COMMUNITY HEALTH

Adolescent Health Symposium
Foundations in Health Education
Health Related Data Analysis Made Easy: Excel OR Epilnfo
Research Tools and Processes
Study Tour to Great Britain: Health Education and Health Promotion...
Wisconsin Health Education Network (WHEN) Annual Meeting

Programs Address Health Issues

Health Education and Health Promotion programs address issues affecting the health of society. Many topics are drawn from major guidelines for the health of the state and nation, to include the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 health initiative in Wisconsin and the national health framework, Healthy People 2010 .

These important guidance systems document the need to address individually and collectively leading health indicators in lifestyle factors such as tobacco use, substance abuse, nutrition and physical activity and responsible sexual behavior. Additionally, they point to the need to address environmental quality, violence prevention, mental health issues, as well as access to quality health care.

For more information about these programs, or the opportunity to work in partnership for the development of educational activities that address special needs, contact Gary Gilmore, MPH, Ph.D., CHES, Community Health Program Director, at 608.785.8163 or gilmore.gary@uwlax.edu.

Adolescent Health Symposium

This highly anticipated annual event addresses key health issues impacting our youth. Participants include teachers, counselors, community agency professionals, health educators and health and human service professionals.

Topics for discussion will include:

• Teenage Suicide
• Overweight and Obesity
• Substance Use and Abuse
• Human Sexuality and Individual Responsibility

Special student rates are available.

2009 Dates to be determined.

2010 Study Tour to Great Britain:

Health Education and Health Promotion Practices

Dates to be determined.

Join study tour co-directors, Drs. Gary Gilmore and Christopher Squier (University of Iowa) and be a part of this biennial experience in England and Wales. This study tour offers a firsthand opportunity to explore the British health care, health education, and health promotion systems, complemented by truly remarkable cultural experiences. Each participant will have workshadowing experiences with UK professionals based upon individual needs and interests. Venues include: London, Oxford University, The Jenner Clinic and Southhampton Medical School.

Goals:

• To provide an overview of the health care system offered through the National Health Service (NHS) and other providers in Great Britain
• To compare and contrast the British health care system with the systems of health care delivery in the United States
• To provide an overview of health education and health promotion strategies for health enhancement (individual and population-based) in Great Britain
• To compare and contrast the British health education and health promotion strategies with the strategies applied in the United States
• To connect participants with key cultural aspects of Great Britain that have health-related impacts
• To engage participants in individualized workshadowing (practical experience) opportunities that align with their interests and professional needs
• To provide an historic, social and cultural context for health and health promotion in Great Britain

Since 1974, Dr. 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 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. The program was ranked 6th in the nation by the 2004 U.S. News and World Report ranking of the Best Graduate Programs in Community Health. He has served on the American Cancer Society National Board of Directors during 1986-1996, and 1999-2002, and is the recipient of the St. George Medal. Dr. Gilmore received the 2001 Regents Teaching Excellence Award bestowed by the Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. Dr. Gilmore is the President of the National Council of Accredited MPH Programs. Regarding international experience, during 1999-2000, Dr. Gilmore served as the first Fulbright Senior Scholar at the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, India. In that capacity, he taught graduate students and medical practitioners in principles of public health and conducted population-based research in West Bengal. Dr. Gilmore serves as the first President of the Seven Rivers Region Fulbright Chapter in Western Wisconsin.

Dr. Christopher Squier is Director of Graduate Studies and Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine in the College of Dentistry and directs the Global Health Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He has degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and London and a Fellowship from the Royal College of Pathologists of London. He has served on the faculty at the London Hospital Medical College and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Squier’s research focuses on oral mucosal disease including oral cancer, and on tobacco control and he has published almost 200 books, chapters and peer-reviewed articles and made over 50 invited presentations abroad in the past 21 years. Dr. Squier has received awards for his work from the International Association for Dental Research and the American Cancer Society. In 1992 he received the Regents Award for Faculty Excellence from the Iowa Board of Regents and in 2001 was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Semmelweis University, Budapest, for his work on tobacco and oral cancer in Hungary. He was made an honorary member of the British Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology in 2007. Dr. Squier has served on the Iowa Commission for Tobacco Use Prevention and Control since 2002. He has ongoing collaborations on tobacco control in Hungary and the Ukraine.

Research Tools and Processes

HED 706 - 3 credit
This highly interactive course will analyze, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data relative to health education, health promotion, public health, medicine, and epidemiology. Assist students to become critical consumers of research literature and design their own studies.
Prerequisite: CHE 350 or equivalent.

May 16, 17, 30, 31, June 13, 14
Fridays 4-10 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
UW-Marshfield, Wis.
Instructor: Dan Duquette, Ed.D.
Tuition, 3 credits (GRAD)

For more information, questions or to register, contact:
Karen Hansen, 608.785.6513 or hansen.kare@uwlax.edu

Foundations in Health Education

HED 703 - 3 credit
A study of scientific, social, psychological, ethical, legal, and educational foundations of health education. Professional competencies and practice settings will be reviewed. Applications of health concepts and effective educational strategies will increase the competencies of health education planning and program implementation.

June 6, 7, 20, 21, July 18, 19
Fridays 4-10 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
UW-Marshfield, Wis.
Instructor: Keely Rees, Ph.D.
Tuition, 3 credits (GRAD)

For more information, questions or to register, contact:
Karen Hansen, 608.785.6513 or hansen.kare@uwlax.edu

Health-Related Data Analysis Made Easy: Excel OR EpiInfo

You will learn how to organize, summarize and interpret data using Excel or EpiInfo software. Throughout this hands-on workshop you will gain insight into your data, examine basic statistical facts and their use, analyze data and interpret the information. You will learn how to:

• develop and computerize a questionnaire
• develop graphs and maps
• access and use statistical calculators
• produce a report and present the data

Instructor: Dan Duquette, Ed.D.

Health-Related Data Analysis Made Easy: Excel
July 26; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., plus online Internet activity, UW-Marshfield, Wis. Or, Sept. 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., plus online Internet activity, Neenah/Menasha, Wis.
$149; 13.5 Category I CECHs or 1.35 CEUs or Tuition, 1 credit (UG/GRAD)

Health-Related Data Analysis Made Easy: EpiInfo
Aug. 9, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., plus online Internet activity, UW-Marshfield, Wis. Or, Oct. 18, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., plus online Internet activity, Neenah/Menasha, Wis.
$149; 13.5 Category I CECHs or 1.35 CEUs or Tuition, 1 credit (UG/GRAD)

For more information, questions or to register, contact:
Karen Hansen, 608.785.6513 or hansen.kare@uwlax.edu

Wisconsin Health Education Network (WHEN) Annual Meeting: Building Capacity for Healthier Communities

Register Online NOW!

Our new brochure/printable registration form is available - (2 page PDF)

Our 2008 Barbara A. Lange Memorial Award in Health Education brochure is available - (2 page PDF)

To Register:
608.785.6504 or toll free 1.866.895.9233 or langaard.kare@uwlax.edu

May 21
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Marriott Madison West, Middleton, Wis.
$84
approved for Category 1 CECHs for Health Education Specialists
approved for Category 2 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEs) for Dietitians

This year’s annual meeting focuses on the principles and practices of community-based capacity building. Participants will examine examples of best practices in capacity building, explore insights and procedures for successful grant writing, and review local examples of collaboration and resource development. Keynote speaker, Dr. Lawrence Green, University of California-San Francisco, will present capacity building opportunities. A Local Practitioner Award and a Regional/Statewide Practitioner Award will be presented to two individuals for the Barbara A. Lange Memorial Award in Health Education.

Participants will:

• review and discuss an overview of the principles and practices of community- based capacity building.
• examine examples of best practices in capacity building.
• explore insights and procedures for successful grantwriting.
• review local examples of collaboration and resource development.
• network with colleagues and new contacts.
• recognize the two award winners for the 2008 Barbara A. Lange Memorial Award.

Agenda

9-9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction:
Gary D. Gilmore, MPH, Ph.D., CHES, Chair, Wisconsin Health Education Network

9:10-10:15 a.m. Building Capacity for Healthier Communities
Lawrence Green, Dr.PH

10:15-10:30 a.m. Networking Break

10:30-11:30 a.m. National School Breakfast Program: A new paradigm for food security in our community
Kymm S. Mutch, MS, RD, CD; Administrator, School Nutrition Services: Milwaukee Public Schools

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Luncheon & the Barbara A. Lange Memorial Awards

1:00-2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions:

• Insights and Procedures for Successful Grantwriting
  Keely, Rees, PHD, CHES; Associate Professor, Community Health Education, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

• Enhancing the Collaboration Between Academia and Public Health to Meet the 2010 Initiative on a Sufficient and Competent Work Force
  Diane Moreau Stodola MS, RD, CD; Health Nutrition Consultant,
  Wisconsin Division of Public Health

2:00-2:15 p.m. Networking Break

2:20-3:20 p.m. Breakout Sessions Repeated

3:25-4:00 p.m. Plenary and Closure Session: Maximizing Capacity-Building at the Local Level
Al Graewin, CHES; Manager, Health Education and Health Promotion, La Crosse County Health Department
Kurt Eggebrecht, MS, CHES; Health Officer, Appleton Health Department

Bio's:

Lawrence W. Green, Dr.PH, served on the public health and medical faculties at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Texas, the University of British Columbia, and now UCSF. He served the Carter Administration as the Director of the Office of Health Information, Health Promotion, Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine (now the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) with a central role in the first round of the Healthy People objectives for the nation in health promotion and disease prevention. He retired in 2004 as Distinguished Fellow/Visiting Scientist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and from the Directorship of the Office of Science and Extramural Research. He is now Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California at San Francisco. Among his 300+ chapters, monographs and articles, four of his books have been widely adopted as college texts, including Health Program Planning, 4th edition with Marshall Kreuter (McGraw-Hill, 2005). He is on the Editorial Boards of 12 journals in the health sciences, past president of the Society for Public Health Education, Fellow and Research Laureate of the Academy of Health Behavior, and recipient of the Award for Excellence, Distinguished Career, and Mayhew Derryberry awards of the American Public Health Association.

Kymm Mutch, MS, RD, LD, CD has administered comprehensive budgets, National School Lunch and Breakfast programs, Child Care Block Grants, Child Care Food Program and Summer Commodity programs for
non-profit agencies. She has also coordinated health care treatment programs including patient assessment and care, staff coordination and training, community education and marketing, and insurance reimbursement. Mutch has provided nutritional expertise in multiple media settings including television, radio, and newspaper and has counseled patients and families for dietary behavior change.