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Description
3. Scope of Work:
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The purpose of this contract is to specify an agreement wherein the School of Public Health and the
Teaching and Academic Support Center product 18 web-based self instructional modules, for the education
and training of the public health practitioner. According to Nelson (1997), the public health workforce
requires current knowledge and skills in order to deliver quality essential pubic health services. The overall
goal of these modules is to equip the public health work forcel in Kentucky to provide components of two
of the essential public health services, as established by the Competency-Based Curriculum Work Group of
the Subcommittee on Public Health Work Force, Training, and Education (2002). Each of these modules
will meet the following criteria.
SCORM compliance
Compatible with Lectora software
Compliant with Section 508 accessibility standards
Consistent with and mountable in TRAIN
Representative of one contact hour of professional development instruction-CEU
Competency-based2
Directly relevant to Essential Services #3 and #8, as identified by the Competency-Based Curriculum Work
Group of the Subcommittee on Public Health Workforce, Training and Education (March, 1997).
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
Based upon demonstrated and expressed need of the public health work force, as demonstrated in the
Training Curriculum Analysis prepared by the Kentucky Department for the Kentucky Department for
Public Health Report for Focus Area G (August 2003).
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Potential topics to be developed for these instructional modules include.
Basic Public Health
Defining Public Health
Federal contribution to Public Health
State contribution to Public Health
Local contribution to Public Health
Competency-based public health practice and education
Public Health performance standards
Decision Support for Public Health Practice
Accessing information
Evaluating information
Using information for decision-support
Overview of the Five Core Areas of Study in Public Health (Biostatistics, Epidemiology,
Environmental Health, Behavioral HealtbJEducation, Health Services Administration)
Public Health Education
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Those individuals employed by local, State, and Federal government health agencies; individuals in academia who educate, train, or perfonn
research in public health; employees of private sector health care delivery organizations who provide community-based public health services
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, March 1997).
2 CompetencieS are the knowledge, skills, and abilities demonstrated by an organization or system members that are critical to the effective and
efficient function of the organization or system (N elson et ai, I 996b ). These competencies have been derived from an analysis of the
performance of proficient public health practitioners with concentration on skills and abilities rather than on activities (Council on Unkages).
The function of competency-based curricula in public health is to provide both educators and employers of public health personnel guidance and
structure in the allocation of effort and resources (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, March 1997).
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/04 → 11/30/05 |
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