The POPHTC (“pop-tech”) Training Connector:

Linking public health trainers with their intended audiences in Pennsylvania and Ohio

Let POPHTC help you, a provider of training for public health professionals, reach your intended audiences in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

With seven years of experience training professionals in two states, POPHTC can help you find the right training venue and audience – one that meets your specifications. We match your technology, seating capacity, and catering preferences with the right facility in the right location.

Location, location, location…

Our meeting planning services can include:

• audience development efforts to reach public health and health care professionals in Pennsylvania and Ohio

• arrangement for continuing education accreditation for your curriculum delivery

• Location and facility identification

• Evaluation

Our up-to-date mailing list, email contacts, and website are available to get the word out about your training activity, whether it is a tabletop exercise, lecture, hands-on workshop, computer lab training, or distance education offering. Publicity will be directed to specific professional groups and/or by geographic location. Evaluation services include data collection, entry and analysis, and generating reports.

Preparing Public Health Professionals in a Changing World
www.publichealthtrainingcenters.org

Principal support for the PHTC is provided through a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS.

Launched in 2000, POPHTC is based in the Center for Public Health Practice at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and partners with the Office of Workforce Development, The Ohio State University School of Public Health.

The goal of POPHTC, as one of the public health training centers is to "improve the nation's public health systems by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial, and leadership competencies and capabilities of the current and future public health workforce."

Principal Investigator: Margaret A. Potter, JD

Ohio Co-director: Frank Holtzhauer, PhD

Events

Public Health Advocacy Workshops

Molly Eggleston, Manager, POPHTC and Karen Goraleski, Director of Public Health Advocacy, Research!America at the November 13, 2007 conclusion of a series of four public health advocacy workshops in four months.

Credentialing Public Health Professionals in a Changing World
Aired Webcast
January 8, 2007
Noon - 1PM EST
Speaker: Bernard D Goldstein, MD
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Online

Public Health 101 Online
Public Health 101 On-line is a free Continuing Education accredited introduction to the field of Public Health. It provides information on the fundamentals of U.S. Public Health including: Public health history (with pictures), legal underpinnings of our public health systems (with specifics of Penna. & Ohio) and public health core functions (with practical examples from people within the field).
Location: On-line
Cost: FREE
Contact for 1st time login: Monique Peterson or (412) 383-2400
Sponsors: POPHTC with support from ASPH and HRSA

Environmental Education For The Nursing Workforce
This contains a list of free environmental health training resources. Resources include Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) environmental health case studies with free CME, CNE and CE’s. The resources, all available on-line, address a variety of public health competencies, as well as the basic competencies recommended for all nurses in the 1995 IOM Report “Nursing, Health and the Environment: Strengthening Relationships to Improve the Public’s Health.”
Cost: FREE
Location: Online
Sponsors: POPHTC with support from HRSA and ATSDR
Contact: Molly Eggleston or (412) 383-2400

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Training

Grant Proposal Writing
This course introduces the basic components of a grant proposal, focusing on how to establish credibility, convey need, clearly define objectives and methods, and construct a budget that supports the narrative. In addition, it describes the underlying intent and nature of proposals and how to prepare cover letters and addendum materials. – Brian A. Bell, MBA, Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, and Data Analyst/Grant Proposal Writer, Great Lakes Behavioral Research Institute.

Methamphetamine
This course describes what methamphetamine is, the hazards of using it, and the effects that its use and production have on children, public health workers and the environment. Also described are treatment options and ways to curtail use and production. – Kathleen Fadgen, MPH, BSN, RN.

The Role of School Nurses in Wellness
School nurses have the knowledge and clinical experience to assist their school districts in constructing a wellness program. The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 was established to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity in schools starting in July 2006. The Role of School Nurses in Wellness presents the details of the federally-mandated school wellness policies and how school nurses can play a major role in their implementation. – Kathleen Fadgen, MPH, BSN, RN.

Face-To-Face Training For Environmental Education For The Nursing Workforce
Ohio POPHTC is coordinating these trainings for both Pennsylvania and Ohio. Stay tuned for more info and the dates for these face-to face trainings on environmental education for the nursing workforce. For possible topic areas see our online listing above.

Certificate in Epidemiology Program
The School of Public Health at The Ohio State University is offering a new Certificate in Epidemiology Program. The Program consists of three individual courses. More details.

FREE Online Education and Training Opportunities

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH) is committed to a prepared workforce as an essential component in strengthening the Commonwealth’s public health system and enhancing our ability to respond to incidents of bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious disease, and other public health threats and emergencies. To this end, the PA Prepared Learning Management System (LMS) contains courses and content from national and state experts regarding issues of public health preparedness. Benefits to you include: (1) Access to the LMS 24 hours per day 7 days per week; (2) Access to LMS via any computer with Internet access at; (3) Access to the most current information available at the time.

In collaboration with PA DOH, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Center for Public Health Practice is pleased to announce the availability of FREE continuing education opportunities for a multitude of materials on LMS. Some have been accredited for Continuing Medical Education; some for Continuing Nursing Education; and others have received generally recognized Continuing Education Units. There are still other items which have been accredited by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice and other credentialing authorities.

To determine the specific accreditation an item carries on LMS, just select a title and click on the “Read Me First.” You will be able to quickly determine whether the course objectives are relevant for you as well as the type and number of credits associated with the course.

If you aren’t already a registered user of LMS, go to www.health.state.pa.us/lms. If you are, log on at www.pahealthinfo.net. Where else might you be able to receive FREE continuing education credits in the comfort of your home and at your convenience?

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