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Faith and public health partnership – making a meaningful and sustainable impact for healthier communities
Monday, November 4, 2013
: 3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Manjusha Saxena, MPH,
MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Elena Grossman, MPH,
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
Wesley Epplin, MPH,
University of Illinois at Chicago, MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice, Chicago, IL
Geraldine Aglipay, BS,
Ilinois Preparedness and Education Resource Learning Center, MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice, UIC, Chicago, IL
Sophie Naji, MPHc,
MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
The Institute for Faith and Public Leadership was created to strengthen partnerships between faith entities and public health institutions to enhance their collective capacity to address the health inequities rooted in complex social problems. Drawing on the principles from the MidAmerica Regional Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health and the Institute for Public Health and Faith Collaborations at the Interfaith Health Program at Emory University, The MidAmerica Public Health Training Center and The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation developed the Institute for Faith and Public Health Leadership. This presentation will highlight the following: how the institute helps to nurture the collaborative process through team work; how the evaluation results from the pilot year of the institute were used to change the curriculum in year 2 of the institute; and how the evaluations from year 2 of the institute will be used to further strengthen the program.
Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Learning Objectives:
Describe the Institute for Faith and Public Health Leadership and why it was developed.
Discuss how this Institute builds capacity and fosters cohesion among faith and public health workforce.
Discuss evaluation results from Year 1 (pilot year) and Year 2 of the Institute.
Discuss how evaluation results from Year 1 helped to reshape the Institute for Year 2.
Describe lessons learned from the Institute that may be applicable to others.
Keyword(s): Faith Community, Collaboration
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a program manager for the MidAmerica Public Health Training Center at University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, which is working closely with the Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation to develop the Faith and Health Leadership Institute. I have ten years of experience in developing public health training initiatives.
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.
