FREE TRAINING..... -----Original Message----- From: The South Central Public Health Partnership To: larryleahc Sent: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 10:05 am Subject: News from the South Central Public Health Partnership - September 2014 Online Course Spotlight and Other Training Opportunities September 2014 Quick Links Register Now South Central Public Health Partnership Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health Join Our Mailing List! In This Issue Online Course Spotlight National Preparedness Month Partner Activities Upcoming Conferences New Certificate Programs Other Training Opportunities Online Course Spotlight Louisiana DHH EOC: Overview and Concept of Operations The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) provides training opportunities to DHH personnel, volunteers, and stakeholders who are assigned to response positions within the DHH Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Courses are designed to ensure that response personnel are adequately equipped with the skills and competencies to respond to an emergency within the state of Louisiana. This course will describe the purpose, functions, and organization of the DHH EOC. It will cover the structure of emergency response in Louisiana, the role of the EOC, as well as EOC communications, mission tracking, and response documentation. Learn More Health Communication This course covers general steps to planning a health communication intervention, as well as how to apply health communication theory when promoting behavior change. Social marketing principles are introduced, in addition to steps to reduce the literacy burden that often restricts health communication. This course includes four tutorials titled: An Introduction to Health Communication; Health Communication and Theory; Health Literacy; and A Brief Intro to Social Marketing. Learn More Needs of Our Children: Pediatric Care Before, During and After Disasters The purpose of this presentation is to provide relevant information related to childrens needs during emergency or disaster events from both a clinical care and a public health planning perspective. The speakers will provide a brief overview of the needs of the pediatric population and the delivery system that specifically serves children; discuss experiences from recent disasters where resources for children were limited; and discuss efforts and potential solutions on the state, regional, and national levels. Learn More Staffing for Emergency Response and Recovery In recent years, attention and resources have focused on emergency preparedness plans, systems and training. Few would question that our workforce is better trained to handle disasters, but do we have the right people in response positions; those capable of handling the extreme stress and uncertainty of a major disaster? Additionally, are managers and supervisors ready to handle the overwhelming staffing complexities related to catastrophic events? This program will address these questions and provide lessons learned in human resources in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Learn More Utilizing Government Resources in a Disaster The expectation in emergencies is that all citizens affected in the disaster area receive prompt appropriate care. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive and severe damage over the southeastern United States, including the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Federal disaster declarations blanketed 90,000 square miles of the United States, including 49 counties in Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina has been classified as the worst natural disaster to affect the United States to date. This presentation will provide valuable information, facts, and lessons learned from Katrina that will help all states with future disasters. Conference faculty are emergency management professionals that will provide insight from both a public health and planning perspective. They will also provide an overview of the states role and federal role in both planning and response activities; discuss valuable documents such as the Stafford Act, National Response Plan, and Concept of Operations; and assets available to assist with emergency healthcare needs. Learn More HIV 101 for Community Health Workers The purpose of this course is to expose community workers to basic knowledge about HIVs history, prevalence, biology, diagnosis, and prevention. Presenters in this program explain and illustrate statistics related to HIV, how HIV enters and replicates itself, how HIV is diagnosed and treated, and ways to prevent the spread of HIV. Information focuses on universal methods of diagnosis and transmission as well as concerns unique to health care providers. Learn More **This course is located on the ALPHTC LMS and requires a separate login username and password. September is National Preparedness Month! September 2014 marks the eleventh annual National Preparedness Month, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the US Department of Homeland Security. The goal is to educate the public about how to prepare for emergencies, including natural disasters, mass casualties, biological and chemical threats, radiation emergencies, and terrorist attacks. Join the effort and follow these four steps: Get a Kit. ready.gov/build-a-kit Make a Plan. ready.gov/make-a-plan Be Informed. ready.gov/be-informed Get Involved. ready.gov/get-involved The South Central Public Health Partnership provides over 100 preparedness-related online courses at no cost to the user/student. A complete course listing can be found here: southcentralpartnership.org/preparednesscenteronlinecourses Partner Organizations Preparedness Resources Alabama Dept. of Public Health adph.org/cep/ Mississippi State Dept. of Health msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/44,0,122,218.html Louisiana Dept. of Health & Hospitals new.dhh.