Online Courses by Subject

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Agroterrorism
Communication
Diversity and Cultural Competency
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
General Public Health
Maternal and Child Health
Public Health Management and Policy
Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Terrorist Threats
Risk Assessment
Special Needs Populations and Disasters
State/Regional Specific
Weapons of Mass Destruction


Agroterrorism
Consequences of a Foreign Animal Disease on the Rural Community
Epi-Ready: Foodborne Illness Response Strategies
Food as an Effective Weapon of Terrorism
Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health
Introduction to Disease Detection and Investigation
Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment
Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
Terrorism, Risk Assessment and Homeland Defense
Terrorist Threat to Global Agriculture, Food and Water Supplies
Vectors of Disease in Disasters

Bioterrorism
Applied Epidemiology of Terrorist Events
Biological Response Preparedness for Emergency Medical Services
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism Preparedness: Factors for the Emergence/Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
Bioterrorism Preparedness: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance
Bioterrorism Preparedness: Infectious Disease Transmission Dynamics
Bioterrorism Preparedness: Principles of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Bioterrorism: The Agents
Bioterrorism: The Public Health Threat
Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
Mass Casualty Incident Triage
Mass Casualty Medical Command
Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster 

Chemical Terrorism
Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders
Chemical Terrorism
Chemical Terrorism Clinical Specimen Transport
Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health
Health Risk Assessment and Taking an Exposure History
Improving Disaster Communication: The Role of Poison Centers in Public Health
Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment
Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster 
Practice-based Scenarios for Recognition, Detection and Exposure Assessment of Chemical Terrorist Agents

Preparing for a Chemical Terrorist Event
Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents
Using Risk Assessment in Chemical Emergencies to Protect Public Health

Communication
Advanced Leadership and Practice
Building and Maintaining a Collaborative Culture

Coaching and Mentoring: Learning With and From Others 
Collaboration: The Key to Public Health System Improvement

Communicating With and For the MCH Population: Issues and Challenges

Communication Gap: Linking First Responders and First Receivers
Conflict Management
Crisis Communication for Hospital Administrators
Crisis Management
Facilitator Training

How to Manage Conflict so it Doesn't Manage You
Improving Disaster Communication: The Role of Poison Centers in Public Health
Improving Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
Improving Your Communication Skills
Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
Leadership Management Communication
Lessons From the Storm: Crisis and Collaboration

Managerial Communications
Managing Conflict in the Workplace
Mentoring and Coaching
Psychological Resiliency - Building Personal Resilience and Self-Reliance
Public Health Preparedness and Leadership
Risk Communication in Public Health Emergencies
Role of Health Literacy in Disaster Preparedness
Two Years Later: Continued Psychological Difficulties of First Responders and the Affected General Population
Understanding Emergency Public Health Risk Communication: Partners & Preparedness beyond the Public Health System
Understanding Emergency Public Health Risk Communication: Resources & Relationships Within the Public Health System
Understanding Emergency Public Health Risk Communication: Working With & Through the Mass Media to Reach the People 

Diversity and Cultural Competency

Diversity and Cultural Competency in Public Health Settings - Basic Level
Diversity Leadership: A Strategic Approach
Intersection of Cultural Diversity, Health Policy Development and Policy Analysis 
Managing Diversity Begins with You
Special Needs Populations in Disaster Response
Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Children After Large-Scale Disasters


Environmental Health

Air Quality and Environmental Noise
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Dissecting the Post-Spill Impact
Disaster Responder Health and Safety

Community Management of an Epidemic Outbreak

Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and Its Application for Public Health Emergency Response and Recovery Operations

Environmental Sampling and Monitoring in a Disaster

Environmental Strike Teams

Food Protection
General Environmental Health
Gulf Oil Spill: The Environmental Impact
Gulf Oil Spill: The Public Health Impact

Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health

Hazardous Materials

Housing Sanitation and Safety

Environmental Health Issues in Disasters

Institutions and Licensed Establishments

Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment

Mosquito Abatement in Louisiana Post Katrina and Rita
Occupational Safety and Health

