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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5041.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
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| Overview: Environmental health preparedness and/or emergency response are 2 key components in the management and prevention of public health disasters. In the event of any form of terrorist attack, the existence and proper use of an established emergency response procedure can significantly reduce adverse public health impacts such as disease outbreaks or the rapid spread of hazardous chemicals. This session will examine models and methods used for handling hazardous materials incident response management. The role of environmental health staff in these incidents will also be discovered. This session will also delve into the health risk communication needs of combat veterans, health impacts and needs of affected populations after disastrous storm events, and the benefits and disadvantages of utilizing syndromic surveillance to monitor outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis. An overview of chemical terrorism laboratory preparedness is also explored in this session. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: 1) Define syndromic surveillance and how it can be adapted to environmental health; 2) Identify needs of affected populations in a post-hurricane setting; 3) Identify the most important environmental exposures of concern to combat veterans and discuss the implications and benefits of health risk communication by conflict cohort; 4) Describe planning and development strategies for addressing public safety and health issues relating to hazardous materials and terrorism preparedness; 5) Describe the role of state public health laboratories and their chemical terrorism response capabilities. | |||
| Rebecca A. Head, PhD, DABT Molly Jacobs, MPH August Martin | |||
| Claire L. Barnett, MBA | |||
Rapid assessment of the needs and health status after Hurricane Ivan — Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties, Florida, 2004 ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Tesfaye Bayleyegn, MD, Amy Wolkin, MSPH, Kathleen Oberst, RN, MS, Stacy L. Young, MS, MPH, Carlos A. Sanchez, MD, MPH, Dahna Batts, MD, Joann M. Schulte, DO, MPH, Carol H. Rubin, DVM, MPH, Annette Phelps | |||
| Chemical Terrorism Preparedness in State Public Health Laboratories: Results/Discussion of APHL’s 2004 Chemical Terrorism Preparedness Survey Lauren N. DiSano, MHS | |||
| Environmental health's role in all hazards and terrorism response preparedness, a local government model Jack A. Brown, RS, BA, MPA | |||
| Exposures of concern for veterans of the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War (1991), and the Bosnia-Kosovo peacekeeping activity Aaron I. Schneiderman, PhD, RN, Andrew E. Lincoln, ScD, MS, Mary K. Wargo, Barbara A. Curbow, PhD, Han K. Kang, DrPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Epidemiology; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA