Form 0920-1050 Survey - Jurisdictional public health staff members

Form Approved

OMB No 0920-1050

Expiration: 6/30/2025

Intro/Demographics

Engaging with Sensitivity: Techniques for Interviewing Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Disability, and Substance Use Disorders

On behalf of the University of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), thank you for participating in the pilot test of the self-paced training, “Engaging with Sensitivity: Techniques for Interviewing Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Disability, and Substance Use Disorders.” Your feedback is a valuable component in the development of this training course.

Your responses are anonymous and will be analyzed collectively with those of other participants. Aggregate results will provide the training team with feedback regarding the quality of the training materials and ideas for improvements to finalize the on-line training for broader use by case investigators at state, Tribal, local and territorial public health agencies. If you have any question about this survey please contact Maria Patselikos at mpatselikos@cste.org.

What is your role in the development and/or review of this DAP training course?

• DAP Workgroup Member

• Planning and Advisory Group (Colorado-based SMEs working with the Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence at CU Anschutz)

• Pilot Tester (not part of Workgroup or Planning/Advisory group)

Which of the following best describes your subject area of expertise? (Select all that apply)

• Chronic Disease

• Environmental Health / Climate

• General Communicable or Infectious Disease

• Maternal and Child Health

• Mental Health

• Occupational / Injury

• Substance Use

• Surveillance / Informatics

• Tribal Health

• Health Equity

• Emergency Preparedness

• Priority/Special Populations (homeless/housing insecure, jail/prison, disability)

• Other (please specify) __________________

What is your subject area(s) of focus within General Communicable or Infectious Disease:

• STD

• HIV

• Foodborne and/or Waterborne

• Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)

• Other Infectious Disease (please specify)

What is your current job title?

• Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS)

• Case investigator

• Epidemiologist

• Public Health Nurse

• Physician / Medical Officer

• Veterinarian

• Other (please specify)___________________

Participant Experience

Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements about the online training course:

It was easy to navigate the online modules

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

The information was presented in ways I could clearly understand

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

The material was presented in an engaging way

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

I intend to apply knowledge, skills and/or abilities learned during the training

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

I was satisfied with this training overall

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

My understanding of the subject matter has improved as a result of this training

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

I would recommend this training to others

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

The information presented is useful to my work

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

What was the most valuable part of this training?

Please provide any suggestions for how this training could be improved

Do you feel the scenarios used in the training adequately addressed real-world scenarios and practical applications?

• Yes

• No

Please explain your response about the scenarios used and suggest any areas for potential changes

What are some gaps or key information that you believe is missing and should be considered for further development of this training?

Learning Objectives

The next two questions focus on the overall training learning objectives. The first question asks you to rate your confidence level BEFORE you started the training. The second question that follows, asks you to rate your CURRENT confidence level now that the training is complete.

Prior to completing the training, how would you rate your confidence level BEFORE THE TRAINING to do the following?

Explain why collecting information on persons affected by homelessness, substance use, and disabilities during case interviews is critical for public health and the health of disproportionately affected populations.

• Not confident

• Slightly confident

• Somewhat confident

• Moderately confident

• Very confident

Discuss the complex interactions between societal and structural factors and individual experiences and how these dynamics influence the realities of homelessness, substance use and disability.

• Not confident

• Slightly confident

• Somewhat confident

• Moderately confident

• Very confident

Demonstrate effective strategies for collecting complete and accurate information from persons experiencing homelessness, persons with substance use disorders, and persons with disabilities during case investigations.

• Not confident

• Slightly confident

• Somewhat confident

• Moderately confident

• Very confident

Now that the training is complete, how would you rate your CURRENT confidence level to do the following?

Explain why collecting information on persons affected by homelessness, substance use, and disabilities during case interviews is critical for public health and the health of disproportionately affected populations.

• Not confident

• Slightly confident

• Somewhat confident

• Moderately confident

• Very confident

Discuss the complex interactions between societal and structural factors and individual experiences and how these dynamics influence the realities of homelessness, substance use and disability.

• Not confident

• Slightly confident

• Somewhat confident

• Moderately confident

• Very confident

Demonstrate effective strategies for collecting complete and accurate information from persons experiencing homelessness, persons with substance use disorders, and persons with disabilities during case investigations.

• Not confident

• Slightly confident

• Somewhat confident

• Moderately confident

• Very confident

Conclusion

Following this training, do you have a better understanding of the need for DAP resources and how to link these resources when issues arise during an investigation?

• Yes

• Unsure

• No

What additional information will help you to better understand the need for and how to link DAP resources?

Please provide any additional comments or feedback about your learning experience.

We thank you for your time spent taking this survey and sharing your feedback! Your response has been recorded.

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