Training Available Through
The Bureaus of Chronic Disease Prevention
and Chronic Disease management
The Bureaus of Chronic Disease Prevention
and Chronic Disease management of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene seeks to reduce the burden of chronic diseases - heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases - affecting the city's residents. Many of the Bureau programs work to prevent the development of chronic diseases by addressing major risk factors, such as physical inactivity, poor diet, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol. Other programs seek to prevent or lessen chronic illness through improved screening, education and early detection, while the goal of others is to improve quality of life for those with chronic illnesses by strengthening their self-management skills and by working with health care providers to improve care.
Some of the programs conduct training or various types of educational activities to provide information to the public about Bureau programs, teach people about prevention and management of chronic diseases and assist people engaging in behavior change. Some programs are open to the public, employers, medical providers or to community-based organizations; highest priority is given to areas determined by the NYCDOHMH to have high rates of chronic diseases, areas that each have a District Public Health Office (DPHO). The DPHO areas are East and Central Harlem, Central Brooklyn and the South Bronx. All classes are free. Click on the links provided in the list of programs for more information about each individual program.
Asthma
Cancer
Physical Activity and Nutrition(PAN)
ASTHMA
The primary target of the NYC Asthma Initiative is children 0-14 years old in communities with the highest asthma rates. However, the program scope also includes enhancement of clinical and self-management support for adults with asthma. With good control, almost all people with asthma can lead normal, active lives. To learn more about Asthma and the NYC Asthma Initiative go to: Asthma Initiative
THE ASTHMA TRAINING INSTITUTE (ATI)
ATI works to strengthen the delivery of asthma education in New York City by developing effective training strategies and respecting cultural and language diversity. Based on principles of adult learning, the ATI offers monthly courses on various topics including asthma basics, asthma self-management and skill building. Free educational materials including Asthma Action Plans, posters and brochures are provided to participants for wider distribution.
Asthma Basics: An Introduction to Asthma & Asthma Management
- What is asthma? What are common asthma triggers & how can they be controlled? How can asthma be effectively managed so that people will asthma can lead healthy, active lives? This is an interactive introductory workshop for community asthma educators who are new to asthma or want to refresh their knowledge.
What’s Your Plan? Strategies That Support Effective Use of an Asthma Action Plan for Providers and Clients
- A written Asthma Action Plan is one of the foundations of good asthma management, but there are many challenges involved in getting providers to fill out a plan, and helping clients understand what the plan is and how to use it to guide them. This skill-building workshop will strengthen participants’ understanding of the components of an effective Asthma Action Plan and how it can be used to promote good asthma management. Strategies for overcoming barriers and challenges will be explored and addressed.
What’s The Plan? A Closer Look at the Asthma Action Plan for Day Care and Head Start Staff
- The Asthma Training Institute coordinates this special training for the Managing Asthma in Day Care Project. Like the What’s Your Plan session, this skill-building workshop focuses on ways to support asthma self-management with families of preschoolers who have asthma. The workshop builds participants’ understanding of what makes for an effective and appropriate Asthma Action Plan and provides them with an opportunity to practice a communication technique with parents to help clarify and follow the AAP.
Taking Charge of a Chronic Disease: An Introduction to Self-Management
- This three session workshop will introduce participants to key concepts in chronic disease self management, provide practice in skills that help support effective self management and explore how participants can apply these skills in supporting people with a chronic disease.
Session 1: An Introduction to Chronic Disease Self-Management
What is "self-management" and how can we promote skills that contribute to effective self management?
Session 2: Skills to Support Chronic Disease Self-Management
How can we build a toolbox of skills that can support self management and apply them in the different settings in which we work? Participants will explore the importance of active listening, assessing readiness and goal setting and have opportunities to practice these skills.
Session 3: Applying What We've Learned
What are key skills needed for effective chronic disease self management and how can we help our clients build them?
Making the Transition: Helping Clients Learn About the Transition to HFA Inhalers
- In January, 2009, all asthma quick relief inhalers will come in a new format----changing from CFC propellants, which harm the environment, to HFA propellants. This workshop will provide some background on the transition and how HFA inhalers differ from the current CFC inhalers. A “hands on” session will help you develop and practice a teaching approach to help your clients make the transition.
Asthma Basics II: The Role of Asthma Medicines in Asthma Management
- Participants will classify asthma medications and have an opportunity to practice teaching and communicating key concepts about asthma medications in a clear and accurate way.
NYCAP Community Asthma Educators Committee Meetings
- The Asthma Training Institute provides support to the Community Asthma Education Committee (CAE) of the New York City Asthma Partnership. The CAE seeks to ensure that effective and consistent asthma education messages are delivered to New York City’s most affected communities and meets monthly to provide networking and professional development for community asthma educators.
