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SCPHA 2008 Awards / Nominations Forms—
The South Carolina Public Health Association (SCPHA) Awards Committee is now accepting applications for awards for consideration, which will be presented during the 2007 Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach.  Please be sure that you read carefully the SCPHA Awards Nomination eligibility requirements for each award

Additional Information: Should you desire additional information or questions, please contact Gloria McCurry, Awards Chair, at mccurrga@dhec.sc.gov.

2008 Awards Nominations Forms
Criteria
Deadline: April 7, 2008 (Extended)
(SCPHA Members Only)


SCPHA
Scholarships
The SCPHA offers two scholarships each year - the 2008 Malcolm U. Dantzler ($500 award) and the 2008 Public Health Scholarship ($750 award). To download the applications, please click below.  You may contact President-Elect Katy L. Wynne, EdD, MSW, at wynnekl@dhec.sc.gov, for additional information. Application Deadline: March 31, 2008

Malcolm U. Dantzler Scholarship Application 
Public Health Scholarship Application


Spring
2008 Bulletin

Click here for the Spring 2008 Bulletin, the SCPHA quarterly newsletter.


SCPHA Leadership Guide
Please click here to see the SCPHA Leadership Guide, an endeavor of the Past President's Committee.


Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Continuing Education Opportunities

Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Exam Study Session
Facilitated by SCPHA members Lillie Hall, MHS, MPH, CHES and
Megan Weis, MPH, CHES…

Thursday, April 12, 2007 from 10 am - 3 pm

(participants may leave for lunch, or brown bag it)
At the DHEC Mills/Jarrett Building room N-200

Download Registration Form…
Questions may be referred to Megan Weis, weisma@gwm.sc.edu

 

State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health online courses.
http://www.albany.edu/sph/coned/index.htm

 

Please visit the following sites for additional CHES opportunities:

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Online Courses
http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/index.htm

• The ABCs of Bullying-Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
• Out of the Shadows: Uncovering Substance Use and Elder Abuse (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
• At Any Age, It Does Matter: Substance Abuse and Older Adults (Free 8 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
• Silence Hurts: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
• Wading Through the Data Swamp: Program Evaluation 201(Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES credit)
Environmental Strategies for Prevention (Free 4 Hours Category 1 CHES Credit)


The University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health Quarterly Public Health Grand Rounds Web Broadcasts
http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/

Free 1 Hour of Category 1 CHES Credit
March 13, 2008
May 29, 2008
October 2, 2008


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Training and Continuing Education Online
A number of web-based trainings with CHES credits are available at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/PHTNOnline/index.asp


The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Distance Learning Center Self-Study Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/con-ed/

• Women's Heart Health: Developing A National Health Education Action Plan (Webcast archive) (Free 8 Hours Category 1 CHES)
• Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)
• NHLBI Stroke Belt Initiative (Free 2 Hours Category 1 CHES)
• Working with Religious Congregations (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)
• Asthma Management in Minority Children (Free 2 Hours Category 1 CHES)
• Latino Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Outreach Initiative (Free 3 Hours Category 1 CHES)