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Course Overview

This interactive and engaging training will lay the foundation for health equity. You will learn practical ways to advance health equity in order to help all individuals attain their full health potential. The Health Equity training challenges all public health and health professionals to apply a health equity lens to their area of focus and expertise. 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Define health equity 
  • Explore life expectancy and public health
  • Identify ways to use a health equity lens in public health and clinical work
  • Discuss frameworks for improving health equity

Duration:  30 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 0.5 Continuing Competency Credits for CHES

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Details

Mode of Delivery:
  • Online (self-paced)

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Who we are

The Western Region Public Health Training Center is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is a Designated Multiple Event Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. The Western Region Public Health Training Center is an organizational member of the True Health Initiative

Funding Statement

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UB6HP31687 and the Regional Public Health Training Center Program for $1,013,453. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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