Health Project

Alita AleeMasters of Public Health Portfolio

Alita Alee MPH

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PROGRAM COORDINATor / CONSULTant

Public and Perinatal Health

Pre/Post-Test

Counseling

H I G H L I G H T S

20 years in health and perinatal

education, with strong track record in program management and

coordination.

Skillful teacher of peers,

physicians, and students in a range of settings.

Proven expertise in culturally

diverse settings and with underserved populations.

Excellent organizational and

communication skills.

Commended on regular basis by

clients, coworkers, and supervisors for providing exceptionally

thorough, professional, and personable service.

R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C

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PROGRAM COORDINATION

Coordinated a five-site

Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (CPSP), providing health

education to an ethnically diverse pool of women on

Medi-Cal.

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Supervised a staff of four,

delivering health education to over 800 clients monthly.

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Provided lively, hands-on, group,

and one-on-one education, helping women and teens learn about

proper nutrition, HIV and STD prevention, and family

planning.

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Empowered and motivated clients by

involving them in their own education.

Managed a community-based Smoking

Cessation program for the City of Berkeley, developing administrative structures

and teaching and coordinating smoking cessation classes for WIC

clients.

Developed, coordinated, and

implemented adolescent sexuality programs at Frick Junior High School in East Oakland. Designed effective

curriculum for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention program classes for

low-income, at-risk students and wrote a comprehensive program

manual to ensure continuity of services.

Created, as member of planning

group, a new program offering palliative care options for patients

facing a terminal illness in the Chemotherapy Department at Kaiser

Walnut Creek. Provided

framework for goal creation, focus for program direction and

planning, and clarification of materials presented to others in

field for program assessment.

Assessed physical activity levels

of young Latino women through Department of Public Health,

San Francisco as part of five year prevention plan

based on recommendations made in MPH program community health

assessment project.

HEALTH EDUCATION

Created widely praised interactive

workshops at Kaiser Park Shadelands for medical staff teams and for

Continuing Medical Education for physicians (Grand Rounds),

integrating adult learning styles and emphasizing need for

coordination in team situations on topics such as cultural

competency and HIV prevention.

Taught childbirth education

classes, providing comprehensive one-on-one instruction to couples

and women throughout the East Bay. Increased participants'

understanding of nutrition, anatomy and physiology, labor and

delivery, breastfeeding, newborn, and post-partum care.

Motivate chronically ill Kaiser

Permanente patients to make positive behavioral changes through

brief, collaborative, patient-centered

negotiations for such

illnesses as:

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Asthma, Cholesterol, Diabetes,

Fibromyalgia,

Hypertension, Smoking

Cessation, and Weight Management

Developed, delivered and

coordinated in-service trainings on the latest developments in AIDS

research, ensuring up-to-date knowledge among AIDS Minority Health

Initiative staff; maintained Health Education library for staff

use.

Initiated HIV drop-in and

easy-access testing services as well as pre and post HIV test

counseling at Kaiser Park Shadelands as member of Interfacility HIV

Education Committee.

Created and led successful

workshop on issues of sexually transmitted diseases using a

value-clarification and decision-making approach to Marin Academy freshmen-level Human Development class.

Commended by teacher for ability to tailor workshop to specific

needs of students and for ability to remain objective while

discussing controversial issues.

Created and led successful

workshops on Responding to Unequal Treatment: Addressing The Health

Effects of Racism in the Prevention of Hypertension for

Laney College, City College, Bay Area Consortium for Quality

HealthCare, Black Infant Health Program, and the San Francisco Free

Clinic.

W O R K H I S T

O R Y

2005-Present

College

Instructor

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Laney

College

- Guest Lecturer

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City

College

-Teaching Assistant, Guest Lecturer

1998-2005

Clinical Health

Educator

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Kaiser Permanente, Park Shadelands and

Walnut Creek, Facilities

1997-98

Health Education

Consultant

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AIDS Minority Health Initiative,

Oakland,

CA

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WIC Smoking Cessation Project, City of

Berkeley,

Berkeley,

CA

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Adolescent Pregnancy & Substance Abuse Project,

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Alameda

County

Health Care

Foundation,

Oakland,

CA

1982-98

Childbirth

Instructor

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Albany

Adult

School,

Albany,

CA

Berkeley

Adult

School,

Berkeley,

CA

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Kaiser

Permanente

Medical

Center,

Richmond

and

Walnut Creek,

CA

1991-96

Health Education

Coordinator

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Hillcare Health Services,

Oakland,

CA

E D U C A T I O

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MPH, Community Public

Health,

San Francisco

State

University, 2005

Adult Teaching Credential,

State of

California

B.A., Sociology,

California

State

University,

Hayward,

CA

Certified as: HIV Test Counselor;Breathe Easier Adult Asthma

Instructor;Heart

Failure Basics Instructor, Kaiser Park Shadelands

Certified Childbirth Educator,

Full Circle

Childbirth & Midwifery

Certified Smoking Cessation

Facilitator, American Cancer Society

Board of Directors, Charlotte Maxwell Clinic

Linking Theory With Practice in Urban Health

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