Potable Water

Radiation Protection

Solid and Hazardous Waste
Statutes and Regulations

Swimming Pools and Recreational Facilities

Terrorism, Risk Assessment and Homeland Defense

Vectors of Disease in Disasters

Wastewater

Zoonoses, Vectors, Pests, and Weeds
 

General Public Health

Advanced Leadership and Practice 
Alternative Standards of Care in Disaster

Behavioral Obesity Treatment: Today's State of the Art
Building and Maintaining a Collaborative Culture
Budget Planning & Management

Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders
Clinical Challenges in theCommunity Management of Patients with Special Needs in Disaster

Coaching and Mentoring: Learning With and From Others
Collaboration: The Key to Public Health System Improvement

Communicating With and For the MCH Population: Issues and Challenges

Community Health and Disease
Community Management of an Epidemic Outbreak

Community Partnerships and Perspectives - Advanced Level
Community Partnerships and Perspectives - Basic Level

Community Partnerships and Perspectives - Intermediate Level

Conflict Management: Lessons From the Field

Consequences of a Foreign Animal Disease on the Rural Community
Creating a Context for Change: Leading Through Organizational Development

Crisis Management
Crisis Management: Critical Thinking in Crisis Preparation
Decision Making in Disasters: Lesons from the Field 
Decision Making: A Systematic and Organized Approach

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Dissecting the Post-Spill Impact
Disaster Responder Health and Safety

Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and Its Application for Public Health Emergency Response and Recovery Operations

Environmental Strike Teams
Establishing Closed PODs: An Overview of Recruitment, Training and Operational Matters
Ethics and Public Health: How Public Health Reacts Ethically in a Disaster
Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Health at the Individual and Organizational Level

Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness
Expanding Workforce - How We Can Shape Up on the Job
Facilitator Training
Family Advocacy and Involvement in Title V Programs 
From Silos to Systems: Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Public Health Assurance in the Post-Katrina Era
Gulf Oil Spill: The Environmental Impact
Gulf Oil Spill: The Public Health Impact

Healthcare Reform: An Overview of the New Legislation
History of Public Health Informatics: Where Do We Go From Here?

Improving Disaster Communication: The Role of Poison Centers in Public Health
Inescapable Realities in Public Health - Conflict and Collaboration: Building Competency

Infectious Disease

Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health:  Session One - Monitoring & Evaluation:  What?  When?  Who? 
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Two - Program Description and Logic Model
Leadership and Advocacy: Trends and Challenges in Maternal and Child Health
Legal Implications and Resources to Assist Community Healthcare Planning Efforts

Lessons From the Storm: Crisis and Collaboration
Management of Epidemic Disease

Mentoring and Coaching

Mosquito Abatement in Louisiana Post Katrina and Rita
Orientation: Louisiana Primary Care Association

Orientation to the Essentials of Public Health - Introductory Level

Orientation to the Essentials of Public Health - Intermediate Level 

Orientation to the Essentials of Public Health - Advanced Level

Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster 
Pediatric Trauma and Disaster
 
Population-Level Approaches to Child Physical Abuse Prevention
Productive Communication Skills
 

Psychological Resiliency - Building Personal Resilience and Self-Reliance

Psychology of Decision Making for First Responders in Disaster Response
Psychology of Terrorism and Psychological Counterterrorism: 7 Things You Should Know
Public Health to the Rescue:  Emergency Response is Now a Core Function
Radiological Events in a Community: High Dose
Radiological Events in a Community: Low Dose
Resilient Leadership:  Building an Organizational Culture of Resilience

Special Needs Populations in Disaster Response

Succession Planning for Public Health Agencies
Systems Thinking for Maternal and Child Health: Applications in Practice
Two Years Later: Continued Psychological Difficulties of First Responders and the Affected General Population

Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Children After Large-Scale Disasters

Maternal and Child Health
Communicating With and For the MCH Population: Issues and Challenges 
Family Advocacy and Involvement in Title V Programs
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health:  Session One - Monitoring & Evaluation:  What?  When?  Who? 
Introduction to Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Health: Session Two - Program Description and Logic Model 
Population-Level Approaches to Child Physical Abuse Prevention
Systems Thinking for Maternal and Child Health: Applications in Practice 


