Community Health Programs
University Credit or CEUs or CECHs Opportunities
2009 Canadian Health Promotion/Public Health Study Tour:
The overall purpose of the Canadian Study Tour is to foster more health-related insights and linkages between the United States and Canada. The genesis for the study tour approach took place during the last two decades as Dr. Gilmore reviewed the Canadian health care and public health systems in his undergraduate and graduate Epidemiology classes and in the graduate Public Health Administration and Organization class. What was envisioned was the development of a study tour experience for students and professionals that would interface with clear examples and practices in local, regional, and national health promotion. Dr. Green’s extensive professional activities in health promotion in Canada and globally fully complemented this intent. Health promotion practices in Canada have been legendary. The population-based health enhancement focus was initiated nationwide during the early 1970’s under the leadership of then Minister of Health and Welfare, Marc La Londe, and was referred to as a New Perspective on the Health of Canadians. Particularly, based on the success of that national initiative, the United States developed its first systematic health improvement initiative in 1979, eventually titled, Healthy People. More...
Goals:
- To provide an overview of the public health and health care systems offered in Canada;
- To compare and contrast the Canadian health care and public health systems with the systems of health care delivery and public health delivery in other countries;
- To provide an overview of health promotion and population health strategies (related to the leading causes of death) for health enhancement in Canada;
- To compare the Canadian experience in implementing health promotion strategies with the principles and theories on which they are based;
- To connect participants with key cultural aspects of Canada that have health-related impacts;
- To align participants where possible with salient experiences or observations based on their needs/interests.
Proposed Itinerary: March 12-20, 2009
Wed, March 11: Early Arrival option: Those arriving early may independently visit University of Victoria Centre for Community Health Promotion; Side trip options: Buschart Gardens, provincial Parliament buildings, British Columbia Cultural History Museum.
Thurs, March 12: Participants arrive in Vancouver, Start of meetings in the afternoon: University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health and Institute for Population Health Promotion Research; Site Host: C. James Frankish, Ph.D., Director, Centre for Health Promotion Research. Potential venues: City Health Department; Canadian Cancer Society; Heart Foundation of British Columbia and Yukon (chapters of the national organization for a review of provincial health education in voluntary agencies).
Fri, March 13: Morning-Meetings in Vancouver, Cont’d; 4:00 p.m. West Jet Departure;Arrive Calgary Airport: 6:18 p.m.; Banff Airport Shuttle.
Sat, March 14: Banff Conference Center: University of Calgary; Site Host: Penny Hawe, Ph.D., Professor and Markin Chair in Health & Society, University of Calgary.
Sun, March 15: Banff Airport Shuttle; 10:10 a.m. West Jet Departure; Arrive Toronto: 3:53 p.m.
Mon, March 16: Toronto meetings. University of Toronto; Site Host: Suzanne Jackson, Ph.D., Director, Health Promotion Centre, University of Toronto. Other potential venues: National Cancer Institute of Canada; Canadian Cancer Society headquarters.
Tues, March 17: 9:30 a.m. Train Departure: Arrive Ottawa: 2:16 p.m.; Late Afternoon (4:00 p.m.): Ottawa meetings. Site Host: Ronald Labonte, Ph.D. Possible speakers: David Butler-Jones, MD; John Last, MD, MPH. Possible venues: University of Ottawa Institute of Population Health; National offices of Canadian Public Health Association; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada; Federal agencies within the Ministry of Health.
Wed, March 18: Morning: Ottawa meetings, cont’d; 3:10 p.m. Train Departure; Arrive Quebec City: 9:05 p.m.
Thurs, March 19: Morning: Meetings at Laval University, Quebec City; Site Host: Michel O’Neill, Ph.D., Professeur titulaire et Codirecteur, Groupe de recherche et d’intervention en promotion de la sante (GRIPSUL), Faculte des Sciences infirmieres; Codirecteur, Quebec WHO Collaborating Center for the development of healthy cities and towns. Afternoon: Cultural visitations in Quebec City; Evening: Farewell Dinner.
Fri, March 20: Travel home.
Options for CEUs, CECHs or undergraduate or graduate college credits. CECHs are offered for Certified Health Education Specialists.
Enrollment is Limited. Make sure to register early.
NOTE: Travel arrangements and payment to Vancouver (starting point) and to one’s home from Quebec City (ending point) are the responsibility of each participant. A valid passport is required for entrance into Canada.
You are able to choose from one of the following credit options:
- Base Study Tour Fee: includes air travel in Canada, Tour-related travel within Canada, lodging, selected meals, entrance fees in Canada, and 3.2 Continuing Education Units (Credit card payments have an additional 3% processing charge.):
- Early Registration deadline: must be postmarked by Oct. 31, 2008. Early registration fee is $2995. (Minimum amount due is $800 non-refundable deposit; remainder is due Nov. 28, 2008.) After 11/28 total registration fee is not refundable.
- Regular Registration period postmarked during Nov. 1-21, 2008. Regular registration fee is $3195. (Minimum amount due is $800 non-refundable deposit; remainder is due Nov. 28, 2008.) After 11/28 total registration fee is not refundable.
Credit Options in addition to Base Study Tour fee:
- 18 Category I CECHs for Certified Health Educators available for an additional $36.
- 2 Academic Credits available at undergraduate (HED 495 Section 790 ) or graduate level (HED 595, Section 790) for additional 2-credit tuition fee (Contact Continuing Education Registration for tuition fee information).
This will include the development of an experience-based paper. NOTE: Only one credit option may be selected (i.e., 3.2 CEUs; 18 CECHs; or 2 Academic Credits.)
To register for academic credit: Karen Hansen, 608.785.6513 or hansen.kare@uwlax.edu
Co-Directors':
Since 1974, Dr. Gary Gilmore has held a joint appointment with the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. He is Professor and Director of Graduate Community Health Programs. His prior experiences were in public health and preventive medicine at the Bergen County Health Department (N.J.), and at the Preventive Medicine Unit, General Leonard Wood Hospital, U.S. Army (recipient of the Army Commendation Medal in Preventive Medicine). His training in epidemiology and public health is through the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, with additional training in epidemiology at the New England Epidemiology Institute, Tufts University. He is the founding and continuing Director of the first Master of Public Health Program (CEPH accredited since 1992) offered in the University of Wisconsin System. More...
Dr. Lawrence W. Green is Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Medicine and Co-Leader of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program in the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California at San Francisco. His international credentials in health education began early in his career with two-years in Bangladesh where he conducted research and training on family planning in the early 1960s. As the first and only health educator on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University in 1970, he established graduate degree and postdoctoral programs and trained many of today’s leaders in health promotion in the U.S. and around the world, including a school of public health dean, directors of federal agencies, and heads of programs at several leading schools of public health. More...
