Acceleration of Prevention and Population Health Education Grant Program

Round II: 2021-2022

Purpose

The Acceleration of Prevention and Population Health Education grant program is intended to expand and improve public health and health professions education by disseminating effective methods of integrating complex topics into existing courses and curricula. This round of funding recognizes the challenges that faculty face in tackling misinformation when teaching about climate change, racism, migrant health, and firearm violence, and the need to develop student competency in these areas.  

APTR has developed calls to action and curated evidence-based materials that faculty can use when addressing complex issues with students [www.aptrweb.org/policy]:

• Role of Academia in Combatting Structural Racism in the United States
• Role of the Academic Community in Reducing Firearm Violence
• Role of Academia in Combatting the Impact of Climate Change on Health
• Role of Academia in Addressing the Health Needs of Migrant Populations

The national response to the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of addressing these topics. Health professions educators are uniquely situated to bring clarity to research agendas, teaching curricula, and evaluation of policy and program outcomes necessary to create meaningful change around complex issues that impact health.  

Project Description

Applicants will describe how modification and enhancement of existing courses and curricula will increase or deepen teaching and learning in at least one of the following areas:

1. Anti-racism
2. Climate change
3. Firearm violence prevention
4. Migrant health

Applicants are expected to describe how they will integrate the curated evidence-based materials contained in the APTR Resource Libraries [www.aptrweb.org/Library] that address the above topics. Applicants are also expected to describe how their projects will address the APTR call to action recommendations [www.aptrweb.org/policy].

Examples of possible activities include but are not limited to:

• Supplement existing or planned courses with other curricular and co-curricular offerings to improve understanding of one or more of the project subjects.
• Enhance the design of a course or teaching material.
• Develop or improve hybrid- and distance-learning teaching materials.
• Share effective practices for enhancing hybrid-learning that can be adapted by other universities.
• Partner with other departments or universities to develop a high-quality, interprofessional teaching resource.

Questions:

Vera S. Cardinale, MPH [email]
APTR Director, Training and Education