Cal STAPH is a student group at UC Berkeley consisting of master's and doctoral students from public health programs. The group trains students to assist state and local health agencies in responding to public health emergencies. Through partnerships, Cal STAPH links students with experience at health departments. Students assist with disease surveillance, outbreak response data entry, and exercises to prepare for health emergencies. Cal STAPH also partners with federal agencies to analyze health data and create resources on US Pacific islands populations. The experience prepares students for careers in public health.
A medical protocol-based enterprise application to improve maternal healthcare management in Mumbai, India. At the MIT Global Challenge: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/teams/view/209
A medical protocol-based enterprise application to improve maternal healthcare management in Mumbai, India. At the MIT Global Challenge: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/teams/view/209
A sales pitch presentation for the Data Product I submitted for the Johns Hopkins University / Coursera Data Science Specialization course. Received a 100% score.
The Institute of Medicine of Chicago (IOMC) Panel on Childhood Obesity in Chicago: Causative Factors and Proposed Solutions.
Dr. Choucair, along with Moderator Lisa Laurent, MD, Adam Becker, PhD, MPH, Elif Oker, MD and Karen Walker, MD discuss childhood obesity in Chicago.
DeKalb County, Illinois - Rain Garden Resources List
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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Developing an Inter-Professional Education Program in Disaster MedicineAUCMed
2019 International Conference on Disaster Medicine and Hurricane Resiliency
Presentation by Ritu Sarin, MD
Instructor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Associate Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship in Disaster Medicine
A Lifetime of Health Information: An Ecosystem for Learning LINKSEmily Glenn
The resources listed below were presented within a slideshow for attendees at the Pathways Into Health conference on October 14, 2015. This handout condenses the information and provides direct links to sites.
A sales pitch presentation for the Data Product I submitted for the Johns Hopkins University / Coursera Data Science Specialization course. Received a 100% score.
The Institute of Medicine of Chicago (IOMC) Panel on Childhood Obesity in Chicago: Causative Factors and Proposed Solutions.
Dr. Choucair, along with Moderator Lisa Laurent, MD, Adam Becker, PhD, MPH, Elif Oker, MD and Karen Walker, MD discuss childhood obesity in Chicago.
DeKalb County, Illinois - Rain Garden Resources List
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Developing an Inter-Professional Education Program in Disaster MedicineAUCMed
2019 International Conference on Disaster Medicine and Hurricane Resiliency
Presentation by Ritu Sarin, MD
Instructor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Associate Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship in Disaster Medicine
A Lifetime of Health Information: An Ecosystem for Learning LINKSEmily Glenn
The resources listed below were presented within a slideshow for attendees at the Pathways Into Health conference on October 14, 2015. This handout condenses the information and provides direct links to sites.
This webinar discussed how to educate Nurse Practitioners who have completed Community Health Center. Inc’s NP Residency or NPs who have significant experience as a Primary Care Provider on the integration of specialty care for key populations, including:
• HIV care
• Hepatitis C management
• Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use and other substance use disorders
• Sexually transmitted disease (STI) screening and management
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) health, including hormone replacement therapy and gender affirming care.
Panelists:
• Charise Corsino, MA, Program Director, Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs, Community Health Center, Inc.
• Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH, AAHIVS, Medical Director, Center for Key Populations, Community Health Center, Inc.
• Jeannie McIntosh, APRN, FNP-C, AAHIVS, Family Nurse Practitioner, Center for Key Populations, Community Health Center, Inc.
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Note: Compare and contrast public health funding (and resulting impacts on service and program delivery) in your area. How does funding impact the quality of public health?
Response one –PHM-03
In healthcare we depend on the physicians to heal us from any type of illness that we may have, and we also depend on our state and local public health departments to be our ambassadors when it comes to preventing diseases and injuries by keeping us healthy and safe. For that to happen we need public health programs which are financed through a variety of state, federal, and local appropriations. On the local level side, the funds come from local taxes, fees, and Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for services (Salinsky, 2010). This helps to fund California’s local government programs including education, police/fire protection, welfare, transportation, and healthcare. On the other hand, California’s state government programs are funded through federal appropriations including healthcare license inspections to fund healthcare, education, pensions, family health, Alcohol and drugs, and air pollution (Salinsky, 2010).
