Public Health Infrastructure: From the Inside Out
How can building personal mental fortitude, wellness-oriented organizations, and equitable partnerships create a stronger, more resilient public health workforce?
Course Information
- Audience:
This course has been designed for use by all public health professionals — any role, any experience level. The content and scenarios have been intentionally created to support anyone seeking inspiration and tools to strengthen themselves, their organization, and/or their partnerships.
- Format:
This self-paced online series includes three modules, which should be completed in order. Each module will take approximately 90 minutes — we recommend setting aside a dedicated time and quiet space. Individual learners may decide to take more time in guided reflection and/or exploring the recommended supplementary material.
- Time:
4.5 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 4.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 4.5. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID:TBA
If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluations, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Health Equity Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Accessibility: This training is delivered in a 508-compliant interface. During development of this training, we attempted to make the content accessible to individuals using screen readers. If you encounter trouble accessing the instructional materials by screen reader, or need any other accommodations in order to access the instructional materials, please contact support@nephtc.org, and we will do our best to make sure the content is accessible to you.
- Supplemental materials:
There is a reflection guide within the course
- Pre-requisites: None
- Technical Requirements:
The self-paced modules were designed to work in most modern web browsers, operating systems, and devices. Some resources are available as PDFs that will open in modern browsers or using the free Adobe Reader. The reflection guide that accompanies the modules is available as a fillable pdf.
About this Course
Welcome to Public Health Infrastructure: From the Inside Out, a self-paced three-part health equity training series to help create a stronger, more resilient public health workforce. The series begins with a focus on individual mental fortitude; expands to the topic of building equitable and wellness-oriented organizations; then wraps up with best practices for building equitable, trusted partnerships.
What you'll learn
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
● Understand the context and impacts of stress and burnout; learn to build personal mental fortitude
● Learn how to integrate wellness and equity into organizational culture
● Understand what it means to build equitable partnerships, including collaborative relationships with CBOs and TA providers
Production Team
Public Health Infrastructure: From the Inside Out was created in partnership with:
National Network of Public Health Institutes
Imkada Solutions
EnVision Performance Solutions
Caravan Brand Partners
Registration
Select the Enroll Me button below to register. If you have any trouble accessing this training, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Deparment of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.