Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
The Core Elements of Project Management in Public Health
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The purpose of this course is to distinguish the difference between a mentor and a coach and how to shape these relationships. A discussion of the utilization of learning contracts to help in this process is also discussed. Exercises are included to help the learner understand how to use a learning contract and how to choose a mentor or a coach.
8 Steps to Building and Sustaining Effective Coalitions
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Have you ever tried to convince your health director, mayor, school board, minister, or business owner to support your community coalition? It’s not always easy, especially if he or she is not convinced that working in partnership is the best approach. This presentation will help you define coalitions, learn when and how to use them, and provide eight steps for building effective coalitions that promote health, a healthy environment, and prevent disease.
Health Communication
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description: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 modules:
Building and Maintaining a Collaborative Culture
  • General Public Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Collaboration is essential to public health professionals in order to 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.
Diversity and Cultural Competency in Public Health Settings - Basic Level
  • Behavioral Health
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The purpose of this course is to provide public health practitioners with the awareness and knowledge to incorporate diversity and cultural competency concepts, tools, and techniques into their daily work. It is expected that by the end of this course that each participant will be conversant in issues related to culture and health, health disparities, and community health models designed to close the gap in health disparities.
Improving Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
  • Leadership Communication
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:No matter how effective a communicator you already are, this course will help you communicate with greater impact in all types of workplace interactions.
Facilitator Training
  • Behavioral Health
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:In this course, the instructor will introduce methods and strategies used in facilitating meetings, workshops, tabletop exercises, and other events.
Infectious Disease
  • Behavioral Health
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course is a three-module sequence covering a sampling of those areas of infectious disease relevant to public health professionals in the United States. The modules begin by discussing areas considered by the CDC to be the most important public health successes of the 20th century. Control of certain major infectious diseases is a significant aspect of these successes. The modules then discuss the major gram positive and gram-negative bacterial illnesses, selected viral, protozoal, prior, rickettsial and vaccine preventable disease.
Psychology of Terrorism and Psychological Counterterrorism: 7 Things You Should Know
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Sun-Tzu once wrote that to win at war you must know the enemy as you know yourself. This means knowing the manner in which the war will be fought. Winning the war on terrorism requires a practical understanding of the nature of terrorism and those who use it. This program will focus on the most important component of the war, which is the psychology of the weapon itself and its implications for public health preparedness and response.Note: This course was originally delivered as a satellite broadcast.
Crisis Management
  • Behavioral Health
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The purpose of this course is to understand the management issues in disaster and its outcomes through examining the crisis cycle involved in risk audit, mitigation, preparedness planning, impact of the crisis event, response and recovery. Exercises and discussion will be incorporated as part of the discussion of each of the crisis phases.

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