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Shifting the Narrative: Trauma Informed Care to Systems Change

Course Objective

Develop a shared understanding of the importance of viewing trauma on a systems level
Identify how to utilize trauma informed principles in organizational policy and program development
Explain the stages of trauma informed organizational change development and implementation

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Date: March 3rd, 2020

Presenter:
Ali Mateo Belen, MSW
Trainer and Principle Consultant
A Mateo Consulting

This month’s Log-in2Learn Webinar takes a look at trauma-informed principles and procedures, encouraging organizations and systems to acknowledge and recognize the trauma that individuals experience. Participants will learn how understanding individual trauma/manifestations of trauma, reflect in the way systems are able to give care to clients and workers within the organization. Participants will also be able to differentiate between policies and practice and learn ways to implement practices that not only benefit clients, but also benefit employees.

Participants will learn how to:

Develop a shared understanding of the importance of viewing trauma on a systems level
Identify how to utilize trauma informed principles in organizational policy and program development
Explain the stages of trauma informed organizational change development and implementation

A Systems Approach to Understanding Childhood Obesity

Course Objective

By the end of this module, you should know how to:

Describe public health as part of a larger inter-related system of organizations that influence the health of populations at local, national, and global levels.
Describe different stakeholders with the power to address childhood obesity.
Explain how local health departments (LHDs) can use systems thinking approaches while planning intersectoral initiatives to reduce inequities in childhood obesity.

…and see how you can incorporate these concepts in your practice to address a major public health crisis.

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This module developed by the Region 2 Public Health Training Center (PHTC) aims to explore how to use problem solving approaches inspired by systems thinking to reduce inequities in childhood obesity.* Systems thinking is a methodological approach that helps us better understand how complex systems operate, and how we can identify leverage points within systems to influence behavior. Since this is a foundational module, our goal is just to introduce how a systems thinking lens can be applied to a major public health issue.

In this module, you will learn how to identify the characteristics of a system in a public health context.

*To learn more about systems thinking, please enroll in the course ‘Introduction to Systems Thinking’, part of the Strategic Skills training series also offered by the Region 2 Public Health Training Center.

Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Systems Thinking

Course Objective

By the end of this module, you should know how to:

Consider events, patterns, and structures related to a complex problem
Explain what a complex adaptive system is
Explain how mental models impact the way we perceive a problem
List some key systems thinking habits to develop

…and see how you can incorporate these concepts in your practice to address a major public health crisis.

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The Strategic Skills Training Series developed by the Region 2 PHTC aims to help prepare public health practitioners to develop the practices and competencies associated with being a Chief Health Strategist. The modules in this series use the community health improvement planning process to introduce you to the basics of the following four strategic skills areas. This first set of modules have been developed at an introductory level; the next part of the series will build on these foundational modules.

To help you think about ways to leverage these skills in your journey as a Chief Health Strategist to address real world problems in your community, the modules will utilize a case study approach, set in the fictitious Tycho County.

Follow how the Tycho County Health Department could adopt a systems approach to inform its thinking and planning while developing a community health improvement plan focused on a familiar public health problem, opioid misuse.

In this module, you will learn how to identify the characteristics of a system in a public health context.

Systems Thinking for Public Health: An Introduction

Course Objective

Define a system
Explain why systems thinking is important for public health
Describe 3 tools for systems thinking

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Date: May 7, 2019

Presenter:
Dr. Jacqueline Merrill, PhD, MPH, RN

In this month’s Log-in2Learn webinar, participants learn from Dr. Jacqueline Merrill about the value of systems thinking in addressing major, complex public health challenges. The lecture provides an overview on public health’s emerging responsibility to engage multiple stakeholders and community partners in improving social determinants of health, as well as how systems thinking can facilitate the creation of context-specific solutions between them. Dr. Merrill introduces the major constructs and describes basic decision-making tools used in systems thinking. At the end of the lecture, Dr. Merrill illustrates in-depth examples in applying systems thinking techniques in public health.

Participants will learn how to:

Define a system
Explain why systems thinking is important for public health
Describe 3 tools for systems thinking