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/subhome/17/n/173 Partner Activities UAB Develops an HSEEP-Compliant Expanded Exercise Planning Model To learn more, visit: aspph.org/uab-develops-an-hseep-compliant-expanded-exercise-planning-model/ Upcoming Conferences Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) 2014 Provider Course Dates: October 31-November 1, 2014 Sponsored by Central MS Trauma Region traumanurses.org/atcn-courses.html APHA 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition November 15-19, 2014, New Orleans, LA APHAs Annual Meeting & Exposition serves as the home for public health professionals to convene, learn, network and engage with peers. With the Annual Meeting, we strengthen the profession of public health, share the latest research and information, promote best practices and advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research. Come experience APHA. For more information including registration and housing please click here. 2015 NACCHO Preparedness Summit April 14-17, 2015, Atlanta, GA To learn more, visit: preparednesssummit.org/2015-preparedness-summit/ New Certificate Programs Leadership Development Certificate Program The Leadership Development Certificate Program is an online version of the highly successful South Central Public Health Leadership Institute. The online version aims to enhance and develop leadership skills in participants through education and individual change and growth. The certificate program stresses application of core functions to public health issues and translation of leadership skills into tools for community empowerment. The goals of the program are to: *Effect individual growth and change *Develop leadership skills among participants *Apply leadership skills and techniques in public health practice *Improve organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and equity *Develop collaborative partnerships to generate healthy communities *Develop the skills to create online learning environments conducive to program outcomes To register for this program, CLICK HERE Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health In 2008, a nationwide Title V training needs assessment revealed a demand for skills and competencies related to program implementation and evaluation. These results reflect the growing demand on administrators, program managers, nurses and other public health professionals to develop and implement successful and effective community health prevention programs. The Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health course series is designed to address these needs and strengthen the competencies and skills of public health professionals in the area of program planning, monitoring and evaluation. More specifically, this series will enable students to design and implement evaluations of maternal and child health education programs. Students will apply their knowledge and develop an evaluation plan for the Child Wellness Program, a program that seeks to decrease obesity among children. To register for this program, CLICK HERE Other Training Opportunities Need Help Studying for your NEHA Exam? New to Environmental Health? Need Some Refresher Courses? ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ONLINE COURSES (EPHOC) The Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC) training program has been developed specifically for you - the most important frontline environmental health professional. This program will not only give you the knowledge and application of the basic subjects needed in your environmental health practice, but also expose you to the broader field, as well as introduce some of the newest concepts that will shape the future of how environmental health will be protecting our communities and our world. The fifteen EPHOC courses are taught by a group of environmental public health subject matter experts from across the country. The instructor group is a mix of academic professors and environmental health practitioners in several different agency settings. Course content includes the various roles and responsibilities of environmental public health staff in the over 45 hours of online training provided. The courses can be taken individually on demand. They have been divided into multiple 40 to 60 minute modules for each course. Successful completion of the course content and the post test will allow online students to print out a course certificate. NEHA members can submit the certificate for pre-approved continuing education hour credits toward credential maintenance. EPHOC training programs are designed for: * New hire environmental public health professional and in-service refresher training * Individuals preparing for a state or national credential exam * Environmental health and related-discipline students * Environmental public health professionals wanting to improve their technical knowledge or receive continuing education hours For more information, go to cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/eLearn/EPHOC.htm To register for this program, CLICK HERE Looking for CEUs? The South Central Public Health Partnership has many courses available that offer both Nursing and Social Work CEUs. For a list of courses currently offering continuing education, click here. We Want to Hear From You Looking for more training on a specific topic in public health? Need additional training on a current public health hot topic? We want to help you address these needs. Please email us and let us know about your current training needs/interests/issues. We will evaluate our current trainings to see if we have something that can address your area of interest. If we dont have the resources already available, we will look into the possibility of developing those resources for you. Please send us an email at [email protected] and let us see if we can be of help. Thank you. Participants have 7 weeks to complete each course. A certificate of completion is awarded to those who score 70% or better on the knowledge-based assessment. All courses offered by the South Central Public Health Partnership are FREE, sponsored by grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Administration. This email was sent to you because you have participated in a training offered by the South Central Public Health Partnership. These projects are supported under a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant number 1U090TP000400-01, and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Administration (HRSA) grant number UB6HP20201. These projects are also supported under a cooperative agreement from HRSA grant number 1UB6HP22824-01-00 for the Alabama Public Health Training Center. The contents of these programs are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC, DHHS, or HRSA. Forward this email This email was sent to larryleahc@aol by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. South Central Public Health Partnership | 1440 Canal Street, Ste 2400 | New Orleans | LA | 70112
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