Exploring Health Care Careers, Grad Challenge Project Report

Emily Cooke, Champlain Valley Union High School Class of 2009, and former MedQuest Health Careers Exploration Program participant chose to focus on an exploration of health care careers for her Grad Challenge Project. Read her project report here.

The Convener - Fall 2009 edition of Champlain Valley AHEC's newsletter is now available!

Read about our new strategic plan, hear about our health careers exploration activities like Shadow Day, the MVU 7th Grade Field Trip to UVM, and our new middle school presentation There is a Health Career for ME! In addition, you can read about our cultural competency efforts and learn about our new board members.

CVAHEC Fall 2009 Newsletter...

Multilingual Swine Flu Resources Available

Vermont Department of Health Multilingual Swine Flu Resources

The Vermont Department of Health is making efforts to reach out to all Vermonters with helpful information about swine flu. For up to date information on swine flu in Vermont, please visit healthvermont.gov/panflu/SwineFlu.aspx.

For people who do not speak English of who have limited English skills, the Vermont Department of Health website lists reliable links (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization) to information in other languages.

Below please find links to information about swine flu prevention and care in Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and Arabic. The Vermont Department of Health is working to provide additional resources in more languages and will post them to their site at healthvermont.gov/panflu/multilingualresources.aspx as they become available.

Spanish

www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/es/index.html

www.cdc.gov/germstopper/es/home_work_school.htm

www.cdc.gov/swineflu/espanol/influenza-porcina-usted.htm

French

www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_27/fr/index.html

Chinese

www.who.int/csr/disease/swineful/zh/index.html

www.cdc.gov/germstopper/chinese/pdf/home_work_school.pdf

Russian

www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/ru/index.html

Arabic

www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/ar/index.html

 

Champlain Valley AHEC's Annual Report Now Available!!

Download Champlain Valley AHEC's FY08 Annual Report

2007/2008 Annual Report

Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers Manual Available Online!

This resource was designed for health care providers to support the promotion of cultural competency in their practice. The goals of the manual:

• To provide a comprehensive, yet easily understood definition of cultural competency.
• To raise awareness of the increasing diversity in Vermont and the new populations joining our communities.
• To offer resources to help providers become better acquainted with different populations.
• To help providers use the information in this manual to comfortably assess patients and provide the best care possible.
• To assist providers with their own sense of understanding by offering links to self-assessment tools and continuing education opportunities.

Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers manual...

Toolkit for Promoting Healthier Weight in Adult Primary Care

This toolkit was designed for primary care practitioners, with extensive input from the primary care community, to support the promotion of healthier weight with patients. The toolkit includes recommendations for the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obese adult patients in primary care.

Healthier Weight Toolkit...

PTOPHELP Website

The PTOPHELP (Practitioner to Practitioner Help) website was developed by Southern Vermont AHEC in 2002. Champlain Valley AHEC has joined with Southern Vermont AHEC to expand PTOPHELP's reach to include the Champlain Valley. Our long-term goal is to provide a comprehensive, statewide resource that enhances patient access to quality mental health care.

What is PTOPHELP? PTOPHELP is a free, non-commercial, web-based resource and referral directory designed to link primary care health practitioners with the mental health professional best suited to meet their patients' treatment needs. PTOPHELP provides free, online continuing education opportunities including video presentations, papers, and live teleconference events for both mental health professionals and primary care providers.

Visit PTOPHELP today.