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Session: Planning for Epidemics and Preparing for Acts of Bioterrorism
5040.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Planning for Epidemics and Preparing for Acts of Bioterrorism
Abstracts in this session will present regional evaluations of terrorism preparedness, the essential components of a Point of Dispensing (POD) site and four types of entities to include in an integrated public health response plan for environmental threats.
Learning Objectives: Attendees will: 1)learn about regional evaluations of terrorism preparedness; 2)be able to describe the essential components of a Point of Dispensing (POD) site and 3)identify four types of entities to include in an integrated public health response plan for environmental threats.
Moderator(s):Stephanie Junker
8:30 AMDevelopment of public health response plans: A “county up” approach
Andrew Reich, MS, MSPH, Sharon Ketchen, MS, JoEllen DeThomasis, MPH, Dean Bodager, MPA, RS, George Jackow, MA, Russ Melling, MPH, Karen Steidinger, PhD, Jan Landsberg, PhD, Wayne Carmichael, PhD, Barbara Kirkpatrick, EdD, RRT, Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Lorraine C. Backer, PhD, MPH
8:45 AMImproving capacity for mass dispensing in Los Angeles County
Deborah Davenport, RN, MS, Stephanie Faren, RN, MSN, MPH, Noel Bazini-Barakat, MSN, MPH, Bridget A. Ward, MS, RN, Dee Ann Bagwell, MA, MPH, Joanne Hobbs, PHN, Renee Cambaliza, PHN, Marcia J. Liem-McFadden, RN, BSN, Adam Morrow, MPH, Phillip Moore, MPA, Sharon F. Grigsby, MBA
9:00 AMStatewide hospital preparedness for an outbreak of highly communicable disease
William E. Daniell, MD MPH, Glen Patrick, MPH, Chris Williams, Wayne Turnberg, MSPH
9:15 AMPublic concerns about future disasters: Policy implications
Chad Thomas, MPH, Brenda Seals, PhD, MPH, Alice Hausman, PhD, MPH
9:30 AMDevelopment of a new survey Instrument to evaluate regional preparedness for natural and man made disasters
Peter D. Rumm, MD, MPH, Jennifer Lynne Sinibaldi, BS, MPH, Curtis E. Cummings, MD, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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