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This Medical Detectives CME-certified, interactive, online case-based learning opportunity is designed to improve childhood immunization rates. The educational objectives include: 1) Review the current schedule for young infants and highlight new vaccines for infants; 2) Identify office setting barriers to optimal pediatric vaccination; 3) Learn and apply communication skills to effectively manage parental safety concerns; 4) Implement practical office procedures such as vaccination schedules, reminders, and electronic medical records to enhance vaccination rates in various primary care practice settings. This is part 1 of a three part series.
This Medical Detectives CME-certified, interactive, online case-based learning opportunity is designed to improve childhood immunization rates. The educational objectives include: 1) Explain importance of catch-up immunization and review the catch-up schedule for a 16-month-old infant; 2) Identify key reasons why providers miss opportunities to vaccinate; 3) Identify the misconceptions about contraindications to vaccinating; 4) Stress the importance of maintaining immunization records, for the parents and the provider; 5) Explain how vaccinating infants can result in herd immunity that protects others in the community. This is part 2 of a three part series.
This Medical Detectives CME-certified, interactive, online case-based learning opportunity is designed to improve childhood immunization rates. The educational objectives include: 1) Review the current immunization recommendations for pre-teens and adolescents; 2) Identify key barriers to immunization in the pre-teen/adolescent population; 3) Discuss the use of the new HPV vaccine; 4) Explain how vaccinating pre-teens and adolescents can help to confer herd immunity that protects family members and others in the community. This is part 3 of a three part series.
Scott Commins and Dr. Raymond Greenberg's UPitt Supercourse offers a compelling review of factors contributing to health disparities. These variables include race, gender and SES. The authors present convincing data, however; there are no activities for the learner to engage in.
Philip McCabe is a Public Health Educator, Staff Trainer, and Consultant in the areas of Emergency Preparedness, and Disaster Response. He also provides services in the area of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, and compulsive gambling addictions; Policy and Program Development, Survivor of Abuse/Trauma and Domestic Violence, Co-Occurring Disorders, LGBT/ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Orientation Questioning Clients, Psycho-Social Issues for people infected/affected with AIDS/HIV, Clinical Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Addiction Treatment, Individual, Group and Family Therapy.
Philip is a New Jersey Certified Social Worker and Addiction Specialist and holds numerous other certifications that range from Disaster Response Counselor, American Compulsive Gambling Counselor, and National Forensic Counselor. He is also an instructor at the Rutgers School of Alcohol and Drug Studies.
ABCs of Folic Acid Counseling is an online tutorial with steps on folic acid counseling for health professionals who provide care for women of childbearing age. The goal of the ABCs of Folic Acid Counseling is to increase folic acid counseling among nursing professionals and health educators who have contact with women of childbearing age. After taking this online tutorial, the learner will be able to use the steps in folic acid counseling during an interaction with a woman. This course expires on 10/1/09.
From the deaths of a few young gay white men in 1981, to epidemic and pandemic proportions today, HIV/AIDS is a devastating public health challenge that today disproportionately impacts communities of color in this country and throughout the global community. In the USA, an estimated one million people are living with the virus. Globally, 40 million people are infected including, 17.5 million women and 2.3 million children under the age of 15. Frank Oldham, Executive Director of the National Association of People with AIDS and Doug Fish, M.D., Medical Director, AIDS Treatment Program, Albany Medical Center will discuss the epidemiology of the disease, contemporary clinical and prevention interventions and advocacy. Their talk will address where we are, 25 years into this global public health problem.
Over 330,000 New York residents have Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders. With the elderly population increasing significantly the issues associated with Alzheimer’s disease may be overwhelming. Currently in NYS, 70 percent of the persons with Alzheimer’s disease reside in the community and 75 percent of their care is provided by family caregivers. In this session, Earl Zimmerman, MD will provide an overview of Alzheimer’s disease, describing the role and importance of primary care in early detection and treatment, and discuss emerging research. Mary Mittelman, DrPH will discuss the results of several of her studies, illustrating the positive effects of delaying admission to nursing homes by providing care to patients with Alzheimer’s disease in the community and support to caregivers.
Speakers:
David Hoffman, MS, Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Services, NYS Department of Health
Mary McFadden, Director, Steps to a Healthier New York, Broome County, NY
Program Description:
In the United States today, seven of ten deaths are attributable to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and asthma. This program will showcase a new innovative model for addressing the prevention of these chronic diseases. The benefits of an integrated approach will be demonstrated through discussions with community stakeholders and highlights from selected interventions from the four Steps to Healthier NY communities (Broome, Chautauqua, Jefferson, and Rockland counties).
