CREATE DEMAND
Obtain support of stakeholders (educators, epidemiologists, public health community, professional organizations, scientific journals, government)
Professional Organizations/Meetings
October 31 - November 2, 2011: Special oral session at the 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Washington, DC. The session was entitled, "Think Like an Epidemiologist Challenge: A Science Olympiad High School Event."
October 31, 2011: A special poster session at the APHA meeting (above): "Training Future Epidemiologists." Posters were entitled: (1) "Think Like an Epidemiologist Challenge (Epi Challenge);" (2) "Epidemiology and the Energy Balance Equation: A Curriculum and Field Study for Middle School Students;" (3) Epidemiology for Younger Students: A Middle School Epidemiology Club; (4) "Fit for Fulfillment: The relationship between participation in sports and life satisfaction" (Cherry Hill High School East, NJ); and (5) "Observing the Effects of Watching TV on Stress Levels in West Windsor Plainsboro High School South Students" (NJ). Many thanks to the APHA's Epidemiology Section for supporting the participation of the NJ high school students and their coaches.
November 6-10, 2010: Two presentations at the 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado. The presentations were entitled: 1) "Innovations in teaching epidemiology to younger students: Experience-based Public Health Club Model"; and 2) "Scorecard for the 'Movement' to infuse epidemiology into grades 6-12: What progress has been made in the past five years?"
October 12, 2010: Presentation at the New Jersey Science Convention, entitled "New Jersey Science Olympiad Trial Event: Think Like an Epidemiologist Challenge."
November 7-11, 2009: Presentation at the 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association, entitled "Incorporating Epidemiology into the Middle and High School Curriculum."
October 3, 2009: Presentation at the New Jersey Science Convention entitled: "Teach Epidemiology."
October 28, 2008: Roundtable session entitled “Teach Epidemiology. Professional Development Workshops. Infusing Epidemiology Education into Grades 6-12 Curricula” at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in San Diego, CA.
November 3-7, 2007: Invited session at the 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Washington DC. Movement members held a session entitled "Future of Epidemiology - Epidemiology Education in Grades 6-12: The Epi Education Movement."
June 25, 2007: Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) in Atlantic City, NJ. Two Movement members discussed: "Epidemiology Education Grades 6-12: Its potential for initiating Public Health Career Choices and Improving Scientific Literacy."
November 4-8, 2006: Roundtable session entitled “Epidemiology Education Movement” at the 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Boston MA. Several participants in epidemiology-related 6-12 classroom activities shared their experiences (see “PREPARE TEACHERS - Implement demonstration projects in a variety of school and non-school venues”).
November 7, 2006: One member of the Movement gave a presentation entitled: “A Non-Epidemiologist Teaching Epidemiology: The YES Teaching Units and Some Lessons Learned” at the Consensus Conference on Undergraduate Public Health Education, Boston University School of Public Health. The need for increased epidemiology education at the undergraduate level is recognized as an integral part of advancing public health education for college students.
October 2006: Presentation at the National Science and Technology Week annual event held by the National Resources Canada (NRCan) that brings together some of Canada’s leading science and technology experts to promote careers among young people. A Movement member presented Buffet Busters, a food-borne investigation for 5th graders designed to promote awareness and understanding of epidemiology.
June 23-25, 2006: Poster and lunchtime session at the 2006 North American Congress of Epidemiology, Seattle WA. The Congress is the largest meeting of epidemiology professionals, held every five years by the American College of Epidemiology, the Society of Epidemiologic Research, and the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association. This was an excellent opportunity to communicate activities among advocates of the Movement and to elicit feedback and ideas about future efforts in grade 6-12 education venues.
April 2006, 2006: Participation in educational seminars at BIOtechnology Institute held in conjunction with the BIO conference in Chicago IL. A member of the Movement “spread the word” about the Movement website and activities (see June 2006 Movement News)
December 11-15, 2005: Presentation entitled “Epidemiology Education in Grades 6-12” at the 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Philadelphia PA. The Movement was introduced by several of its early members. The audience participated in a lively discussion and several expressed interest in keeping abreast of Movement activities. (See presentation)
Scientific Journals/Other Publications
2008: "Professional Development for Prospective Epidemiology Teachers in Grades 6-16: What Will We Do?" An article by Mark Kaelin, Wendy Huebner, Ralph Cordell, and Brian Szklarczuk.
See Public Health Reports, 2008 Supplement 2, Volume 123.
May-June 2007: Epidemiology Education in the Literature
Donna F. Stroup and Stephen B. Thacker
See Public Health Reports Article: Epidemiology and Education: Using Public Health for Teaching Mathematics and Science
See Movement Newsletter Article--Page 4
January 2006: A column about the Epidemiology Education Movement, “Promoters of Teacher Epidemiology to 6-12 Graders Discuss Implementation Challenges at APHA Session.” Appeared in the January 2006 issues of Epi Monitor. At the conclusion of the column, interested readers were invited to contact us. (See Epi Monitor article)
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