Collaborations/partnerships

The learner's goal in this course is to master the knowledge and skills needed to collaborate with community stakeholders on integrating Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) into local emergency shelter plans.

This one-hour video-based course consists of five sections with estimated viewing times as follows:

1. Getting Started (5 minutes)
2. The Hot-Wash Sessions (20 minutes)
3. >The Demographics of Disaster (15 minutes)
4. An Open Conversation (10 minutes)
5. Invitation to Planning (5 minutes)

Allow an additional five minutes to complete the Post-Test.

Intended Audience

Emergency managers, shelter planners, and other mid-level public health professionals responsible for community preparedness are the intended audience for this course.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this scenario, learners should be ableto:

• Identify FNSS-related gaps in shelter plans.
• Relate demographic information to a community’s FNSS-related needs.
• Adopt strategies for providing FNSS in mass-care settings.
• Partner with FNSS providers by means of MOUs and other types of agreements.
• Engage people with FNSS-related needs in shelter planning.

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No Pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

PERLC Competencies (KSAs)

Domain I: Model Leadership

1.3 - Facilitate collaboration with internal and external emergency response partners.

1. Compare the roles of relevant internal and external emergency response partners (including, but not limited to, agencies, organizations, authorities, elected leaders, and stakeholders).
2. Develop partnerships among internal and external emergency response partners.
3. Develop collaborative emergency response plans and/or policies with appropriate internal and external emergency response partners.
4. Apply communication strategies to effectively communicate with internal and external response partners.
5. Maintain agreements (e.g., Mutual Aid Agreements or MAAs, Emergency Management Assistance Compacts or EMACs, Memoranda of Understanding or MOUs) with external emergency response partners to secure and provide assistance and resources in all phases of emergency preparedness and response.

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Jane Gay, Gay A. Jones, B.J. Dvorak, Mark Martin, Dr. Sally H. Chai, PhD, John Choate, Melissa Richlen, Nathan Lothamer, Tim Beachy

Technical requirements

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 
• Flash Player 
• Speakers

Registration requirements

Register a free account

Creation and/or update

September 5, 2013

Background The University of Iowa College of Public Health's Institute for Public Health Practice, in cooperation with the Iowa Association of Local Public Health Agencies (I-ALPHA), has developed a series of practiced-based educational programs targeted toward new public health administrators and nursing administrators. The programs are part of the Institute's continuing effort to provide training to strengthen the skills and knowledge of the current public health workforce. Goal/ Intended Audience This course is intended for public health administrators and nurse administrators who are relatively new in their positions (3 years or less) and who seek to enhance their skills and knowledge. Local boards of health, city and county departments, hospitals, home health agencies, and visiting nurse associations typically employ these public health professionals. By the end of this course, participants will have enhanced the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to be a successful public health administrator. Course Content The New Public Health Administrators Series consists of 14 hour-long online programs. Upon completion of all 14 online programs, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion. This presentation - Community Planning, by Linda Drey - consists of a one hour video segment which is accessible via video streaming technology. PowerPoint slides of the presentation are provided in PDF format. Participants will be assessed through practice exercises and an online post-test. This course may be taken by itself, or as part of the New Public Health Admin (NPHA) Curriculum.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health's Institute for Public Health Practice, in cooperation with the Iowa Association of Local Public Health Agencies (I-ALPHA), has developed a series of practiced-based educational programs targeted toward new public health administrators and nursing administrators. The programs are part of the Institute's continuing effort to provide training to strengthen the skills and knowledge of the current public health workforce.

Intended Audience

for public health administrators and nurse administrators who are relatively new in their positions (3 years or less) and who seek to enhance their skills and knowledge

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, learners should be able to:

• Identifythe role of public health in community planning

• Definecommunity planning vs. organizational planning

• Describehealthy community concepts in relationships to community health planning

• Definedata collection methodologies

• Identifyplanning models that can be utilized in community health planning

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals identified

Domain 1: Analytic/Assessment Skills

• 1A8. Collects valid and reliable quantitative and qualitative data

Domain 2: Policy Development/Program Planning Skills

• 2A8. Identifies mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Linda Drey, MPH, MHA, BSN

Technical requirements:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 
• Flash Player 
• Speakers

Registration requirements

Register a free account

Creation and/or update

September 15, 2013

Contact: Brandi Bordelon
Phone: (504) 988-1342
E-mail: trdirect@tulane.edu

Collaboration is essential to public health professionals in order to carry out their daily job duties successfully and enhance the health outcomes of the population which they serve.  This course covers why collaboration is important, how to build a collaborative culture, and barriers to effective collaboration. 

>Objectives:

• To assist in understanding your personal orientation toward collaboration.
• To examine common themes among different definitions of collaboration.
• To illustrate why collaboration is important.
• To identify the steps involved in successful collaboration.
• To list the elements of a collaborating culture.
• To provide a series of factors against which your organization can be evaluated relative to the ease of collaboration.
• To identify four familiar impediments to effective collaboration.
• To demonstrate why getting the "right people on the team is important, even critical, to effective collaboration.
• To provide a series of guidelines for forming a collaborative team.
• To offer some practical advice for building and maintaining collaborative teams.

Delivery Modality:

Online course composed of three modules.

Intended Audience/Level of Training:

Aware - Policy / Planner, General Public Health Staff and Public Health

Course Length:

2 hours. You have 7 weeks from the day you enroll to finish this course. This course is self-paced

Costs:

Free

Continuing Education Units (CEU):

ASNA Nursing 1.1 CEU and Social Work 1.0 CEU

Competency:

Conflict Management 2.1 and Program Planning and Health Promotion 14.1.  Manages and resolves conflict and disagreements in a positive and constructive manner to minimize negative impact.  Assess internal and external capacity of primary care infrastructure for organizational goal setting.