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.
This archived webcast features a panel discussion regarding food safety. Featured presenters, Craig Hedberg, Jeffrey Kahn, Katherine J. Swanson, and Caroline Smith DeWaal, present perspectives on the issues. Topics include: general food safety introduction, common good, industry’s role, and consumer voice.
This program will illustrate how the PACE-EH community engagement tool has helped communities clearly identify health, social and environmental problems driven by place-related elements within the community environment. It will highlight how this process has helped to focus community efforts and build coalitions for change across agencies and community groups for the overall public health and well-being of all citizens in a community.
Local, comprehensive fatality management plans are needed in order to deal with the large number of decedents that could occur as a result of a pandemic. For those who will deal with those bodies, this program will offer information for planning consideration.
The heart and soul of public health are the workforce members who breathe life into the programs and touch those we serve with professionalism, knowledge and compassion. This session will examine from multiple perspectives the challenges facing public health and health educators as they prepare themselves, their programs and their agencies to face an ever-changing environment of old and new health threats and opportunities.
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).
In this presentation, Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP, and Barbara DiPietro, PhD discuss frequent use of the Emergency Department by homeless populations. This includes research conducted about frequent Baltimore Emergency Department visitors, a review of the literature, and tested solutions. At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
Identify what we already know about homeless use of the Emergency Department;
Discuss the findings of the study of frequent Baltimore Emergency Department visitors and homelessness; and
Describe solutions to the problem.
