Community Health Assessment and Improvement: A Training for Public Health Professionals

1. Community Health Assessment and Improvement: A Training for Public Health Professionals About the Program This training is supported by the New Hampshire Public Health Training Center (NHPHTC) , a resource for members of the current and future public health workforce of the state. It operates under the umbrella of the NH Area Health Education Center (NHAHEC), a program of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The target audience for the training are Public health network and community benefits reporting (hospitals and other healthcare non-profit’s) representatives. Module 4:  Linking Data to Action Using Quality Improvement Tools and Methods 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. September 20, 2013 Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa, Whitefield September 24, 2013 Manchester Health Department, Manchester October 18, 2013 The Common Man Inn & Spa, Plymouth For more information about these trainings, please contact: For Manchester & Bedford trainings: For Plymouth and North Country Trainings: Kaitlyn St. Amand Southern NH AHEC North Country Health Consortium 603.259.3700 kstamand@snhahec.org | 603.895.1514 x4

2. Summer Activities for Youth Interested in Health Careers Nursing Quest Summer Camp For Students Entering Grades 8, 9, and 10 Hosted by Southern NH AHEC Explore careers in nursing and build skills using hands-on experiences! Manchester Community College: Week 1: July 8-12, 2013 Week 2: July 15-19, 2013 Nashua Community College Week 3: July 22-28, 2013NHTI-ConcordWeek 4: August 12-16, 2013 9th Grade Camp at Manchester Community College August 12-16, 2013 • What do campers do? • Go on field trips to hospitals, nursing homes, and community health centers • Become CPR certified • Learn about different nursing careers • Measure vital signs • Have fun!! Visit www.snhahec.org/NursingQuestSummerCamp.cfm for more information, or contact Kaitlyn at kstamand@snhahec.org for a registration form! Sponsored by Southern NH AHEC with funding from the Endowment for Health & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partners in Nursing Program Camp Spinnaker August 11-16, 2013 Camp Spinnaker is a six-day residential camp for children ages 8-12 with asthma. Priority will be given to children who require daily medication and/or who have not previously been to an asthma camp. The camp is operated by Zebra Crossings in partnership with the Pediatric Pulmonary Department at New Hampshire’s Hospital for Children. Camp Spinnaker is also looking for medical staff volunteers! For more information, contact Astrid at astrid@zebra-crossings.org

3. Save the Date!! The Front Line of Preventing Infections: It Takes a Village! • October 3, 20135:00-8:45pmThe Puritan Backroom, Manchester • Learning Objectives • Discuss the similarities and differences among strategies needed to reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) • Express the burden of HAIs, and discuss emerging challenges • Explain the public reporting law • Discuss how data can be used for action to prevent HAIs and how it pertains to frontline healthcare workers • Recognize the physical and emotional impact that HAIs have on patients and families • Keynote Speaker: Rosemary Gibson, M.Sc. • Target Audience • Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants, Certified Health Education Specialists, other healthcare providers, healthcare administrators, patients and families. Registration fee: $55 Scholarships are available! Contact Kaitlyn St. Amand at kstamand@snhahec.org or (603) 895-1514 x4 for more information about this program Target audience: Certified asthma educators, school nurses, clinical staff who provide asthma education to their patients, and those interested in patient engagement Registration fee: $25 Includes continuing education credits, materials, and buffet dinner Resources for Asthma Educators Creative Ways to Engage Patients and Families in Their Self-Care Save the Date! Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Puritan Back Room Conference Center Manchester, NH 5:30-8 p.m. The fall meeting of Resources for Asthma Educators will focus on tools and strategies to engage patients and their families in the self-management of their asthma. This interactive panel presentation will give participants an opportunity to share their resources and ideas with the group. Contact Kaitlyn at kstamand@snhahec.org or 603-895-1514 x4 for more information

