DHPE HAS CLOSED OPERATIONS

Dear DHPE Members, Partners and Supporters,

 

It is will great sadness to announce that the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) have finally closed our doors after being in operation for 72 years. The Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE) dba the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) is dissolving. As with many non-profits in recent years, DHPE has been challenged to do more with less.  

On behalf of the Board of Directors of DHPE, I want to thank all of you who have contributed to the success of DHPE over its 72-year history.  We have accomplished so much toward our shared mission of strengthening public health capacity in policy and in systems change to improve the health of all and achieve health equity. 

Although DHPE is dissolving, the programs that we collectively have worked hard to establish and maintain will be continuing under new leadership. The assets of these programs have been given to the excellent caretakers, which are highlighted below.

Again, thank you for all your hard work and support of all our programs, and we hope you will utilize some of these resources as your agency pursues future policy, systems and environmental change approaches to improve the health of our communities and the Nation!

The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), a nonprofit organization with our shared goals and vision, will maintain the balance of DHPE programs, that are NOT designated below, on their website. We want all of our former members and partners to reach out to SOPHE as an organizational home and/or resource for future professional development. They will be offering special membership pricing for former members of DHPE. SOPHE can be reached at: https://www.sophe.org/

Should you have a need to contact DHPE, we will have email access for a few more months at: info@dhpe.org or dsammons-hackett@dhpe.org

 

DHPE Programs and New Homes:

Systems Change for Health

Starting January 1, 2018, Carolyn Crump, PhD and James Emery, MPH - the curriculum developers for Systems Change for Health (SCH) - will be administrating and operating the program. You may view the courses at the new website: 

http://SystemsChangeForHealth.web.unc.edu 

You can learn more about the authors at: http://UNCHealthySolutions.web.unc.edu . Thank you for your continued support of and/or interest in the Systems Change for Health (SCH) training program!

Minority Internship and Fellowship Program

The Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN) is operating the Health Equity Internship Program starting in January 2017. Please send your emails and inquiries to ASPHN Executive Director Karen Probert at internship@asphn.org. Thank you for your interest in the Health Equity Internship Program!

Lupus Health Education Program

The purpose of the DHPE Lupus Health Education Program entitled LEAP is to reduce lupus related health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations disproportionately affected by this disease by conducting a national lupus education initiative. The caretaker agreement is still under development.

National Implementation and Dissemination for Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative

The CDC-funded National Implementation and Dissemination for Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative, also referred to as Partnering4Health has come to an end. DHPE would like to thank each of you for your participation and support of the project over the past three years. Several resources have been created as a part of Partnering4Health and these resources are available to you and your affiliates to be utilized in the future. Learn more below:

  • The Partnering4Health white paper has been released.  The white paper includes both a summary documentas well as pull-outs for each focus area of physical activity, nutrition, smoke-free environments and community clinical linkages. 
  • The Partnering4Health microsite hosts the white paper as well as additional resources from the national project. The site is hosted by the Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) at http://partnering4health.org
  • DHPE created an online sustainability course, featuring several community partners.  The course also has an accompanying toolkit created by SOPHE.
  • A  final video integrates interviews with national partners, including American Health Association, American Planning Association, and the National WIC Association, from the Denver meeting. 
Systems Change for Health Assessing and Framing the Problem
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Systems Change Health™ Training Courses

Introduction to the Systems Change Process

  1. Assessing and Framing the Problem
  2. Analyzing Potential Solutions
  3. Influencing the Systems Change Process
  4. Implementing Enacted Policies
  5. Evaluating Systems Change Interventions

Online Attendee Group 

Assessing and Framing the Problem

Timeframe: Two-Days (see sample agenda below)

Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe how health evidence, stakeholder values, and social determinants of health contribute to a problem definition
  2. Use systems thinking to develop a problem definition
  3. Narrow a problem definition
  4. Use framing elements to communicate a problem definition

Background

Public health professionals are increasingly working on systems and environmental solutions to health problems.  For example, local or state organizations may plan to reduce childhood obesity by changing school district policies related to physical activity and nutrition.  To effectively work on policy change, however, these professionals need to articulate the problem with a concise, relevant and compelling definition.  Whoever develops the most effective definition will generally be able to influence the solution.

Workshop Description

During this 2-day, interactive workshop, participants begin developing skills for defining a health problem.  The workshop guides participants in considering how problems are socially constructed in order to gain policy attention.  They learn how health disparities and social determinants of health are investigated to reveal root causes of problems that can produce health inequities.  Participants are introduced to systems thinking to clarify the scope of a problem, and to point toward the type of solution to pursue.  The workshop introduces participants to skills for framing messages, and provides a 3-part structure for defining a problem for different target audiences.

The workshop will rely on multiple learning styles including experiential activities (e.g., case example, small group exercises, individual reflection), as well as PowerPoint slides and written materials.  Facilitators guide the learning activities and provide background lecture for new concepts and methods.  Emphasis will be on exploring the concepts, practicing techniques, and learning from the participants’ collective skills and experience.

Target Audience

Public health professionals from state and local agencies, including:  division managers; health promotion, health education and environmental health staff; clinical staff managing non-clinical programs; and key partners collaborating on policy, environmental, or systems change initiatives.

Relevance and Usefulness

Participants will gain a better understanding of how political discourse considers public health problems.  After learning new concepts and practicing techniques, participants will have increased their skill in defining health problems – a first step in the public health Essential Service of developing health-supportive policy.  The workshop introduces learners to two of the 21 specialized competencies promoted by the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (www.dhpe.org), and provides information relevant to the CHES competency on advocacy. DHPE is approved as a provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH), Category I in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC). This course is approved for 11.5 CECH (11 of 11.5 are advanced-level MCHES).

Session Agenda

 

                                                           Day 1

Time

Activity

8:30

Registration and Networking

9:00
(30 min)

Opening
• Introductory activities

9:30
(20 min)

Background
• Changing policies, environments and systems
• Competency curricula

9:50
(15 min)

What is a “Problem”?
• Social construction of problems

10:05
(25 min)

Case Example
• Orientation to case example

10:30
(15 min)

BREAK

10:45
(20 min)

Learning about the Problem (Part 1)
• Evidence and data

11:05
(55 min)

Learning about the Problem (Part 2)
• Identifying stakeholders and their values

12:00
(75 min)

LUNCH

1:15
(90 min)

Learning about the Problem (Part 3)
• Social determinants of health

2:30
(15 min)

BREAK

2:45
(30 min)

Put it Together
• Systems thinking

3:15
(60 min)

Define the Problem (Part 1)
• Setting a boundary

4:15
(15 min)

Closing
• Review
• Feedback

4:30

END

 

                                                           Day 2

Time

Activity

8:30

Registration and Networking

9:00
(60 min)

Opening
• Review from Day 1
• Review agenda and materials for Day 2

10:00
(30 min)

Define the Problem (Part 2)
• Solutions (built environments)

10:30
(15 min)

BREAK

10:45
(45 min)

Define the Problem (Part 2 – continued)
• Solutions (policies)

11:30
(30 min)

Define the Problem (Part 3)
• Impact and feasibility

12:00
(75 min)

 LUNCH

1:15
(20 min)

State “What’s Wrong” (Part 4)
• Developing a 1-sentence description

1:35
(60 min)

Define the Problem (Part 4)
• Building the 3-part problem definition

2:35
(15 min)

BREAK

2:50
(45 min)

Communicating the Problem (Part 1)
• Framing 101

3:35
(40 min)

Communicating the Problem (Part 2)
• Framing the problem

4:15
(15 min)

Closing
• Review
• Feedback 

4:30

END
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