Core Competencies: 4. Ability to EVALUATE injury and/or violence prevention activities

Building Equity into Safer States – Webinar Series

Safe States is excited to launch a new webinar series to provide space for deeper exploration of the recently released “” resource, a tool designed to help injury and violence prevention (IVP) organizations integrate health equity across the core components of a model IVP program. Developed for IVP professionals, funders, advocates, and diverse partners, this resource can be used to enhance and strengthen health equity leadership, partnerships, programs, and more.

 

This six-part webinar series will provide a space for deeper exploration of the “Building Equity into Safer States” resource, share real-life examples, and discuss the standards and indicators for a model IVP program.

 

October 4, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Join health equity officers from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) to learn how NCIPC is incorporating health equity into their organizational structure. Officers will share NCIPC’s Diversity, Equity Belong, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEBIA) strategic plan and investments in implementation efforts.

 

Learn more by viewing the presentation HERE

View the recording HERE

 

October 16, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Next up in the series, learn about the and how they can apply to your IVP efforts. Alan Richter, co-author of the GDEIB, will share information about using this tool to advance health equity. The GDEIB is a free resource for organizations worldwide that provides a strategic planning tool, a set of actions, and measures for progress toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. Organized into 15 categories across 4 groups, these benchmarks can apply to all sectors, sizes, and types of organizations. As referenced in “Building Equity Into Safer States,” the GDEIB can be used to build and sustain a solid, equitable, and stable infrastructure by providing actionable steps that IVP organizations can take to ensure equity is embedded in its goals, core values, leadership, and accountability.

 

Presenter:
Alan Richter
QED Consulting

 

Learn more by viewing the presentation HERE

View the recording HERE

 

Webinar 3: Building Equity Through Data Collection, Analysis and Dissemination

October 23, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

In this webinar, presenters will share and discuss examples of initiatives that strengthen protective factors and reduce risk factors for injury and violence prevention. Participants will explore a tool that helps injury and violence prevention professionals ground resource allocation decisions in community input, scientific literature, and culturally specific strategies. Also considerations on how this tool might be adapted and adopted regularly in resource allocation decision making will be discussed.

 

Presenters:
Courtney Fultineer
Oregon Health Authority

Stephanie Pustejovsky
Comagine

 

Learn more by viewing the presentation HERE

View the recording HERE

 

 

Webinar 4: Embedding Equity into Hospital-Based Injury and Violence Prevention Programming

November 9, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Hospital-based injury and violence prevention programs have a unique space within the IVP world. Given the diverse populations served, centering programs around equity are crucial to ensuring IVP programs are reaching their target audiences. Embedding Equity into Hospital-Based Injury and Violence Prevention Programming will illustrate how equity has been incorporated into each of the IVP core components at a Level 1 Trauma Center by examining data sources, community partnerships, organizational structure, and identifying challenges and barriers.

Presenter:
Ashley Lamar
Trauma Injury Prevention Specialist
JPS Health Network

REGISTER HERE

 

Webinar 5: Building Equity in Firearm Injury Prevention Efforts Through Equitable Collaboration and Communication

November 13, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

In this webinar, participants will learn more about working with advocates and the veteran population to develop firearm messaging and policy. There will also be discussion on collaborating with various stakeholders to develop injury and violence prevention (IVP) communication and forming coalitions with firearm injury prevention stakeholders. Lessons learned will be shared related to firearm messaging and policy efforts in Texas.

Presenter:
Dr. Sandra McKay
University of Texas Health Science Center

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Webinar 6: Training and Technical Assistance to Build Equity in Your IVP Programs

November 28, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Doreleena Sammons Hackett from the Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) will discuss SOPHE’s health equity efforts and share information about the trainings they offer for helping public health practitioners advance health equity. Additionally, you will learn about Safe States’ upcoming trainings, technical assistance, and other learning opportunities to support you in your health equity initiatives.

 

  • Discuss SOPHE’s training opportunities
  • Discuss Safe States health equity training, technical assistance, and other learning opportunities
  • Review Safe States’ DEI Webpage and INformed – Online Training Center & Resource Hub

REGISTER HERE

 

Learn more about “” and access other tools and resources to support your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts .

