4288.0 Public Health Workforce Development

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 2:30 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: • Identify barriers, opportunities and educational strategies for integrating health equity and social determinants of health in local health departments • Discuss the importance of diversity in graduate school programs and the role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in addressing African-American health disparities • Identify best practice applications of public health information technology in enhancing public health workforce development
Moderator:
Green A. Ekadi, PhD, MS

2:30 PM
Health equity at work: Training at Whatcom County Health Department
C. Linn Gould, MS, MPH, Elizabeth Mogford, PhD, MPH and Astrid Newell, MD
     
2:48 PM
Role of HBCUs in training African American health professionals
Allan S. Noonan, MD, MPH, Ian Lindong, MD, MPH and Gillian Silver, MPH
     
3:06 PM
Assessment of Workforce Capacity for Local Health Departments in Nebraska: A Perspective from Public Health Topical Areas
Li-Wu Chen, PhD, Anh Nguyen, MSPH, Janelle Jacobson, MPH, CHES and David Palm, PhD
3:24 PM
Health Equity Action Training (HEAT): Achieving social justice in public health
Karen A. D'Angelo, MSW, Carmen Chaparro, MS, Rita Kornblum, BA, Shanta Evans, MBA and Grace Damio, MS, CDN
     
3:42 PM
Public health information technology in the local health department
Aylin Drabousky, MA and Scott Frank, MD, MS
     

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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