Oklahoma CBT Partners Celebrate Field Placement Awardees |
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On the 25th of January, the Oklahoma Public Health Training Center (OPHTC) hosted a pre-award meeting for the 2021-2022 student field placement awardees. Attendees included Kerstin M. Reinschmidt, PhD, MPH; Reety Erwin, BA (GRA); and all 5 awardees. The students and their projects are described below:
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McKenzie Cowlbeck, MPH- MHA student, is working with the Oklahoma Public Health Association. She will operate LegisOK software including tracking legislation, setting action alerts, and disseminating updates on the legislation of interest to create summaries of legislative action.
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Emily Eischen-Martin, MPH Epidemiology student, is working with the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board to develop a COVID-19 related needs assessment for the IHS service units. The assessment will collect information on the providers' needs to better serve the patients, as well as evaluate patients' attitudes and beliefs about vaccination.
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Tavis Phan, PhD student in Health Promotion Sciences, will collect qualitative data to gain an understanding of the perspectives of Vietnamese-Americans in urban Oklahoma regarding health beliefs, nutritional health behaviors, and cultural experiences pertaining to Type 2 diabetes mitigation, education, and control.
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Matthew Reeves, MHA student, is working with the Oklahoma Public Health Association. He is developing and distributing membership surveys, and creating media campaigns and graphics to increase membership and involvement. He is also helping plan advocacy efforts and events during Public Health Week, with a focus on the increasing number of volunteers.
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Adam Warren, MPH Epidemiology student, is reviewing the previous Community Health Workers (CHW) COVID-19 impact survey via a virtual town hall with CHWs to share what was learned, and to ask CHWs for input on their questions for a forthcoming updated survey.
At the pre-award meeting, students briefly described their projects and expressed their expectations of what they hoped to gain from the experience. These expectations included engaging with communities to conduct effective research; learning more about the background of health providers; engaging with public health workers, and working with their own communities. The Oklahoma CBT partners wish each awardee the very best for their new academic adventures. Congratulations!
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Public Health Leadership Workforce Expansion in Angelina County |
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The Angelina County & Cities Health District (ACCHD) serves a population of over 146,000 in the counties of Angelina, Polk and San Augustine in Deep East Texas. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ACCHD responded quickly with the community to provide education, testing, and vaccinations to protect the health of their population. Using recent federal Public Health Workforce funding, ACCHD created two initiatives to expand their efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring and recruiting workers from the local communities they serve: The Public Health Workforce Leadership Program and a Public Health Resource Center at the local Angelina College Campus. Six individuals have been selected to participate — 2 from within ACCHD to manage the details of the programs and 4 individuals new to public health who come with backgrounds in education, banking, accounting and information technology.
Public Health Workforce Leadership Program at ACCHD
As a medium-sized health department, ACCHD needs to invest in the future management/leadership structure. A call for local candidates was circulated in the community to hire Program Manager/Senior Level Staff positions for the organization. These Public Health Leadership candidates will learn valuable aspects of public health through immersion in all ACCHD programs creating a team of future public health leaders for the East Texas area. Candidates must have a college degree or RN and above education, as well as be motivated, inquisitive, hardworking, confident, and caring individuals.
Public Health Resource Center on Angelina College Campus
ACCHD partnered with the local community college to create the Public Health Resource Center on the Angelina College campus. The Center will provide an on-campus office/clinic that will provide limited healthcare services for the students and assist and coordinate with various AC Programs to provide robust public health related educational opportunities.
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PHWF Leadership Members: (L-R)
Kim Johnson, Mentor; Anndrea Pickett, Campus Coordinator;
Eric Hamilton, Martha Hernandez, Lindsey Christian, and Patricia Vettiankal
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Mardi Gras Break - February 28 - March 1, 2022 |
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Lagniappe - Return of the House Floats |
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Lagniappe - /ˌlanˈyap/ - a little something extra; a bonus.
As we approach year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, Carnival time continues to evolve in south Louisiana. In addition to the return of parades and celebrations this year, House Floats have also come back. The Krewe of House Floats continues to be an opportunity for home and business owners to showcase their creativity by decorating their properties as floats.
Some of our favorite "House Floats" of the season are featured below. Enjoy!
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"Once Upon A Time" House Float |
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"The Great Gatsby" House Float |
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Course Spotlight:
Course Description:
The goal of this course is to provide general training and build capacity for prescribers regarding the opioid epidemic, signs of overdoses, naloxone, and harm reduction.
The Revive. Survive. OverDose Prevention program works within the Prevention Department at Odyssey House LA. Their goal is to address and alleviate the impact the opioid epidemic has on the New Orleans community. Valuable examples will be provided on what steps Louisiana has taken to address the epidemic.
The Revive. Survive. OverDose Prevention curriculum is designed to provide general guidance and training to prescribers, pharmacists, clients, and community members on the overview of the opioid epidemic, naloxone administration and access, and tools to address the needs of individuals suffering with addiction.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and the severity of the opioid epidemic
- Recognize the signs of an overdose and how to administer Naloxone
- Describe the laws and regulations that protect you as a pharmacist when prescribing Naloxone and as a bystander when administering Naloxone
- Understand your biases on addiction and how stigmatizing language may affect individuals from receiving proper care
- Recognize examples of harm reduction methods based on harm reduction principles and how it relates to the stages of change
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Featured Course Bundle:
First Responder Preparedness
Course Bundle Description:
The First Responder Preparedness curriculum covers communication, field exercises,
handing of chemical agents and
biological response preparedness.
Trainings in this bundle include:
- Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents (2 hours)
- Practice-based Scenarios for Recognition, Detection and Exposure Assessment of Chemical Terrorist Agents (3 hours)
- Biological Response Preparedness for Emergency Medical Services (4 hours)
- Communication Gap: Linking First Responders and First Receivers (3 hours)
- Planning, Implementation and Exploitation of a Field Exercise (6 hours)
For additional information about the
First Responder Preparedness
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