4. Fifteenth Annual Centricity User Conference AutumnLogic 2013 save the date! Friday, November 22, 2013 SERESC Conference Center 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford Presented by: Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center In collaboration with representatives from the Planning Committee Community Health Access Network (CHAN)  Lamprey Health Care  Ammonoosuc Community Health Services  Regional Extension Center of New Hampshire  HIT Roundtable Contact Kaitlyn St. Amand at kstamand@snhahec.org or 603.895.1514 x 4 for more information about the program and sponsorship opportunities New! Online learning opportunity Asthma Tobacco and Control A Webinar for Health Professionals • Learning Objectives • Compare and contrast Asthma and COPD epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation • Restate the four components of asthma management • Outline the goals of asthma control and tools to improve asthma care in your office • Identify strategies to help patients manage Nicotine Dependence Disorder • Faculty: Albee Budnitz, MD, FACP, FCCP • To complete this webinar, please • visit www.snhahec.org/webinars.cfm

5. Leadership Training Program in Children’s Health and Disability • The NH Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (NH LEND) is a collaboration between the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, the Institute on Disability/UCED at the University of New Hampshire, and the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies/UCED at the University of Maine. The purpose of NH LEND is to improve the health of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities by preparing leaders to enter the field. • If you are: • A professional working with children with special health care needs and their families; • A person with a bachelor’s degree who is a parent or sibling of a person who has a disability; • A person with demonstrated leadership skills and an interest in professional development. • Then become a member of the national LEND network through the NH LEND Program--we train leaders! •  The 9-month program requires a minimum 300-hour commitment and includes: • Participation in a graduate level seminar at UNH • Engagement in interdisciplinary clinical training in a variety of settings • Participation in technical assistance and research activities • Advocating for systems change and public policy for children • Advancing your skills as a leader • Competitive stipend available! • A limited number of applications are currently being accepted for the 2013-2014 academic year.  For more information or to apply online visit www.mchlend.unh.edu or call 603.862.4124

6. New Interpretation Classes Southern NH AHEC Celebrates over 10 Years of Interpretation Training New! Information about the Interpretation Training Programs, including the number of interpreters trained, can be downloaded at http://goo.gl/OVNwM 60-Hour Health Care Community Interpreter Training SNHAHEC is offering the nationally renowned program called The Health Care Community Interpreter, by Cross Cultural Communications of Columbia, MD. This is a comprehensive 60-hourprogram that teaches interpreters to work in health care, educational, social services and some legal fields. The student manual is accompanied by a book with over 50 exercises and role plays. October 8- December 10, 2013 Tuesdays & Thursdays , 5:30-9 p.m. 22 Bridge Street, Manchester 70-Hour Legal Interpretation Training Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30-9 p.m. Manchester, NH Fall 2013 training to be announced SNHAHEC offers a 70-hour Legal Interpretation Training program for interested individuals. Each applicant will be screened for England and target language proficiency. Attendance at all classes is mandatory in order to receive a certificate of completion. To register for these courses, download a registration form at www.snhahec.org and mail to: Florentina Dinu, Southern NH AHEC, 128 State Route 27, Raymond, NH 03077 603.895.1514 x5 | fgdinu@snhahec.org Please include a copy of your high school diploma/GED or higher education certificate

7. Spanish For Health Care Professionals SNHAHEC is organizing a 12-hour Spanish for Health Care Professionals training in Fall 2013 in Manchester. The training will be held on two consecutive Saturdays at a location to be September or October, depending on availability of those interested. To inquire about this training, please contact Kaitlyn at kstamand@snhahec.org or 603.895.1514 x4 Lunch n’ Learn Opportunities Schedule a session at your practice today! They are free of charge and include lunch, materials, and continuing education credits. Contact Christina (cpatenaude@snhahec.org) to schedule a session. Hinge Points in Cross Cultural Health Communication Southern NH AHEC, in collaboration with the NH Minority Health Coalition, is offering a workshop on the importance of cultural competency in the healthcare setting. This interactive, one-hour lunch and learn program will discuss the importance of cultural sensitivity and respect in your daily interactions with patients. Learning Objectives 1. List at least 3 unconsciously taught areas that are components of the term “culture” 2. Identify at least 3 hinge points in cross cultural interaction (points of interaction where cultural assumptions impact future interactions, such as greetings) 3. Discuss the skills of cultural effectiveness and how to apply them Schedule a one-hour lunch & learn by contacting Kaitlynat kstamand@snhahec.orgor 603.895.1514 x4.

