April 16, 2012, North Wilkesboro
April 17, 2012, Clyde
April 18, 2012, Gastonia
April 23, 2012, Silk Hope
April 24, 2012, Burgaw
April 26, 2012, Williamston

Who should attend? | Schedule and agenda | Handouts | Learning Objectives | Continuing education/contact hours | Dates and locations | Public health competencies | Registration | More information

Sponsors

• Children and Youth Branch, Division of Public Health, DHHS
• Public Health Nursing and Professional Development, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• The North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Who should attend these workshops?

These workshops are appropriate for all local Child Health staff and the content is approved for Child Health Enhanced Role Nurses continuing education hours for re-rostering; 5.0 hours of continuing education will be awarded. The workshops will be held at the locations and dates listed here; the program is again asking that you attend the workshop for your region in order to network with peers and your Regional Child Health Nurse Consultant (RCHNC).

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Workshop schedule

The workshop will begin with registration at 9:00 am and will run from 9:30 am-4:00 pm with two short breaks and a catered lunch. The $35 tuition includes the CEH, lunch and beverage breaks.

Agenda topics will include a special interactive  presentation on the Life Course Model. DHHS Maternal Child Health Bureau is exploring the implications of life course perspectives for our collective efforts to improve the health and well-being of all women, children, youth and families now, and over future generations. The life course model conceptualizes the interplay of risk and protective factors, such as socioeconomic status, toxic environmental exposures, health behaviors, stress, and nutrition, and how they influence health throughout one's lifetime. The model evolved from research documenting the important role early life events play in shaping an individual's health trajectory over the lifespan.

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Agenda

9:00 
Registration

9:30 
Bright Futures: Celebrating Success and Planning for the Future

10:15
Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress & Impact on Lifelong Health

11:15
Break

11:30
The Life Course Perspective: Implications for Public Health

12:30
Lunch

1:15
Childhood Obesity: Implications of Genetic and Environmental Factors

2:15
Break

2:30
Medical Homes: Impact on Improved Health Outcomes for Children

3:00

Child Health Program Updates

3:45
Learning Summary

4:00
Adjourn

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Handouts

9:30:  Bright Futures: Celebrating Success and Planning for the Future

10:15: Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress & Impact on Lifelong Health

2:30: Medical Homes: Impact on Improved Health Outcomes for Children

3:00: Child Health Program Updates

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Learning objectives

• Identify one protective factor and one risk factor influencing health across the life span.
• Discuss how Bright Futures implementation in your agency affected one of the Triple Aim components: better care for individuals, better care for populations and lower healthcare costs.
• Provide an example of how the medical home approach has been demonstrated to improve health outcomes for children.

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Continuing education/contact hours

Nursing contact hours will be awarded by the Public Health Nursing and Professional Development Unit.

Public Health Nursing and Professional Development, Department of Health and Human Services, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Special Note: Nurse licensees are required to attest to having completed one of several learning activity options during the preceding license renewal cycle and be prepared to submit evidence of completion if requested by the Board. Most of the learning activity options include continuing education activities related to the nurse's practice. The Public Health Nursing and Professional Development Unit qualifies as an acceptable provider of continuing education as defined by the Board of Nursing for the Continuing Competence process.

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Dates and locations

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Public health competencies

The core competencies represent a set of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for the broad practice of public health. They transcend the boundaries of the specific disciplines within public health and help to unify the profession. This course addresses the competencies listed below. Click on a competency number to view the full text.

This course addresses the following public health essential services competencies: ES 1-10

More information on the public health competencies.

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Registration

Fees $35 before April 2, 2012; $50 on or after April 2, 2012.

Paying with a personal or business check? Click here to register.

Paying with a credit card? Click here to register.

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More information

For more information, contact Hazel Moore, hazel_moore@unc.edu, 252-341-6504 or Cherelle Whitfield, cwwhitfi@email.unc.edu, 919-843-9262.

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