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Mission

To provide cost-effective health promotion and disease prevention programs to help large numbers of people achieve optimal lifespan with high quality of health.

Values

Passion - Compassion - Integrity

Please contact us at:

jim@healthedpartners.org

5.0 Hours CHES Category I CECH (NCHEC approval pending)

Suggested CDR Learning Need Code: 1080 - Legislation, public policy

Continuing Education Self-Study Course

Become a Very Good Resource on Health Reform

Continuing Education Self-study Course with reading and audio of actual congressional bills and summaries and take the 15-question TF and multiple choice post-test. ($25, for 5 credit hours, click here to view Fees (refundable) and Register)

Easy and convenient, no deadline to start or complete, study when and where you prefer
Use actual bills and summaries from the Government Printing Office, Library of Congress and Congress Congressional Research Service
Be guided through an easier process of reading and/or listening to actual text
Study Guide (key document with instructions, objectives, assignments, helpful hints, PDF)
Goal: Meet Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Responsibility VI to serve as a health education resource and (1) use health-related information resources, (2) respond to requests for health information, (3) select resource materials for dissemination and (4) establish consultative relationships.
Objectives:
- Describe the legislative process
- List major sections, divisions, titles and subsection fo bills
- State purpose and definitions of protections, standards, benefit plans, insurance exchange, shared responsibility
- Explain the national prevention and wellness strategy
- Find information you need to be a resource (CHES Responsibility VI)
NCHEC Participant Course Evaluation Summary (PDF, from social marketing self-study course)
- Overall Quality of Course: 4.8 (1 = Very Poor, 5 = Excellent)

Course Materials, Resources, Guides, Examples

Original Bills, Summaries and Cost/Budget Studies - See pages 5-6 for the actual bills, summaries, markups, cost analyses by Congress and government offices.
Guide to Easier Reading of HR 3200 and Understanding Health Reform - This page lets you see major and minor sections and a summary. Then you click and go to actual text and details which you're interested.
Survey of Experience in Health Reform: Take a 3-minute survey that can add to the knowledge about education and experience in health reform.

Fees and Registration

Self-Study Course Fee: $25 (refundable within 60-days of sign-up)
- Online registration using PayPal via debit/credit card or check
Registration using check or money order, download and print registration form

Survey of Experience in Health Reform: Take a 3-minute survey that can add to the knowledge about education and experience in health reform. CLICK HERE.

Need for the Course

The news indicates that the public may be relying on others to interpret and explain health reform, and has not read much of the text of bills. Additionally, a survey of health educators indicates that most have not looked at the bills. The health educators who feel they are good or very good health education resources on health reform have spent an average of 4.5 hours reviewing actual bills and have done key word searches to find information in the bills.

Health Education Partners is a designated provider (designation letters, pdf) of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC). This course has been reviewed and approved 5.0 Category I CHEC for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) in health Education.

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Quality Indicators of Distance Education

Student-teacher interaction
Prompt feedback
Student support services
Program evaluation and assessment
Clear analysis of audience
Documented technology plan to ensure quality
Institutional support and institutional resources
Course structure guidelines
Active learning techniques
Respect diverse ways of learning
Faculty support services
Strong rational fo distance education the correlates to the mission of the institution
Appropriate tools and media
Reliability and technology
Implementation of guidelines for course development and review of instructional materials

Chaney, B. Eddy, J. Dorman, S., Glessner, L., Green, B., Lara-Alecio, R. A primer on quality indicators of distance education. Health Promotion Practice OnlineFirst. Oct. 9, 2007.

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