NC SLPH Training 1: Introduction to the State Public Health Laboratory
This presentation, developed by Lauren Bradley, MHS and narrated by Laura Alexander, gives you an overview of the various services offered within the state public health laboratory setting, different laboratory types, careers in the public health laboratory, and the national public health laboratory infrastructure.
Educational Objectives:
• Define what is meant by the term "state public health laboratory."
• Describe the different types of laboratories (e.g., clinical, private, state, federal, and academic).
ABC's of Pandemic Influenza
This presentation by Richard Rosselli, MPH, gives you an overview of pandemic influenza, its history, the current risk of a pandemic and what can be done to contain it.
Educational Objectives:
• Review the fundamentals of influenza
• Understand the history and possible impact of a new influenza pandemic
• Describe the current threat of pandemic influenza and the status of the H5N1 outbreak in humans
• Discuss challenges of interventions to control the spread of pandemic influenza
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Activation for Disasters (NC DRN, module 8)
This presentation by Joanna Forester, LCSW, is part of the North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training series and builds awareness of the disaster activation process for mental health volunteers.
Learning Objectives:
•Describe the disaster scene
•Know the basics of Incident Command System
•Be aware of disaster mental health volunteer requirements and benefits
•Understand required and optional training that disaster mental health volunteers must complete
Acute Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation: Federal Surveillance Systems
This presentation by Dr. Dan Sosin, Director of the Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics in the Epidemiology Program Office (EPO), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gives the viewer an introduction to the various federal surveillance systems for monitoring acute disease and other outbreaks.
Educational Objectives:
• To understand the role of federal agencies, including CDC, in national surveillance
Agencies Involved in Hurricane Activities
This presentation, developed and recorded by Cindi Snider, MPH, provides an overview of agencies involved in hurricane activities. The educational objectives are:
• Understand the different phases of hurricane activities
• Be familiar with roles and responsibilities of different government and volunteer agencies
• Recognize the hierarchy of agencies involved in hurricane activities
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Anatomy of Foodborne Outbreaks
This 1-hour presentation by Pam Jenkins, MSN, EdD, Foodborne Disease Nurse Epidemiologist at the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, gives the viewer an introduction to epidemiological investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks.
Educational Objectives:
* Understand the importance of investigating foodborne disease outbreaks
* Understand the epidemiology of foodborne disease outbreaks in the US and North Carolina
Assisting Persons with Disabilities During an Emergency
This presentation by Pam Dickens, MPH, gives you an overview of how to assist persons with disabilities during an emergency.
Educational Objectives
• Identify issues to consider when assisting persons with disabilities, including those with hearing loss, vision loss, intellectual disabilities, communication disabilities, and mobility disabilities
• Discuss means of transporting individuals with mobility disabilities during times of emergency
Target Audience
Avian Influenza
This ½ hour long presentation by Aaron Wendelboe, PhD-candidate, MSPH, gives you an overview of Avian Influenza. The learning objectives are:
• Understand how Avian Influenza is a threat to the public's health
• Understand what Avian Influenza is and how it relates to human influenza
• Understand the epidemiology and transmissibility of Avian Influenza
Upon completion of this training you will be awarded with 0.05 CEUs.
Basic Steps in Investigating Clusters of Non-infectious Disease, Part 1
This presentation developed by Jeanette and Paul Stehr-Green and narrated by Anjum Hajat, MPH, gives you an overview of the basic steps involved in investigating non-infectious disease clusters.
Educational Objectives
• List and describe the steps for planning and conducting a cluster investigation
• List the entities that should be notified of a cluster reported to the public health department
• List five pieces of information that should be collected during the initial report of a non-infectious disease cluster
Basic Steps in Investigating Clusters of Non-infectious Disease, Part 2
This presentation developed by Jeanette and Paul Stehr-Green and narrated by Anjum Hajat, MPH, gives you an overview of the basic steps involved in investigating non-infectious disease clusters.
