Part two of this two-part module offers examples of sources of surveillance data, presents useful definitions, and is accompanied once again by charts and graphs. Since there are no speaker notes, the user may have some difficulty navigating the charts and graphs.
This course will introduce participants to the concept of medical/health informatics and provide some general examples of information technology as applied in health care. The focus is at the system level, not individual applications. The course also defines the national [health] information infrastructure and initiates discussion about the recommendations from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. The issues underlying information and technology standards and key standards setting organizations supporting the national health information infrastructure are also identified. Journal articles and links to important source documents addressing the discussions of various issues are provided as a supplement to lectures and discussion.
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 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.
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.
With the passage of the 2004 Childhood Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, school districts across the United States have been focused on developing and approving Local Wellness Policies for each local education agency (LEA.) Both the New York State Education Department and the Department of Health have resources aimed at assisting schools in both the development and implementation of local wellness policies. The aim is to create healthy school environments and increase the availability of healthy choices while combating obesity. Amy Koren-Roth and Sandy Sheedy will discuss the federal requirements and what approach NY recommends to schools. Survey results from schools that have worked with New York State’s Action for Healthy Kids’ SPIN (Schools and Professionals in Nutrition) program will be highlighted.
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.
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.
Given the current media hype about African-American men living on the down low (men who secretly have sex with men while also having sex with women), Dr. Malebranche and Dr. Wheeler will discuss the relevance of this topic - its myths, misconceptions, and implications for interventions and the HIV epidemic in the Black Community.
This presentation provides a brief overview of the short- and long-term consequences of war on public health and on civilian victims of war: death, acute traumatic injuries, loss of basic protections, displacement, psychological trauma, destruction of infrastructure, and disruption of care services. This presentation also describes efforts to re-build health care capacity, sanitation services, water and food supplies, basic and specialized health care services, networks and access to care.
This course has three main learning objectives: (1) to name the four levels of evaluation and the reasons for conducting them; (2) to describe the four levels of evaluation; and (3) to describe when and how the different levels of evaluation would be used.
Join Dr. Gortmaker as he explores the effects of TV watching on children's activity levels, and pinpoints TV use as the single best predictor of childhood obesity. His research has found that the causes of the epidemic are rooted in the success of the food, television/film/videogame and advertising industries to encourage our children to buy more, eat more and watch more. He will discuss interventions and policies that can reduce excessive television viewing by children.
John W. Farrell is a graduate of Hunter College School of Social Work, where he earned an advanced degree in Social Work. He is currently employed at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Behavioral Healthcare’s Violence Institute. At the Violence Institute, Mr. Farrell provides training on gangs and gang interventions. Mr. Farrell also provides case management services for the Rutgers University Police Institute’s Greater Newark Safer Cities Initiative. Over the past thirty years John Farrell’s career before retirement has included several leadership positions within the Department of Health and Senior Services: Deputy Director for the Division of Addiction Services, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Addiction Services, Deputy Director for the Division of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Control, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, and Chief of Special Projects for the Division of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Control. During his career Mr. Farrell has been a field advisor for graduate students in Social Work at Columbia University School of Social Work, provided expert testimony to the House of Representatives Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, personally or collaboratively published articles for the Journal of American Medical Association and the Centers for Disease Control for Morbidity and Mortality Supplement, and received numerous awards for Drug Treatment and Prevention.
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 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.
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
2009 H1N1 (referred to as "swine flu" early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is spreading from person-to-person worldwide, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) signaled that a pandemic of 2009 H1N1 flu was underway. This workshop will present some of the history and understanding the science community brings us about the viral evolution of the novel influenze A (H1N1), along with the changing epidemiology of the pandemic. The presenter will lay out the implications associated with the idea of a pandemic situation, will discuss mode of transmission among humans, what the signs and symptoms of this virus are, and will review the prevention and treatment options as well as the recommended public health policies and practices with respect to the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) defines workplace violence as "violent acts (including physical assaults and threats of assaults) directed toward persons at work or on duty." This includes terrorism as illustrated by the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 that resulted in the deaths of 2,886 workers in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Incidents of work related violence were virtually unheard of until the 1970s. Since then, it has more than tripled. There are many contributing factors and social issues, especially substance abuse, illegal drugs, access to guns, the portrayal of violence in the news media, online games, TV and movies layoffs, and poverty are major contributors to occupational violence. The goal of the program is to provide an overview to address potential or actual workplace violence.
This seminar will present information on epidemiology of tuberculosis, both globally and in the United States. Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health threat globally; in 2006 there were 9.2 million new cases of tuberculosis and 1.7 million deaths from TB worldwide. The seminar will also discuss current challenges to TB control including drug resistance, the TB/HIV co-epidemic and lack of resources for diagnosis and treatment in international settings. Tuberculosis is still a challenge in the United States as well, particularly in specific populations. Since TB is airborne and a person with infectious TB can be a threat to public health, a system of public health regulations exists around diagnosis, reporting, and treatment. The seminar will also provide an overview of the public health practices and infrastructure involved in TB control nationally, and specifically in New Jersey.
Present a brief understanding of the Epidemiological studies that have been used to draw attention to the need for standards in regards to childhood safety with regard to lead exposure. Review and present the findings from several studies that show the need for continued lowering of acceptable lead levels for children. Present findings that show the need to provide an adequate margin of safety by identifying children with body burden below that at which the risk of developmental toxicity becomes unacceptable. To present the arguments that have prompted the state to lower the lead level burden children face and why it may be better to leave the standards alone.
Dr. Bernard Guyer and Dr. Isabelle Horon discuss how new vital statistics data collected via the new U.S. Standard Birth Certificate can be used at the local level for surveillance and policy-making. At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
Identify the modified and new birth certificate items;
Discuss techniques to assess such data;
Explain the roles of vital statistics: civil registration, public health data and surveillance, national security; and
Discuss the effects of years of underfunding on national data and present a vision for future improvements
Professor Sir Michael Marmot MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci, discusses the relationship between social inequality and health. The lecture includes an epidemiological overview of global health inequalities, a discussion of the causes of these health inequalities, and policy recommendations for closing the gap in health outcomes. Sir Marmot is the Director of the International Institute for Society and Health and an MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at
University College, London.
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.
