Topics include the core functions and essential services of public health, public health informatics, public health surveillance, and more.
Training links will take you to other websites. Most training requires registration on these sites. All training listed below is free.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Health Associate Program)
This course introduces basic principles of epidemiology in public health practice, including key factors impacting the incidence and spread of disease.
Self-paced online course • 1 hour • Beginner
Region X Public Health Training Center
This webinar summarizes findings from a joint effort to advance data modernization for public health in Washington.
Webinar • 1 hour • Beginner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The course covers key areas of public health informatics, the role of informaticians in public health practice, and the difference between applied informatics and information technology in public health.
Self-paced online course • 30 minutes • Beginner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This course describes the role of public health laboratories and explains how public health professionals communicate with laboratories to use lab results in public health practice.
Self-paced online course • 20 minutes • Beginner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This course introduces learners to the role of public health surveillance, types and uses of surveillance systems, and how data are used to improve public health sciences, programs, and policies.
Self-paced online course • 20 minutes • Beginner
Region X Public Health Training Center
This self-paced training uses problem-based learning to illustrate how social determinants of health contribute to health disparities and outlines potential solutions.
Self-paced online course • 1.5 hours • Beginner
Region IX Public Health Training Center
This interactive training uses the Ten Essential Public Health Services to illustrate the goals and responsibilities of public health systems and how these systems can improve health equity.
Self-paced online course • 45 minutes • Intermediate