1. Creation and Implementation of a Two-Year Public Health Program
Dr. Stacey Ocander
Dr. Katherine Johnson
October 4, 2018
NN2 2018

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3. Public Health Curricular Models
30 credits as part of a 60-credit degree
Foundational
public health
9 semester credit hours
Human health and wellness
Overview of public health
Health communications
Public health
focus areas
9-12 semester credit hours
Choice:
Generalist/specializations
Health education, health administration, environmental health
Health navigation-related professions
Experiential
3 semester credit hours
Community-based experience related to focus area
Electives
6-9 semester credit hours
For example…
Disease-specific and/or population-specific
Public health preparedness
Etc.

4. Challenges and opportunities
Start 4-year partnerships early
Specific coursework decisions
Intentional transfer support: needs of CC students
Discipline-specific advising
Slow is fast
Opportunities for flexible programs
Certificates, applied degrees, and transfer degrees
Guided pathways
Educating about public health

5. Getting Started

6. Do you need it? Convene Community Partners If YES….proceed
Is the program sustainable?
What will pull students in?
Are there jobs at livable wages and academic advancement?
Will this program articulate to the 4 year institutions?
If YES….proceed

7. Use What You Have! Review Current Classes
Interdisciplinary approaches builds buy-in and support for the degree
Select courses that are already approved for articulation
Match courses that meet the needs of YOUR community
Work backwards with 4 year partners
What courses are they willing to give up to build the Associate’s degree
Speak ONLY in terms of the whole Associate’s degree transferring not course by course transfer – serves a seamless process for students

8. Consider PLA as Enticement
YOUTH WORKS METHODS SERIES:
Intro to the Active-Participatory Approach
Active Learning
Ask-Listen-Encourage
Building Community
Cooperative Learning
Homework Help
Planning and Reflection
Reframing Conflict
Structure and Clear Limits
Youth Voice

9. Healthy Lifestyles Series:
What Does it Mean to be Healthy?
Mind, Body and Spirit: The Total Experience
What’s on My Plate: Making it Count
Active Living
Healthy Coping Strategies
Sleep: Am I Awake or Are My Eyes just Open?
Purpose: Why Do I Get Out of Bed in the Morning?
Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Communication
Resiliency: How do I Handle Setbacks?
Social Connectedness and Social Cohesion: Is Coming Together Important?

10. Where are We?
Started offering Public Health 1 year Certificate of Achievement: Fall Cohort Model = full with waiting list
Accept students 2x year (cohorts full) 92% matriculate to the Associate’s degree
First cohort to graduate with the Associate’s degree will be this May (we are currently co-advising with UNO and CU) to matriculate to the bachelor’s

11. Where does our degree go?
Full articulation of the Associate’s degree:
Creighton University: Wellness & Healthy Lifestyles Management
UNO: Public Health (in progress)
Both bachelor’s degrees then articulate to the Master’s degree at CU and UNMC

12. Opportunities
Riegelman Awards for Guided Learning Pathways to the Health Professions
Deadline: October 15, 2018
2019 National Public Health Week Grants
Deadline: November 1, 2018
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