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Optimizing Outreach Data for Fiscal Health

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This webinar highlights the importance of using multiple data sources to increase the efficacy of outreach, client engagement and program success. Participants will learn vital information on how to best use data and statistics, as well as real world application to inform the community about prevention in regards to HIV, HCV, STIs, and Drug User Health.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Recognize local, state, and national data sources as guiding tools in community health initiatives to effectively inform decision-making processes.
• Explain the critical role of documentation in community health management.
• Discuss the significance of data collection for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and its role in motivating their initiatives and spaces.
• Describe strategies to enhance health outcomes through effective data utilization, including identifying relevant data, analyzing it, and implementing informed interventions.
• Identify methods to leverage local data sources to address gaps in service provision.

Faculty 

Sarah Brodt is the Associate Director of Health Services Research and Evaluation, HealthHIV.  She leads research and evaluation projects through development, dissemination, measurement, analyzation and management for education, advocacy, training, and capacity building.  Sarah was previously a Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Epidemiologist at the Virginia Department of Health, focusing on COVID-19 mitigation and infectious disease intervention.  She has 8+ years experience as a public health professional.

Steve Wood is the Senior Education and Advocacy Coordinator at HealthHIV.  He is based in Tully, New York and works under several programs at HealthHIV.  Steve has worked in the HIV/AIDS field since 1985, at a variety of organizations and institutions including Harvard University Medical School, The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He has served as a trainer, direct service provider and Director of multiple programs at several community-based and AIDS Service Organizations.  Steve has written and delivered a multitude of trainings for New York State, and most recently provided extensive training to Community Health Workers in Maryland under the TEACH Program.