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Systems Approach for Healthy Communities

University of Minnesota Extension:

This online professional development program is designed to promote the integration of policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change approaches with educational strategies. The program is designed for organizations whose work focuses on health promotion to help staff understand, reflect, and act on the many factors that influence whether individuals can easily make healthy choices. The program integrates PSE changes with educational strategies in order for participants to develop the skills they need to impact policies, systems, and environments, as well as engage with partners and the community.

This program has been pre-approved for 5.0 hours of continuing education by The Commission on Dietetic Registration, The National Commission on Health Education Credentialing, and The National Board of Public Health Examiners.

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Sciences:

This online course is designed to meet the needs of professionals working to increase access to healthy food and physical activity options for low-income individuals and families. It includes an in-depth six-module course that introduces the learner to policy, systems, and environmental approaches (PSEs) and uses an interactive workbook to guide the learner through designing their own PSE approach in their community.

This course is approved for 12.0 Hours for Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).

An Introduction to Policy, Systems, and Environmental Approach

Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Sciences:

This online course is designed to meet the needs of professionals working to increase access to healthy food and physical activity options for low-income individuals and families. It includes the first module of a more in-depth, six-module course entitled Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice and provides both an introduction for those new to policy, systems, and environmental approaches (PSEs) and an overview for those with more experience with PSEs.

This course is approved for 2.0 Hours for Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).