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Upcoming Satellite Broadcast :
Communicating With and For the Maternal and Child Health Population: Issues and
Challenges 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. (Central Time)
Title V and Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs aim to improve the health of all mothers and children, yet program structures and responsibilities vary among the states, and existing systems and resources to address MCH needs are frequently sub-optimal. Effective communication and knowledge transfer skills can reinforce Title V's role in assuring access to high quality services, translation of best practices, and the development of health policies that support improved health outcomes. Program faculty will discuss successful, clear communication and knowledge transfer skills and strategies crucial to MCH health improvement and advocacy goals.
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http://adph.org/ALPHTN/Default.asp?id=5171 New Online Courses Available: The Gulf Oil Spill: The Environmental Impact The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon on April 2010 and the consequent Gulf Oil Spill has raised many public health questions. Will the oil make me sick? What could be in the air? Is the seafood that gets to market safe? Is it safe to go to the beach? In order to assess the public health effects, it's important to understand the components and characteristics of oil. This course will provide information about crude oil, weathered oil, and dispersants. Public health aspects related to exposure to air contaminants, seafood, beach advisories, and worker safety will also be discussed.
Budget Planning and Management This course provides an overview of the importance of integrating strategic and budget planning, the types and concepts of budgeting, the application of budgeting as a managerial tool, and budget planning and management. This course includes a case study examining Jefferson County (Alabama) Department of Health (JCDH) Budget Systems. Specific references to the JCDH Budget Systems will be made throughout the presentation.
Radiological Events in a Community: Low-Dose *Nursing and Social Work CEU's are available *Nursing 2.6 Hours; Social Work 2.5 Hours According to recent threat analyses, the potential use of a Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) remains the most likely exposure to weapons of mass destruction which American citizens are likely to experience. Following along on the radiation risk management axiom that "Every high dose event is someone else's low dose event," recent energy initiatives fostering expansion of nuclear power production in the US as well as recent evolutions in international weapons development and their emerging strategic implications contribute to the conclusion that the ability of communities, regions, and states to react effectively to the challenges of low dose radiation exposure have become a necessary and inescapable element in the mandatory portfolio of capabilities of which today and tomorrow's communities must dispose. This course will address models of response, requirements for effective intervention, planning and preparation, personnel roles, training and command & control. Ideally this course provides the didactic introduction to a broader awareness of community needs and leads to workshops, drills and exercises in achieving community capability while reinforcing state and regional preparation for planning and support.
Radiological Events in a Community: High-Dose *Nursing and Social Work CEU's are available *Nursing 3.2 Hours; Social Work 3.0 Hours The requirements for a vastly expanded supply of energy worldwide combined with nuclear proliferation and a more aggressive international posture for the development, deployment and potential use of nuclear weapons either for strategic or tactical purposes has created an environment for public health professionals in the 21st century thoroughly different than that which has ever existed in the course of human scientific and political evolution. In due course, recent energy initiatives fostering expansion of nuclear power production in the US as well as recent evolutions in international weapons development and their emerging strategic implications contribute to the conclusion that the ability of communities, regions and states to react effectively to the challenges of high dose radiation exposure have become a necessary and inescapable element in the mandatory portfolio of capabilities of which today and tomorrow's communities must dispose. This course will address models of response, requirements for effective intervention, planning and preparation, personnel roles, training and command & control. Ideally this course provides the didactic introduction to a broader awareness of community needs and leads to workshops, drills and exercises in achieving community capability while reinforcing state and regional preparation for planning and support.
Decision Making: A Systematic and Organized Approach The course discusses the nature of qualitative decision making and explains how the complexity of decisions often overwhelms our cognitive capabilities. To deal with dynamic complexity, decision makers need to adopt a structured decision making process that aids in identifying alternative course of action and the major factors which are influencing the decision. The course provides and discusses a method for structuring each step in the decision making process and provides examples of using the process.