Anti-Racism & Health Equity Workgroup – Peer Learning Call #3

Overview:

The Safe States Anti-racism and Health Equity Workgroup hosted this Peer Learning Call which focused on implementing strategies at the organizational level to shift priorities and culture toward equitable approaches as a central component of injury and violence programs and service delivery.

 

Mary Lauby, a member of the Anti-racism and Health Equity Workgroup presented on work underway in her organization to apply a cultural shift towards more equitable approaches. She is the Injury Prevention Coordinator for the Level I Trauma Center at UW-Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

Sonia Williams, Injury-Free Louisiana Network and Training Coordinator for the Louisiana Department of Health moderated the call. She is also a member of the Anti-racism and Health Equity Workgroup.

 

Peer learning calls are informal and are designed to facilitate group discussion among all participants. These calls are not recorded; in person participation is encouraged. Presentation slides are below for those who were unable to attend.

 

View the Powerpoint Slides:

Mary’s presentation

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Student Showcase – April 2022

Overview:

This Student Showcase features two presentations from Safe States’ student members: Julia Burstein and Kristi Ladowski.

 

Julia Burstein is a first-year MPH student at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She will be presenting on a project that utilizes GIS technology to study the relationship between income and physically accessible subway stations in New York City.

 

Kristi Ladowski is a Doctoral Student at CUNY School of Public Health and Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator at Stony Brook Trauma Center. Her presentation will be on evaluating their organization’s virtual tai chi program’s reach, effectiveness, and participant satisfaction as it’s offered in a virtual and hybrid setting indefinitely. She’ll also share lessons learned and preliminary findings from the evaluation.

 

View Powerpoint slides:

Julia’s presentation

Kristi’s presentation

 

Student Showcase – November 2020

Overview:

Getting started with systems dynamics modeling in falls prevention. We’ve all seen model projections related to COVID-19.  Systems Dynamic Modeling can help us understand how systems work and anticipate how changes will affect specific components and the overall system.  This understanding impacts policy, management, and health outcomes.  Kristi will briefly present her progress of modeling in older adult fall prevention and encourage group discussion in exploring how systems modeling can be applied to injury prevention.

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Presenter:

Kristi Ladowski, MPH

Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator

Stony Brook Trauma Center

Stony Brook, New York

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View Powerpoint slides

Additional Resources:

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Leveraging a Systems Thinking Approach for ACEs & Suicide Prevention in a Remote Environment

This webinar is brought to you by the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and North Carolina Injury and Violence Prevention Branch

 

Description:

When determining how to address some of the most pressing population health outcomes such as suicide and ACEs, there is an abundance of evidence that points to utilizing a Shared Risk and Protective Factors (SRPF) approach. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, several of the risk and protective factors for these health outcomes have been exacerbated and, moving forward, will likely require new and innovative approaches to mitigate or prevent worsened health outcomes. Systems Thinking is a well-known approach to tackling complex problems. A Systems Thinking approach can help us see connections between SRPF and a variety of outcomes that are of priority to our partners and stakeholders. During this webinar, systems thinking will be defined, and a variety of systems thinking tools will be introduced that can enable you to progress your prevention and/or response work to meet the evolving needs of your communities in times when we don’t have a blueprint. Presenters will also highlight key considerations when facilitating systems thinking work in a virtual format.

At the conclusion of the webinar, upcoming opportunities for technical assistance for those interested in applying the tools will be described.

 

Presenters:
Becky Naumann, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center

Kristen Hassmiller Lich, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jackie Campbell, ROC the Future

Vichi Jagannathan, Rural Opportunity Institute

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the Shared Risk and Protective Factor approach
  • Describe a process for prioritizing SRPFs based on stakeholder priorities
  • Describe a method that can be used to examine the roles, relationships, and resources available to leverage within a system
  • Demonstrate principles for effect facilitating systems thinking application in a remotely

 

Connections Lab Webinar

Overview:

Shared risk and protective factors (SRPFs) – conditions and characteristics that have been linked to multiple health and quality-of-life outcomes – have long been explored by public health professionals. However, efforts to translate this collective knowledge into practical and upstream interventions or “SRPF approaches” have proven complex and challenging for public health practitioners and their many multi-sector partners.

