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Episode 12: Pandemic Response: Developing Tests and Donating Plasma during COVID-19

Listen in on a conversation between Dr. Kacey Ernst, Dr. Janko Nikolich-Zugich, and Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya as they discuss the different types and purposes of tests for COVID-19, how testing effects the surveillance of and response strategies for the disease, and the need for caution with the use of therapeutic interventions.

Learning Objectives:

1.Explain FDA regulations related to test, antiviral, and vaccine development.

2.Describe a realistic timeline for the creation of rapid tests, antivirals, and vaccinations for SARS-CoV-2. 

3.Identify strategies for the prioritization of testing and/or vaccinating people for SARS-CoV-2.

4.Identify strategies for protecting and continuing public health services for vulnerable populations until a vaccine is developed.

Continuing Education: 0.5 CECH for CHES

Provider number: 99036

Release Date: 5/2020

Episode 11: Pandemic Response: Surface Contamination, Hygiene, and PPE

Join Dr. Kelly Reynolds and Dr. Jonathan Sexton again in Season 2 of "Keeping Up with Public Health" to discuss precautions that should be taken in in the realm of hygiene, PPE, and decontaminating surfaces during the coronavirus pandemic. They will summarize research findings about the viability of SARS-CoV-2 on different surfaces and through air, explain appropriate use and etiquette for using PPE, and apply these protocols to programs carrying out essential services.

Learning Objectives:

1.Summarize research findings about the viability of SARS-CoV-2 on different surfaces and through air.

2.Explain the appropriate use and etiquette for using PPE in homes vs. essential businesses vs. health care.

3.Apply proper hygiene and PPE utilization protocols to public health programs carrying out services.

Continuing Education: 0.5 CECH for CHES

Relationships and Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Workplace

Almost all activities in the workplace take place in the context of relationships. Relationships are built and maintained, bettered or worsened, through communication. Interpersonal communication skills are core competencies for those who are in charge to accomplish the work of the organization. This training will focus on communication and relationships between supervisors and supervisees in behavioral health organizations. Participants will learn components of, and tools for, effective communication to help support successful relationships in the workplace.

Learning Objectives:  

  • Identify appropriate active listening techniques to use in the workplace
  • Discuss the importance of communication in building and maintaining relationships among supervisors and supervisees in behavioral health organizations
  • Identify and use effective conflict management techniques in the workplace
  • Discuss cultural and generational differences at work and identify techniques to improve cooperation and understanding across cultures and generations

Target Audience:  Managers and Supervisors

Duration:  ~ 45 min

Continuing Education Information:  0.75 Category 1 Credits for CHES, 0.75 Continuing Competency Credits

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest

Format:  Web-based Training, Self-Study

Created/Updated:  July 2020

Author(s)/ Presenter(s):  Michael Dues, PhD, Mary Brown, PhD, Caitlin Meyer Krause, MPH

Arranged by:  Caitlin Meyer Krause, MPH; Instructional Specialist

Recognizing and Challenging Stigma

Stigma is an intense human experience. Stigma causes suffering and worsens health. This training focuses on recognizing and challenging stigma.  In the first section, we explain what stigma is, how it feels, and how to recognize it.  In the second section, we explore the ways stigma is entangled in the practices and assumptions of healthcare professionals, often unwittingly. In our final section, we identify ways that health professionals can help recognize and reduce stigma to improve patient outcomes and improve population health.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify different forms of stigma and explain why they emerge and persist.

  • Explore the personal experience of stigma and evaluate your own stigmatizing attitudes. 

  • Recognize the signs and impacts of stigma in health care and public settings.

  • Identify solutions to reducing stigma.

Target Audience: Public Health Professionals

Duration: 1.5 hours

Continuing Education Information: 1.5 Category 1 Credits for CHES, 1.5 Continuing Competency Credits 

CHES Provider number:  99036

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest 

Format: Web-based training, Self Study

Originally Created: 6/2020

Authors:   Alexandra Brewis-Slade, PhD; Amber Wutich, PhD

Alexandra Brewis, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and President’s Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. She founded the Center for Global Health at Arizona State University in 2006, is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and has served as president of the Human Biology Association. Particularly concerned with how culture, health, and human biology collide, she has conducted field research across the globe, addressing such topics as infertility, depression, malnutrition, obesity, and stigma. 

