>Session 1 Board of Health Orientation (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

>Session 2 Active Duty: Making Data, Policy and Politics Work for Public Health (1:00 - 5:00 p.m.)

>Session 3 Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene Resources for the Local Public Health Dept (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

>Session 4 UnNatural Causes: Awareness to Action (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

>Session 5 Stepping Forward to Improve Oral Health (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

>Session 6 Conceptualizing Evaluation for Partnership Programs (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

>Session 7 National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

 

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SESSION 1

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Board of Health Orientation

This interactive session will address public health’s guiding principles, the 10 essential public health services, the role of the board of health, and the role of a board of health member. 

Fleming Fallon, MD, DrPH, Professor for Public Health, Bowling Green State University

John Gwinn, PhD, Past President, National Association of Local Boards of Health

Carolyn Wysocki, New England Regional Director, National Association of Local Boards of Health

Session Objectives: 

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Explain the relationship of their local public health agency to the local public health system
• Relate to the public health guiding principles in their work as board of health members
• Describe the role of a local board of health
• Describe the role of a local board of health member
• Discuss the use of the Public Health Performance Standards
• Explain NALBOH’s relationship to local boards of health

 

Target Audience:  New or veteran board members who would like information about effectively serving their communities

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SESSION 2

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Active Duty: Making Data, Policy and Politics Work for Public Health

This half-day workshop will focus on the important role of health-related data in formulating effective public health policy in the context of a political society. We will examine how public health stakeholders and policymakers can select appropriate data sources, use data responsibly, and represent important public health issues in a data-driven way.  At the same time, the interplay of politics, public health and health research will be highlighted. We will identify powerful data sources and practice using them to create policy-relevant documents. This is a hands-on workshop, so come prepared for participation and lively discussion!  We will work through real and specific examples and you should leave with practice and training materials. 

Colleen M Bridger, MPH, Health Director, Gaston County (North Carolina)

Session Objectives: 

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Describe the importance of providing a scientific and data-driven foundation in policy making and goal-setting
• Recognize appropriate and reliable sources of public health scientific and data information 
• Identify strengths & weaknesses of data and their sources
• Interpret  health-related data in a policy or political context
• Explain how to translate data into usable information
• Compose easy-to-understand research-based position statement suitable for the media and other public health stakeholders

 

Target Audience:  Public health stakeholders and policymakers 

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SESSION 3

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene Resources for the Local Public Health Department

This workshop will be conducted as a largely interactive series of short presentations and mini-case studies, modeled on the regional laboratory network meetings conducted by the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene.  Presentations and case studies are intended to highlight WSLH laboratory surveillance activities and their connection to local public health departments outbreak investigations, culminating in a group discussion to develop a common laboratory testing - related supply inventory list for LPHD use.

Carol Kirk, Lab Network Coordinator, Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene

Tim Monson, MS, Laboratory Coordinator, Foodborne Diseases, Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene

Steve Marshall, MS, Research Epidemiologist, Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene

Session Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Increase the awareness of WSLH laboratory-based surveillance and outbreak response activities, resources, and capabilities
• Identify additional laboratory support needed by LPHD related to laboratory-based surveillance, outbreak, and response
• Develop a common LPHD inventory checklist for laboratory-related supplies during an interactive session

 

Target Audience:  Local Public Health Department staff

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SESSION 4

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

UnNatural Causes: Awareness to Action

The UnNatural Causes documentary series draws attention to the root causes of health and illness in the United States. This presentation will provide a venue to move from discussion of this important topic to action. Representatives from various community-interest groups (e.g. low-income housing; education; violence prevention; land use) will discuss their efforts to reduce social inequity and how this positively affects the health of a community. Group discussion with panelists will enable participants to make the connection with their work in public health. Participants will identify concrete actions steps they can take to also help reduce these inequities.

Barbara Beck, PhD, Public Health Training and Education Coordinator, University of Wisconsin Masters of Public Health Program and Population Health Fellowship

David Ahrens, MS, Researcher, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Session Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Have an increased understanding of the demographics of disparity, and the social equity approach to addressing these disparities
• Have a greater understanding of community-based interventions in Wisconsin to increase social equity
• Identify 3 action steps to increase social equity at the local and state level

 

Target Audience:  Public health workers from government and non-profit organizations throughout Wisconsin, community activists who influence public health & policy makers

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SESSION 5

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Stepping Forward to Improve Oral Health

Dental disease is transmissible and preventable.  Join us for this pre-conference session to learn more about the dental caries process and how it is passed from one person to another.  Discussion on how to implement programs in your own community and explanation of current successful programs will also take place.  This session is sponsored by the Wisconsin Oral Health Coalition. 

Matt Crespin, RDS, BS, CDHC, Oral Health Project Manager, Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin/Wisconsin Oral Health Coalition

Lisa Bell, RDH, State Public Health Dental Hygienist, Wisconsin Division of Public Health

Representatives, Fond du Lac County Health Department and La Crosse Area Dental Care Advocacy Coalition

Session Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Understand how the dental caries process is a transmissible and preventable disease
• Learn how other communities are addressing oral health access
• Take currently implemented programs back to your community and implement them using best practices

 

Target Audience:  Oral health providers and advocates as well as those in other areas of public health who are interested in learning how to integrate oral health into other areas of health care.

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SESSION 6

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Conceptualizing Evaluation for Partnership Programs

The Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program and Wisconsin Partnership Program Conceptualizing Evaluation session will help partners develop the skills necessary to incorporate effective and meaningful evaluation plans into their projects.

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Session Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Learn the importance of integrating evaluation into partnership projects and clarify the partnership programs’    expectations around evaluation
• Learn more about the work that other partnerships are doing regarding evaluation
• Participate in a mock project evaluation review to better understand how to improve and  strengthen their own project evaluation plans

 

Target Audience:  Partnerships that have been funded by or intend to apply to the Wisconsin Partnership Program and/or the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.

Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program/Wisconsin Partnership Program Funded Partnership Reception (5:00 – 6:30 p.m.)

The Wisconsin Partnership Program and Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program funded partnership reception will provide an informal opportunity for funded partners from both programs to make connections that will help to strengthen their partnerships.

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SESSION 7

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP)

The pre-conference workshop will consist of two facilitators walking the participants through the actual assessment process and a representative from a field site who has implemented the assessment in the community.

The pre-conference workshop on the National Public Health Performance Standards program will feature an interactive session on how to implement the NPHPSP in your community and highlight a “story from the field” which will describe the NPHPSP process from the beginning of marketing the assessment to presenting the results.  This presentation will; 1) engage participants in the process, 2) prepare participants for all aspects of the assessment process, 3) provide onsite training of the implementation process, and 4) how to keep participants engaged in the process.  The combination of the interactive session and the story from the field will give participants a broad viewpoint of using the NPHPSP and hearing about real challenges and success of the assessment process in a community.

Yolanda Savage, MsEd, Project Director, National Public Health Performance Standards Program, National Association of Local Boards of Health

Kelly Nagel, Public Health Liaison, North Dakota Department of Health

Teresa Daub, CDC Public Health Advisor, Office of Chief of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Session Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Understand the logistics of setting up and planning an assessment
• Implement an Assessment
• Determine the next steps after an assessment 

 

Target Audience:  New or veteran users of the NPHPSP, Version 2 who would like information regarding successful implementation of the instrument.

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