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Resources for Health Educators

UPCOMING EVENTS

News, Research and Information

• Healthcare 411 - AHRQ series designed to help provide people with the latest research findings, news and consumer health care information.

Whether you wish to provide reading materials for each health topic in the waiting room, develop health education programs around specific health issues, or distribute educational materials around the community, the March Calendar provides you with resources for a variety of national and local health care events.

Rural Health Resource Center: Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Education Page

WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Visit this link to find new grant opportunities, tips, and strategies for writing successful grant proposals.

COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCES

ONLINE PROGRAMS

• Improving Chronic Illness Care (ICIS): A "Chronic Care Model" designed to improve care for patients with chronic conditions.
• Game Plan for a Healthy Life: 12-week physical activity program designed to help people with diabetes get active and healthy.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT OPPORTUNITIES
The following programs offer free Continuing Education Units to Health Care Providers:

• Women and Heart Disease: US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health
• MedScape Today: Find various CEU opportunities online at MedScape

CURRENT HEALTH REPORTS

• Working Toward Wellness: A collaborative, multi-stakeholder effort to facilitate and stimulate greater business engagement to help prevent chronic disease.

DATABASES

• Health, United States, 2006: Center for Disease Control and Prevention's 30th Annual Report on the nation's health.

CURRENT PROGRAMS

• Blueprints of the Heart
• Blueprints of the Heart: Risk Assessment and Reduction: Click here for information on how you can obtain a copy of this free heart disease risk assessment and reduction health education program.

Why Community Health Education - Community-Based Health Education: A Key to Prevention and Early Detection

Health y behaviors are a result of four elements:
Awareness, Motivation, Skill-Building, and Opportunity

~The American Journal of Health~