4310.0 Disaster preparedness and response 1

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 2:30 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Design a response chart to insert into the Public Health Incident Command System for all communities that addresses the needs of special populations, Assess how public preparedness messages may need to be tailored for low literacy populations in the event of a dirty bomb. Evaluate the effectiveness of ‘Community Push Partners’ using such a Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis Toolkit.
Moderator:
Rose Fife, MD, MPH

2:30 PM
Addressing Special Populations through the Public Health Incident Command System
John Burke, MS , Associate Director
     
  
2:50 PM
Understanding of and willingness to comply with recommendations in the event of a “dirty bomb”: Demographic differences in low-literacy urban residents
Sarah Bauerle Bass, PhD, MPH, Gabriella Mora Rovito, MPH, Dominique Ruggieri, MA, PhD(c), Caitlin Wolak, MPH, Thomas F. Gordon, PhD, Michael J. Rovito, PhD, Claudia Parvanta, PhD, Rebecca Normile, BS, Alexander Rodriguez, BS and Caitlin Rohrer, BS
     
3:10 PM
Quantitative Analysis of Community Push Parnters to assist Emergency Planners
Sinan Khan, MPH, MA, Dee Ann Bagwell, MA, MPH, Anke Richter, PhD and Alonzo L. Plough, PhD, MPH
     
3:30 PM
Bioterrorism Just-in-Time Training (JITT) materials for Point of Dispensing (POD) prophylaxis deployment: Lessons learned from H1N1 vaccination PODs
Adrienne Kung, MPH and Matthew Feaster, MPH
     

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Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: Peace Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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