Other Training Opportunities: We Want to Hear From You Looking for more training on a specific topic in public health? Need additional training on a current public health hot topic? We want to help you address these needs. Please email us and let us know about your current training needs/interests/issues. We will evaluate our current trainings to see if we have something that can address your area of interest. If we don't have the resources already available, we will look into the possibility of developing those resources for you. Please send us an email at trainingnow@tulane.edu and let us see if we can be of help. Thank you. Master of Public Health (MPH) in Disaster Management Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Environmental Health Sciences A new program in Disaster Management is being offered by Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Environmental Health Sciences. This program is offered both on campus and by distance learning through the Center for Applied Environmental Public Health (CAEPH). Students may obtain either a graduate certificate or the full MPH in disaster management. The Tulane CAEPH distance learning programs are geared to mid career professionals. CAEPH uses state-of-the-art synchronous distance learning technologies to enhance learning and networking. For more information on the MPH program, please visit: http://dl.caeph.tulane.edu or send an email to DLinfo@tulane.edu or call 1-800-862-2122. Master of Public Health (MPH) in Public Health Preparedness Management and Policy University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Department of Health Care Organization & Policy This specialized degree covers all hazards preparedness topics including, event typologies, response organization, leadership and management, hazard and risk assessment policy development and evaluation and risk communication. Public Health Preparedness Management and Policy Learning Objectives
For more information on the MPH degree, please visit: https://www.soph.uab.edu/node/1213 Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Public Health Management University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Department of Health Care Organization & Policy The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program in Public Health Management prepares current and future public health leaders and research faculty to apply critical thinking and rigorous research methods to complex problems facing public health practitioners and policy makers. The program focuses on public health management, organization, and leadership issues and allows students to specialize in preparedness management and policy or any of the other public health disciplines: biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, or health behavior. For more information on the DrPH degree, please visit: https://www.soph.uab.edu/node/1214 Preparedness Minute Videos Preparedness Minutes are video clips describing actions to take in emergency situations, whether they are at work or at home. Some of the videos will be reminders, others will present new information. Ultimately these videos will help you be prepared for an emergency or disaster. Please visit the link below to watch any of our preparedness minute videos. Other Online Courses Available: The Management of Epidemic Disease Population growth, societal aging, urbanization, rapid transportation, economic interdependence, and emerging infectious disease have expanded community vulnerability far beyond what could have been imagined a few generations ago. But, an expansion of medical technology has provided an array of tools and techniques for therapeutics and public health disease management never before imagined. The instructor will examine disease as a social event in an evolving global community and discuss why applying new systems and science is critical for tomorrow’s public health professional.
This course is a three module sequence covering a sampling of those areas of infectious disease relevant to public health professionals in the United States. The modules begin by discussing areas considered by the CDC to be the most important public health successes of the 20th century. Control of certain major infectious diseases is a significant aspect of these successes. The modules then discuss the major gram positive and gram negative bacterial illnesses, selected viral, protozoal, prior, rickettsial and vaccine preventable disease. A major portion of the course is devoted to various clinical aspects of sexually transmitted disease and pandemic influenza. While these modules only represent a small sample of infectious disease, it is hoped that the student will gain an appreciation of the vast scope of this subject and its importance to modern public health.
Succession Planning for Public Health Agencies In this course, the instructors will discuss the public health workforce shortage as well as succession planning, a key element in addressing that shortage.
In this course, the instructor will introduce methods and strategies used in facilitating meetings, workshops, tabletop exercises, and other events.
Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders According to United States Fire Administration data, in 2007 fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined. Approximately 10,000 people in the United States die every year because of infections that complicate burns. While burn injuries are common in the United States, specialized burn centers often lack the capability to care for large numbers of burn victims. For this reason, improved initial evaluation, triage and management of burn injuries can significantly impact victim outcomes. These tasks are most commonly performed by emergency responders and first receivers (paramedics, nurses and physicians). This course will raise the overall burn care expertise among participants and prepare these individuals to respond to public health threats and burn-related emergencies.
Alternative Standards of Care in Disaster Emergency events and disasters require the affected population to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances including an often abruptly limited scope of public health services. Optimization of outcome requires all available resources to be preserved, coordinated and focused so as to optimize community response in dealing with the normal ongoing needs of the stricken and spared populations, the special disaster-related needs of the population at risk and the special needs encountered by populations with special vulnerability. Alternative standards of care will allow a community adapting to the hierarchy of needs of the population at risk to streamline and simplify the support process during arduous circumstances so as to maximally preserve life. The development of rational "fall-back" positions preserves a rational process with accepted outcomes. This permits effective prevention to drive resiliency into a preparation for emergency action which defines personnel, logistics and communications requirements enabling the most effective consequence management and leading to early, effective and coordinated recovery. Guiding the integration of alternative standards into the public health system as a component of preparedness involves articulating the best amalgam of current technology and available resources capable of a robust and reliable outcome. Prevention based management, broad based community planning driving integration of interests and resources across the broad range of interests and potentially responding agencies, is a critical step in advancing beyond the existing operational inadequacies, stovepiping and ineffective coordination of recovery based management.
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Participants have 7 weeks to complete each course. A certificate of completion is awarded to those who score 70% or better on the knowledge-based assessment. All courses are FREE. Sponsored by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This email was sent to you because you have participated in a training offered by the South Central Public Health Partnership. These projects are supported under a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant number 1U090TP000400-01, and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Administration (HRSA) grant number UB6HP20201. The contents of these programs are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC. |