Amber Wutich, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and President’s Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, where she directs the Center for Global Health. Concerned with the cultural institutions that make us sick and keep us well, her research focuses on basic human challenges like water insecurity, food insecurity, and anxiety. Wutich was selected as Carnegie CASE Arizona Professor of the Year in 2014, in recognition of an outstanding career as a university educator. 

Their most recent book together is “Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019).

Arranged by:  Allison Root, MS, RD; Instructional Specialist

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Crisis & Emotional Intelligence: A Family Perspective

This presentation will discuss crisis intervention, emotional intelligence and how to work with patients in crisis.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn what crisis intervention means and how it is applied within our community
  2. Identify and learn some coping skills to put into your toolbox
  3. Learn how to communicate during a crisis
  4. Define emotional intelligence and identify aspects of it within themselves
  5. Discuss aspects of emotional intelligence within themselves and others

Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Dietitians, Social Workers, General Public Health Staff

Duration: 90 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 1.5 CECH for CHES, 1.5 CPEU for RDs, 1.5 CNEs for RNs

This educational activity is jointly provided by the Western Region Public Health Training Center and the University of Arizona Continuing Nursing Education.

University of Arizona Continuing Professional Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Continuing Nursing Education Group, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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CHES Provider number:  99036

CPEU Provider number: 21216

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest 

Format: Recorded Webinar

Originally Recorded: 5/2020

Presenter:   Anisa Wiseman, NAMI Hawaii 

The health risks of vaping for teens webinar by 808novape

This presentation will introduce statistics on the vaping epidemic and share education on the harmful effects that vaping has on our youth.

Guest Speaker: Kevin Ramirez, Youth ESD Prevention Project Coordinator, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute

Learning Objectives:

  • Compare national, state and local Hawai’i youth vaping rates
  • Educate the public on the potential health impacts of youth vaping
  • Address the recent changes in ESD technology that increase the vulnerability of youth to ESD use and nicotine addiction
  • Examine current resources that exist for youth vaping cessation

CE Information:  1.5 CECH for CHES

Disclosures:  There are no conflicts of interest to disclose.


Unidas en Prevención: Formas en que las Promotoras(es) Pueden Apoyar la Prevención de COVID-19

  • Describir las causas probables, la propagación y los síntomas del nuevo coronavirus
  • Aclarar los mitos y rumores actuales sobre COVID-19Citar respuestas de expertos médicos
  • Usar las habilidades escritas en las Competencias básicas de Promotores de Salud del Departamento de Servicios de Salud para disipar mitos y rumores
  • Incluir aspectos culturas para la prevención y tratamiento de COVID-19

Utilizing Palliative Care and Navigating the Our Care Act

This presentation will help attendees understand palliative care and learn about the Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define Palliative Care and who benefits from Palliative Care
  2. Define the distinctions of Palliative Care and Hospice and when referrals are appropriate
  3. Review the process for the Our Care Our Choice Act for medical aid in dying

Continuing Education Information: 1.5 CECH for CHES; 1.5 CPEU for RDs

CPEU Accredited Provider number:  21216

CHES Provider number:  99036

2019 Novel Coronavirus: An Information Session

View the recording from a panel discussion of experts from the University of Arizona's College of Public Health, Campus Health, Banner Health, and the Maricopa and Pima County Health Departments demystifying the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. 

Objectives:

  1. Foster better understanding of the 2019-nCoV outbreak using epidemiologic principles.
  2. Share reliable information and information sources regarding risk, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment from WHO, CDC, ADHS, Pima County Health Department, and UA Campus Health.
  3. Promote evidence-based preventative strategies.

Mental Health Mini-Talks

A series of mini-talks on mental health topics by experts in the field.

Learning Objective:

  • Describe various topics that can impact our mental health.

Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals, General Public Health Professionals, Mental Health Professionals, Nurses, Sociologists, Others

Tier(s) and Competency Domain(s): Tier I- Communication Skills, Cultural Competency Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills; Tier II- Communication Skills, Cultural Competency Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills

Duration: ~ 1 hour

Continuing Education Information: None

Format: Web-based Training, Self-Study

Created/Updated: January 29, 2020

Author(s)/Presenter(s): Amy Munoz, DBH; Jennifer Carlson, PhD; Hilary Mahoney, MPH; Melissa Flores, PhD; Lisa Kiser, DNP; Diego Piña Lopez, MSW, MPA

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