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4308.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | ||||
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| This workshop will focus on the training of a pool of interpreters to be activated in the event of a public health emergency. Skilled language consultants were used in terminology sessions targeting Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole and Vietnamese, as a means for addressing barriers to health care. Another presenter will discuss California’s local health department’s emergency preparedness model and also discuss the California Health Officers Association statewide public health preparedness assessment. Further, an author will present a case study of experiences dealing with insurance companies, federal relief and public safety agencies focusing on three parts, i.e., planning, damages, recovery and compensation, and Herbert Hoover Dike Emergency Preparedness Planning. We will also present the outcome of a report conducted by three public health institutes that were actively involved in their respective states (Illinois, Kansas, Michigan) in conducting local capacity assessments using the CDC capacity inventory. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Participants should be able to: Recognize how language and culture impact emergency preparedness planning and implementation. Define the level of effort and resources required for the development and successful implementation of an emergency preparedness program. Prioritize the services and functions required to recover from a disaster event. Understand and describe the usefulness of a CDC produced standardized tool in performing capacity assessments. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Sandra A. Worrell, MS | |||
| 4:30 PM |  | A Multi-State Comparison of Local Public Health Preparedness Assessment Using a Common, Standardized Tool Gianfranco Pezzino, MD, Mary Zack Thompson, MBA, Mark Edgar, MPH, PhD | ||
| 4:50 PM | | Emergency Preparedness in California's Local Health Departments Bruce Pomer, MPA, Barbara M. Aved, R, PhD, MBA, Dennis Ferrero, MPH | ||
| 5:10 PM | | Rural hospital emergency preparedness: A case study of Glades General Hospital and Hurricane Wilma Ronald Wiewora, MD, MPH, Thomas Cleare | ||
| 5:30 PM | | Preparing language interpreters for their role in emergency response Brad Cohen, BA, Michelle Lee Urbano, MA MPH | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Health Administration | |||
| Endorsed by: | Black Caucus of Health Workers; Epidemiology; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA