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Session: Topics in Public Health Preparedness
5151.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Topics in Public Health Preparedness
This session offers a range of presentations on competencies, partnershps, and lessons learned regarding public health preparedness efforts between academia, health agencies, and community partners.
Learning Objectives: Discuss Articulate public health preparedness competencies Describe an example of a public health preparedness exercise
Facilitator(s):Jennifer Solis, MPH
2:30 PM   State courts and public health: Building partnerships to enhance preparedness in Pennsylvania
Patricia Sweeney, JD, MPH, RN
2:45 PM   Updating public health emergency preparedness competencies using needs assessment and training development information
Lisle Hites, PhD
3:00 PM   Partnerships for emergency preparedness: An academic and public health practice collaboration for needs assessment and course development
Amy N. Sarigiannis, MPH, Thomas Reischl, PhD, Craig Massey, MA, MS, Major
3:15 PM   Lessons learned from a pilot online course on pandemic influenza preparedness for local health departments in North Carolina
Molly McKnight Lynch, MPH candidate, Mary Davis, Dr PH, MSPH, Richard Rosselli, MPH, Lorraine K. Alexander, DrPH, MPH, Kristina Simeonsson, MD, MSPH
3:30 PM   A simple and effective point of distribution (POD) functional exercise
Andrew C. Rucks, PhD, Peter M. Ginter, PhD, Lisle Hites, PhD, Lisa C. McCormick, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Academic Public Health Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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