Upcoming Satellite Broadcasts
 

Inequities in Food Security Across the Life Span:  Cultural and Geographic Issues

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

12:00 - 1:30 pm (CST)

*Nursing and Social Work CEUs applied for

NEW ONLINE COURSES:

Clinical Challenges in the Community Management of Patients with Special Needs in Disaster 

The evolution of modern medical competencies and expanded populations of increased vulnerability pose a significant challenge to today's public health professional in providing shelter and support during times of disaster in both the urban and rural environment. This course will address some of the significant existing challenges and examine how the roles and responsibilities of responding/receiving personnel, triage and transport and the capabilities within communities can be enhanced through more extensive planning coupled with focused preparation. The application of lessons learned and the careful design of infrastructure, harvesting local experience on a global scale constitutes a critical resource for future problem solving and development in improving community response to disaster.

Decision Making in Disasters:  Lessons from the Field  

The current increasingly technical and urbanized centers of human population present critical challenges and opportunities to the profession of Disaster Management in the early 21st century. The lessons and practices of yesterday no longer address a widening and diversifying pattern of population vulnerabilities which modern medical therapeutics, evolving demographics and lifestyle enhancement have generated on a global scale. The vital needs of a population at risk have expanded vastly over the past half century with enormously expanded percentages of individuals in medically vulnerable states; these individuals are potentially pushed to seek critical support in the face of environmental or social catastrophe through means which have been impaired by the imposition of external perils on the community. Those needs impact the welfare and serenity of a much wider population at large whose related needs may be entangled by a need to assist stricken neighbors or citizens. Needs of a population at risk are addressed in the context of enabling a population at large. Morale of a responding team is improved by designing response as an extension of routine practice. A mandate to plan for the worst evolves where time is of the essence. Refinement in sheltering, evacuation and community action is considered under circumstances where you can't always get what you want. Planning and communication in a new age provide means and avenues for bridging present and impending shortfalls on the journey into tomorrow.

Crisis Management: Critical Thinking in Crisis Preparation  

 

This course introduces participants to the fundamentals of crisis management. It presents a framework that shows clearly the critical activities and programs all organizations need to have in place before, during, and after major crises. It allows participants to analyze their own organizations with regard to how well prepared they are for major crises.

  

 

Civic Engagement

 

Current economic uncertainty continues to limit the public funds available to deal with critical public health issues.  Challenges and problems, and the solutions to them, are increasingly becoming the responsibility of local and regional communities.  And as community populations become increasingly more diverse in race, religion, and socio-economic status, new strategies and tools are needed to get people and organizations to agree on a plan and work together to achieve it.  This course will discuss the new era in politics brought on by recent social and technological changes and the role of communities and individuals in reinventing how we govern. 

 

 

 

Establishing Closed PODs:  An Overview of Recruitment, Training, and Operational Matters

 

During a public health emergency that requires medical prophylaxis for a significant number of residents within 48 hours, it is essential to recruit private entities to serve its own employees and employees' family members.  Closed Points of Dispensing sites (PODs) can be alternatives to public POD sites and address the health department staffing challenges.  This course provides an overview of the concepts and frameworks of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and Closed PODs.  Subject Matter Experts from the Alabama Department of Public Health and Mississippi State Department of Health will discuss the process of requesting, recruitment, establishment, and operational matters for Closed PODs.  Lessons learned and best practices related to the training, operating, and reporting of Closed PODs will be covered.

 

 

Orientation:  Louisiana Primary Care Association

 

The Louisiana Primary Care Association (LPCA) is a membership organization of 26 Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) with a total of 82 sites and supporters committed to the goal of achieving health care access for all and elimination of health disparities.  This course serves as an orientation for new members joining the LPCA.

 

 

Building and Maintaining a Collaborative Culture

 

Collaboration is essential to public health professionals in

order carry out their daily job duties successfully and enhance the health outcomes of the population which they serve.  This course covers why collaboration is important, how to build a collaborative culture, and barriers to effective collaboration.  This course provides two interactive case studies which offer the audience an opportunity to increase their awareness of collaboration and gain some hands-on experience in dealing with real world collaboration challenges.

 

 

The Gulf Oil Spill: The Environmental Impact

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon on April 2010 and the consequent Gulf Oil Spill has raised many public health questions.  Will the oil make me sick?  What could be in the air?  Is the seafood that gets to market safe?  Is it safe to go to the beach?  In order to assess the public health effects, it's important to understand the components and characteristics of oil.  This course will provide information about crude oil, weathered oil, and dispersants.  Public health aspects related to exposure to air contaminants, seafood, beach advisories, and worker safety will also be discussed.

OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:

Emergency Preparedness Conference

Crisis Communication:  Understanding and Communicating with an Evolving Audience

January 26-27, 2012

Clanton Conference Center

Alabama Power Company

2030 7th Street South

Clanton, AL  35045

Topics include the following:

• Do You Really Know Your Audience?  Defining At-Risk Populations
• What are Your Biases?  Self-Assessment and Effective Communication
• Social Media:  The New Face of Crisis Communication
• Breaking the Language Barrier

The conference will also feature expert panelists discussing how to effectively communicate with special populations.

Registration forms can be completed by visiting the link below:

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