MPPHC Presentations

2025 MPPHC- October 27-29, 2025- Delta Hotel and Conference Center, Muskegon, MI

Presentations:

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Public Health Law 101

Session 101- How Civic Engagement Strengthens Local Public Health

Session 102- Building Bridges: Enhancing Local Health Departments with Oral Health Coordination

Session 103-   A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Strategy for Addressing the Diamond Shruumz Investigation and Response in Michigan

Session 104- Addressing Michigan's Overdose Crisis: Cross-Sector Partnerships, Emergine Drug Trends and the Hidden Role of Alcohol in Drug-Related Harms

Session 105- BWell Saginaw Implementation and Success in Schools

Session 201-Simplifying the Complex: Commuinity-Rooted Strategies to Improve Navigation and Trust in Community Health Systems

Session 202- Lonlieness and Isolation: A public health response

Session 203- The Changing Landscape of Hepatitis C Diagnosis and Treatment: Lessons from a Needs Assessment in Washtenaw County

Session 204- What is Legionella and How Can a Local Health Department Prevent an Outbreak?

Session 205- From Listening to Action: Community Insights Guiding Health Department Strategic Initiatives

Session 301-Power in Partnerships: Innovative Approaches to Empowering Community-Based Solutions

Session 302- Waiver Woes no More: Streamlining Immunization Waivers with a Digital Touch

Session 303- Democratizing Public Health Data: Lessons from Oakland County

Session 304- Misinformation and Disinformation: How Politics Have Played a Role and the Threat to Public Health

Session 305- Empowering Change: Innovative Strategies for a Resilient Public Health Workforce

Session 401- Values to Vision: The Power of Intentional Culture in Public Health

Session 402- HPAI Monitoring and Cases in Humans and Cats: The Local Health Department Perspective

Session 403- From She's Well to Mahogany Blue: Adapting a CDC Campaign

Session 404- Bridging the Gap: Empowering Community Health Representatives to Detect Dementia Early with the Mini-Cog

Session 405- Supporting Meaningful Family Engagement within Children's Special Health Care Services to Impact Programs and Policy

Session 501- The MDHHS Cancer Investigation Program, Local Health Departments, and the Public: Strengthening Communications in Michigan Cancer Cluster Investigations

Session 502- Improving Vaccine Rates Through Cross-Sector Collaboration

Session 503- Community Violence Intervention (CVI) as a Public Health and Public Safety Strategy for Michigan Communities

Session 504- PHAST-Tracking Overdose Fatality Review Recommendations: A Collaborative Implementation Approach through the Public Health and Safety Team (PHAST) Frameworks

Session 505- Community Cultivating Health Cafes- Understanding Vital Community-University Partnerships

Keynote #2- Prioritizing Mental Health in the Workplace: Key Strategies for a Stronger, Healthier Workforce

Keynote #3- Brainstorming the Future: Using Generative AI in Your Daily Public Health Work

Keynote #4- A Community Psychology Framing of Amplifying Higher Education's Role in Optimizing Community Health and Wellness

2019 Presentations

2018 Presentations