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⏰ Happening This Week
⏰ Happening This Week
Heat Wave in Virginia
Heat Wave in Virginia
National HIV Testing Day - June 27
National HIV Testing Day - June 27
💡 Resource Updates
💡 Resource Updates
VDH Beat the Heat Toolkit
VDH Beat the Heat Toolkit
VDH's new toolkit has social media graphics and post copy on staying safe during extreme heat conditions.
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡Use to create social media posts, newsletters + emails.
Added 06.20.25
📌 Social Media Highlights
📌 Social Media Highlights
Virginia Tick Survey Program
Virginia Tick Survey Program
These posts had VERY high engagement on the VDH Facebook page last week.
Bitten by a #tick? Don't toss it out! Send it to VDH's Tick Survey Program instead. Help us understand which ticks are biting people & where they hang out in Virginia. Let’s break 2024’s record of 265 tick submissions! Learn more: vdh.virginia.gov/ticks/tick-identification/virginia-tick-survey/ #TickFreeSummer #TickSurvey
#DYK? Among the 16 tick species in Virginia, only 3 species commonly bite people, including the:
➡️ Blacklegged Tick
➡️ American Dog Tick
➡️ Lone Star Tick
Learn more about these ticks and the diseases they can spread at: vdh.virginia.gov/ticks/tick-identification/ #TickFreeSummer #TickSeason
🎗️ Public Health Awareness Toolkits
🎗️ Public Health Awareness Toolkits
Public health observance toolkits have been updated for:
These will be updated as we get closer to each month - so please continue to check back!
🗓️ Upcoming Webinars & Trainings
🗓️ Upcoming Webinars & Trainings
VDH Lunch and Learn: The Changing Media Landscape and What it Means for News Coverage
VDH Lunch and Learn: The Changing Media Landscape and What it Means for News Coverage
Wednesday, June 25, Noon-1pm
Topics will include:
Role of the VDH Office of Communications
Changing media landscape
Guest speaker - Betsy Edwards, Executive Director, Virginia Press Association
Building Your Public Health Comms Toolkit: Communications Planning on a Budget
Building Your Public Health Comms Toolkit: Communications Planning on a Budget
Wednesday, June 25, 3:30-5 PM
Attendees will learn more about:
Building a free and low-cost toolkit for content planning, organization, and distribution of key public health messages.
How new partnership approaches can amplify your messages where people need to hear them.
Free and low-cost communications channels that can provide clarity, connection, and better community health outcomes.
Plain Language Training
Plain Language Training
Wednesday, July 2, 2-3:30 PM
Do you write print or digital content for VDH? If so, this training is for you!
By the end of this course, learners should:
Know what plain language is
Understand why it's important
Be able to use it in their everyday work
➡️ Please register on TRAIN (1130061)!
Meeting info to add to your calendar:
Meeting ID: 262 238 002 531 7
Passcode: wc2p8r39
The training will be recorded.
ASTHO: Communicating About Data and Surveillance During Infectious Disease Emergencies
ASTHO: Communicating About Data and Surveillance During Infectious Disease Emergencies
Thursday, July 10 2-3 PM
By the end of this session, participants will:
Identify tested communications frameworks to address uncertainty, emerging evidence, and misinformation.
Understand practical strategies to communicate science to support public health response.
Create a space for collaborative discussion around challenges, opportunities, and real-world applications relevant to their work.
➡️ Registration Website (You must have/create account to register)
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