Community Health Training Institute

Building Local Capacity to Improve Community Health

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National Public Health Week Spotlight: Heart Disease Disparities in MA

In honor of National Public Health Week 2018 and our upcoming Health Equity Training Series, we wanted to highlight some of the health disparities that exist in Massachusetts today and the underlying causes behind them. Read more for an in-depth look at cardiovasular disease in Massachusetts.

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2018 Health Equity Series Is Now Open!

The Community Health Institute is excited to announce our 2018 Heath Equity Series with new and revised trainings to give you the tools to identify strategies for collaborative work, empower communities, and explore the systems in place that perpetuate health inequities.

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Upcoming Trainings and Webinars

Sat Apr 28 @ 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Power and Privilege in Health Equity
Sat Apr 28 @ 1:00PM - 04:00PM
Racial Equity
Wed Jun 13 @ 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Coalition Building: Back to Basics (Morning Session)
Wed Jun 13 @ 1:00PM - 04:00PM
Coalition Building: Back to Basics (Afternoon Session)

Meet Our Faculty

Cheryl Sbarra, Mass. Association of Health Boards

Cheryl Sbarra is the Senior Staff Attorney and Director of the Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program and Chronic Disease Prevention Program for the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB). She provides technical assistance, policy guidance and legal education to the 351 local boards of health in Massachusetts. Boards of health have the legal authority to pass local laws; and Sbarra assists them and other municipal officials and attorneys in developing, enacting and enforcing local regulations and ordinances. She also provides legal education and support relative to challenges to
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