This is Webinar #1 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:

– Gain an understanding of how the core competencies can help you to develop professionally and improve your IVP work

– Learn about and be able to explain the common competencies used in unintentional and intentional injury prevention

– Understand how the competencies cross-link injury and violence prevention to the broader practice of public health and the delivery of essential public health services in any program area or setting

– Understand the relevance of core competencies within the context of the history of injury and violence prevention through the stories of experienced professionals

– Understand the organization, purpose and key content of each session in this webinar series
Presenters

Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Director of the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX

Tom Songer, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Mary Ann Contreras, Violence and Injury Prevention Manager, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, TX

Kristen Lindemer, Program Coordinator, Safe States Alliance, Atlanta, GA

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).