By the end of the presentation, the attendee will be able to: 1) State the essential public health functions associated with workplace drug testing; 2) Identify demographic and occupation-related characteristics associated with an increased risk for substance abuse and dependence; 3) Describe employee reports of drug testing and substance abuse education in the workplace; 4) Distinguish between characteristics of employees and workplaces where drug testing occurs and those settings where there is no testing program.
A seminar that highlights the work of Dr. Wenger in his effort, through Project Vaccinate, to help improve the health of inner city toddlers. Project Vaccinate is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its work in raising the rate of Newark families who successfully have their pre-school children immunized to help prevent serious and often life-threatening illnesses. This seminar will introduce concepts to the participants that will begin to develop their ability to assess conditions of the population and its ability to address their own health priorities, will show, through the Newark project, how to set procedures in place to lessen a public health crisis. This will foster in them belief in a principle that leads to protecting each person in the community from disease.
This seminar focuses on the issue of mental health and children. The presenter gives a review of the epidemiology of mental health concerns in children in the US and in New Jersey. Detailed studies will demonstrate the enormous impact this issue has on public health, mental health of children, the adults in our society, as well as the effect it has on early brain development.
Speaker: Steven Kairys - Chairman of Pediatrics, Jersey Shore Univ. Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Clinical Professor of Maternal and Child Health, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
This seminar focuses mainly upon the surveillance aspects of the epidemic. The presenter explores the changes in New Jersey HIV/AIDS reporting legislation and discusses the relevance of surveillance as a basis for public health action. Viewers are presented with techniques used to conduct surveillance, and address the national and statewide trends in the epidemic. Finally, the presenter gives an overview of programs and services that are available in New Jersey for HIV prevention, care, and treatment.
Speaker: Barbara J. Bolden, Ph.D., CPM - Acting Director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Services, Epidemiologic Services, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey.
The tsunami struck in December 2004. After four years, what has the effort to restore the land been like? This presentation will discuss the presenters’ direct involvement in assisting Tsunami survivors rebuild their infrastructure, while developing public health policy and plans that build capacity in Thailand within South East Asia. They will look at the issues that have developed over the last four years.
This presentation by Dionne Law, PhD, Spatial Epidemiology Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gives the viewer an introduction to geographic information systems (GIS). Educational Objectives:
* Understand basic GIS terminology and mechanics
* Introduce simple GIS techniques for spatial analysis of public health questions
* Be aware of some of the limitations of GIS
For several years, the Surgeon General’s “My Family Health Portrait” tool has been available to the public, and individuals and families have been encouraged to discuss their family health histories at family reunions and Thanksgiving celebrations. The expectation is that knowledge about family health history will inform risk assessment and serve as the basis for offering patients appropriately tailored preventive interventions such as diet, exercise or other lifestyle changes, education about signs and symptoms to facilitate earlier recognition of disease, alternative screening protocols, and, if appropriate, prophylactic pharmaceutical or surgical interventions. In the face of direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests, medical and public health professionals must understand why family history is important in the assessment of chronic disease risk, what tools are available to assess family health history information and how to incorporate family health history tools and information into chronic disease prevention initiatives.
After watching this broadcast participants will be able to:
* Describe the role/relevance of family health history in the prevention and control of chronic disease.
* Explain how to use the Surgeon General’s “My Family Health Portrait” instrument.
* Describe the use of family health history in the assessment and management of chronic disease.
Kristi L. Ebi, PhD, MPH, presents information on the intersection of climate change and health. The lecture includes an overview on the science of predicting climate change, the causes of climate change, and the health impacts of climate change around the world.
This interactive session will introduce a practical overview of the community assessment and planning process for local health departments. Participants will access sources of data for their region/county electronically and via paper. Participants will organize their data and begin the process of applying meaning to their assessment data. The session will end with a discussion of priority setting for public health issues identified in the work session. The learning objectives for this course are to: * Describe the phases of the community assessment and planning process.
* Identify and access key sources of state and county-level population data.
* Describe the types, strengths, and limitations of quantitative and qualitative data.
* Describe a framework for organizing public health data.
* Identify a model for prioritizing community public health issues.
