Presenter Michael Samuel, DrPH demonstrates effective ways to present public health data. Part one of this 2-part demonstration deals with general concepts, while part two covers the nuts and bolts of color, graphs and font size. The viewer can expect to learn the primary types of data displays, the appropriate uses for various types of charts and graphs, the importance of scale for the X & Y axis, and common mistakes in axes construction.
This two part course was developed by Denise Koo, MD, MPH from the CDC's Epidemiology Program Office. Dr. Koo presents 9 uses of public health surveiallance data along with visual examples of each (e.g. distrubtion maps, charts, graphs). She stresses the importance of using surveillance data to inform public health programming.
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.
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 roles and issues that occur in the management of a local public health agency, how to balance public health functions within a multi-focused agency, the identification of training needs within an agency and how to address these needs, & environmental health enforcement issues that may occur when contracting with local boards of health.
There are four video clips in this course: Roles of a Public Health Administrator; Staff Training; Dealing with Burnout; and Other Aspects of Managing a Public Health Agency.
This is the introductory course in the New Public Health Administrators Series.
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 key considerations in developing a marketing strategy for public health, the inter-dependency of marketing strategy elements, & effective communication techniques and common pitfalls. There are three video clips in this course: Developing a Marketing Strategy; Other Considerations; and Media Pointers.
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.
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.
Considering the magnitude of violence in many of the cities of America, difficult challenges confront law enforcement agencies, public school districts and community residents. Col. Harry Corbitt, a veteran of the NYS Police, will describe the breadth of approaches used in Albany, NY to prevent school violence. However, school violence goes beyond the extreme physical assaults and also includes the day to day bullying and disrespect that can lead to violent outbursts or suicide. Ira Baumgarten, and NCBI facilitator, will explain how their program, Building a Caring School Environment, helps to recreate a safer school for students and teachers alike.
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.
From smoking bans to seatbelt laws, patient confidentiality to AIDS testing - public policy is essential to public health. In this program viewers will learn more about the impact of current policies as well as more about how public health practitioners can influence a change in policy. Zita Lazzarini, a public health lawyer, researcher and professor, will bring us up to date on some of the latest policies as well as areas where there may be a need for stronger policies to protect public health.
Today there are significant inadequacies in geriatric mental health practice and policy and a lack of linkage to public health and physical healthcare. This is amplified by the growth in our aging population. This presentation will provide an overview of geriatric mental health in New York State, the impending mental health challenges brought on by the massive growth of older adults that will take place over the next quarter century, and opportunities to improve on these issues.
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 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.
Universal Design (UD) is a framework for the design of places, things, information, communication and policy that focuses on the user, on the widest range of people operating in the widest range of situations without special or separate design. It is a philosophy that can be applied to policy, systems and environmental changes, so that processes function better for a wider range of people. It developed in response to insights about the potential of design as an asset and facilitator to in response to changing demographics and the diversity of human populations, their abilities and their needs. UD is also called inclusive design, human centered design and design-for-all.
The principles of UD have a significant role in advancing Public Health efforts to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities among populations. The broadcast will discuss the principles of Universal Design and its application in building healthy communities. Speakers will discuss the evolution of this design philosophy and describe its influence on social and physical environments, architecture, communication, and product design as they relate to health and well-being. Speakers will highlight global examples of communities and projects that have utilized Universal Design to support healthy lifestyles and more inclusive and welcoming places. After watching this broadcast participants will be able to:
* Discuss the evolution of Universal Design and its focus on the “user”
* Identify and describe the principles of Universal Design and links to global health policy
* Explain practical tools for how Universal Design can benefit your community
* Describe strategies for integrating Universal Design into planning, policy and practice that can help to deliver improved livability and health
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.
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.
This joint presentation by Dr.s Susan Sherman, PhD, MPH and Danielle German, PhD, MPH describes the economic motivation behind HIV/STI risk among sex workers, and it outlines two programs that were effective at “cutting the risk at its source” by providing sex workers with alternate sources of income. At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
Provide a description of the societal structures that impact prevalence of HIV and interventions to address those structures;
Describe how the Jewel Project in Baltimore impacted sex workers’ risk behaviors by training them to make and market beaded jewelry;
Identify some of the lessons learned about why this program was effective; and
Discuss the effects of training sex workers to sew and to produce sellable products on their sexual risk behaviors and economic well being.
In this presentation, Douglas Evans, PhD, MA, Director of Public Health Communication & Marketing at the George Washington University, and Terry Long, Former Communications Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute discuss social marketing theories and strategies, and evidence of effectiveness. Specific examples of effective campaigns are discussed in detail, including the Truth campaign, VERB, mHealth, text4baby, and the Red Dress campaign. At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
Define social marketing;
Discuss evidence of social marketing's effectiveness;
Describe how the Heart Truth campaign was successful in achieving its goals; and
Identify several successful social marketing campaigns and how they succeeded.
Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, presents the 17th Granville H. Sewell Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Health Sciences. His lecture covers: the science of climate change, the impacts of climate change, strategies of communicating the impacts of climate change, and the public health response (both conceptual links and practical steps) to climate change
Senior Vice President of Global Health Policy at
PepsiCo Global R&D, Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, discusses current transformations in the landscape of global health, focusing on the increasing prevalence of chronic disease. His presentation includes a discussion of: epidemiological data on current global health trends; the expanding set of global health players; the importance of public-private partnerships in public health response; and the broadening career options for global public health professionals.
