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Session: What's Happening at the Boston Public Health Commission?
3113.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
What's Happening at the Boston Public Health Commission?
The Epidemiology Section is pleased to showcase the work done by the Boston Public Health Commission. Specific topics that will be covered include a pertussis outbreak in a family shelter, collaboration of different community partners to address a Hepatitis A outbreak, disease surveillance in Boston biologic research laboratories, and using telephone surveys to assess health in Boston public housing residents.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe four public health interventions to control a pertussis outbreak in a family shelter 2. Describe the epidemiology of Hepatitis A in Boston during the 2004 outbreak 3. Describe the components of the medical surveillance program for boston's infectious disease research laboratories4. Identify differences and similarities in health status, access and utilization, and health behaviors beetween public housing residents and other community residents
Moderator(s):Mary Ostrem, DrPH
10:30 AMChallenges of controlling a pertussis outbreak in a large family shelter  [ Recorded presentation ]
Barbara Butwinick, RN, BA, BSN, Chassea Golden, RN, MSN, MPH, Katherine Schmidt, RN, MS, MPH, Donna Caron, RN, MSN, Venus Gray, RN, MSN, M. Anita Barry, MD, MPH
10:50 AMBuilding bridges: Collaboration between a local board of health and community partners to address an outbreak of Hepatitis A in high-risk populations  [ Recorded presentation ]
Justin Pendarvis, MPH, Julia Gunn, RN, MPH, Donna Julius, LPN, Gina Etienne, RN, BSN, Donna Caron, RN, MSN, Pat Tormey, RN, MPH, M. Anita Barry, MD, MPH
11:10 AMDisease surveillance in Boston biological research laboratories: Monitoring among persons with potential exposure to “high risk pathogens”
M. Anita Barry, MD, MPH, Julia Gunn, RN, MPH, Justin Pendarvis, MPH
11:30 AMUse of a telephone survey to assess the health of Boston public housing residents  [ Recorded presentation ]
Daniel R. Brooks, DSc, Eleni Digenis-Bury, MPH, Leslie Chen, BS, Mary Ostrem, DrPH, C. Robert Horsburgh, MD
11:50 AMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Epidemiology
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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