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Community-Based Policy Development: Lessons from the Field

Merrill Eisenberg will help public health advocates understand the policy making process at the state and local levels and to use this understanding to plan policy action to benefit the public's health.

Learning Objectives:

This training was create to assist public health workers navigate policy change. At the end of this training, learners should be able to:

  • Distinguish between public health and health care policy.
  • Describe the policy process in local policy making.
  • Define the "Three Streams" theory of policy making.
  • Determine potential policies to address community health problems.
Target Audience:

Community Health Workers, Food System Workers, Policy Advocates and Policy Makers

Duration: 32 minutes

Format: web based/self study

Continuing Education: 0.5 Category 1 CHES Credits, 0.5 Continuing Competency

Created/updated: 10/2017; 2/2020

Author and Presenter: Merrill Eisenberg

Public Health Learning Navigator Quality Seal

Writing a personal budget: strategies and connections to health

Do you want to improve your personal finances or help others improve theirs? This training will provide you with tools to create a personal budget and identify ways to improve your financial health.  The training also provides information about health behavior theory as it relates to improving financial health and background information about financial health and stress.  We also present ideas for incorporating budgeting trainings into public health programs.

Learning Objectives

1.  Describe the negative effects of financial stress.

2.  Apply health behavior theory to personal financial health.

3.  Create a personal budget and identify ways to improve personal financial health.

4.  List public health programs that may incorporate personal budgeting concepts as part of health promotion.

Continuing Education:  0.5 Category 1 Credits for CHES, 0.5 Continuing Competency Credits

Duration: ~30 min

Created/Updated: March 2020

Author:  Allison Root, MS, RD


Adolescent Obesity Prevention in Schools

In the United States, the percentage of adolescents affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s.  A comprehensive approach incorporating nutrition and physical activities in schools best supports the health and well-being of adolescents.  This training will review physical activity and healthy eating guidelines for adolescents and how they can be implemented in schools to promote health.


Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the prevalence of adolescent obesity in the U.S.
  2. ​Discuss the ​components of MyPlate.
  3. Communicate recommendations for physical activity for adolescents.
  4. Demonstrate ways to improve "seat time" at school for adolescents.
  5. Describe policies that promote adolescent obesity prevention.

Duration:  ~ 30 minutes

Continuing Education Information:  0.5 Category 1 CHES Credits, 0.5 Continuing Competency Credits

Created/Updated:  2/2020

Author(s):  Marisa Parra, Monica Lowry, Allison Root, MS, RD


Eight Steps for Developing a Program Budget

In this self-paced training, Daryl Melvin takes a broad approach to developing an understanding of how to create a budget and the key steps to apply in a budget process. The training is intended for all levels of program staff and uses narrative elements with participants to discuss budgeting elements. It highlights that at the core of budget creation is an organization's mission and will assist participants in recognizing mission alignment and outcomes with budget creation. 

Learning Objectives:

This training was developed to aid public health workers in understanding how to develop and monitor a program budget. After participating in this training, learners will be able to:

  • Define a program budget and its function
  • Distinguish the relationship between a program's mission and budget 
  • Identify the key steps in creating a program budget

Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Food System Workers

Continuing Education: 0.5 Category 1 Credits for CHES, 0.5 Continuing Competency Credits

Duration: 20 minutes

Format: web based/self study

Created/updated: 11/2017; 12/2019

Author and Presenter: Daryl Melvin

Public Health Learning Navigator Quality Seal

Getting Ahead of Holiday Stress

The holiday season can be a very difficult time for patients, healthcare providers, and families due to increases of personal and professional obligations. This training will educate participants to practice self-care management and de-stress techniques.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Adam Coles, MD, General, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Clinical Director - Maui Family Guidance Center​

Continuing Education:  1.0 CHES

Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze environmental changes and human circadian rhythms during the holidays.
  • Gain knowledge on the psychological impact of the Holidays on different populations.
  • Understanding the cultural versus personal meaning of Holy-days.


Episode 10: Using Data in Disease Outbreak Investigations

In the final episode of Keeping Up with Public Health (at least for Season 1), Dr. Kristen Pogreba-Brown and Rachel Leih chat with Sana Khan about investigating disease outbreaks, using data to support policy change, and the “One Health” approach.

Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, is an epidemiologist and director of the Student Aid for Field Epidemiology Response (SAFER) team. Her research focuses on foodborne disease and improving methodology to respond to outbreak investigations.

Rachel Leih, MPH MEd, is a research specialist on the Community Research, Evaluation and Development team at the University of Arizona. Her work in public health has focused on maternal and child health, improving health literacy, and promoting equity in city-level health policies. 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain the importance of data in investigating disease outbreaks.

  2. Discuss how data can be used to support policy change.

  3. Describe the One Health approach.

Continuing Education Information: 1.0 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Date Released: 11-6-19

Episode 9: All About Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr. Kate Ellingson and Sana Khan discuss multiple aspects of antimicrobial resistance, including discussing building antimicrobial stewardship programs, attitudes towards antibiotic use along the border, socioeconomic disparities, and more.

Kate Ellingson, PhD, investigated the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings, evaluated initiatives to prevent healthcare-associated infections, and built capacity for infection prevention in resource-limited setting as a healthcare epidemiologist at the CDC and the Oregon State Health Department.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define antimicrobial resistance.

  2. Explain proper use of antimicrobials or antibiotics.

  3. Discuss how aquaculture and agriculture contribute to antimicrobial resistance.

  4. Identify those most vulnerable to healthcare acquired infections.

Continuing Education Information: 0.5 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Date Released: 10-30-19

Episode 8: Going Beyond Statistics in Maternal and Child Health

Dr. Priscilla Magrath and Lisa Balland discuss maternal and child health, particularly looking at the case of Indonesia while discussing the influence of policy on birthing practices, the notion of the “right to health,” and the limitation of using statistics to describe health status. Some discussion refers to Magrath’s article, “Right to Health: A Buzzword in Health Policy in Indonesia” recently published in Medical Anthropology.

Priscilla Magrath, PhD, is a Medical Anthropologist that specializes in global health policy and practice. Recent work in Indonesia has examined how global health policies are interpreted and implemented in the areas of maternal health.

Lisa Balland is a graduate student at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH), studying global Family and Child Health. She currently works with El Rio Health’s Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP), which centers young people in bringing sexual health access and rights to Tucson teens, as well as works as a research assistant for the Title V project at MEZCOPH.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Distinguish between skilled birth attendants and traditional birth attendants and the value of each.
  2. Discuss how policy changes led by the World Health Organization have affected birthing practices, particularly in Indonesia.
  3. Explain the notion of the “right to health.”
  4. Discuss the limitations of statistics in describing the qualitative experiences of community members.

Continuing Education Information: 0.75 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Date Released: 10-23-19

Episode 7: Talking About the Privilege in Healthy Food Access and Physical Activity

Dr. Douglas Taren and Abby Stoica, Director and Associate Director of the Western Region Public Health Training Center, join Sana to talk about the impact of geography, environment, and socioeconomic status on food access and physical activity opportunities. 


Douglas Taren, PhD, MS, focuses primarily on maternal and child nutrition with a special emphasis on decreasing health disparities within low income populations and countries. He is currently the director of the Western Region Public Health Training Center for HRSA Region 9.


Learning Objectives: 

  1. Discuss the role of socioeconomic status in determining access to healthy food. 
  2. Explain how built environment can impact physical activity levels in a community. 
  3. Identify strategies to improve food access and physical activity at a policy or environmental level.

Continuing Education Information: 0.5 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Date Released: 10-16-19


Episode 6: Navigating Politics to Advance Public Health Policy

Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States, joins Sana Khan and Emily Maas to talk about navigating politics and communication strategies to advance public health policy, focusing on tobacco cessation.

Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, an appointed professor of public health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and the vice chairman of the Canyon Ranch Institute.

Emily Maass, MPH, specializes in public health policy & management, and currently is part of  the CDC’s Pubic Health Associate Program, where she works with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Department of Public Health and Human Services on accreditation efforts.

Continuing Education Information: 0.75 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Date Released: 10-9-19

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