Courses Archive - Page 27 of 27 - Western Region Public Health Training Center

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Prioritization and Time Management

Prioritization and time management are critical skills for success. Managing your time means that you spend time on your priorities, and that you do not waste time on non-priorities. This training presents time management and prioritization techniques to improve the work activities of local health departments.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the main components of effective time management
Understand the role of time management and prioritization in local health department activities
Describe the Eisenhower prioritization technique
Utilize a prioritization matrix

Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals, Dietitians, Nurses

Duration: 30 min

Continuing Education Information: 0.5 CECH for CHES

Format: Web-based Training, Self-study

Created/Uploaded: February 28, 2017

Authors: Kelly Heslin, MPH

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Skateboard Parks 101

This course provides an understanding the culture of skateboarding and the policies centered around skateboard parks. Information about different aspects of skateboarding, park design, and statistics are provided.

Learning Objective: Learners will gain insight into the skateboarding culture that includes understanding the popularity of skateboarding, as well as the policies that govern the maintenance and oversight of skateboard parks.

Target Audience: Health Department Administrators

Duration: approx 20 min.

Format: Web based/self study

Created: 10/2017

Author: Ray Andrade, EdD

Presenter: Natalie Krishna Das

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The Role of Health Apps in Dietetics Practice

This training discusses the use of Mobile Health Apps to enhance nutrition intervention. Learn best practices to use when introducing health apps to clients, discuss a screening tool that can be used to gauge the usefulness of various Health Apps for your clients, and participate in a simulated role play experience introducing a Health App to your client.

Learning Objectives:

Assess the usefulness of different types of health, wellness, and physical activity applications
Select appropriate and evidence-based applications to recommend to clients
Determine whether the use of nutrition and physical activity applications can enhance nutrition intervention based on each individual client.

Target Audience: Dietitians, Public Health, Students

Duration: Approx. 1 hr.

Continuing Education Information: 1.0 CECH for CHES

Format: Web-based Training, Self-study

Created/ Updated: March, 2017

Authors: Alexandra Samarron, Kendal Shanks, Jessica Zepeda

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Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease (PreventLD Training)

Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease: A Training on Legionella Water Management Programs (PreventLD Training)

What Are the Benefits of This Training?

The training

Outlines how to reduce risk for Legionella in facilities through water management programs.
Helps water management programs align with ASHRAE 188 on reducing risk for Legionella in building water systems (e.g., potable water, cooling towers, hot tubs, decorative water features).
Is free and available online, and continuing education units are available from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA).
Helps build common language across the range of professionals involved in water management programs.
Includes case studies, templates, and other practical resources to reduce the risk for Legionella and protect those at increased risk of Legionnaires’ disease: adults aged 50 years or older, current or former smokers, and those with a weakened immune system or chronic disease.

Who Is This Training For?

CDC and partners designed this training for the range of professionals involved in water management programs. This typically includes

Public health professionals, including infection preventionists.
Building managers, maintenance/engineering staff, and safety officers.
Equipment and water treatment suppliers as well as consultants.

This training addresses how to manage

Building water systems in hospitals, retirement homes and long-term care facilities, hotels, high-rise apartment complexes, and other buildings.
Other devices that may need a water management program even if the building does not, such as cooling towers, decorative fountains and water features, hot tubs, and misters.

How Long Does It Take?

Pilot testers took an average of a half hour to complete each module and an average of 3 hours to complete the training as a whole.

Users do not have to complete the training all at once. They can save their progress and come back later to complete a module.

Individuals completing courses within the curriculum are eligible to receive continuing education units (CEUs) through the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). For questions regarding NEHA continuing education, please visit NEHA’s CE information page or contact credentialing@neha.org.