 

In response, Safe States – in partnership with our members and collaborators – has worked over the last two years to develop the Connections Lab, a new suite of resources that includes:

 

-The first formal definition of a “SRPF approach.”

-A conceptual model that visualizes how and where SRPF approaches operate.

-Strategies for how to evaluate and engage partners in SRPF approaches.

-Examples of SRPF approaches being implemented in several states.

-Tools & resources for advancing your SRPF efforts and a glossary of related terms.

 

Presenters:

  • Jamila Porter, Safe States Alliance
  • Mariana Garretson, Consultant
  • Eva Bland, Safe States Alliance
  • Julie Alonso, Safe States Alliance

      

    Continuing Education:

    This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit.

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

     

    Training Instructions

    To complete this training, you will need to:

    1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar
    2. View Powerpoint slides: Connecetion Lab Webinar
    3. Create your Certificate of Completion.

     

    If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

    Implementation, Translation and Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Programs

    Overview:

    This webinar will provide a detailed discussion on the Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) approach and how lethal means reduction elements were integrated into broader suicide prevention programs in K-12 schools. Following this will be a presentation on the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Program, the outcomes of the program, and implications of the findings.

     

    Learning Objectives:

    At the end of this webinar, participants will:

     1.    Describe the importance of integrating lethal means reduction elements into broader suicide prevention programs
    2.    Describe the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial (GLSM) Suicide Prevention Program
    3.    Examine implications of the GLSM program

    Presenters:

    1-Kurt Michael, Ph.D. Stanley R. Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Asst. Chairperson, Dept of Psychology, Appalachian State University

    2-John Paul (JP) Jameson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology

    Appalachian State University

    3-David Goldston, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

    4-Christine Walrath, PhD Chief Science Officer in Public Health, ICF

     

    Continuing Education:

    This self-study training is designated for: Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit. 

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

     

    Training Instructions

    To complete this training, you will need to:  

    1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar
    2. View Powerpoint slides
    3. Create your Certificate of Completion.          

     

    If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

    New Recommendations: Strategies to Address Shared Risk and Protective Factors for Driver Safety

    OVERVIEW

    Given the scarcity of resources and competing issues in the public health injury prevention and traffic safety communities, practitioners can have the biggest impact by collaboratively applying evidence-based strategies to traffic safety challenges that also address shared risk or protective factors. Safe States convened a Behavioral Health Workgroup comprised of key subject matter experts from federal, state, and local agencies, national organizations, and the research community. The Workgroup contributed to the development of recommendations for applying a shared risk and protective factors approach to reduce risky driving behavior, identifying interventions that can address risk and protective factors to prevent motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities, and utilizing data resources to measure the impact of strategies.

     

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

    By the end of his webinar, participants will be able to:

    1-Understand the process involved in collaborating across public health, traffic safety, and research communities

    2-Identify key recommendations for: applying the shared risk and protective factors approach to reduce risky driving behavior, identifying interventions that can address these risk and protective factors to prevent motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities, and utilizing data resources to measure the impact of these strategies

    3-Apply public health concepts to traffic safety initiatives to reduce motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities,

    4 -Use the new recommendations to apply a shared risk and protective factors approach to driver safety initiatives, with an emphasis on implementing behavior change interventions or strategies in local communities

     

    Presenter:

    Ina I. Robinson, Safe States Alliance

     

    Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar:
    http://media.safestates.org/Strategies_to_Address_SRPF_for_Driver_Safety.mp4

     

    Continuing Education

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit. 

     

    *Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 

     

    *Create your certificate of completion.

     

    If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

    Applying a Shared Risk & Protective Factor Approach to Injury and Violence Prevention — Evaluating Shared Risk and Protective Factors to Address ACEs, Suicide, and Opioid Misuse – Examples from States

    Overview

    This is Webinar #2 in a two-part series showcasing examples from states on leveraging and evaluating shared risk and protective factors to address ACEs, suicide, and opioid misue. This interactive webinar features representatives from two states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who share stories and lessons they have learned in their approach to connect work across three priority areas: ACEs, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Misuse. This webinar provides an introduction to evaluation principles for shared risk and protective factors utilized by states and the CDC.

