SOPHE Competency-based Technical Assistance Curriculum: Organizational Development to Address Health Disparities for Policy Change

This session will discuss the SOPHE Competency-based Technical Assistance Curriculum (CTAC) Toolkit. The SOPHE CTAC for Organizational Development to Address Health Disparities Toolkit supports a national framework to eliminate health disparities and promote health equity through capacity building. This session help participants address health disparities based on health education competencies for conducting assessments, planning, implementing and evaluating programs, developing training and establishing partnerships. Participants will gain solid content knowledge for selecting the appropriate steps and material to conduct the expected work. Participants will learn specific techniques to utilizing the curriculum toolkit for collaborative community-based interventions, strategies and approaches. During this interactive session, participants will be challenged to explore the conceptual framework to aid organizations and community leaders in assuring that the community interventions are evidence-based strategies and approaches for successful collaborations. This is a “must have” session for organizational leaders and health educators. Interactive group exercises during the session will concentrate on how to use the curriculum toolkit. This session elaborates the essential components of process and outcome evaluation that focus on the development and implementation of appropriate technical assistance training and capacity building activities to meet the learning objectives and assess the effectiveness. By the end of the session, participants will have the right “tool” for carrying out health education competencies activities to address health disparities.