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Risk Assessment

Community Partnering: A Risk Assessment and Emergency Operations Planning Scenario

This scenario was developed from the FEMA course Devleoping and Maintaining Emergency

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Risk and Crisis Communication

Don't Panic: Principles of Crisis and Risk Communication Scenario

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Cultural Competency

Cross-Cultural Communication and Nutrition Assessment

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This course is designed for WIC personnel and other health care providers who complete nutrition assessments. Awareness of cross-cultural communication allows WIC personnel to create a more rich and enhanced...

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Cultural Competency

Recognizing Cultural Influences on Food Beliefs and Practices

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This course is designed for WIC personnel and other health care providers who complete nutrition assessments. Awareness of cultural differences allows WIC personnel to have better and...
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Mental Health

Responding to a Crisis: Managing Emotions and Stress Scenario

 This course utilizes scenario-based learning to cover concepts of Psychological First Aid in responding to disasters. The user makes decisions about how to respond to the emotional needs of disaster victims and volunteers. This course...

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Emergency Response

Pandemic: A Critical Thinking Scenario

The goal of this scenario is to assess and train mid-level public health professionals in the application of critical thinking as a means of solving problems related to community preparedness for public health emergencies, such as an...

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Public Health Administration

IS-100.b Introduction to Incident Command

Incident Command training is being developed and offered for a variety of disciplines including Federal Disaster Workers Public Works Law Enforcement and Public Health. All of the ICS training offered through these courses is consistent...

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Public Health Administration

IS-700 NIMS

Intended Audience Any employee of a government private-sector or non-governmental organization who may need to respond to a domestic incident Course Level Awareness Length of Course 2 hrs Course Description This course is NIMS compliant...

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Public Health Administration

IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP) An Introduction

The National Response Plan, or NRP, specifies how resources of the Federal Government will work in concert with state local and tribal governments as well as the private sector to respond to Incidents of National Significance. The NRP...

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Public Health Administration

New Public Health Administrator Resources - Orientation Toolkit

The Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center (UMPHTC) collaborated with the Iowa Counties Public Health Association to develop a non-academic, practiced-based educational series targeted toward new Public Health Administrators,...

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Public Health Administration

Volunteer Training: Incident Command System (ICS)

Goal/ Intended Audience The Incident Command System is an organizational structure that enables multiple agencies to work together under one management system for all incidents requiring emergency response. Public...

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Childcare Providers

Iowa Early Childhood Sun Protection Curriculum

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The curriculum is designed for use in child care businesses, Head Start, and preschools. Its purpose is to assist child care personnel in teaching young children why and how they should protect themselves...

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Childcare Providers

Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training

This course is not open to the General Public.  If you are an Iowa-accredited Childcare Provider, you must can take this course by Pre-Registering here first:
 
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Childcare Providers

Universal Precautions & Exposure Control Plans for Childcare Businesses

This course is not open to the General Public.  If you are an Iowa-accredited Childcare Provider, you must can take this course by Pre-Registering here first:
 
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Brain Injury

Helping Students with Brain Injuries - Module 1: Understanding Brain Injury

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Brain Injury

Helping Students with Brain Injuries - Module 2: Interventions and Accommodations

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Brain Injury

Helping Students with Brain Injuries - Module 3: Technology, Assistive Devices, and Troubleshooting

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Brain Injury

Helping Students with Brain Injuries - Module 4: Concussion

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Brain Injury

Helping Students with Brain Injuries - Module 5: Executive Functions, Behavior, and Emotional & Social Language

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Community Health Improvement

Cholesterol: Everything You Need to Know to Provide Patient Education

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This course is designed to increase healthcare providers’ knowledge base about the detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol. This knowledge will enable them to provide quality education to their...

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