Medical Needs Sheltering
This online course introduces specific topics and outlines criteria related to the establishment of a medical needs sheltering. The Medical Needs Sheltering (MNS) course was originally developed for the Mississippi State Department of Health Medical Needs Shelter team members as part of their annual training. The course provides an overview of policies and procedures related to how a MNS operates, shelter staff roles and responsibilities, the types of residents admitted to the shelter, and existing MNS resources in Mississippi. The course curriculum also addresses staff preparation, activation, deployment, demobilization and other logistical considerations during an event. Learn More Supporting Children in Times of Crisis
In times of crisis, children are often the most vulnerable. Whether they are personally affected or exposed to traumatic circumstances through the media, it is important to protect children's emotional well-being as much as their physical safety. This course provides information on how to support children and their families during and after a crisis. Learn More Addressing Disaster and Emergency Stress Beyond First Responders: Implications for Individuals, Families, and the Workplace
The stressors of responding to and recovering from disaster events are overwhelming. When disaster and emergency stress are discussed, it is most frequently in the context of primary victims and first responders. However, as we have all seen so dramatically in recent years, these stressors are also significant issues for those who are not typically thought of as first responders. These include FEMA, state and local emergency managers, governmental public health, utilities, social service workers and political leaders, to name a few. Those who do not do disaster work as part of their usual jobs (and their families, co-workers and supervisors) are often the least prepared to anticipate and effectively intervene when stress reactions occur. The focus of this program is to discuss the scope and nature of this type of stress and describe immediate and longer term individual, family and workplace impact. Suggestions and strategies for pre-, during and post-event mitigation of adverse stress related outcomes will be provided. Learn More
Facing Fear: Crisis Communication and Disaster Behavioral Health
The fields of crisis communication and disaster behavioral health have knowledge that can be mutually beneficial when disaster strikes. In the aftermath of a disaster, effective communication with the public plays a critical role in determining whether or not the public adheres to recommendations from officials. Understanding how individuals and groups behave in emergencies allows for messaging that is more likely to be understood and acted upon. In turn, effective messages can minimize helplessness and foster resilience. This presentation will discuss disaster mental health myths that can be expected in media coverage and which should be dispelled when possible. It will examine the ways in which psychological responses to disasters influence people's behaviors. Principles of crisis communications will also be reviewed. Finally, the areas in which communication can address psychological and behavioral responses will be covered. Learn More
HIV 101 for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this course is to expose community workers to basic knowledge about HIV's 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.
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Strategic National Stockpile and Points of Dispensing Trainings
If an event occurs in which the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) has to be accessed by the State of Alabama, health professionals and others should be familiar with the SNS and how to respond when received. The Alabama Department of Public Health's Center for Emergency Preparedness is sponsoring two SNS and Points of Dispensing (POD) training courses in 2015. This training is geared towards health professionals including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, social workers, mental health personnel, emergency management personnel, immunization personnel and others. For information on how to register for these trainings, please click here: http://www.southcentralpartnership.org/snstraining2015
The Ann Dial McMillan Endowed Lectureship in Family & Child Health
January 28th at UAB Alumni House
The UAB School of Public Health is pleased to announce the speaker for this year's Ann Dial McMillan Endowed Lectureship in Family and Child Health will be Dr. James W. Collins, MD, MPH, Professor in Pediatrics-Neonatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Collins' lecture is titled "A Life-Course Perspective of the Racial Disparity in Adverse Birth Outcomes: Zip Code Trumps Genetic Code". The lecture will take place January 28th from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at the UAB Alumni House. No registration is required. Nursing and Social Work continuing education units have been applied for. For more information, visit: http://www.soph.uab.edu/event/ann-dial-mcmillan-endowed-lectureship-collins
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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
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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 http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/eLearn/EPHOC.htm
To register for this program, CLICK HERE
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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.
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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 don't 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.
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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. |
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