     

    Learning Objectives

    As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:  

    • Participants will learn about how different communities approached evaluation to Shared Risk and Protective Factors.
    • Participants will better understand what challenges communities experienced when embarking on evaluation efforts with Shared Risk and Protective Factors and what they have learned in this process.

     

    Presenters

     

    • Natalie Wilkens, CDC
    • Ali Maffey, Colorado
    • Deanna Ferrell, Utah
    • Allison Whitworth, Utah
    • Jennifer Woody Collins, Moderator

     

    Continuing Education

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.5 CPH Recertification Credit. 


    Training Instructions
     

    To complete this training, you will need to:  

     

    1. Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
      Recorded Webinar #2
      Webinar #2 Slides 
    2. Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 
    3. Create your certificate of completion.          

     

    If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

    Applying the Public Health Approach to Recreational Boating Injury Prevention: Develop & Test Prevention Strategies

    Overview

    This is Webinar #3 in a four-part series entitled “Applying the Public Health Approach to Recreational Boating Injury Prevention.” This webinar provides a deeper dive into the Public Health Approach and Injury and Violence Prevention Core Competency #3 – The ability to to design and implement injury and/or violence prevention activities; and Core Competency #4 – The ability evaluate injury and/or violence prevention activities. 

     

    The series explores the topic of the Public Health Approach and how it can be applied to Recreational Boating Injury Prevention. Data shows that in 2017, the Coast Guard counted 4,291 accidents that involved 658 deaths, 2,629 injuries and approximately $46 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents. State recreational boating safety programs are responsible for the annual implementation of more than 95% of all boating safety expenditures nationwide – including boating law enforcement, boating safety education, public access, aids to navigation and a range of other boating safety services.


    The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) is committed to cultivating a boating public that is better prepared to engage in safer boating behavior, in part by assisting state boating safety agencies to become fluent in the public health approach to injury prevention. Nationally, NASBLA brings together state recreational boating safety agencies for standardization and reciprocity in public policy development, communicating strategies, coordination, information sharing, education, and training.


    NASBLA partnered with the Safe States Alliance to present the four-part webinar series on the Public Health Approach to Injury Prevention, with a focus on recreational boating injuries. The series is organized by each of the key four steps in the Public Health Approach, with relevant Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention mapped to each of these four steps. These Core Competencies can provide a road map for gaining or strengthening the essential knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to grow professionally, and strengthen the field and practice of injury and violence prevention, including recreational boating injury prevention.

     

    Learning Objectives

    As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:  

    • Learn about the Public Health Approach and how it can be applied to Recreational Boating Injury Prevention.

     

    • Learn more about Injury and Violence Prevention Core Competency #3 – The ability to design and implement injury and/or violence prevention activities and Core Competency #4 – The ability to evaluate injury and/or violence prevention programs.

     

    Presenters

     

    • Dr. Jamila Porter, Safe States Alliance
    • Joe McCullough, Alaska Office of Boating Safety
    • Kelli Toth, Alaska Office of Boating Safety

     

    Continuing Education

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.5 CPH Recertification Credit. 


    Training Instructions
     

    To complete this training, you will need to:  

     

    1. Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
      Recorded Webinar #3
      Webinar #3 SlidesWebinar #3 Resource Document
    2. Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 
    3. Create your certificate of completion.          

     

    If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

    Comprehensive Suicide Prevention – It’s More than a Mental Health Concern

    Overview

    In 2016, nearly 45,000 lives were lost to suicide. A recent report from CDC tells us that suicide rates have increased by more than 30% in half of US states between 1999 and 2016. The report also tells us that according to data from 27 states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS, 2015), more than half of people who died by suicide were not known to have a mental health condition; but commonly reported relationship, substance misuse, physical health, job, money, legal or housing stress among other circumstances. To stem the tide of this growing public health problem, a national goal was set to reduce the annual suicide rate 20% by 2025. Meeting this goal will require implementation of comprehensive suicide prevention strategies which relies on a public health approach that goes beyond a focus on mental health conditions alone. Suicide prevention includes everyone in communities across the public and private sectors, from government agencies, to people with lived experience, to employers, to healthcare systems and beyond.

