elizabeth Nguyen-Vu 

Devonna McCarthy M.A.

Health Equity Regional Program Specialist

Public Health

Office of Community Empowerment

623-302-4601

devonna.mccarthy@maricopa.gov

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