@article{a22250a29eeb41ed8d081769adbb83ff,
title = "The Development and Evolution of Public Health Essentials in Action: A Training Course on the 3 Core Functions and 10 Essential Public Health Services",
abstract = "The Western Region Public Health Training Center (formally the Arizona Public Health Training Center) conducts competency-based needs assessments and provides workforce development assistance to public health agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region IX. Since its launch in 2012, the Center{\textquoteright}s Public Health Essentials in Action Training has evolved. It is now offered in-person and online and has been adapted for rural communities. The evolution of the training, beginning with course planning and development, is described, as well as how factors in the public health workforce influenced the course{\textquoteright}s evolution and how the course has been adapted for different platforms and populations. Finally, an overview of evaluation efforts offers insight into course effectiveness for this and other trainings offered by the Western Region Public Health Training Center.",
keywords = "adaptive instruction, education, online training, public health",
author = "Raymond Andrade and Erich Healy and Muramoto, {Myra L} and Lubna Govindarajan and James Cunningham and Taren, {Douglas L}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for this article was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under UB6HP27880 and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Public Health Training Centers. Funding Information: This article is part of a Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning supplement, “U.S. Public Health Learning Network: Innovative Competency-Based Training for the Public Health Workforce,” which was supported by the Society for Public Health Education and the Region IV Public Health Training Center, Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Grant Number UB6HP27875, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Public Health Training Centers. The entire supplement issue is available open access for one year at http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/phpa/3/1_suppl . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Society for Public Health Education.",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1177/2373379917699213",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "59S--63S",
journal = "Pedagogy in Health Promotion",
issn = "2373-3799",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "1_suppl",
}