Course Details

Course Number: WB3077

Course Title: Public Health Assessment Overview 1 -
                      Mission and Community

Authors: Gail Godfrey, Environmental Health Scientist and
Subject Matter Expert, ATSDR
               Bob Kay, DrPH, Environmental Health Scientist,
Project Manager, and Subject Matter Expert, ATSDR
               Marie Patterson, Environmental Health Scientist and
Subject Matter Expert, ATSDR

Instructional goals:

The goals of this course are to instruct public health professionals on the basic principles of the public health assessment process and the role of ATSDR in protecting the public health. In addition, it covers the importance of involving community members in the public health assessment process and describes methods to facilitate two-way communication.

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, participants will be able to

1. Describe ATSDR's role in addressing public health issues       at hazardous waste sites,
2. List the four main activities included in the public health     assessment process,
3. Discuss three types of information that could be used to     develop a site-specific communications strategy, and
4. Describe four communication methods that could be used     in communities affected by a hazardous waste site.

Accreditation:

• Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credit
  This activity for 1.4 contact hours is provided by CDC, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

• Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit
  CDC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CDC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 hours in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credit
  CDC is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for CHES to receive 1.0 hours in category 1 credit in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.

• Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit
  CDC has been approved as an authorized provider of continuing education and training programs by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training and awards 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

• Completion Certificate (Non Credit- NC)
  While no accreditation is provided, this completion certificate represents 1.25 contact hours of course work with the ATSDR Environmental Public Health Training Program. This completion certificate is generally accepted by most professional registrations and certifications.

Disclosure:

Our Subject Matter Experts wish to disclose that they have no financial interests or other relationships with manufacturers of commercial products, providers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.

Presentations will not include any discussion of, or the unlabeled use of, commercial products or products for investigational use.