The current standards that are in place for the way public health service are funded needs to be revamped considering how so many people are losing their job because of underfunding. This is evident as public health budgets have been decreasing in recent years that local health departments have been struggling to keep people on board. To meet the needs of the public you have be able to promote quality while making sound organizational improvements but if you are not able to have enough staff then how you can be able to offer services that will not last due to funding. Another reason they need to revamp the system is because whenever there is a shortage in money the effect is devastating to those in low-income or impoverished areas since they seem to need the programs the most but are always the first to get them cut. It is understandable that money needs to be spread out through out the local and states, but better financial decisions need to be made so this doesn’t happen.
reference
Salinsky, Eileen, Governmental Public Health: An Overview of State and Local Public Health Agencies National Health Policy Forum Background Paper No. 77 8 (2010),
Richardson Jesse, Jr. et al., Is Home Rule The Answer? Clarifying The Influence of Dillon's Rule On Growth Management, Brookings Institute (2003)
Response two PHM-03
There are many public health services that are funded at the state level. New York State has funding for different programs, including: the Assisted Living Program, the Preventive Health/Health Services Block Grant, the New York State Child/Adult Care Food Program, the Infertility Demonstration Program, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Program (New York State Department of Health [NYSDOH], 2018). For the Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant, it p ...
NTTAP Webinar Series - June 7, 2023: Integrating HIV Care into Training and E...CHC Connecticut
In order for health centers to provide compassionate and respectful HIV prevention, care, and treatment in comprehensive primary care settings, the clinical workforce must be knowledgeable, confident, and competent in their ability to do so.
We’ll explore the need to integrate HIV care into training and education for the clinical care team, as well as educational models to train the next generation. Using Community Health Center Inc.’s Center for Key Populations Fellowship for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) as a framework for best practices, experts will discuss how to implement specialty care for key populations in your training programs. Additionally, participants will gain awareness of the importance of training the clinical workforce on key population competencies in HIV programs (e.g. HCV, MOUD, LGBTQI+ health, homelessness, and harm reduction).
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Chapter 7
Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
Chapter Objectives (1 of 2)
After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
Define maternal, infant, and child health.
Explain the importance of maternal, infant, and child health as indicators of a society’s health.
Define family planning and explain why it is important.
Identify consequences of teenage pregnancies.
Define legalized abortion and discuss Roe v. Wade and the pro-life and pro-choice movements.
Define maternal mortality rate.
Define preconception and prenatal care and the influence this has on pregnancy outcome.
List the major factors that contribute to infant health and mortality.
Chapter Objectives (2 of 2)
Explain the differences among infant mortality, neonatal mortality, and postneonatal mortality.
Identify the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality.
List the immunizations required for a 2-year-old child to be considered fully immunized.
Explain how health insurance and healthcare services affect childhood health.
Identify important governmental programs developed to improve maternal and child health.
Briefly explain what WIC programs are and who they serve.
Identify the major groups that are recognized as advocates for children.
Introduction
Using age-related profiles helps identify risks and target interventions
Infants <1 year
Children 1-9 years
Maternal, infant, and child health (MIC) encompasses health of women of childbearing age from pre-pregnancy through pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period, and the health of the child prior to birth through adolescence
MIC Health (1 of 4)
MIC statistics are important indicators of effectiveness of disease prevention and health promotion services in a community
Decline in US MIC mortality in recent decades, but challenges remain
Significant racial disparities
Modified from: Mathews T.J., M.F. MacDorman, and M.E. Thoma. (2015). "Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2013 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set." National Vital Statistics Reports, 64(9). Hyattsville, MD: National Centers for Health Statistics. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_09.pdf. Accessed December 5, 2015.
MIC Health (2 of 4)
Infant mortality rates, by race and Hispanic origin of mother; United States, 2005and 2013.
Data from: Child Trends DataBank (2015). “Infant, Child, and Teen Mortality.”Available at http://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/63_Child_Mortality.pdf Accessed December 6, 2015.
MIC Health (3 of 4)
Death rates for infants (deaths per 100,000): selected years, 1980–2013.
Data from: Child Trends DataBank (2015). “Infant, Child, and Teen -Mortality.”Available at http://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/63_Child_Mortality.pdf
MIC Health (4 of 4)
Death rates among children ages 5 to 14 by race and Hispanic origin: 1980–2013.
Family and Reproductive Health
Families are the primary unit in which infants and children are nurtured and suppo ...
You work for the local public health department in the Immunization .docxamirawaite
You work for the local public health department in the Immunization Registry and Vaccine for Children (VFC) division. Your job is to interface with local pediatricians and primary care physicians, making sure immunizations are being properly reported and the providers that participate in the VFC immunization program are properly documenting vaccine use and patient information.
You have been briefed by the chief epidemiologist who states that a growing public complacency about the need for childhood immunizations has resulted in record low levels of registry immunizations against preventable diseases. You must put together a plan to educate the physicians of this potentially serious risk to the community and make them aware of the growing population of unimmunized and under-immunized children and what they may do to help correct this concern.
Respond to the following:
How will you approach the physician community and get their buy-in to increase immunization efforts with their patient populations?
What benefits does an up-to-date immunization registry provide to (1) parents, (2) immunization providers, and (3) the public?
What educational materials, services, programs, or support can local, state, and federal public health agencies offer to the providers and the community for improving registry statistics?
