Academic-Community-Public Health Partnerships to Improve Population Health
Webinar Description
This webinar will present initial work from two Public/Population Health Learning Hub Awards. AACN created grants to support new or existing partnerships with state/local health departments, non-health sector entities, and community agencies. To date, AACN has awarded four grants to schools of nursing to provide leadership and public/population health learning opportunities to undergraduate and/or graduate nursing students with the goal of addressing community population health needs through partnering organizations. These awards focus on the importance of sustainable academic-community-public health partnerships, meaningful learning opportunities for nursing students on leadership, community engagement, and public/population health, and addressing community population health needs mutually identified by the academic-community-public health partners. These partnerships are designed to demonstrate impact on student learning outcomes, as well as community health outcomes.
Objectives
- Describe the role of academic-community-public health partnerships in improving population health needs.
- Identify learning opportunities for nursing students focused on leadership, community engagement, and public/population health.
- Describe the development of addressing community population health needs through academic-community-public health partners.
This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health
Speakers
Charlene Niemi, PhD, RN, PHN, CNEAssistant Professor of Nursing
California State University Channel Islands
Dr. Charlene Niemi is an experienced educator and community health nurse who has worked across multiple settings in academia and in community health. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at California State University of Channel Islands and the Director of Health Literacy of the Care Harbor clinics that provide free medical, dental, and vision services to vulnerable populations. Her nursing career has spanned public health, school health, faith-based health, and case management. Dr. Niemi is a content expert in community health nursing and psychiatric and mental health nursing. She has focused her attention on the underserved and vulnerable populations of society. Dr. Niemi goal is to ignite a passion for community health nursing in her students.
Jamela M. Martin, PhD, RN, CPNP-PCAssistant Professor of Nursing
Old Dominion University
Dr. Jamela Martin completed a BA in Healthcare Administration from North Carolina State University in 2000. She is a University of Virginia alumnus, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2004, a Master’s of Science in Nursing with Pediatric NP post-master's certificate in 2008, and a PhD in 2013. Dr. Martin's scholarship focuses on nursing research pedagogy and addressing health disparities in local and global communities. She is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Old Dominion University School of Nursing in Norfolk, VA where she teaches community health nursing and nursing science.
Beth M. Tremblay, MSN, RNLecturer of Nursing
Old Dominion University
Beth Tremblay teaches Community Health Nursing at Old Dominion University where she is a Lecturer. She graduated with her BSN from the University of Southern Maine in 1995. She worked clinically in a variety of settings and eventually went on to pursue her MSN with a focus in nurse education. She graduated from Old Dominion University with her MSN in 2011. She has continued a clinical practice and joined the faculty at ODU full time in 2014. In 2016, Beth began working towards her PhD at Duquesne University where she is currently enrolled. Her research interests focus on health behaviors and social determinants of health.
Joan Stanley, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANPChief Academic Officer
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Dr. Joan Stanley has spent 24 years helping shape nursing education at AACN. She currently serves as AACN’s Chief Academic Officer. Dr. Stanley graduated from Duke University in 1971 with her BSN. She received her MS in Nursing from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and her PhD in Higher Education Policy and Organization from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her advice to nursing students and new nurses is to keep an open mind about your education because the possibilities are limitless!
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free and open to everyone including non-members, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff, and students.
Continuing Education Credits:
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.