The 10 Essential Public Health Services in Action
What are the ten essential public health services and how are they provided at the local level?
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Course Information
- Format: Self-paced
- Price: Free
- Length: 1.5 hours
- Competencies: 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 hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_07012020. If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Supplemental materials: None
- Pre-requisites: Infectious Disease Case Management,
Surveillance of Infectious Diseases
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About this course
Local health departments are responsible for creating and maintaining conditions that keep people in their communities healthy and safe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has defined and recently updated 10 essential public health services that communities should undertake to protect and promote the health of all people in their community. This training uses a case study (based on an actual infectious disease outbreak) to relate each step of the investigation to one of the 10 essential public health services. Public health professionals should be able to describe each of these essential services, and should work to ensure that all 10 services are provided in their community.
What you'll learn
After completing the training, you will be able to...
- Summarize the 10 essential public health services
- Describe the three local board of health (LBOH) responsibilities for infectious disease investigation: reporting, case investigation, and controlling further spread of infectious diseases
- Classify disease investigation activities into one of the 10 essential public health services
- Give examples of partners that are necessary to deliver the 10 essential public health services
- List the signs and symptoms of a specific pathogen linked to this case study
Subject Matter Experts
Anne Fidler, ScD
Assistant Dean and
Professor,
Boston University
School of Public Health
Kathleen MacVarish, MS
Associate Professor
of the Practice
Boston University
School of Public Health
Enrollment and Contact Hours
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. Select the Enroll Me button below to enroll for this course.
Having trouble accessing the course? Contact support@nephtc.org
* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH