Goal: To provide information on the importance and need for local health authorities to implement integrated pest management as a systems approach in the management of pests and vectors.
This UPitt Supercourse developed by Laurine Charles, M.H.S. and D. Beth Kennedy, M.S. from the Medical University of South Carolina, provides a thorough discussion of cultural and ethnic diversity. They present "Ethnically and Culturally Appropriate Learning and Problem-Solving Styles," and offer a definition of cultural competence.
Joseph Ponessa, PhD from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension at Rutgers University, presents what asthma is and how it can be controlled, prevented and treated. He shares simple methods for eradicating asthma triggers.
This seminar is desinged to enhance awareness of importance for addressing tobacco in comprehensive manner.
Learning Objectives:
1. Provide an overview of current issues in ETS regulation
2. Provide and overview of new tobacco product development and regulatory status.
3. Provide an overview of NJ comprehensive treatment programs.
Series consists of 8 modules:
1) Introduction to Environmental Health and Nursing
2) Air Supply and Pollution
3) Food Safety
4) Housing
5) Land
6) Pest Control
7) Water Supply and Waste Water
8) Workplace
This CD-Rom's topic is Tuberculosis and includes a documentary, an extensive interactive core curriculum and delivers important statistical data for the state of Indiana.
This course provides background on the overweight problem as it relates to children and adolescents in the United States. It also gives an overview of important prevention strategies and recommendations for health care providers.
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.
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.
One in every two women and one in every four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her or his remaining lifetime. Osteoporosis is often considered a disease that affects only older individuals. However, prevention strategies (including proper diet and regular exercise) can help promote healthy bones throughout life. Drs. Kemmis and Nieves will explain the public health significant of osteoporosis, its prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
It is widely believed that the number of youth who intentionally injure their bodies by cutting, burning, or engaging in other forms of mutilation has increased in recent years. Join Dr. Janis Whitlock as she summarizes what we know and don't know about self-injury. In addition to sharing what is known about the prevalence, nature, and contagiosity of self-injurious behavior in the general youth population, she will share results from a New York State study of self-injury in schools. The talk will end with recommendations for detection, intervention, and prevention of self-injury in adolescents and young adults.
With a high concentration of people with conditions and diseases of public health concern, correctional facilities represent an opportunity to address public health issues. In this program viewers will learn about public health efforts within the prison system as well as the interface between state and local public health and correctional agencies. As leaders in this field, Dr. Lester Wright and Dr. Gus Birkhead will discuss how collaborations between public health and correctional health services benefit the inmates and correctional staff, as well as the larger community.
This course is an interactive, problem-based teaching module based on a fictional outbreak of Hepatitis A. After completion of this course, viewers will be able to: describe how to determine whether an epidemic exists; list the steps in the investigation of an outbreak; discover the source of an outbreak; describe appropriate control measures; define terms including: population, cluster, outbreak, epidemic; draw a traditional epidemic curve; define, distinguish and calculate ratios, proportions, and rates; and explain the importance of collaboration between state and local health agencies in controlling and preventing communicable diseases.
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.
David Shaffer, MD, a world-renowned child psychiatrist and expert on adolescent suicide, will present a comprehensive overview of what we know about the underlying causes of youth suicide and the early identification on an evidence-based mental health and suicide risk screening program, developed as a direct outgrowth of his research on adolescent suicide.
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.
This program will address public health issues affecting older citizens, particularly vascular disease and hip injuries. Dr. Mehta will discuss the signs and symptoms of vascular disease, its associated risk factors and treatment options. Dr. Young will focus on hip injuries, discussing the association between successful aging, disability trends and long-term care needs. The program will offer tips on maintaining health and improving the environment that may contribute to more successful aging.
This course discusses: 1) the state of minority and multicultural health; 2) the social context of health and health disparities; and 3) ways to address health disparities.
This presentation is part of the New York/New Jersey Education and Research Center 28th Annual Scientific Meeting on occupational health disparities and occupational health issues in the changing workforce. In this panel discussion, the speakers address topics related to workplace safety; organizing and advocacy; immigration; and 9/11.
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.
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.
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
The debate over health care reform during the recent presidential campaign, and the consensus over the imperative for reform among diverse interest groups such as business and labor, liberal and conservative policy advocates, and state and federal government officials, have raised expectations that substantive reform of our health care system is imminent. This seminar reviews the current tensions within the US health care system that have led to calls for reform, the recent efforts to implement reform at the state and federal levels, the types of approaches to reform that have been proposed, and conclude with a discussion of the reform initiative likely to be proposed by the Obama Administration.
Speaker: Alan Monheit, Ph.D. - Professor of Health Economics (with tenure), Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Public Health, UMDNJ; Director, Ph.D. Program in Public Health – Health Systems and Policy, UMDNJ; Director, Center for Health Economics and Health Policy, UMDNJ; Research Professor, Rutgers University, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research & Center for State Health PolicyAffiliated faculty, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick; Senior Scholar, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; Editor, Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
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.
This presentation further informs the viewer of the culture of gangs in New Jersey. He reviews what defines a gang, the risk factors that may push children into the culture, and, the roles and responsibilities of inter-agency collaboration as they relate to addressing gang involvement. This seminar also addresses the obligation of identifying problem areas in the community and drawing attention to them for improvement. It will also address the leadership principle of protecting citizens from injury (intentional and unintentional) within the community setting.
This presentation focuses on giving a foundational understanding of the principles of protecting each person in the community from disease, injury, and other health hazards as it relates to the issue of lead poison prevention. The presenter focuses on community relations as it relates to developing constructive partnerships that focus on community public health needs. This in turn strengthens the public health infrastructure and its essential services to direct necessary changes as it pertains to the issue of lead abatement.
This seminar presents a perspective on Methamphetamine (Meth) use as a major public health threat to individuals, families, and communities, in particular in New Jersey. It is a problem that affects many segments of society regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or race/ethnicity. Children are at high risk for harm when exposed to meth use and manufacturing. The presentation will include recent information from the National Meth Summit held in Washington DC Nov. 2008.
