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2:00PM-6:00PM (Half Day Workshops)
WORKSHOP 7B
The Power of Systems Thinking: Building Short Term Momentum
in Service of Long Term Goals
Claire Sherry Immediato, MPP, MBA, President, Heaven & Earth
Incorporated
Everybody likes to see results sooner rather than later. However we
also recognize that the consequence of short-term thinking is that
we often undermine the health of our systems to be sustainable over
time. This is true for the individual and for society and all levels in
between. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce two basic
tools of systems thinking: 1) the iceberg as a metaphor for levels of
appreciating reality and 2) system archetypes as the classic stories
that help us appreciate system complexity and act more intelligently
in service of both the short and long-term. We will consider how we
can use these resources in our own work and in collaborating with
multiple stakeholders with diverse agendas.
Tuesday, May 3
These workshops are offered at the same time as concurrent sessions
on both days.
8:30AM-5:00PM
Workshop 8 (Full Day Workshop)
Re-Imagining the Box: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in
Chronic Disease
Marti Macchi, MEd, National Association of Chronic Disease
Directors; Margaret Casey, RN MPH, National Association of
Chronic Disease Directors
This workshop is designed to expand and enhance the critical thinking
and problem solving skills of chronic disease practitioners, both
individually and as team members and leaders. During the course of
the workshop, participants will explore what critical thinking is, why
it matters in daily practice, and what skills and dispositions are needed
to effective demonstrate critical thinking in interactions with others.
The final components of the workshop enable the practitioner to take
their skills into team situations to enhance the abilities of teams to
collaboratively identify and solve problems. Interactive group exercises
during the workshop will allow participants to assess their own level
of expertise, practice applying the questions for critical inquiry, and
demonstrate the use of these enhanced skills in building effective team
processes in problem solving.
Workshop 9 (Day 1)
Using Systems Change to Create Impactful and Sustainable
Statewide Chronic Disease Programs
Shelli Bischoff, MPA, Nonprofit Impact; Jeanne Alongi, MPH,
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
This workshop is a highly interactive, practical session to enhance
skills and provide tools to create more efficient, effective, and integrated
operations. It introduces a systematic process, based on proven
practices and State examples, to develop chronic disease programs to
deliver health outcomes, with partners, at a systems level. The workshop
serves directors interested in integration; systems change; and/
or change processes. Integration: Policy, environmental and systems
change requires a more integrated, cross- disease approach. This workshop
provides the fundamentals, in a step-by-step guide, to create and
implement a comprehensive and integrated chronic disease program.
The material can be applied at the local, multi-jurisdiction, or state
level. Specific case studies and examples will be used, and participants
will have the tools for immediate application.
Concurrent Session A
8:30 AM- 10:00 AM
Concurrent Session A1
Ecological Approaches to Wellness:
Integrating Community Health Workers
into Health Promotion Programs
Proyecto HEART: Integrating Community Health Workers into an
Ecological Approach to Wellness in El Paso, Texas
Hector Balcazar, PhD, MS, University of Texas School of Public
Health, El Paso Regional Campus; Sherrie Wise, MPH, University
of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus; Rafaela
Gonzalez, CHW, University of Texas at El Paso - HEART Project;
Aurora Aguirre Polanco, BS, Department of Public Health; Maria
Duarte, PhD, MS, Health Promotion, University of Texas at El Paso;
Lee Rosenthal, MPH, PhD, University of Texas at El Paso
Proyecto HEART: Evaluating an ecological approach for a cardiovascular
disease prevention model on the U.S.-Mexico border with
community health workers.
Balcazar H., Wise, S., Gonzalez, R., Aguirre Polanco, A. , Duarte, M.,
Rosenthal, E. L.
Proyecto HEART (Health Education Awareness Research Team) is a
community-based participatory and multi-institutional project that is
testing an ecological model of cardiovascular disease health promotion
and disease prevention in the El Paso Texas. The project has incorporated
five elements being utilized to evaluate a variety of indicators.
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