A year-long experiential program to build leadership skills of public health practitioners. Through three retreats plus distance learning and networking opportunities, NEPHLI provides opportunities to gain practical experience from experts in the fields of public health, leadership and organizational development and risk communications. The core curriculum consists of leadership development, managing change, crisis and risk communication, eliminating disparities, advocacy and emerging public health challenges. Scholars learn to assess their own leadership styles and develop personal plans for improvement.
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.
The continued existence of health disparities related to race and socioeconomic status reflects a basic contradiction in American society. Equity is inextricably connected to fairness and justice. Addressing solutions to these problems is therefore a process of creating equity in health by correcting social and economic injustice and focusing on basic human rights and the triumph of social justice. Dr. Adewale Troutman, Director of the Fulton Co. Department of Health and Wellness in Atlanta, GA, discusses the process of creating equity in health.
This NJ SOPHE course offers a step-by-step account of how to be involved in the legislative process. In easy to comprehend language one learns about advocating for public health policy via the following strategies: testifying, letter writing, calling, developing grassroots support, and using media. A concise synopsis of how a bill becomes a law is also provided.
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.
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.
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.
This course by Dr. Bernard Goldstein, Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Graduate School of Public Health of the University of Pittsburgh, and chair of the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE), presents credentialing as one pathway to improve the quality of education public health students receive, to improve the overall effectiveness of public health practitioners and to heighten recognition of graduate-trained public health professionals who have attained the credential. The process – currently under way – includes developing, preparing, administering and evaluating a voluntary certification examination that tests whether students and graduates of CEPH-accredited schools and programs have mastered the core knowledge and skills relevant to contemporary public health. This new credentialing process is occurring at a time of heightened interest, when new knowledge, skills, and competencies are required to practice public health, the diversity of our nation is increasing, and rapid turnover in the public health work force is anticipated.
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.
Successful decision-making in public health and health care administration requires the ability and agility to balance public policy, institutional strategy, program objectives, resource allocation, inter-disciplinary planning and consensus building, and "turf" issues. This seminar will discuss studying the players, politics, processes, skills and strategies needed to be developed to better understand, monitor, and actively influence health care policy making at the state and federal levels, on behalf of provider organizations, consumers, and advocacy groups. Participants will learn to be better advocates with government and how to develop collective partnerships with communities.
The strategies presented will address the need for the individual to understand that in “Guerilla Policy-fare” the process is disorderly, and rarely sequential. It typically involves multiple disciplines trained in different problem solving approaches and is colored by political considerations which are usually not clearly articulated. Participants will begin to understand that the process of advocacy has competitive elements with other providers and frequently moves very quickly.
In this process leadership will face complex problems or predicaments of reconciling priorities that may not be complimentary. This seminar will challenge participants thinking regarding approaches to policy planning, decision making, and resource allocation, with goals that are clear but political support is not.
Speaker:
Jayanth Kumar, DDS, MPH
Director, Oral Health Surveillance and Research
Bureau of Dental Health, New York State Department of Health
This program will focus on oral health problems in children and its impact. Dr. Kumar, dental public health specialist, will discuss the extent of dental diseases, its distribution and progress made toward accomplishing Healthy People 2010 oral health objectives. He will also discuss the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other professional groups about available interventions. This program will educate local public health officials and health care providers about surveillance, the state oral health plan and efforts to control oral diseases in children.
Preconception Health Cafe is a web-based course that provides an overview of the importance of preconception health. Specifically it focuses on the first six of ten "Recommendations to Improve Preconception Health and Healthcare" from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These recommendations to improve health outcomes are:
1. Individual Responsibility Across the Lifespan
2. Consumer Awareness
3. Preventive Visits
4. Interventions for Identified Risks
5. Interconception Care
6. Pre-pregnancy Checkup
This course has six lessons with updated health information for each CDC recommendation. Each lesson provides interactive tools and/or strategies for skills development to strengthen outreach and improve preconception health within the community. This course also includes sections on Men's Health and cultural perspectives as well as resource directories (i.e. Links Espresso and Sugar & Cream).
