Through this project, all of Washington's local health jurisdictions were connected to each other, to the Department of Health, and to the Internet through a high-speed statewide computer network. It has been substantially restructured over time based on users' feedback, and is constantly updated with links to new public health information resources. Training in the basics of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Sessions are now being offered in Washington's local health jurisdictions at the rate of about one training session per month. The Calendar allows anyone with access to the Web to browse the Calendar and to filter Calendar entries by type of event or geographic region.
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A Training Course for Public Health Program Managers. The course was designed to introduce experienced public health program managers to the principles and practices of public health informatics the application of information science and technology to public health practice and research. This course has been enthusiastically received both at the state and federal levels. It was developed and tested in conjunction with the UW Summer Institute for Public Health Practice, and has since been taught at CDC and at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. It has also been made a primary component of the formal training provided in the CDC Informatics Fellowship program.