Educational Objectives
• Discuss the epidemiologic and logistical issues that should be considered when determining the feasibility of an etiologic study
• List five factors affecting risk perception
• List three considerations in dealing with the media
• Consider the pros and cons of investigating clusters of non-infectious diseases
Bio-Psycho-Social Response to Disaster
This presentation is part of the North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training series and provides an understanding of the biological, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual responses to stress as a consequence of disasters.
Educational Objectives:
- Be aware of the biological responses to threat and danger
- Describe the concept of cognitive positioning or the assessment of threat and danger
- Define the impact of the response to disaster on individuals and communities
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
This ½ hour audio presentation by Cindi Snider, MPH, gives you an overview of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), explains how BSE emerged, and what human illness is associated with BSE. The educational objectives are:
• Describe the epidemiology of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• Discuss how bovine spongiform encephalopathy affects the food supply and describe current measures to protect the food supply
• Describe the relationship between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease
Business Continuity During a Flu Pandemic
This presentation by Emily Eidner, MPH-candidate and David Bergmire-Sweat, MPH, gives you an overview of continuity of operations during an influenza pandemic, focusing specifically on business continuity and public health concerns.
Educational Objectives
• Describe the unique characteristics of continuity planning for a pandemic
• Identify key components of business continuity plans
• Describe steps public health agencies can take now to prepare for pandemic influenza
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Case Control Studies
This presentation by Victor J. Schoenbach, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gives the viewer an introduction to case control studies. This lecture material was developed as part of a graduate level course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Educational Objectives:
• Understand why case control study design is well suited sampling technique for rare outcomes
• Understand and use "person time" in calculations
• Define attributable risk
• Understand and calculate cumulative incidence
Catastrophic Flooding: Environmental Health Risks & Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance
These presentations by William Service, MSPH, NC Division of Public Health Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response gives you an overview of widespread catastrophic flooding in eastern North Carolina and its effects on environmental health, biological building contamination, Public Health, and morbidity and mortality surveillance.
Educational Objectives:
* To understand the role of surveillance in assessing the impact of a natural disaster on the environment, and subsequently on human morbidity and mortality.
Chemical Hazards: Methamphetamine Labs
This ½ hour audio presentation by Nelson Couch, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, gives you an overview of the hazards and concerns of Methamphetamine labs. The educational objectives are:
• Identify the warning signs of Methamphetamine production
• Provide a general overview of the hazards Methamphetamine labs
• Discuss what public health professionals can do to combat the growing problem of Methamphetamine production
Chemical Terrorism: Introduction & Classification / Chemical Weapons: Basic Concepts
This 45 minute audio presentation by Nelson Couch, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, Triangle Health & Safety, Inc. gives you an overview of chemical terrorism and chemical weapons to include toxic industrial chemicals, related hazards, biological effects and detection, protection and contamination basics. The educational objectives are:
• Define terms related to chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
• Recognize and discuss the various hazards related to chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
Chemical Weapons: Detection Basics (Part I& II)
This presentation by Nelson Couch, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, Triangle Health & Safety, Inc. gives you an overview of chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals, related hazards, biological effects and detection, protection and decontamination basics. The educational objectives are:
• Define terms related to chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
• Recognize and discuss the various hazards related to chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
• Recognize and discuss the biological effects associated with chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
Chemical Weapons: Protection Basics
This audio presentation by Nelson Couch, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, Triangle Health & Safety, Inc. gives you an overview of chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals, related hazards, biological effects and detection, protection and decontamination basics. The educational objectives are:
• Define terms related to chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
• Recognize and discuss the various hazards related to chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
• Recognize and discuss the biological effects associated with chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
Cohort Studies
This presentation by Victor J. Schoenbach, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gives the viewer an introduction to cohort studies. This lecture material was developed as part of a graduate level course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Educational Objectives:
• Define the characteristics of a cohort study
• Understand the differences between a retrospective and prospective cohort study
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of a cohort study?