Write your response in a minimum of 300–400 words, providing relevant references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
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2. Launched in the Fall Semester of 2010,
Cal STAPH is an official student group
at UC Berkeley, consisting of Master
and Doctoral students from a range of
specialities. Membership into Cal
STAPH requires students to complete
HIPAA and Incident Command System
(ICS) trainings.
About Mission
To train & deploy students to assist
state & local health agencies in
responding to urgent & emergency
public health threats. Through
partnerships with health departments
in the SF Bay Area, Cal STAPH links
students with applied public health
experience & departments in need.
3. City of Berkeley Department of Public Health
The Berkeley Cohort regularly assists the City of
Berkeley’s Tuberculosis & Communicable
Disease Program with disease surveillance. We
volunteer weekly to conduct data entry of
reportable diseases into the CalREDIE system.
Santa Clara Meningococcal Outbreak Response
In response to the February 2016 meningococcal
outbreak, we assisted the CDPH Immunization
Branch input data from over 4,000 vaccination
forms. This data will be used for future manuscript
write-ups and to inform future outbreak responses.
4. Statewide Preparedness Exercise (11/5/2015)
Exercise Situation: City of Berkeley Public
Health Division responding to a
pandemic H5N1 influenza scenario
requiring the vaccination of over 500
adults in four hours
Utilizing the Incident Command System, we
worked as Data Analysts in the
Operations Section to keep an updated
inventory of the vaccines used, and
tracked the average time it took a patient
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5. US Dept of Health & Human Services (HHS):
Office of Pacific Health
Working with the Senior
Advisor of the Office of Pacific
Health, we completed various
projects to assemble, maintain,
and analyze health data for the
US Affiliated Pacific Islands
(USAPI) population to address
health care access disparities.
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6. OPH: Census Data Analysis
● A descriptive analysis of the USAPI
population in the US, utilizing Tableau
Public to create an interactive map
detailing each state’s USAPI
population, age, and gender
distribution.
● Will be distributed to other HHS
regional offices for quick, easy
reference and for assistance in
preparation for 2020 census planning
https://public.tableau.com/profile/victoria.mercado#!/vizhome/UCCensus
Data/US2010CENSUSDATAFORSELECTEDUSAPIPOPULATIONS
7. OPH: USAPI Profiles
● A consolidation of various amounts
of USAPI data from different sources
into a single, unified web page
● Will serve as a resource for other
HHS regional offices, community
organizations, and nonprofits to
efficiently obtain key messages and
information regarding the USAPI
populations http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com.au/cms/images/DataManagment_ConsolidationOfExchangeServers.jpg
8. OPH: Formulary Analysis
An analysis of prescription drugs
information for USAPI which entailed
managing data related to average
drug costs and drug usage patterns
To prevent pharmaceutical drug
shortages in these areas and
improve collective bargaining power
when purchasing from
pharmaceutical companies http://www.doeingalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1.jpg
9. Conclusion:
Cal-STAPH provides a wide range of invaluable, first-hand
experiences for graduate students to prepare for their
careers as public health professionals, all while providing
much needed support for local, state, and federal health
departments.
10. Contact
Information
Fill out Agency Request Form on
Cal STAPH’s website:
https://calstaph.wordpress.com/re
quests-for-assistance/
OR
Email: staph@berkeley.edu
Victoria Mercado:
vriamercado@berkeley.edu
Catherine Nguyen:
catnguyen@berkeley.edu
Editor's Notes
Cal Student Assistance for Public Health (Cal STAPH) is an official student group at UC Berkeley that provides training and response opportunities to public health graduate students. Through partnerships with health departments in the Bay Area, Cal STAPH trains and deploys students to assist state and local health agencies in responding to urgent and emergency public health threats. Since its formal launch in the fall semester of 2010, hundreds of master and doctoral students from a range of specialities have participated in a variety of events: from assisting flu clinics, pertussis case management, to supporting emergency preparedness exercises. Membership into Cal STAPH requires students to complete HIPAA and Incident Command System (ICS) trainings; moreover, students have received training in basic disaster preparedness response, first aid/CPR, and utilizing Excel for epidemiology. Both local health departments and students benefit immensely from this symbiotic model.
Gain experience handling confidential morbidity and laboratory reports.
Large-scale data entry is done at the state-level as well.
Using 2010 US Census Data, we performed descriptive analysis of the US Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) population in the US. From the data, we created an interactive map in Tableau Public, breaking down each state’s USAPI population, age, and gender distribution. This map will be distributed to other HHS regional offices for quick and easy reference, and assist in preparation for 2020 census planning.
Continuing our descriptive analysis of the USAPI populations, we are currently working to consolidate various amounts of data from different sources into a single web page. This deliverable will allow audiences--whether from other HHS regional offices, community organizations, to non-profits, etc.--a consolidated resource for take home messages regarding the USAPI populations.