2. Meet the Author Karen Marie Perrin, PhD, MPH, CPH
Associate Professor, Interim Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies, University of South Florida, College of Public Health

3. How Have Undergraduate Bachelor’s Degree Conferrals Grown?

4. Where Are Undergraduate Public Health Degrees Being Conferred?

5. Community Colleges and Public Health Initiative
Growth in community colleges has NOT paralleled growth in majors and minors
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) and the League for Innovation in the Community College (the League) endorsed public health & health navigation associate degrees and certificate programs in 2015.
League’s website includes information exclusively for community colleges.

6. Health Navigation: New Opportunities
Health Navigation associate degrees and certificate programs lead to jobs as community health workers, patient navigators, health insurance navigators (over 100 job titles)
New funding sources include hospitals (30 day Medicare readmission rule), Medicaid, Obamacare, community health centers, etc.

7. Evidence for Impacts of Health Navigation
Strong
Moderate
Limited
None
Ineffective
Screening increased X
Confirmatory testing increased
Earlier diagnosis
Access to care
Improve treatment outcomes
Improves client satisfaction
Healthcare providers satisfied
Improves mental health outcomes
Improves self-management

8. Jones & Bartlett Learning Health Navigation Book Series
Three textbook series designed to provide comprehensive Health Navigation curriculum as part of associate degrees or certificates. Principles of Health Navigation by Kay Perrin published September 2016
Series will cover the Health Navigation learning outcomes recommended by the League
Remaining books in the basic series will be published in Spring 2017

9. JB Learning Health Navigation Blog
Begun in 2015 by JB Learning and led by Karen (Kay) Perrin
Includes blogging by other health navigation series authors and editors
Covers full range of health navigation issues including career opportunities
Available through new JB Learning Health Navigation website

10. Principles of Health Navigation: First book in Jones & Bartlett Learning Health Navigation Series
Comprehensive overview text was published in September 2016!
Initial market community colleges with public health, nursing, allied health/health sciences departments which are offering initial course in Health Navigation (also called patient navigator, community health worker, health coach, etc.)
As series develops will serve as the first/overview text for health navigator associate degrees and certificates

11. Book Outline
Healthcare Personnel Part One: Prevention and Community Health Part Two: Introduction to Health Care and Health Insurance Part Three: Care of the Individual Part Four: Accessing and Analyzing Health Information

12. Role of Health Navigation Professionals
Provide time to listen
Make sense of health care for individuals
Increase compliance through understanding
Improve health communication
Serve as liaison

13. Part One: Prevention and Community Health
Prevention health care through the lifespan
Health navigation professionals and their role
Primary, secondary, and tertiary
Role of public health institutions in health care delivery
What is public health?
U.S. Federal structure and agencies related to health
State, county, and local health organizations
Scenario: preparing for a disaster

14. Part Two: Introduction to Health Care & Health Insurance
Inpatient healthcare services
Hospitals
Residential healthcare facilities
Outpatient healthcare facilities
Wellness and preventative facilities
Outpatient medical facilities
Private, group, or corporate medical offices
Types of clinics
Pharmacy
Outpatient ambulatory surgical and treatment centers

15. Part Two: Introduction to Health Care & Health Insurance
History of health insurance in the U.S.
International comparison with the U.S. health system
Types of health insurance
Medicare and Medicaid
Health insurance terminology

16. Part Two: Introduction to Health Care & Health Insurance
Defining quality in health care
Defining quality
National regulatory agencies
The Joint Commission
National Committee of Quality Assurance
Healthcare organization committees related to quality
Institutional Review Boards

17. Part Three: Care of the Individual
Individual Assessment
Life story
Health outcomes influenced by social and cultural norms
Health disparities
Electronic medical records
Infectious Disease
Prevention and control of infectious disease
Infectious diseases: Immunizations and vaccines

18. Part Three: Care of the Individual
Non-communicable disease
Health-related quality of life and end-of-life planning and decisions
Quality of Life
Healthcare Decisions
End of Life Care Options

19. Part Four: Accessing and Analyzing Health Information
Health Literacy
Adult literacy and numeracy
Health literacy
Developing health materials
Numbers and visuals
Customer service
Configuration of a positive environment
Patient responsibilities
Healthcare provider responsibilities

20. Part Four: Accessing and Analyzing Health Information
Accessing and using health information
Accessing high-quality information on the internet
Suggested websites
Accessing and using public health information
Measures of population health
Displaying health information
Using health information
Criteria for establishing contributory cause
Establishing effectiveness and safety of treatments

21. Part Four: Accessing and Analyzing Health Information
Analyzing health information for clinical practice
Using health information to diagnose health problems and treatment
Using information from testing in clinical practice
Screening for asymptomatic disease
Health information on treatment with prescription and nonprescription drugs
Grading evidence-based recommendations/practice guidelines
Electronic health records

22. Community Colleges and Health Navigation
Community Colleges make a positive difference in communities;
Health Navigation professionals make a positive difference in the health of communities.
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