This short online module provides an overview of public health in NC and was developed to be used as a component of a new- or recently-hired employee orientation for health departments.
The goal of this 13-week online course is to provide public health nutritionists in NC with the knowledge and skills needed to improve the nutritional health of the pediatric population.
This short online course was designed to explore issues associated with ethics in public health, such as the differences between medical ethics and public health ethics, the values and beliefs inherent to a public health perspective, and how public health's legal powers relate to public health ethics.
The purpose of this six-week online course is to prepare public health nurses in NC to implement a comprehensive STD screening and management program to reach patients who are at high risk for STDs in their local communities. The major emphasis is implementation of treatment protocols under standing orders. The online course is followed by a six-month STD clinical practicum with a preceptor at the local health department.
Boards of Health Training
Protecting Your Public: The Environmental Health Orientation, a two-part DVD designed to introduce and explain the scope of work being done by environmental health specialists in NC. To order copies of this DVD set, please contact Kathy Sprinkle at 919-843-8614.
Orientation for Local Boards of Health was designed to familiarize board members with the practice of public health, the role of the board of health, its functions and legal responsibilities. To order the CD and materials, please contact Kathy Sprinkle at 919-843-8614.
The Board of Health Rulemaking Authority: A Primer for Local Boards of Health, produced by the NC Institute for Public Health and the UNC School of Government, is an online module designed to bolster board members' knowledge about the boundaries and procedures involved in their rulemaking responsibilities.
Public Health Nursing Videoconferences
Many of our public health nursing conferences are offered as videoconferences at sites around the state, often in collaboration with the UNC Schools of Nursing and Medicine and the North Carolina Division of Public Health. Titles include:
Physical Assessment of Adults
Nurse Executives Legal Videoconference
This broadcast series, produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, features community health case studies on timely public health topics reviewed by a panel of experts. The free one-hour programs air live via satellite and webcast three or four times a year. Archived versions are available for viewing online and CDs are available for purchase.
Other Distance Learning Opportunities at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
SPH Distance Learning
This page lists a number of other distance education programs at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, including distance-based degree programs and certificates.
North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness Training Site
The North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness offers a series of free short Internet-based trainings on public health preparedness, focusing on such topics as surveillance, agents of bioterrorism, and emerging and re-emerging disease agents.
Public Health Workforce Development System
Developed by the NC Center for Public Health Preparedness, the Public Health Workforce Development System can assess individual training needs and interests, identify training opportunities to meet those needs, and can track the trainings taken.
Epidemiology Online
Epidemiology Online is a product of the education and training program of ERIC in Durham, NC and the Health Care Epidemiology Program in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health's Department of Epidemiology. It is a series of one and two-hour short Web-based courses in epidemiology. These courses cover a variety of topics. Participants who successfully complete a course can print a personalized certificate for their records.
Public Health Nutrition for the 21st Century
This program, produced by the Department of Nutrition, provides an introduction to the meaning, scope, and applications of nutrition to public health practice, placing particular emphasis on addressing Healthy People 2010 objectives relevant to MCH and nutrition. There are six online training modules that address barriers public health professionals encounter when interested in acquiring skills for linking nutrition research to action. Each module is composed of six parts, each with a narrated multimedia presentation, followed by a five-question quiz.
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