This presentation will explain the key concepts related to evaluating organizational effectiveness in the public health domain. Examples will be provided throughout the presentation to illustrate the issues from a
Leadership Domain: Change Management and Implementation
Effect of Disasters on Mental Health: Awareness Level
This Awareness Level course is intended for anyone who will come into professional contact with disaster victims, including DMAT, hospital workers, EMTs, primary care providers and public health workers.
Effect of Disasters on Mental Health: Children and Adolescents
This course is intended for anyone who will come into professional contact with disaster victims who are children or adolescents, including DMAT, hospital workers, EMTs, primary care providers and public
Systems Thinking: Through A Public Health Lens
This course is designed to introduce participants to the idea of systems thinking.
From Silos to Systems: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Public Health Assurance in the Post-Katrina Era
At the start of a new hurricane season, Gulf Coast residents have moved beyond the lessons learned stage and are forging ahead with rebuilding. Central to those efforts is assuring
Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health
This course provides a survey of the theory and practice of human health risk assessment. The basic components of risk assessment are explained and real-life applications of each component and
Psychological First Aid: Building Resiliency for Us and Them
The importance of Psychological First Aid for victims of a disaster as well as first responders has been well established. From the attacks of 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, the mental
Public Health to the Rescue: Emergency Response is Now a Core Function
This program will examine the roles played by three state public health agencies in the response and recovery phases of Hurricane Katrina, specifically with respect to the public health core
Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents
This course provides an in-depth guide to the initial public health response to a chemical terrorist attack
Resilient Leadership: Building an Organizational Culture of Resilience
This course provides an overview of the nature of and practices which constitute resilient leadership. Resilient Leadership may be thought of as the attitudes and practices which may serve to