The links below contained detailed information for the upcoming 2017 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting, taking place September 12-14, 2017 in Aurora, Colorado.
Please note:
- A total of five concurrent sessions will take place during the Annual Meeting, and there will be up to five breakouts occurring simultaneously during each of those concurrent sessions. Within each breakout, there will be up to four presentations that take place.
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- The on-site mobile app WILL embed these sessions for ease of use.
- A printable, detailed agenda can be found on the 2017 Annual Meeting website.
- If you have any questions, please contact info@safestates.org
- All session times and locations are tentative and subject to change. Safe States will continue to update these details as changes take place.
Enhancing Professionals' Use of Public Health Concepts for Childhood Injury and Violence Prevention: Results from the Skills and Knowledge for Injury Prevention Practitioners (SKIPP) Training Project
Learning Objectives
- Identify effective curriculum design techniques, pre-training activities, and application of case-examples, to ensure a positive learning experience.
- Identify ways to leverage participants’ past experience, expertise, and shared commitments by engaging them in integrated learning activities.
- Describe how the SKIPP CORE training increased practitioner capacity to identify and use tools to plan, implement, and/or evaluate evidence-based strategies for preventing child and youth injury and violence.
Statement of Purpose
Public health and other human service professionals addressing injury and violence must increasingly implement evidence-based strategies. The Skills & Knowledge for Injury Prevention Partners (SKIPP) Project provides training to increase the capacity for childhood injury and violence prevention (CIVP).
Methods/Approach
The SKIPP CORE Training Series for practitioners consists of five, one-day workshops (26.5 hours) conducted over six months. Eight injury and violence prevention core competencies (Songer et al, 2009) guided development of 22 learning objectives and 18 Tools provided as part of CORE. Mixed teaching methods (n=11) engaged participants in concept/skill development (e.g., small group activities, videos, large group activities, role-playing, presentations) designed to reinvigorate commitment to CIVP. The goal of CORE was to motivate participants to emphasize primary prevention while working at multiple-levels of the socio-ecological model. CORE Evaluation methods included: attendance; satisfaction; intention to use/usefulness of CORE tools; and pre and post knowledge and/or skills for learning objectives and key concepts.
Results
Twenty-seven professionals participated in the CORE training series, with an average attendance rate of 81% (range 63% to 96%). Participants rated effectiveness of 11 teaching methods ranging from 4.1 to 4.5 (scale 1=not to 5=very effective). Average intention to use the 18 CORE tools (in next 12 months) ranged from 4.1 to 5.0 and average usefulness of tools to CIVP work (six-month follow-up) ranged from 3.8 to 4.8 (scales 1=not at all to 6=extremely). Increases in self-assessed knowledge/skill levels across 22 learning objectives ranged from 33% to 100%. Of 38 CORE knowledge questions assessed on pre/post surveys, participants increased or maintained knowledge for 82% (n=31).
Conclusions & Significance to the Field
Many CIVP professionals have not received training in health education or public health practice. There is a need for more consistent investment in training, technical assistance, and job-shaping to support the workforce’s evolving needs and capacity for IVP, including evidence-based strategy application and innovation. Diverse participants in/outside of public health were excited to gain a conceptual foundation for their practice and an easy-to-use set of tools. CORE’s instructional approach was well-defined with extensive materials/tools applied during training and available for use on-the-job.
Presenters
Carolyn Crump, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
Biography
Carolyn Crump, PhD is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She has over 35 years of experience working with federal, state, and local organizations and community-based groups to address health promotion and injury prevention related concerns. She is currently directing a project for the Bureau of Reclamation Pacific Northwest Region to assess and make recommendations to improve the safety culture of their workplace. She and her team work closely with the NC Division of Public Health Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Section serving as facilitators, evaluation specialists, and consultants. She has taught graduate courses in Program Planning and Evaluation and Program Management and more recently co-developed and Introduction to Public Health Policy and the Policy Making Process for the MPH students in the Department of Health Behavior.