TB Education and Training Network
Past Conferences
2011 Conference - The 11th Annual TB ETN Conference, titled Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity, was held September 20-22, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session Topics:
- The Rapidly Changing Health Care System
- Motivating Public Health Workers
- Doing More with Less
- Using Resourcefulness to Reach Communities
- Using Health Literacy to Get Your Message Across
- Cultural Competency for Health Education
- Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization
- How to Implement an Effective TB Education Intervention
- New Technology Tools for TB Health Education
- Webinars 101
- Writing for the Web
- Social Media
2010 Conference - The Tenth Annual TB ETN Conference, titled TB Education and Training: Fitting the Pieces Together, was held August 10-12, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia
Session Topics:
- Partnerships: The Unusual Suspects
- Program Collaboration and Service Integration: Implications for TB Elimination
- Academic Partnerships
- TB Lab Updates
- Social Determinants of Health
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- TB Patients as Peer Educators
- Specific TB Populations: Homeless and Substance Users
- Empowering Partnerships with Power Tools
- Risk Communication and Message Mapping
- Education and Outreach Efforts to Increase Patient Adherence to LTBI Therapy
- Best Practices for the Web
2009 Conference - The Ninth Annual TB ETN Conference, titled TB Education and Training: Recipes for Success: was held July 28-30, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia
Session Topics:
- Recipe for Success: The Systematic Health Education Process
- Risk Communication: Taking the Heat
- Designing Effective Needs Assessment Tools
- Using NTIP with Progress Reports
- What's Cooking in TB Updates and Resources for Educators and Trainers
- Basics of Program Evaluation
- Health Literacy
- Program Evaluation Capacity Building
- Using Audience Response Systems to Spice Up Your Training
2008 Conference - The Eighth Annual TB ETN Conference, titled TB Education and Training: Going for the Gold, was held August 5-7, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session Topics:
- Capacity Building and Forging Partnerships: A Winning Combination
- Going for the Gold: Using the Systematic Health Education Process to Develop Education/Training Materials and Programs
- Training Basics: Performance Enhancing Skills
- Aim to Win: Steps for Conducting Field Tests and Focus Groups
- Usability 101: Strategies for a Winning Website
- The Evaluation Triathlon: Overview, Application and Instrument Design
2007 Conference - TB Education
and Training Network's Seventh Annual Conference, titled
The Amazing Race to Eliminate TB: Education and Training
Skills to Succeed, was held August 7-9, 2007
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session topics:
- Cultural Competency in TB Programs: It’s a journey, not a destination
- Changes in Latitudes… Changes in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs about TB in Refugee and Immigrant Populations
- Mapping the Course: Using the Systematic Health Education Process to Develop Education/Training Materials
- Using Education and Training Technology to Reach Your Destination
- Life in the Fast Lane: Education, Training, and Communication During Outbreaks
- Forming New Partnerships to Help You Cross the Finish Line
2006 Conference - TB Education and Training Network's Sixth Annual
Conference entitled TB Education and Training Magic: Tricks
of the Trade was held August 15-17 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session topics:
- Revealing the Illusion: The Systematic Approach to Health Education
- Beyond the Crystal Ball: Tools for Assessing Your Audience
- A Magical Mystery Tour of Training Basics
- Hocus Pocus: How to Focus Your Health Promotion Materials
- Using Evaluation, Not Fortune-Telling, to Plan and Improve TB Training
2005 Conference - TB Education and Training Network's Fifth
Annual Conference entitled Stepping Up Education and Training
to Eliminate TB was held August 17-19 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session topics:
- Choreographing your performance through the systematic health education process
- Dancing with partners
- Making a connection with your audience
- Stepping back and looking at your performance through evaluation
- Refining your performance through professional development
- Setting the stage: Overview of cooperative agreement for training and education
- Highlights from local areas
2004 Conference - TB Education and Training Network's
Fourth Annual Conference entitled TB Education and Training
Survivor: Improving skills, building alliances, meeting challenges
was held August 11-13 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session Topics:
- Planning and Strategy Development
- Needs Assessment
- Cultural Competency in TB Education and Training
- Development/Adaptation of Materials
- How Technology is Changing TB Education and Training
- Highlights from local areas
2003 Conference - TB Education and Training Network's
Third Annual Conference: Oh, the Places TB Education Can Go…
was held August 13-15 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session Topics
- Needs Assessment
- Planning and Strategy Development
- Intensive Development of Courses and Materials
- Making Materials Appropriate to Your Audience
- Communicating Late-Breaking Information
- Doing Training and Education with Limited Resources
2002 Conference - TB Education and Training Network's Second
Annual Meeting and Workshop: Reaching Key Audiences through
Innovative TB Education and Training Methods was held August
7-9 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Session Topics
- Identifying and Partnering with your Education/Training Population
- Assessing Education/Training Needs and Resources
- Developing Innovative Educational Materials and Courses
- Utilizing Technology to Develop Education and Training
- Evaluating Education and Materials and Courses
- Highlights from local areas
2001 Conference - TB Education and Training Network's First
Annual Meeting and Workshop: Culture, Language, and Literacy
in TB Education and Training was held August 1-3, 2001 in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Session Topics
- A Conceptual Framework for Achieving Cultural Competence: Implications for TB ETN
- Conducting Culturally Inclusive Needs Assessments
- Creating Materials that are Appropriate and Easy to Read
- Improving Cross-Cultural Communication
- Accessing, Utilizing, and Disseminating Resources for Culturally Competent Health Care
If you would like additional information about the conferences, please send an e-mail to tbetn@cdc.gov
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