Target Audience for all ATI classes: Community asthma educators, RN’s, case managers, health educators, clinical
and frontline staff of city agencies, hospital based clinics, neighborhood health centers, and community-based organizations providing services and information and community education about Asthma
Contact: East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence
161-169 East 110th Street
New York, NY 10029
J. Fox-Pascal – 212 996-8749
Anita Reyes-Rodriquez – 212 996-8684
ASTHMA TRAINING FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS (PACE)
- In conjunction with the NYC Asthma Partnership, the Asthma Initiative provides training for medical providers about the most current evidence and best practices for treating children with asthma. The training, referred to as Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) is a two-part evidence-based, interactive training program emphasizing the managing of pediatric Asthma. An overview about adults with Asthma is also provided. Information about the content of the course can be found at: Physician Asthma Care Education.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Nursing Education (CEU) credits are available for this course.
Target Audience: Primary Care practice teams involved in pediatrics, family medicine or internal medicine
and/or team members such as physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses
Contact: East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence
161-169 East 110th Street
New York, NY 10029
J. Fox-Pascal – 212 996-8749
Anita Reyes-Rodriquez – 212 996-8684
COMMUNITY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (IPM)
- DOHMH works with pest control agencies, and community partners to eliminate cockroaches and mice, common asthma triggers in low-income apartments where people with asthma reside.
Target Audience: Community-based organizations or health institutions representing low income families with asthma
Contact: Call 311 for information
OPEN AIRWAYS FOR SCHOOLS
- In collaboration with several partners, the Asthma Initiative conducts an educational curriculum for children diagnosed with asthma. The curriculum is taught to school nurses and public health educators who then teach it to third, fourth and fifth graders in public and non-public schools throughout New York City. The curriculum, comprised of six 40-minute lessons taught during the school day, teaches children with asthma basic information that will help them control their own asthma more effectively, make hospital visits less likely, and reduce absences. For more information about Open Airways for Schools go to: Open Airways For Schools.
Target Audience: Schools in New York City
Contact: Call 311 for more information about the program.
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CANCER
The Cancer Program in conjunction with its partners and stakeholders in the Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition conducts the Colon Cancer Screening Campaign which aims to decrease colon cancer deaths in New York City. Colon cancer kills 1,500 New Yorkers a year, and 9 out of 10 people who get colon cancer are 50 or older. The NYC DOHMH recommends that everyone age 50 or older see a doctor and get a colonoscopy. For more information about the Cancer Program, go to: Colon Cancer Control Coalition.
PATIENT NAVIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM
- In order to increase the number of colonoscopies being performed among NYC residents over 50, a Patient Navigator training program was created. In the five-day program patient navigators learn best practices for working toward the goal of increasing colonoscopies. They are taught community outreach skills, and how to help patients navigate the health care system and overcome barriers that keep them from getting a colonoscopy. Patient Navigators work in many health care institutions in NYC.
Target Audience: Health Care Institutions with interest in developing a navigator program
Contact: Sonia Villegas at svillega@health.nyc.gov
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION (PAN)
The Physical Activity & Nutrition Program’s work addresses the obesity epidemic in New York City, using evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes and target communities most affected by health disparities. For more information about the Physical Activity and Nutrition Program, go to: Physical Activity and Nutrition.
Move-to-Improve (physical activity training for classroom teachers)
- Move-to-Improve (MTI) is a program that was designed by the city’s Health Department and Department of Education to train early childhood (3-5 year olds) and elementary school teachers (K-5) to implement “fitness breaks” with their students in the classroom. These physical activities help to supplement day care and school’s current physical education program as well as help schools move toward meeting the mandated weekly Physical Education instruction of 60 minutes/day for day cares and 120 minutes/week for elementary schools.
The Physical Activity and Nutrition Program collaborates with MTI to train early childhood teachers and K-5 teachers in NYC public elementary schools, and to provide manuals with lessons plans. Sites that implement and adopt the MTI program also receive equipment kits with music CDs. MTI is available to all public school teachers and licensed group child care facilities in NYC.
Target Audience: Daycare center teachers (who work with 3-5 year olds) and elementary school teachers (who work with Kindergarten – fifth grade children).
Contact: Rhonda Walsh at movenyc@health.nyc.gov
SHAPE UP NEW YORK™
- "Shape Up New York"™ is a FREE family fitness program offered at parks sites, community centers and housing sites around New York City. The program is designed to encourage healthy lifestyles and to help improve self-esteem through energizing physical activity in a non-competitive environment. Classes include step aerobics, fitness walking, light weights, stretching and toning exercises.
Target Audience: Fitness classes are open to all adults and children
Contact: To find the class schedule at a Shape Up New York Sites near you, go to Shape Up New York Sites or call 311 for more information.
ADOPT A BODEGA
EAT WELL PLAY HARD IN CHILD CARE SETTINGS (EWPHCCS)
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