Session: Public Health Preparedness at the Local Level: Planning and Organizational Issues
3045.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Public Health Preparedness at the Local Level: Planning and Organizational Issues
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Lorna M. English, MS
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMIowa Center for Public Health Preparedness: Creating partnerships to improve public health preparedness at the local level
Tanya Uden-Holman, PhD, Christopher Atchison, MPA, Laurie M. Walkner, RN, MA
8:55 AMBioterrorism Tabletop Exercises - Strategies for Success
Darren Collins, BS, Sara Forsting, MSPH, Michael Frasier, PhD, Charles Ishikawa, MSPH, Laurence Raine, PhD, Zarnaaz Rauf, MPH, Scott Wetterhall, MD, MPH
9:15 AMOrganizational crisis preparedness in local health departments
Donna Dinkin, MPH
9:35 AMBt PREP and Bt TOOLBOX: Tools for Local Response Planners
Zarnaaz Bashir, MPH, Laurence Raine, PhD
9:55 AMConcluding Remarks
Organized by:Health Administration
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA