Continuing Education Self-Study
Using MAP-IT to “Assess” for Healthy People 2020

Continuing Education Self-study Course with 9.0 hours of study assignments. Take the 15-question TF, multiple choice and short answer post-test. ($30, for total of 8.0 Category 1 continuing education credit hours (includes 3.0 hours linked to advanced-level sub-competencies, scroll down to view fees (refundable*) and register).

Five dollars of your fee supports the Community Tool Box. Healthy People 2020 uses many of its resources for MAP-IT. The $5 supports CTB’s research and development and the long-term sustainability of this free global resource.

Easy and convenient: no deadline to complete, study when and where you prefer 

Study Guide (click here to download pdf): This is the key document to help you efficiently complete the course. Includes instructions, objectives, assignments, helpful hints, (PDF). Download now to see what you will study and decide if this course is for you. 

Goal: The goal is to prepare health professionals and stakeholders assess needs and assets ) resources in the community or any group sharing something in common.

Objectives: 

• Provide expert assistance on using the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework as a model for planning and evaluating interventions
• Make a case for resources for funding and obtaining program support
• describe steps to indentify stakeholders/partners to determine and solve health problems
• Define and analyze problems
• Identify factors that faster and hinder learning and skill building
• Lead stakeholders and a coalition in setting priorities
• Determine root causes of an issue considering social determinants of health

NCHEC Participant Course Evaluation Summary (PDF, from social marketing self-study course)

• Overall Quality of Course: 4.8 (1 = Very Poor, 5 = Excellent)

Fees and Registration

Self-Study Course Fee: $30 (refundable*) 

• Online registration using PayPal via debit/credit card or check

After payment you can click to print a receipt. Be sure to click on the Return to Merchant button to get guidelines to complete the course efficiently (or go to this link for the Thank You for Signing Up web page)

• Registration using check or money order, download, type info and print registration form
• Thank You for Signing Up Web Page – click on the text to the left for extra instructions that will help you complete the course efficiently. You will get a Thank You for Signup email – Usually within 24 hours after signing up.

Need for the Course

Healthy People 2020 is much different from the 1990, 2000 and 2010 editions. Healthy People 2020 is more than just a compendium of illnesses and diseases and objectives. In addition to the objectives it has tools and resources for planning, implementing, tracking, evaluating and sustaining interventions to achieve a healthier Nation. Healthy People 2020 focuses on applying the ecological approach to address determinants of health and shows how to find and use both evidence-based clinical and evidence-based public health actions.

The Department of Health and Human Services wants tools and resources for Healthy People stakeholders – professionals, advocates. funders and decision makers – who will be using Healthy People to improve the health of the Nation. This course will help stakeholders understand, implement and market Healthy People 2020.

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.

• Full refund if payment was 1) electronic at the PayPal sign up link, 2) requested within 60 days of sign up and 3) completion certificate and credit hours not awarded
• Partial refund (course fee less $10 processing fee) if:
  • 1) payment was electronic at the PayPal sign up link, 2) not requested within 60 days and 3) completion certificate with credit hours was not awarded or
  • 2) payment was not through PayPal (i.e., check, money order sent with printed registration form)
• No refund at anytime after signup with payment if a completion certificate and credit hours have been awarded.