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• Extreme Heat & Health Training Series (Session 1)

  • When
    Fri, June 05, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85166131496?pwd=9E5TuViiu9bKL9ipFYkQXhjv0PrleX.1 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85166131496?pwd=9E5TuViiu9bKL9ipFYkQXhjv0PrleX.1

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  Event Title: Extreme Heat & Health Training Series (Session 1)

  Event Date: 6.5.2026

  Event Time:  12:00 PM-1:30 PM

  Location: Zoom *An email will be sent after your registration with Zoom link and confirmation.

  Training Leader: Tracy Freudenthaler, PhD, MPH, MCHES

  Description:  You’re invited to the Extreme Heat & Health: Strategies for Prevention and Action Training hosted by OPHA! This virtual series will help you talk about extreme heat in ways that inspire action and explore how we can better protect our health together.

  Continuing Education:  Up to 1.5 hours CPH & CHES are available from this webinar. Up to 4 hours CE may be earned through series completion.  Attendees seeking continuing education or certificates of attendance must request their credits from OPHA through this linked survey within a week of the event or at end of series if attending all sessions.

  Learning Areas: Professional Development

  Learning Objectives:

  • Describe concept of extreme heat.
  • Recognize risk factors, symptoms, and treatment for heat-related illnesses.
    

  Continuing Education Fees: OPHA members pay no cost to attend and receive CE credits provided by OPHA. OPHA also provides continuing education to Oklahoma CHWs at no cost — thank you for your work improving Oklahoma's communities! All other attendees will be invoiced $15 per credit hour upon credit request effective July 1, 2024.

  Continuing Education Attendance & Evaluation Policy: OPHA offers professional development opportunities and pursues approvals from credentialing bodies to offer continuing education. OPHA strives to meet the standards and competencies of credentialing agencies, and therefore attendance at an OPHA CE event does not guarantee credit. CE-seeking attendees must complete our credits and attendance certificate survey, linked here and on OPHA's homepage, for each event so that OPHA's Continuing Education Committee can ensure attendance, demonstrated learning, and provide requested CE event certificates to attendees on a quarterly basis. CE credits are ultimately awarded to participant by credentialing agency/body upon event and survey completion and the attendee reporting our provided activities.

  OPHA Provider Information

  NCHEC (CHES/MCHES) Provider #101897

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• Extreme Heat & Health Training Series (Session 2)

  • When
    Fri, June 12, 2026
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    12:15 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Invite Link Invite Link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88037172618?pwd=QnaCcaPfkvIXbY7uyhfcz3jn3QFTO1.1 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88037172618?pwd=QnaCcaPfkvIXbY7uyhfcz3jn3QFTO1.1 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88037172618?pwd=QnaCcaPfkvIXbY7uyhfcz3jn3QFTO1.1

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  Event Title: Extreme Heat & Health Training Series (Session 2)

  Session #3: June 12

  Event Time:  12:15-1:30 PM

  Location: Zoom *An email will be sent after your registration with Zoom link and confirmation.

  Training Leader: Tracy Freudenthaler, PhD, MPH, MCHES

  Description:  You’re invited to the Extreme Heat & Health: Strategies for Prevention and Action Training hosted by OPHA! This third session concludes our series. Our time will explore avenues of advocacy, ongoing engagement, and joining the wider Climate Ambassador community.

  This OPHA programming is in partnership with APHA, Climate for Health, and EcoAmerica.

  Continuing Education:  Up to 4 hours CE may be earned through series completion.  Attendees seeking continuing education or certificates of attendance must request their credits from OPHA through this linked survey within a week of the event or at end of series if attending all sessions.

  Learning Areas: Professional Development

  Learning Objectives:

  • Describe concept of extreme heat.
  • Examine communication tools for sharing about extreme heat.
  • Describe 2 ways to enage with the Climate Ambassador community.

  Continuing Education Fees: OPHA members pay no cost to attend and receive CE credits provided by OPHA. OPHA also provides continuing education to Oklahoma CHWs at no cost — thank you for your work improving Oklahoma's communities! All other attendees will be invoiced $15 per credit hour upon credit request effective July 1, 2024.

