4136.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Public Health: Workforce and Competency Issues

20747, 22975, 24305, 20045
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Papers have objectives
Organizer(s):Linda Landesman, DrPH, MSW
12:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
12:35 PMThe Los Angeles County Health Care Workforce Development Program
Diane Factor, MS
12:55 PMEnumeration of the public health workforce: Results and progress
Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN, Jacqueline Merrill, MPH, RN, C
1:15 PMPublic health workforce development requires enumeration
Christopher Atchison, MPA, Carol Woltring, MA, Lee Thielen
1:35 PMCore public health worker competencies for emergency preparedness and response
Kristine M. Gebbie, RN, DrPH, Jacqueline Merrill, MPH, RN, C
1:55 PMConcluding Remarks
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Academic Public Health Caucus; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Public Health Nursing; Social Work; Association of Schools of Public Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA