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Training, human resource development and workforce issues

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session will highlight the role played by human resource development in the training of an effective public health work force. There will be a discussion on the importance of having a trained workforce in the promotion and delivery of health
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of training the trainers to improve global health Identify role of human resource in development of public health workforce
Moderator:
Amrita Gill - Bailey, was involved in the design & implementation of the religious leaders' program in Jordan.

12:30pm
Building Workforce Competence: Opportunities for International Public Health Workforce Training Through Existing Resources
Ilya Plotkin, MA
        
12:42pm
Training Healthcare Providers in Critical Thinking Skills
Laura Gwathmey, MA and Leslie Toledo, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:54pm
Resource and Support Systems for Community Health Workers Increases Demand for Quality Services and Community Participation in Uttarakhand
Himani Sethi, Senior Program Specialist, Bhupinder Aulakh, Dr, Nidhi Chaudhary, Dr and Heer Chokshi, Ms
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:06pm
Establishing a Social Marketing Strategy for a Continuing and Professional Development Library for Nurses and Midwives in East, Central and Southern Africa
Kristen Hosey, DNP, RN, APHN-BC, Maureen Kelley, CNM, PhD, Jessica Gross, ANP-BC, MPH, Alphonce Kalula, RN MN and Joachim Voss, PhD, RN, ACRN
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
     
1:18pm
Using data from an enumeration and mapping exercise of traditional birth attendants in Bo District, Sierra Leone to develop a training curriculum for this cadre of health workers for the essential newborn care corps project
Savitha Subramanian and Sophia Magalona
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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