8. Stanford’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: Better Choices, Better Health Do you have patients with a chronic disease? Are you looking for resources to help them take better care of themselves? The NH CDSMP Network is offering Stanford’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: Better Choices, Better Health as a resource to providers and residents of New Hampshire. The program gives patients with chronic diseases and the people who care for them an opportunity to learn how to put life back into their lives. The Better Choices, Better Health program is offered: New Hampshire Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Network As a series of workshops: Classes are offered in community centers across New Hampshire. Upcoming trainings can be found at www.snhahec.org under the “Better Choices, Better Health” tab. As a Lunch n’ Learn Session: An introductory one-hour session can be brought to your practice by SNHAHEC to help your staff understand what can be done to help patients with chronic diseases manage their lives. To schedule this session, contact Christina below. • For more information, please contact: • Kaitlyn at kstamand@snhahec.org or • 603.895.1514 x4. Implementing Asthma Action Plans • Asthma Action Plans are a useful tool in the management of asthma. This one-hour lunch and learn will focus on the guidelines of asthma management, the basics of an asthma action plan, and peak flow meters. • Learning Objectives: • Identify the components of an Asthma Action Plan for patients with persistent asthma • Explain the need for Asthma Action plans for patients with persistent asthma • Discuss strategies for collaboration between health providers, >community partners, and school nurses to improve systems and services for those with persistent asthma • Strategize how to incorporate the AAP into electronic health records • To schedule this one-hour lunch and learn at your practice, please contact Kelsey at intern@snhahec.org or (603) 895-1514.

9. Improving Asthma Management: Continuing Education and Technical Assistance for Health Professionals • Improving Asthma Management, a series of eight continuing education sessions, is designed to bring you the most up-to-date information for successful asthma management in the primary care setting and enable practices to have a significant impact on improving asthma management for better patient outcomes. Whether you decide to schedule one program or the entire series, your practice will identify improvements the practice wants to make from among evidence-based best practices recommended in the 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Examples of changes provider practices have been able to make include increasing the use of asthma action plans, routinely assessing for environmental triggers and exposures, diagnosing work-related asthma, scheduling follow-up asthma visits, increasing flu shots and more. This is an exceptional opportunity to make the kinds of improvements that will benefit both providers and patients. • This 8 part series offers: • Asthma Guidelines for the Way You Practice • Asthma Management Tools: Gizmos and Gadgets • Asthma Medications • Spirometry • Control of Environmental Factors that Affect Asthma • Asthma Education: Using the Toolkit • Asthma Management Should Not Be Complicated! • Documentation: Implementation New or Revised Encounter Forms (for sites with Centricity only) • We suggest starting with the Asthma Guidelines and then choosing other sessions that fit the needs of the practice. Lunch will be provided. • For more information or to schedule a Lunch and Learn, call Kelsey at (603)895-1514 or intern@snhahec.org Announcements: Visit our website at www.snhahec.org for more information about upcoming programs! SNHAHEC Staff want to thank Christina Patenaude for her outstanding service as a Program Coordinator and wish her luck in her future endeavors! Thank you, Kaitlyn St. Amand, Program Coordinator Southern New Hampshire AHEC 128 State Route 27, Raymond, NH 03077 ekstamand@snhahec.org| t (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 | f (603) 895-1312 www.snhahec.org Nursing Quest Summer Camp Week 1, MCC Nursing Quest Summer Camp Week2, MCC