Public Health Management and Policy

Advanced Leadership and Practice 
Alternative Standards of Care in Disaster

Budget Planning & Management
Civic Engagement

Collaboration: The Key to Public Health System Improvement
Conflict Management: Lessons From the Field

Continuity of Operations Planning
Core Elements of Project Management in Public Health

Cost-Benefit Analysis for Disaster Preparedness

Crisis Management
Crisis Management: Critical Thinking in Crisis Preparation

Cross-Border Collaboration
Decision Making: A Systematic and Organized Approach

Essentials of Designing and Evaluating Exercises and Drills to Enhance Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Establishing Closed PODs: An Overview of Recruitment, Training and Operational Matters
Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Health at the Individual and Organizational Level
Ethics and Public Health: How Public Health Reacts Ethically in a Disaster
Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness

Facilitator Training
Family Advocacy and Involvement in Title V Programs 
Healthcare Reform: An Overview of the New Legislation

How to Manage Conflict so it Doesn't Manage You
Inescapable Realities in Public Health - Conflict and Collaboration: Building Competency

Intersection of Cultural Diversity, Health Policy Development and Policy Analysis

Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
Leadership and Advocacy: Trends and Challenges in Maternal and Child Health

Leadership, Strategic Planning and Systems Approaches

Leadership Management Communication

Legal Implications and Resources to Assist Community Healthcare Planning Efforts

Lessons From the Storm: Crisis and Collaboration
Managing and Motivating Effective Public Health Performance

Mentoring and Coaching

Mosquito Abatement in Louisiana Post Katrina and Rita

Needs Assessment and Evaluation 

Preparedness, Public Health Policy and Law

Productive Communication Skills 

Psychological Resiliency - Building Personal Resilience and Self-Reliance

Public Health Economics 

Public Health Financial Management

Public Health Information Systems 

Public Health Insurance

Public Health Law
Succession Planning for Public Health Agencies

 

  

Special Needs Populations and Disasters

Alternative Standards of Care in Disaster
Clinical Challenges in theCommunity Management of Patients with Special Needs in Disaster

Community Management of an Epidemic Outbreak
Decision Making in Disasters: Lesons from the Field

Environmental Health and Shelters 

Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)

Mosquito Abatement in Louisiana Post Katrina and Rita 
Nuclear Power Plant Safety and the Public Health Response

Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster 
Pediatric Issues in Disasters and Emergencies

Pediatric Trauma and Disaster 
Pharmacist's Role in Disasters
 

Psychology of Decision Making for First Responders in Disaster Response
Psychological Resiliency - Building Personal Resilience and Self-Reliance

Special Needs Populations in Disaster Response

Two Years Later: Continued Psychological Difficulties of First Responders and the Affected General Population

Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Children After Large-Scale Disasters


State/Regional Specific
Orientation: Louisiana Primary Care Association
Pediatric Trauma and Disaster 

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Applied Epidemiology of Terrorist Events

Biological Response Preparedness for Emergency Medical Services

Bioterrorism 

Bioterrorism: The Agents

Bioterrorism: The Public Health Threat 

Chemical Terrorism

Chemical Terrorism Clinical Specimen Transport 

Counterterrorism Incident Command

Defense Against the Radiological Threat 

Explosion and Blast Injury

Food as an Effective Weapon of Terrorism 

Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health

Guidelines and Standards for a WMD Response 

Health Risk Assessment and Taking an Exposure History

Homeland Security: Defining Directives, Organization and Policies 

Implementing the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza

Introduction to Disease Detection and Investigation 

Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment

Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD) 

Management of Radiological Casualties

Mass Casualty Medical Command 

Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster 
Planning and Execution for Disaster Response

Planning, Implementation and Exploitation of a Field Exercise 

Practice-based Scenarios for Recognition, Detection and Exposure Assessment of Chemical Terrorist Agents

Preparing for a Chemical Terrorist Event 

Psychology of Terrorism and Psychological Counterterrorism: 7 Things You Should Know
Radiological Events in a Community: High Dose

Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents

Terrorism, Risk Assessment and Homeland Defense

Terrorist Threat to Global Agriculture, Food and Water Supplies 

Using Risk Assessment in Chemical Emergencies to Protect Public Health