Speaker:
P. Jeffrey Byrne, Asthma Program Director, St. John's Hospital, Yonkers, NY
Program Description:
After countless asthmatic children were rushed to its emergency room, St. John's Riverside Hospital collaborated with the Yonkers schools to form a partnership to improve asthma care within the schools. The service empowers school nurses to provide clinical treatment onsite for students experiencing asthma episodes. The result has been fewer emergency calls, reduced absenteeism and improved safety. Speaker Jeff Byrne, Asthma Program Director at St. Johnâ??s Hospital in Yonkers, NY talks about this successful program.
This course is part of a series of programs intended for public health administrators, and nurse administrators, who are relatively new in their positions (3 years or less), and who seek to enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed. This course is intended for public health practitioners who do not have significant knowledge or experience in the field of epidemiology. The course offers an opportunity to learn how an epidemiologist investigates the causes of disease, its distribution, how it spreads, and measures for control and prevention.
As healthcare managers and leaders continue to develop sophistication in managing complex situations, the systems model is useful to assist nurse managers in addressing day to day pressures which are steeped in uncertainty. Systems thinking is both a powerful problem solving tool and a powerful language to assist healthcare mangers and leaders in making better decisions, using resources more effectively and achieving organizational goals. At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: (1) describe the basic elements of the systems model; (2) discuss systems thinking as a tool to manage the challenges in the healthcare environment; (3) examine the seven-step process for using systems thinking; and (4) apply the principles of systems thinking to strategic planning.
Public health educators have been inundated with competency sets and charged with determining the ability of their learners to perform at expected levels. This session will present concrete and practical strategies for linking competency achievement to training activities, identifying the level of skill developed in a training session, and provide participants an opportunity to practice using these “tools of the trade”.
This broadcast will present advances in the prevention, detection and treatment of breast, skin, cervical and colorectal cancer. Also, Mr. Hutton will describe the results of recent clinical trials that may help clinicians provide individualized treatments that are more effective and have fewer side effects. In addition, Dr. Lichtveld will discuss cancer core competencies aimed at creating surge capacity in the general health professions workforce.
The CDC Public Health Law News is published every business day and mailed to subscribers electronically. The News features abstracts of current news articles on public health law and related subjects, plus announcements of events and other timely material. To subscribe to this free service, visit http://www.cdc.gov/subscribe.html .
Speaker:
Margo Wootan, Director, Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Program Description:
Healthy eating and physical activity take more than willpower. While lifestyle choices are ultimately a matter of personal responsibility and personal choice, those choices are influenced by the food and physical environment. The speaker will explore how advertising, food industry PR campaigns, restaurant foods, portion sizes, food pricing, school environments, television, and transportation policy often encourage eating too much and discourage moving. The session will outline promising policy and environmental approaches that can help to reshape the environment and make healthier choices easier.
Every employee deserves the opportunity to work at his or her potential and also, through experience, grow and develop their expertise. Achieving career development requires the careful supervising of the manager - coach. In this self-directed education module you will learn the specific skills necessary to be an effective COACH. You will follow a step-by-step process that will ensure you, your employee, your team, and ultimately your organization WINS!
This course, consisting of 3 modules, leads users through the various facets of culture and communication in a stimulating format. Learners must make decisions in a real-world public health scenario, while discovering communication strategies they can employ in their daily work. Accredited for 2.5 Category 1 credits CME, 2.5 continuing education contact hours for CHES, and 3 contact hours for nurses
Speaker:
Ancella Livers, PhD, Manager, Open-Enrollment Programs, Center for Creative Leadership
Program Description:
Effective cross-cultural communication is critical if we are to reach the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing health disparities. Dr. Livers will discuss barriers to such communication and possible strategies to overcome these barriers. This broadcast is intended as a complement to an online course on Effective Cross-Cultural Communication to be available this fall through the New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center
Andrew Pleasant addresses the importance, difficulties, and methods for successful communication for the public health professional.
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This course is part of a series of programs intended for public health administrators, and nurse administrators, who are relatively new in their positions (3 years or less), and who seek to enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed. The course discusses the role of Public Health the community planning, describes healthy planning concepts in relationship to community health planning, and identifies planning models that can be utilized in community health planning. There are four video clips in this course: Roles of Public Health in Community Planning; Healthy Community Concepts; Dealing with Burnout; and Planning Models.
The purpose of the course is to provide practical, hands on, experience in conflict management. The course will focus on how conflict management can be used in a variety of work settings. The course features an interactive discussion led by an expert in conflict management. At the completion of this course, learners will be able to: (1) define conflict and resolution, (2) know how to structure a conflict management process, and (3) feel more confident about approaching conflicts.
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