IPHA 2011-2012 Annual Report - Illinois Public Health Association

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Programs & PartnershipsHealth Education /Promotion SectionThe IPHA Health Education/Promotion Sectionsponsored its first stand-alone workforce trainingin January 2012 entitled “Boost Your Message:Social Media in a Public Health World.” The event,co-sponsored by SIU School of Medicine and theIllinois Society of Public Health Educators, washeld at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.The purpose of the training was to provide participantswith an overview of social media channelsand tools (including Facebook, Twitter, mobile,and more) and applications to public healthcommunications and marketing. The training alsoprovided participants with the skills needed tobegin developing a basic social media strategy forhealth promotion and prevention messaging. Fourpanel presentations were given, which includedthe following:The Effect of a Social Media Intervention on RiskySexual Behavior and Chlamydia and IncidenceKrista Jones, clinical instructor of health systemssciences, University of Chicago School of NursingThe Confluence of Public Health and SocialMediaMichael Shmarak, Vice President, DKC PublicRelations, Marketing & Government AffairsSocial Media and Sexual HealthJeffery Erdman, HIV Programs Manager, IllinoisPublic Health AssociationSTD Text Messaging CampaignRandy McClellan, Health Protection ServicesCoordinator, Peoria City/County Health Department.In response to thepositive feedback fromthe January 2012training, the HealthEducation/PromotionSection planned anothersocial media training inNovember 2012 in thenorthern region. Thissubsequent training hada broader public healthfocus, with an emphasison the Patient Protectionand Affordable Care Actand social media’s rolein educating the publicabout the benefits andprovisions.Public Health NursingSectionOn March 5, 2012, three new Nursing Sectionleaders met for the first time. They includeStephanie Standish, Section Chair; Julie Babyar,Section Secretary, and Tracey Smith, SectionRepresentative. A plan to revitalize the Public HealthNursing Section was developed at this meeting.This revitalization started with the co-hostingof a HPV Section Summit at the IPHA 71stAnnual Meeting and Legislative Action Day heldon April 17, 2012, with the Maternal and ChildHealth Section. The new leaders also hosted anIPHA Nursing Section breakfast roundtable atthe Annual Meeting on April 18th. Five nursesattended this meeting and further plans torevitalize the Public Health Nursing Section weredeveloped.The Nursing Section is currently holding monthlyconference calls to plan an IPHA Public HealthNursing Conference to be held early 2013. Watchfor the quarterly newsletter that the Public HealthNursing Section will soon be releasing to keep youup to date on this section.8www.ipha.com
Center for ContinuingEducation andWorkforce DevelopmentThe Center for Continuing Education and WorkforceDevelopment (CCEWD) continued its successduring Fiscal Year 2012. The Center serves as apremier entity for conference coordination servicesand fiscal management for government agencies,state associations and other organizations addressingpublic health issues. During the year, CCEWDprovided staffing, registration, fiscal managementand/or continuing education credits for 10 trainingsand conferences for eight different groups includingthe Illinois Department of Public Health Food,Drugs & Dairy, Minority Health, HIV, and Women’sHealth Divisions. The fiscal year began with theImmunization Conference held at the Marriott Hotelin Normal. This conference was co-sponsored byIPHA and IDPH. Over 300 individualsattended educational sessions focusingon hepatitis, TB, vaccinations, and foodbourneillnesses. In September 2011,the 2011 Food Safety Symposium washeld in Peoria at the Pere MarquetteHotel. The theme for the conferencewas Eat Right, Eat Smart, Eat Safe. Theevent had over 200 attendees. October2011 brought the 20th Annual HIV andSTD Conference to Springfield. Incelebration of the 20th anniversary ofthe conference, educational sessionsfocused on past accomplishments in the treatmentand prevention of HIV/AIDS, and where the movementwould be heading in the future. Over 400health professionals attended the conference at theHilton Hotel. The Women’s Health Conference washeld in Springfield in November 2011. Educationalsessions focused on cardiovascular disease, obesity,managing stress, and chronic disease prevention.IPHA held its 71st Annual Meeting and LegislativeDay in Springfield in April 2012. Keynote speakersfor this event included Jim Duffett, Sherry Prowda,Robyn Gabel, Alderman Cory Jobe, and ComptrollerJudy Baar Topinka. Also in April, IPHA worked withIDPH to host the first annual Minority Health Conferenceat the Marriott in Naperville. Nearly 300 attendeeswere present at the two day conference, whichhosted sessions focusing on Eliminating HealthDisparities Through Community Transformation. InJune, IPHA and IDPH partnered once again on theIntegrated Public Health and Medical PreparednessSummit (formally known as PHEP) in Lombard.Nearly 800 emergency preparedness, public health,and medical personnel attended this conference,which highlighted perennial favorite, General RusselL. Honore (ret.) as one of its keynote speakers.In addition to the conference planning and fiscalmanagement, CCEWD staff also handled theadministration of the IPHA AmeriCorps Program.Early August marked the end of the ninth successfulyear of the AmeriCorps Program with twentyfourfulltime members and 3 summer memberscompleting the program. Throughout the yearmembers participated in health promotionand education, and emergencypreparedness planning for local healthagencies in Illinois. The 2011-12program year had seventeen agenciesserve as host sites for the members.In addition to the important work thatAmeriCorps members provided to theirhealth agency work sites, they alsoparticipated in a variety of local communityservice projects. These projectsincluded: promoting healthy livingtips to people in their communities for NationalPublic Health Week; assembling flood buckets forcommunities in the United States affected by floods;cleaning up litter in a Springfield park area; and,building wheelchair accessible ramps and docks ata campground for disabled individuals near Peoria.2011-2012 IPHA Annual Report 9Programs & Partnerships
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