Evidence Based Public Health
How do public health practitioners use the best available evidence to select, implement and evaluate programs and policies to improve health?
Course Information
- Audience: Public health practitioners, Public health community partners, Public health students and Public health faculty in the state of Connecticut.
- Date/Time: January 18 - March 21 (Thursdays 1 PM - 3 PM)
- Location:Online live classroom
- Format: Classroom
- Price: Free
- Length: 20 hours.
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_EVPH. If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: All of the domains below: Analytical/Assessment Skills, Policy Development/Program Planning Skills, Communication Skills, Cultural Competency Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills, Financial Planning and Management Skills and Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Supplemental materials: Course Guide and Technical Requirements (PDF)
- Pre-requisites: None
NOTE:
About this course
The aim of this 10-part course is to build skills in applying evidence-based decision making to improve population health and advance health equity. Through presentations, practice exercises, and case examples, the course takes a “hands-on” approach and emphasizes information that is readily available to busy practitioners.
What you'll learn
After completing this course, you will be able to...
- Describe the basic concepts and the value of evidence-based decision making.
- Identify some sources and types of evidence.
- Recognize the importance of evidence-based decision making to advancing health equity.
- Describe several applications within public health practice that are based on strong evidence and several that are based on weak evidence.
- Define some barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health settings.
Enrollment and Contact Hours
Note there are two different options for enrolling in this course highlighted in the table below.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the module. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.
Having trouble accessing the course? Contact support@nephtc.org
Acknowledgements:
NEPTHC thanks the St. Louis Prevention Research Center for sharing their EBPH curricula for public health workforce development
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP27877 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program”. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Evidence Based Public Health
How do public health practitioners use the best available evidence to select, implement and evaluate programs and policies to improve health?
Course Information
- Audience: Public health practitioners, Public health community partners, Public health students and Public health faculty in the state of Connecticut.
- Date/Time: January 9 - March 23 (Thursdays 1 PM - 3 PM)
- Location:Online live classroom
- Format: Classroom
- Price: Free
- Length: 20 hours.
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_EVPH. If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: All of the domains below: Analytical/Assessment Skills, Policy Development/Program Planning Skills, Communication Skills, Cultural Competency Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills, Financial Planning and Management Skills and Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Supplemental materials: Course Guide and Technical Requirements (PDF)
- Pre-requisites: None
NOTE:
About this course
The aim of this 10-part course is to build skills in applying evidence-based decision making to improve population health and advance health equity. Through presentations, practice exercises, and case examples, the course takes a “hands-on” approach and emphasizes information that is readily available to busy practitioners.
What you'll learn
After completing this course, you will be able to...
- Describe the basic concepts and the value of evidence-based decision making.
- Identify some sources and types of evidence.
- Recognize the importance of evidence-based decision making to advancing health equity.
- Describe several applications within public health practice that are based on strong evidence and several that are based on weak evidence.
- Define some barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health settings.
Subject Matter Experts
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|---|---|---|
| Kathleen O’Connor Duffany, PhD | Amy Griffin, MA | |
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| Dr. Debbie Humphries |
Enrollment and Contact Hours
Note there are two different options for enrolling in this course highlighted in the table below.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the module. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.
Having trouble accessing the course? Contact support@nephtc.org
Acknowledgements:
NEPTHC thanks the St. Louis Prevention Research Center for sharing their EBPH curricula for public health workforce development
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP27877 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program”. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Evidence Based Public Health
How do public health practitioners use the best available evidence to select, implement and evaluate programs and policies to improve health?
Course Information
- Audience: Public health practitioners, Public health community partners, Public health students and Public health faculty in the state of Connecticut.
- Date/Time: January 10 - March 24 (Thursdays 1 PM - 3 PM)
- Location:Online live classroom
- Format: Classroom
- Price: Free
- Length: 20 hours.
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_EVPH. If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: All of the domains below: Analytical/Assessment Skills, Policy Development/Program Planning Skills, Communication Skills, Cultural Competency Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills, Financial Planning and Management Skills and Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Supplemental materials: Course Guide and Technical Requirements (PDF)
- Pre-requisites: None
NOTE:
About this course
The aim of this 10-part course is to build skills in applying evidence-based decision making to improve population health and advance health equity. Through presentations, practice exercises, and case examples, the course takes a “hands-on” approach and emphasizes information that is readily available to busy practitioners.
What you'll learn
After completing this course, you will be able to...
- Describe the basic concepts and the value of evidence-based decision making.
- Identify some sources and types of evidence.
- Recognize the importance of evidence-based decision making to advancing health equity.
- Describe several applications within public health practice that are based on strong evidence and several that are based on weak evidence.
- Define some barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health settings.
Subject Matter Experts
 |
 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Kathleen O’Connor Duffany, PhD | Amy Griffin, MA | |
|
|
 |
|
| Dr. Debbie Humphries | Dr. Tekisha Dwan Everette |
Enrollment and Contact Hours
Note there are two different options for enrolling in this course highlighted in the table below.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the module. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.
Having trouble accessing the course? Contact support@nephtc.org
Acknowledgements:
NEPTHC thanks the St. Louis Prevention Research Center for sharing their EBPH curricula for public health workforce development
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP27877 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program”. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.