  Continuing Education Attendance & Evaluation Policy: OPHA offers professional development opportunities and pursues approvals from credentialing bodies to offer continuing education. OPHA strives to meet the standards and competencies of credentialing agencies, and therefore attendance at an OPHA CE event does not guarantee credit. CE-seeking attendees must complete our credits and attendance certificate survey, linked here and on OPHA's homepage, for each event so that OPHA's Continuing Education Committee can ensure attendance, demonstrated learning, and provide requested CE event certificates to attendees on a quarterly basis. CE credits are ultimately awarded to participant by credentialing agency/body upon event and survey completion and the attendee reporting our provided activities.

  OPHA Provider Information

  NCHEC (CHES/MCHES) Provider #101897

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• Public Health Book Club *

  • When
    Tue, June 16, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  
  

  Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/OZfaHO0OSLGyBY5knsAcCg#/registration

  Event Title: Public Health Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

  Event Date: Tuesday, June 16

  Event Time: 6:00-7:00 PM

  Location: Zoom

  Description: Let's read and discuss books that give us new perspective and insight into the wide world of public health!

  Speakers: Emily McDaniel, MPH

  Continuing Education: TBA. Attendees seeking continuing education or certificates of attendance must request their credits from OPHA through this linked survey within a week of the event and for each discussion attended. OPHA members and CHWs pay no cost to attend and receive CE credits provided by OPHA, but all other attendees will be invoiced $15 per credit hour upon credit request effective July 1, 2024.

  Learning Areas: TBA

  Learning Objectives:

  • TBA

  Continuing Education Fees: OPHA members pay no cost to attend and receive CE credits provided by OPHA. OPHA also provides continuing education to Oklahoma CHWs at no cost — thank you for your work improving Oklahoma's communities! All other attendees will be invoiced $15 per credit hour upon credit request effective July 1, 2024.

  Continuing Education Attendance & Evaluation Policy: OPHA offers professional development opportunities and pursues approvals from credentialing bodies to offer continuing education. OPHA strives to meet the standards and competencies of credentialing agencies, and therefore attendance at an OPHA CE event does not guarantee credit. CE-seeking attendees must complete our credits and attendance certificate survey, linked here and on OPHA's homepage, for each event so that OPHA's Continuing Education Committee can ensure attendance, demonstrated learning, and provide requested CE event certificates to attendees on a quarterly basis. CE credits are ultimately awarded to participant by credentialing agency/body upon event and survey completion and the attendee reporting our provided activities.

  OPHA Provider Information

  NCHEC (CHES/MCHES) Provider #101897

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• Affiliate President-Elect Bootcamp

  • Start
    Sat, July 11, 2026
  • End
    Tue, July 14, 2026
  • Location
    Washington DC

  President-Elects from every Affiliate, including OPHA's own Sara Low, will be convening in Washington, D.C., for APHA's annual President-Elect Bootcamp, taking place July 11-14. This training provides inter-Affiliate networking and prepares incoming leaders with the tools and support they need for a successful term.

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• 2026 OPHA Conference *

  • Start
    Mon, August 31, 2026
  • End
    Tue, September 01, 2026
  • Location
    Nigh University Center, 100 N University Dr, Edmond, OK 73034

  
  

  Conference Webpage – https://okpublichealth.org/2026-conference

  Dates

  Day 1 – Monday, August 31, 2026

  Day 2 – Tuesday, September 1, 2026

  Hosting University

  University of Central Oklahoma 

  Nigh University Center, 100 N University Dr, Edmond, OK 73034

  Lodging

  Hotel – TBA

  Block rates – TBA

  Rate – TBA

  Rate available through – TBD

  Continuing Education

  OPHA offered 10 CPH and CHES (NCHEC provider #101897) credits at our 2025 conference. We anticipate offering a similar number of continuing education credits during the 2026 conference. Certificates of attendance will also be available. Please express interest in additional credit types for the Conference Committee's consideration to tracy@okpublichealth.org at your earliest convenience so we may explore offering additional credit types. A request form for credits and certificates of attendance will be made available during and immediately after the conference. Please visit our continuing education webpage for all continuing education credit policies.

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