• Understand and calculate attributable risk
Confounding Bias
This presentation by Victor J. Schoenbach, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gives the viewer an introduction to confounding bias. This lecture material was developed as part of a graduate level course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Educational Objectives:
• Understand the use of causal inference
• Understand basic confounding
• Recognize and differentiate between potential and actual confounding
• Understand how confounding can be controlled
Crisis Leadership: Leadership at the Speed of Light
This presentation by Donna Dinkin, MPH, gives you an overview of crisis leadership and gives public health workers a framework to use in preparing to respond to a crisis.
Educational Objectives:
• Identify three ways that crisis leadership is different from crisis management
• Describe at least three skills, or competencies, needed by a Crisis Leader.
• Identify critical components of a crisis preparedness framework.
Cross Sectional Studies
This presentation by Victor J. Schoenbach, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gives the viewer an introduction to cross sectional studies. This lecture material was developed as part of a graduate level course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Educational Objectives:
• Understand the benefits and costs associated with cross-sectional studies
• Identify several problems with the inference of group data to individuals in ecologic studies
• Define confidence interval
Data Analysis and Causal Inference
This presentation by Victor J. Schoenbach, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gives the viewer an introduction to data analysis and causal inference. This lecture material was developed as part of a graduate level course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Educational Objectives:
• Identify the steps in the data management process
• Define P-Value and Power in terms of specificity and sensitivity
Descriptive Epidemiology and Study Design
This presentation by Dr. Ward Cates, MD, MPH, President, Family Health Institute, Family Health International, gives the viewer an introduction to descriptive epidemiology and study design.
Educational Objectives:
• To understand the use of epidemiology as a quantitative basic science, a method of causal reasoning and a tool for clinical and public health action
• Give examples of several exposure-disease relationships and explain how they are used to determine associations
E is for Epidemiology Training Series
E is for Epidemiology is a five part series for non-epidemiologists, with the intention of preparing you to work collaboratively with Epidemiologists and Public Health Surveillance personnel in your region. This series was designed to introduce you to the history and applications of the public health specialty of Epidemiology. It will also introduce and explain terminology, measures, and resources commonly used by practicing Epidemiologists.
Emergency Preparedness and the Need to include Persons with Disabilities: Basic Issues for Organizations to Consider
This presentation by Pam Dickens, MPH, gives you an overview of the basic issues to consider when including persons with disabilities in emergency preparedness planning.
Educational Objectives
• Provide an overview of disability
• Provide understanding about the need to include persons with disabilities in all aspects of emergency planning
• Provide information about how to identify those who may need assistance during an emergency
Target Audience
Environmental Risk Assessment
This presentation by Dr. Douglas Crawford-Brown, MS, PhD, gives you an overview of key concepts in risk assessment, hazard identification, exposure and exposure-response assessment, and risk characterization.
Educational Objectives:
• Define a risk assessment and understand how it is used
• Conduct a simple risk assessment
• Apply the results of a risk assessment to environmental decisions
• Understand key concepts and definitions
• Critique a risk assessment by noting its strengths and weaknesses
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Epi Info Training Series
This 14 part series is designed to give you an overview and tutorial of the Epi Info™ computer program developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With Epi Info™ and a personal computer, epidemiologists and other public health and medical professionals can rapidly develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data. Epidemiologic statistics, tables, graphs, and maps are produced with simple commands such as READ, FREQ, LIST, TABLES, GRAPH, and MAP. Epi Map displays geographic maps with data from Epi Info™.
Equipment and Resources to Assist Persons with Disabilities During an Emergency
This presentation by Pam Dickens, MPH, gives you an overview of equipment and resources to assist persons with disabilities during an emergency.
Educational Objective
• Discuss adaptive equipment and assistive technology to assist persons with disabilities
• Outline resources to assist persons with disabilities in an emergency
Target Audience