219457 Initial training on a statewide electronic surveillance system for childhood blood lead: Successes, challenges, and lessons learned

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Amy B. Sloane, BA , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Adrienne Joines-Michalek, MPH, CHES , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
William David Brown, MPA, REHS , Division of Environmental Health, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC
Talytha Moore, BS , Division of Environmental Health, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC
Tena H. Ward, BA , Division of Environmental Health, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC
Allison M. Connolly, MA, MPH , North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, NC
Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH, CPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MA, MPH, CPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
The state of North Carolina is currently implementing a centralized Web-based system for disease reporting: the North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NC EDSS). The North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health has partnered with the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NCDPH) and the Division of Environmental Health in the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources to train users at local health departments (LHDs) to be proficient with this system. To date, NC EDSS is being used in all North Carolina LHDs (n=85) for reporting communicable diseases, sexually-transmitted infections, and tuberculosis to NCDPH. In 2010, NC EDSS will be introduced to North Carolina LHDs for the reporting of childhood blood lead and associated environmental health investigations. This poster will discuss the collaboration between an academic partner and two state agencies to initiate training on the use of NC EDSS for childhood blood lead surveillance. The overall training plan, curriculum development, and resources required to train two groups of users (nurses and environmental health specialists) at North Carolina LHDs to use NC EDSS for childhood blood lead surveillance will be described. The successes, challenges, and lessons learned from this particular NC EDSS training program will also be discussed.

Learning Areas:
Communication and informatics
Environmental health sciences
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the key elements that contributed to a successful training on an electronic surveillance system for childhood blood lead. 2. Explain the challenges faced training on an electronic surveillance system for childhood blood lead. 3. Discuss the overall lessons learned from training local health departments to transition to an integrated statewide electronic surveillance system for clinical and environmental childhood blood lead.

Keywords: Professional Training, Surveillance

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Have been involved in training development and management of project for 3 years.
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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