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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Infrastructure Development as Preparedness for Bioterrorism
5035.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Infrastructure Development as Preparedness for Bioterrorism
The session will present how to: prioritize the training need of health care providers; the major deficiencies remaining in local and state preparedness efforts and articulate the reasons why family resilience is a vital component in community disaster preparedness.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: prioritize the training need of health care providers; describe the major deficiencies remaining in local and state preparedness efforts and articulate the reasons why family resilience is a vital component in community disaster preparedness.
Moderator(s):Sherry E. Weingart, MPH
8:30 AMA model of family resilience building to promote community disaster planning
Paula A. Madrid, PsyD, Roy Grant, Irwin Redlener, MD, David Berman, MA
8:45 AMOrganization of state preparedness activities: Lessons learned from an ASTHO survey of the states
Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, Samata Kodolikar, MPH
9:00 AMAn update of terrorism preparedness evaluations, two years after the Bioterroism Preparedness Accountability Indicators Project
Meredith M. Gaskins, MS, Peter D. Rumm, MD, MPH, Curtis E. Cummings, MD, MPH, Xiaohua Hu, PhD
9:15 AMBioterrorism-related preparedness of health providers
Francisco G. Soto Mas, MD, PhD, MPH, Chiehwen Ed Hsu, PhD, MPH, Emeka Ohagi, MPH, Muriel Marshall, DO, DrPH, Karen Kaigan, MPH
9:30 AMPoint of Distribution (POD) Assessment for Mass Prophylaxis Operations; A Key Part of a County Disaster/Bioterrorism Response Plan
Ravikiran Muvva, MPH MBBS, Charles Werntz, DO, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA