Listen to audio only, or watch the video of this intriguing discussion, with remarks from Dr. Kristine Gebbie, Dr. Hugh Tilson, Dr. Susan Allan and Harold Cox on the relationships between academic accreditation and the delivery of public health services.
The New York State Department of Health, in conjunction with the New York-New Jersey Public Health Training Center, convened the Public Health Workforce Task Force in July 2005 to assess and address the public health workforce challenges in New York State. The Task Force includes representatives from the state and local health departments, the state's public health schools and programs and statewide health care professional organizations. The "Roadmap" report uses national data, work done in the state and recommendations from the Task Force at two meetings and subsequent conference calls held in the summer and fall of 2005 to propose priority actions for how NYS can address public health workforce development.
The purpose of the The Mailman Center for Public Health Preparedness is to strengthen linkages between public health practice and academe.
Its overall goal is to serve as a resource for integrated public health training and workforce development, with a special emphasis on preparing the frontline public health workforce to deal with emergencies and the special threats posed by bioterrorism, infectious diseases (both newly emerging infectious diseases, and HIV/TB/STDs), bioterrorism, and other emergency situations.
The New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness at UMDNJ, established at the UMDNJ-School of Public Health, is one of the nation's 42 university-based Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness. Funding is provided by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), with administrative support from the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH). The NJCPHP works in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
The mission of the University at Albany Center for Public Health Preparedness is to improve the capacity of the public health workforce in the states of New York and Vermont to respond to current and emerging public health threats with a focus on bioterrorism and infectious disease outbreaks.
List of health education materials and websites appropriate for use with people from different cultures and adults with limited literacy skills. Each material listed has a description of how it can be used, along with information on how to order it, and how much it costs.
The National Center for Cultural Competence is a federally and privately funded program housed at the Georgetown University Medical Center. It's mission is to increase the capacity of health care and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.
CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. CHID lists a wealth of health promotion and education materials and program descriptions that are not indexed elsewhere.
Provides an overview of the structure and functions of local health departments, summarizes job descriptions and gives examples of internships in public health agencies.
One hour web-based video from the popular Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcasts series. Broadcasts include links to online application for continuing education credits.
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