       

     

    Learning Objectives

    As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:  

    • Learn the latest findings on suicide from CDC scientists, State Health Department leaders in suicide prevention, and experts on suicide among U.S. Veterans.
    • Have a better understanding of how suicide is more than just a concern in mental health and that it spans across public health, substance abuse, and injury prevention fields as well.

     

    Presenters

    • Jerry Reed, Education Development Center
    • Deborah Stone, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Sheryll Brown, Private Consultant/Oklahoma State Department of Health – retired
    • Kimberly Myers, Utah Department of Human Services
    • Jeffrey Hill, Rhode Island Department of Health

     

    Continuing Education

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit. 


    Training Instructions
     

    To complete this training, you will need to:  

     

    1. Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
      Recorded Webinar
      Webinar Slides
    2. Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 
    3. Create your certificate of completion.          

     

    If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

    A Public Health Approach to Safe Sleep: Implementing and Evaluating a Multi-Level Program

    This is Webinar #2 in a three-part series on safe infant sleep entitled “Systems for Safe Sleep: Purposefully Building Programs for Effective Public Health Partnerships.”

     

    This series explores the topic through the lens of the Multi-Sectoral Influences Matrix (M-SIM), a tool that helps broadly scope programs and meaningfully engage the full spectrum of partners and perspectives that are affected by an intervention. The series is presented by the Southeastern and Southwestern Injury Prevention Network and the Safe States Alliance.

     

    In Webinar #2, “A Public Health Approach to Safe Sleep: Implementing and Evaluating a Multi-Level Program,” presenters discuss Tennessee’s approach to safe sleep and provide ideas on how to apply their approach at the community level. Tennessee has had a great deal of success with its safe infant sleep programming, and has worked with hospitals, parents, providers, and the business community to implement a multi-faceted prevention campaign that has shown positive results. Importantly, these results are known because each arm of the program has included an evaluation that captures what and how the work was done, as well as its impact.

     

    Learning Objectives

    After participating in this webinar, participants will:

    – Understand how Tennessee’s has worked with hospitals, parents, providers, and the business community to implement a multi-faceted prevention campaign that has shown positive results to promote safe infant sleep

    – Learn methods for evaluating a multi-faceted safe infant sleep campaign program to demonstrate its impact

     

    Presenters

    Rachel Heitmann, Tennessee Department of Health, Injury Prevention and Detection

    April Kincaid, Tennessee Department of Health, Child Fatality Review

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

    Creating, Implementing and Evaluating Injury Prevention Interventions

    This is Webinar #4 in a six-part series entitled “Improving your Injury and Violence Prevention Practice with the Core Competencies.” The series is presented by the Southeastern and Southwestern Injury Prevention Network and the Safe States Alliance.

     

    In this webinar series, experienced professionals in the field discuss how they use the Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) to develop and advance their own skills, as well as those of staff they manage. The Core Competencies can provide a roadmap for gaining or strengthening the essential knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to grow professionally; develop, implement and evaluate IVP programs and policies; and strengthen the field and practice of IVP.

     

    Webinar #1 provides the rational for this series, highlighting the ways the competencies can help participants in their work. Webinars #2-6 address Core Competencies for IVP #1-7, and core competencies #8-9 are addressed throughout each presentation.

     

    This webinar series is relevant to those with a variety of experiences and/or years of service, including:

    – Professionals working in IVP and/or other areas of public health

    – Individuals anywhere along the spectrum of professional development –those new to public health and/or IVP, and those who have been working for several years and want to further develop their competencies.

     

    Learning Objectives

    After participating in this webinar, participants will:

    – Understand IVP Core Competency #3: Ability to design and implement injury and/or violence prevention activities.

