OSU Public Health offering free online course on Ohio policymaking process

The Ohio State University Center for Public Health Practice released an online training course this week titled “Ohio Policymaking Basics.”

The self-study course was created by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio with guidance from its Ohio Wellness and Prevention Network. The course is designed to introduce prevention professionals to policy change and advocacy by addressing the following questions:

• Why is policy change important for improving health?
• What is public policy and how does it get made?
• What is advocacy and who can advocate for policy change?

The course has been approved for one contact hour of continue education credit for Nursing, Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES), Registered Sanitarian (RS) and Certified Public Health (CPH) professionals. The completion of an online quiz and evaluation are required to complete this course and to receive continuing education credit and/or a certificate of completion.

The course if free, but registration is required.