219331 Continuing education seminars for community providers: Developing the workforce and increasing community access

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Kimberly Conner , Center for Healthy Communities, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
Carla M. Clasen, MPH, BSN , Center for Healthy Communities, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
Katherine L. Cauley, PhD , Center for Healthy Communities, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Carla Lachecki, MA , Center for Healthy Communities, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
In 2001, the Center for Healthy Communities was awarded a Community Access Program grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration to integrate health and human services for underserved populations of the greater Dayton, Ohio community. As part of this grant the HealthLink Outreach Task Force was established. Its purpose is to provide continuing education to human services and health care professionals in the greater Dayton, Ohio region. Task Force members include social workers, nurses, counselors and public health care professionals who work together to develop quarterly educational seminars that address current topics in health promotion and disease prevention, with a special focus given to the underserved populations in the community. Recent topics have included responding to the needs of returning veterans, disaster preparedness, planning and recovery, and coping with economic change in hard times. This presentation will highlight best practices for developing, marketing, and delivering continuing education seminars for human services and health care professionals working in the community. Also, the presentation will detail how community health professionals benefit from these seminars and the impact on better access to underserved populations.

Learning Areas:
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Other professions or practice related to public health

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify effective methods for continuing education for community providers 2. Discuss benefits of educational seminars to community providers 3. Discuss impact of community access to underserved populations through provider seminars

Keywords: Community Education, Health Workers Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a Community Health Advocate and Program Coordinator of the Community Health Advocate program at the Center for Healthy Communities, and chair the HealthLink Outreach Committee that plans and implements quarterly continuing education programs for health and human service professionals.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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