     

    – Enhance your competency in IVP program design, implementation and evaluation, including:

    * Identify and explain the roles of national, state and local level agencies and organizations that can serve as resources for prevention efforts

    * Explain the role and benefits of collaboration in prevention efforts

    * For a given injury or violence problem, choose and justify an intervention based on 1) relevant data, 2) characteristics of the intended audience, 3) a conceptual model or theory (e.g. social ecological model, stages of change, etc.) and 4) evidence related to “best practice”

     

    – Understand IVP Core Competency #4: Ability to evaluate injury and/or violence prevention activities

     

    – Enhance your competency in IVP program evaluation, including:

    * Understand how evaluation should be integrated into intervention design and implementation

     

     

    Presenters

    Jamila Porter, Director of Programs and Evaluation, Safe States Alliance

    Lindsey Myers, Branch Chief, Violence and Injury Prevention – Mental Health Promotion Branch, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

    Jarrod Hindman, Deputy Chief, Violence and Injury Prevention – Mental Health Promotion Branch, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

    Safety Takes Synergy: Lessons & Successes from the Pedestrian Injury Prevention Action Team Program

    Overview

    Decreasing pedestrian injuries and fatalities requires strong partnerships between a variety of state and local agencies. Developed by the Safe States Alliance and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Pedestrian Injury Prevention Action Team Program was designed to enhance statewide pedestrian safety efforts by helping practitioners strengthen partnerships and align efforts between those working in a variety of fields, including public health, transportation, planning, education, law enforcement, and advocacy. This self-study will present lessons and successes from the program and give examples from two states.

     

    Learning Objectives

    As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:    

    — Learn about lessons and successes from the program (documented in an impact evaluation report from the Safe States Alliance)

     

    — Understand how Action Team members from two states have used multidisciplinary collaborations they’ve created through the program to successfully advance pedestrian safety initiatives across their respective states

     

    — Learn how to engage partners across a variety of disciplines to achieve shared goals and ensure that pedestrian safety efforts are meaningful and impactful.

     

    Presenters

    • Jamila Porter, Safe States Alliance
    • Officer Robert McCool, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
    • Lloyd Jordison, Madison County Health Department (KY)
    • Mia Patriarca, Rhode Island Department of Health
    • Bari Freeman, Bike Newport

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

    Nurturing Our Children: State & Local Efforts to Prevent Child Maltreatment

    The presentations in this webinar were included in a well-received session during the 2016 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting in April in Albuquerque, NM.

     

    This webinar will provide an overview of child maltreatment in the U.S. and explore how state and local programs are helping protect children and families from the risks associated with child maltreatment. Learning objectives for this webinar include:

     

     – Increase awareness of child maltreatment in the U.S.

    – Identify key information for local health departments and communities to use when deciding what evidence-based child maltreatment intervention to implement.

    – Understand the barriers and facilitators to implementing different evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs.

    – Understand how Colorado is implementing the four Essentials for Childhood goals developed by the CDC, including strategies at the community and societal level of the social ecology, to create safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children.

    – Learn how to engage critical partners to collaborate on strategies to achieve the four goals.

    – Learn how Colorado has navigated these challenges in program implementation, leveraged relationships, and focused on strategies to succeed.

     

    Presenters:

    Giorgianna Venetis, MPA, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

    Margaret Carr, BS, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

     

    Smart Growth & Community Design Part 2: Practical Approaches

    This webinar is the second in a two-part Smart Growth & Community Design series that focuses on the relationship between injury and chronic disease prevention, Smart Growth, and community design.

    This webcast focuses on the relationship between injury and chronic disease prevention, Smart Growth, and community design. During this webcast, participants learned practical strategies they can use to better collaborate with transportation/land-use planners to implement Smart Growth and community design initiatives. Participants also learned methods they can use to influence transportation/land-use decisions and ensure that public health is a primary consideration in community design.

     

    The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.

