Links to Webcasts of Interest to Public Health

2009

Bright Futures training session and the keynote presentations recorded at the Public Health Nurse Conference are available at http://media1.wi.gov/dhfs/catalog/front.aspx.  Search for the date August 17, 2009 and August 18, 2009.

Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP) [3 hrs. 33 min.] - Associated document is on the UW Extension website - Planning a Program Evaluation  -  To access the CHIP presentation handouts, agenda and Power Point, go to the Northeast LEAP website.

View author Kathryn Edin's discussion of her book “Promises I Can Keep: Why poor women choose motherhood over marriage” and a presentation "Why Couple Relationships Matter" on emerging trends in support for couple relationships by Linda Roberts, Chair of Human Development and Families Studies Department at the University of WI-Madison available at the Mediasite catalog.

2008

“Basic Environmental Health Practice for Public Health Nurses: Climate Warming, GPS Tools and Public Health Strategies” - This two hour session was held and recorded on 10/24/08 at UW-Eau Claire by Dr. Crispin Pierce, Assistant Professor of Environmental Public Health. The Objectives are: 1) To identify current issues in environmental health and how it impacts their area of practice, 2) Develop an awareness of strategies to address environmental health issues, and 3) Identify ways to collaborate to address environmental health issues. To view the webcast go to http://media1.wi.gov/DHFS/Viewer/?peid=e65a054c-f307-44bd-9fb6-25049bed8241. The target audience is Public Health Nurses, Health Educators and Public Health Nurse Supervisors; other public health professionals may also find the content interesting and useful.

2008 Public Health Nursing Conference - Putting the Pieces Together:  The New Wisconsin PHN Practice Model held August 19, 2008 

2007

2007 PHN Conference Sessions

The following presentations by Dr. Rebecca Imes regarding communication have been archived on the Wisconsin DHS website.  These presentations were designed to enhance the skills of practicing public health nurses, but you will find that the information is valuable for use by all disciplines that work with communities.

• August 29, 2007 - Southeastern Public Health Nursing Academic-Practice Forum 1 (Conscientious Communication:  Improving the effectiveness of our communication with others) 

• November 28, 2007 - Southeastern Public Health Nursing Academic-Practice Forum 2 (Spreading the word:  Effective use of media to deliver health messages)

October 25, 2007 - Legal Implications of Isolation & Quarantine (Webcast)

September 27-28, 2007 - 4th Annual March of Dimes Prematurity Summit and AWHONN State Conference (Webcasts)

• Conference Day 1 - Keynote

• Conference Day 1 - Breakout1

• Conference Day 1 - Luncheon

• Conference Day 1 - Breakout II

• Conference Day 1 - Closing

• Conference Day 2 - Keynote

• Conference Day 2 - Breakout 1

• Conference Day 2 - Breakout 2

• Conference Day 2 - Panel Discussion

February 2, 2007 - Registered Nurse Delegation To Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Training presented by Gina Dennik-Champion, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Nurses Association

January 9, 2007 - Teaching Public Health Nursing, New Standards, New Opportunities

2006

April 29-May 2, 2006 - ASTDN 2006 Annual Conference

• National Perspective on Emergency Preparedness
  Roberta Lavin, Officer of Public Health, Washington DC

• Nursing Resources for Emergency Preparedness/Response
  Dr. Sharon Stanley, School of Public Health, Ohio State University

• Eliminating Health Disparities - Part 1
  Dr. Antonia Villarruel, Professor, University of Michigan

• Eliminating Health Disparities - Q & A
  Moving Towards Cultural Competence
  Dr. Antonia Villarruel, Professor, University of Michigan

August 22, 2006 - 9th Annual Public Health Nursing Conference, Completing the Circle, Advocacy in Action. Examples of one of the 17 public health interventions, Advocacy, (PDF, 34 kb) were provided during the conference, demonstrating how public health nurses, community health nurses, and our academia partners utilize the intervention Advocacy in their practice.

• Welcome - Dr. Sheri Johnson, Administrator and State Health Officer, Division of Public Health

• Public Health Nursing, Advocacy in Action - Linda Olson Keller, MS, RN, University of Minnesota

• Completing the Circle: Public Health Nurses as Advocates   Rachel Rodriguez, PhD, RN - University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Nursing

2005

August 22, 2005 - 8th Annual Public Health Nursing Conference

• Welcome and Opening Remarks - Gretchen Sampson, RN, MPH, Polk County Health Department and Dr. Sheri Johnson, Division Administrator, Division of Public Health

• Social Justice: Honoring the Human Spirit - Betty Bekemeier, Deputy Director, Turning Point, University of Washington, Seattle

• What Would Lillian Wald Do? - Julie Willems-Van Dijk, Health Officer, Marathon County Health Department

2004

August 31, 2004 - 7th Annual Public Health Nursing Conference

• The Forces of Change Affecting Public Health Nurses - Lill Mood, RN, MPH, FAAN

If you have any questions, e-mail Jamie LaBrasca at the Northern Regional Office.