What to Expect: A Look into Tobacco Control Policies and the Opposition
This webinar is designed for board of health members, health agency staff, and tobacco control advocates working on local tobacco control policies. Presenters will discuss strategies for pursuing a tobacco control policy while facing opposition at the community level. Specific insight will be provided from a Community Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grantee in Linn County, Iowa.

Presenters: Bronson Frick, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, Jill Roeder, Linn County, IA Health Department, Brian Murphy, Linn County, IA Board of Health.

Economic decline from smoke-free air policies? Informing local policymakers with data.

In communities that are working on smoke-free air policies, it can often be heard that businesses are afraid that the policy will cause them to lose revenue. Do smoke-free air laws negatively affect the local economy? View this educational webinar, hosted by the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) to learn what the data really show and how to use the information to advocate for smoke-free air. Presenters: Brian A. King, PhD, MPH-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jon Macy, PhD, MPH-Indiana University, Ellen Hahn, PhD, RN-University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy.

Evidence-Based Policies that Work for Your Community

The Indiana Association of Local Boards of Health (InALBOH) and NALBOH co-presented this 30-minute webinar. Viewers will learn how to integrate evidence-based approaches into a health improvement process, follow a Community Guide Website demonstration, and hear from an Indiana board of health member on how to use evidence-based approaches at the local level.

Community Guide Webinars-
NALBOH has created state-specific and “how-to” webinars for boards of health to learn about integrating evidence-based interventions into their local public health system. Viewers will learn about the Community Guide, identify ways boards of health can use evidence-based resources, and hear from NALBOH field consultants who worked directly with boards of health to improve utilization of evidence-based approaches and public health outcomes. To learn more about the Community Guide and evidence-based interventions, please visit NALBOH’s Community Guide web page.

• A “How-To” for Governing Boards of Health
• A “How-To” for Policy-Making Boards of Health
• A “How-To” for Advisory Boards of Health

State-Specific

• Evidence-Based Policies that Work for Your Community-Indiana
• Learn How Boards of Health Can Effectively Save Public Health Money-Nebraska
• How Boards of Health in North Carolina Can Implement Evidence-Based Approaches to Save Money and Lives-North Carolina
• The Community Guide: What It Is and How To Use It-Washington
• A Webinar for Boards of Health in Missouri: Five Ways the Community Guide Can Help You Become a Better Board Member-Missouri

Improving Environmental Health Policies and Programs Through Local Public Health Governance: Using The Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer, 2nd Edition

This webinar discussed the key roles and responsibilities that boards of health have in environmental health and the improvement of its core services. Using the recently published Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer, 2nd Edition, this webinar outlined how to strengthen environmental health services and local policy. It highlighted key recommendations for boards of health identified in the Environmental Health Primer and the top questions and considerations related to health services and public health governance.

Regulating Raw Milk: The Role of State and Local Public Health Officials

This informative webinar featured speakers from the Network for Public Health Law and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Topics that were covered include: risks associated with raw (unpasteurized) milk; how raw milk is regulated at the federal, state, and local levels; and what boards of health can do to regulate and educate about raw milk.

All About Advocacy: Learn How to Advocate and Take Action in your Community

The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) presented this webinar training to discuss issues with advocacy. Viewers will learn about advocacy, understand why working with others is important, and hear from a North Carolina board of health member on when you should advocate.