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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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4221.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
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| Public health officials mobilized to respond to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. The purpose of this two-part session is to discuss the coordinated efforts of federal, state and local health agencies with other partners to respond to this enormous disaster. Initial public health goals included documentation of the primary impact of the hurricanes, characterizing the immediate mortality and morbidity that resulted. However, it quickly became clear that public health also needed to take action to minimize the secondary impact of the event, especially among the over a million persons displaced by the event. Public health efforts focused surveillance on identifying health problems requiring intervention among displaced populations, persons who stayed behind, and response workers. These efforts included working with hospitals, evacuation centers, Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, and others to identify communicable diseases, chronic conditions and injuries requiring health care (including carbon monoxide poisoning), mental stress and violent behavior. Public health responses included staffing and outbreak investigations, rapid environmental assessments, improved sanitation public service announcements, provision of medical supplies, and planning for how to re-build New Orleans. Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and involved state and local health departments will participate in this session | |||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | |||
| Local, State and Federal Response Part II | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Statistics | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA