Working with Communities for Environmental Health An Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and   Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast Originally aired September 12, 2002 1:00 - 3:30 PM ET (rescheduled from November 29, 2001)     View Program Graphics

This live, interactive satellite broadcast is designed to provide useful tools that can help professionals improve their ability to effectively address environmental and public health concerns. A question and answer session will enable participants nationwide to pose questions to panelists via toll free telephone, fax, or TTY lines. E-mail this website link

Goals To enhance the professional's ability to plan, implement and evaluate effective environmental health education activities that improve the capacity of individuals and communities to make informed decisions about behavioral, environmental, and policy actions that can improve health and quality of life. Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to: Identify three benefits that community participation contributes to environmental education programs. Define ways in which the evaluation process becomes more practical and effective by using PRECEDE/PROCEED. Describe how the use of PRECEDE/PROCEED improves the planner’s ability to tailor health education programs to community-specific needs. Target Audience Health educators, public and environmental health professionals, state, county, and local health agency officials and staff; nurses and nurse practitioners, health care providers, school health personnel and teachers, managed care group personnel, and personnel from academia. Webcast Information This program will have a live webcast and will also be available for viewing after September 12, 2002 at http://www.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/envedu/. Faculty Marshall Kreuter, Ph.D., Public Health Consultant, Former CDC Distinguished Scientist/Fellow. Donna Garland, B.A., Director, Office of Scientific and Public Health Practice Resources, PHPPO, CDC. Registration Instructions Visit http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline to register and receive credit for this course. Site and participant registration have begun. Registered participants will be sent free health education planning kits after the live broadcast. Individuals who have questions about registration should call 1-800-41-TRAIN (1-800-418-7246). Continuing Education Continuing education credits will be offered for various professions based on 2.5 hours of instruction. The deadline to complete registration, evaluation and exam for the satellite broadcast and live webcast is October 18, 2002. You have 3 years to obtain continuing education credit for the archived webcast. To obtain continuing education credit, register by visiting the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online system at http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline. You will need to know the following course numbers: Satellite Broadcast: SB0063 Webcast: WC0012 Web Archive: WD0001 Videotapes To receive a videotape of this program, send your request to atsdr-nurse@cdc.gov. Partners The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and CDC’s Public Health Practice Program Office and Public Health Training Network. Visit the ATSDR's web site at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov for other environmental health-related information.

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