5115.0 Training, human resource development and workforce issues

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session explores different approaches towards training, human resource development and workforce issues including the results from a WHO-CDC collaboration in workforce development and Senegal's use of community health educators.
Session Objectives: * Describe the prevalence and correlates of sexual activity among youth practitioners involved with HIV education. * Identify the factors that affect engagement in on-line discussions among participants from different countries enrolled in a global distance learning program. * Describe the purpose and accomplishments of the WHO-CDC Collaborating Center for Global Public Health Workforce Development.
Moderator:
Shannon P. Márquez, PhD, MEng

10:30am
Do We Practice what we Preach? : Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Activity among Youth involved with NGO-based Peer HIV Prevention in Delhi, India
Devaki Nambiar, PhD and Carl Latkin, PhD
     
10:48am
Senegal: Successful task shifting for the implementation of community IMCI – The community health educator
Moussa Sarr, MD, Luis Tam, MD DrPH and Jillian Scott, MPH
        
11:06am
Factors contributing to successful engagement in on-line discussions in a global distance education program for public health professionals
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH, Hollie Pavlica, DrPH, MSW, Diane Calleson, PhD and Kate Barker
     
11:24am
WHO-CDC Collaborating Center for Global Public Health Workforce Development – Progress and Possibilities
Joan Cioffi, PhD, MS, Charles Godue, MD and Patricia Simone, MD
     
11:42am
A collaboration between the University of Namibia and the University of Washington to strengthen graduate public health education
Amy Hagopian, PhD, Agnes Van Dyk, PhD, Virginia Gonzales, EdD, Sara Wood, MPH and Ann Downer, EdD, MS
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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