Shift Your Power: Advancing from Transactional Practices to Transformational Progress (Self Paced-CE)

PLEASE NOTE: You must pay a $20 fee to enroll in this CE version of the course. 

If you are NOT seeking CE or a certificate of completion, please enroll in the free version: https://www.mitrainingcenter.org/courses/sypas0124noce 

This self-paced training keeps equity at the heart to inspire participants to reevaluate, reallocate and reimagine power to focus on the mission, vision, and alignment of those most impacted by historic and current power imbalance. The four presentations and accompanying companion guide will offer clear connections between dimensions of power and strategies to begin intentionally shifting power for more equitable outcomes. Through scenarios and activities, participants will identify and deconstruct inequitable mental models, while receiving tools to achieve more equitable outcomes.

Audience

This series is designed for public health professionals, including public health nurses, at State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments (OT21-2103 grant recipients) and their partners as a part of the National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities. It is also available for individuals working in public health, particularly those in governmental agencies.

Learning Outcome

At the conclusion of the training, participants will be able to assess self-reported knowledge growth in strategies for shifting power to achieve more equitable outcomes through a post-training evaluation using a 4-point Likert scale.

Learning Objectives

• Identify inequitable mental models related to racism
• Identify inequitable mental models related to imbalances of power
• Describe tools to achieve more equitable outcomes in communities which health departments serve

Instructor

Jannah Bierens, MPH, MA, Founder, PHREEEDOM, LLC

Continuing Education Credit

CE and certificate available for $20.

• 4.25 CHES Category I CECH (Areas of Responsibility: 8.1.4, 8.1.6)*
• 4.25 Nursing Contact Hours (Expires June 30, 2025)
• Certificate of Completion

We report credits to NCHEC on a quarterly basis: January, April, July, and October.

The Region V Public Health Training Center is a designated provider (ID# 99038) of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. 

Region V Public Health Training Center is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Sponsors

This training is co-provided by the Region V Public Health Training Center and the National Network for Public Health Institutes.

The Region V Public Health Training Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31684 Public Health Training Centers ($970,593). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by Region V PHTC, HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

The Shift Your Power course was supported by funds made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, through cooperative agreement OT18-1802, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health award #6 NU38OT000303-04-02.

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