    Integrating Injury & Violence Prevention with Maternal & Child Health Programs

    The theme for three 2009 ASTHO, NACCHO, and Safe States Alliance webcasts is “Integrating Injury & Violence Prevention“. The three webinars are Webinar 1: Integrating Injury & Violence Prevention with Maternal and Child Health Programs: Strategies, Resources, & Opportunities; Webinar 2: Integrating Injury & Violence Prevention with Healthy Aging Initiatives: Experiences & Opportunities; Webinar 3: Integrating Injury & Chronic Disease Prevention: Successes, Challenges, & Lessons Learned.

     

    Webinar 1 describes a variety of programs that exemplify injury/violence prevention (IVP) and maternal and child health (MCH) program integration efforts being implemented at national, state, and local levels. Speakers describe their experiences with cross-program integration, provide strategies on how to successfully integrate programs, and highlight opportunities to initiate integration efforts that meet the program goals of IVP and MCH professionals alike.

    Using Logic Models in Planning & Evaluation

    Thoroughly understanding one’s program is central to program planning and evaluation. Logic models can and should be a helpful tool, but too often, dogmatic or overly complicated approaches to developing logic models undermine their utility. This webinar presents a straightforward approach to creating logic models, recapturing their added value as a tool. Course content defines the basic components of logic models, provides some insights on when to include or exclude these terms from models, and applies teaching points to some simple cases. It also demonstrate how a decent, yet simple logic model helps guide key questions in planning and evaluation.

    Using Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence

    The theme for the 2011 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Special Topics in Violence Prevention.”

     

    Abuse in dating relationships among adolescents is a serious public health problem of growing concern. Victims of teen dating violence are more likely to do poorly in school, engage in substance abuse, and attempt suicide. To effectively address teen dating violence, policies must be implemented to empower and protect adolescents, as well as provide support to families, schools, and others that can assist teens. Public health professionals can play a critical role in addressing teen dating violence by engaging policymakers, building strong partnerships and coalitions, and advocating for comprehensive policies that emphasize education and prevention.

     

    During this webinar, participants learn about existing state policies that universally address teen dating violence, the components of enacted policies, the various roles that state and local entities play in implementing these policies, and how public health professionals can build support for the adoption and enactment of policies through coalitions and collaborations with diverse partners.

     

    The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Using Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence; Webinar 2: Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention; Webinar 3: Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

     

    The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.

    Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

    The theme for the 2011 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Special Topics in Violence Prevention.”

     

    Gang-related youth violence is a complex public health problem that can be addressed by using innovative, prevention-focused strategies and strong, collaborative partnerships. Acknowledging the impact of firearms on the lethality of gang-related violence, it is critical to explore the public health role in supporting primary and secondary prevention efforts to minimize violence-related firearm deaths and injuries that continue to disproportionately affect youth. This webcast features presentations by professionals and experts that are actively implementing programs in their states and communities to prevent gang-related violence. During this webcast, speakers address the national burden of firearm-related injuries among youth, describe programs currently being implemented to prevent gang-related violence and enhance youth empowerment, and provide insights on how to address the challenges of delivering effective violence prevention programs that utilize a public health approach.

     

    The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Using Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence; Webinar 2: Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention; Webinar 3: Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

    Learn Your Concussion ABCs: Addressing Concussions in School Settings

    During this webinar, CDC and Safe States Alliance present new and free resources that will help you: *Know the signs, symptoms and affects of a concussion on students K-12. *Know how to prevent and respond to concussions in school. *Explore school-wide approaches to addressing concussion. *Learn ways to support individual students returning to school after a concussion.

    Preparing for Core Funding Series: Evaluation for Impact

    The webinar series Preparing for Core Funding will identify and address questions of states interested in applying for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) funding (2016) to support core activities of state health department injury prevention programs.

     

    The goals of the series include:

    * Provide a venue for peer-to-peer information sharing;

    * Provide information on the elements needed to be a successful state injury prevention program;

    * Provide information and tools that can help build any needed capacity in advance of the funding announcement’s release; and

    * Respond to evolving needs of the injury prevention community as new information comes to light about the funding announcement.

     

    The five webinars in the series are: * Webinar 1: Overview of the Core Program: Getting Familiar with the Basics * Webinar 2: Building Capacity Before you Have Funding * Webinar 3: Epidemiology and Surveillance Capacity * Webinar 4: State Plans and Injury Community Planning Groups * Webinar 5: Evaluation for Impact

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

    State of the States: 2011 Report Findings

    The State of the States: 2011 Report highlights results from the Safe States Alliance 2011 State of the States survey, the only national assessment of capacity among state public health injury and violence prevention programs in the United States. The survey provided essential information based on the five core components identified by the Safe States Alliance as critical to the development, growth, and sustainability of innovative and effective state IVP programs. They included: * Building a solid infrastructure; * Collecting and analyzing data; * Designing, implementing, and evaluating programs; * Providing technical support and training; and * Affecting public policy. This webinar conveyed: * Key findings from the 2011 report, including the most up-to-date and comprehensive information about the structure, organization, people, resources, and work of state injury and violence prevention programs; and * Comparisons to trended data from the 2005, 2007, and 2009 surveys in order to highlight changes and achievements accomplished by state injury and violence prevention programs over time.

     

    The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.

    Evaluating Web-Based Public Health and Public Awareness Campaigns

    The theme for the 2012 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Using Communication and Media to Prevent Injuries & Violence.”

    This is the third webinar in the three-part series. Evaluating public health interventions is a necessary step in determining health improvement. Results from robust evaluations assist public health professionals in identifying the links between program inputs, activities, and outcomes to guide improvement and drive behavior change. The same is true for web-based and multimedia public health campaigns, especially as they are becoming increasingly more common. Evaluating the effects of exposure to public awareness campaigns helps understand how these programs can supplement evidence-based programs, or serve as a standalone strategy for engaging target audiences.

     

    Highlighting examples from public awareness campaigns and web-based social media projects, this webcast will:

    • Describe methods for evaluation and measurement
    • Learn how public health agencies have engaged communities and stakeholders through web-based and social media platforms
    • Discuss the development and outcomes of public health campaigns in the context of promoting mental health, and preventing child abuse and neglect;
    • Review methods for collecting data during social media events (e.g., live Twitter chats)

     

    The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Making the Front Page: Using Media Strategies to Promote Injury and Violence Prevention Programs, Webinar 2: #Prevention: How State and Local Health Departments Can Capitalize on Social Media, Webinar 3: Evaluating Web-Based Public Health and Public Awareness Campaigns

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

    Broadening the Context for Injury & Violence Prevention: A Cliff Analogy and a Gardener’s Tale

    Part 1 of this two-part webinar series on Injury, Violence, Health Equity & Social Justice.

     

    An Introduction to Health Equity & Social Justice

    Prevention Institute staff Lisa Fujie Parks, MPH, opened the webinar with a brief introduction to health equity and social justice and their importance to public health practice, including injury and violence prevention. Prevention Institute encourages community health and health equity by facilitating a deeper collective understanding of how root causes — such as racism and poverty — shape community environments and norms which, in turn, influence outcomes for health, safety, and health equity. To learn more, download the Prevention Institute’s fact sheet, Links Between Violence and Health Equity.

    Broadening the Context for Injury and Violence Prevention: A Cliff Analogy and a Gardener’s Tale

    Featured speaker, Dr. Camara Jones, discussed the interconnections between health interventions, the social determinants of health, health inequity, and the mechanisms by which systems of structured inequity affect populations. Through the lens of the injury and violence prevention goals outlined by Healthy People 2020, Dr. Jones discussed how racism adversely impacts health outcomes and unfairly advantages or disadvantages specific individuals and communities. Using her celebrated article Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale as a foundation, she offered perspectives on the relationships between race, ethnicity, social class, and health.

     

    Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

     

    The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.

    Policy Evaluation Series: Webinar 2 — Violence Prevention

    During part two of this three-part webinar series on policy evaluation, you will hear from presenters that are evaluating policies related to violence prevention. Presenters will discuss the methodology and challenges of policy evaluation, as well as what they hope to achieve as part of the evaluation process.

     

    Webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Policy Evaluation: Prescription Drug Use Webinar 2: Policy Evaluation: Violence Prevention Webinar 3: Policy Evaluation: Motor Vehicle Safety

     

    The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.