Advanced Practice Centers, Washington
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THE SEATTLE-KING COUNTY ADVANCED PRACTICE CENTER Public Health— Seattle and King County
The Seattle-King County APC is a resource for local public health agencies throughout the nation as it develops plans and builds local and regional capacity for responding to an act of bioterrorism or other public health emergency. Toolkits have been developed that address a number of public health emergency preparedness issue including: isolation and quarantine response, techniques for engaging the business community, blueprints for building healthcare coalitions, trainings on crisis and risk communication, and strategies for connecting with organizations that serve vulnerable populations. Seattle-King County APC At-A-Glance:
No Ordinary Flu
A comics artist with a personal connection to the great influenza pandemic of 1918 has teamed up with the Public Health Seattle & King County APC on a vivid new comic book about pandemic flu. The comic book No Ordinary Flu reaches out to immigrants and young people with information about the pandemic threat, then and now. How the Seattle-King County APC is Addressing Key Areas of Preparedness Planning: Building partnerships and collaborating with first responders: Isolation and Quarantine (I&IQ) Response Planning Toolkit: Includes tools for creating a plan, an I&IQ response center model, and tabletop exercises for testing your I&IQ plan. Strengthening Emergency Response through a Healthcare Coalition Toolkit: A Web-based toolkit to be used to support healthcare coalition development or as a topic-specific reference to complement existing health response by providing a planning framework, tools, and templates. Workforce development and training: Managing Surge Response and Public Health Workforce Activation Toolkit: A Web-based toolkit to guide local public health agencies in development of a response-ready workforce by defining surge functions and matching staff resources to emergent response needs. The purpose of the toolkit is to help your jurisdiction save time during your planning process by suggesting a planning framework. Business Not As Usual: Preparing for Pandemic Flu: A 20-minute video for businesses, government agencies, and community-based organizations to assist with pandemic flu planning efforts. Risk communication and public education: Speak First: Communicating Effectively in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty: a proven, practical training for building the skills to delivering first messages in the early hours of a crisis. Learn what you need to know, how to sharpen your skills, and how to teach others how to master these best practices. No Ordinary Flu: A comic that illustrates a compelling story through the eyes of a survivor of the 1918 pandemic and connects to the present-day threat, including crucial preparedness messages. It is designed to communicate pandemic flu preparedness messages to limited-English-proficient, non-English-proficient, and low-literacy groups. Emergency Risk Communication Course: An emergency risk communication course designed for public health professionals and students. Developed in collaboration with the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, this course was designed to provide an introduction to emergency risk communication concepts and principles. Developing integrated communications and information systems: "Hello, How May I Help You?" - Creating and Operating a Public Information Call Center: A toolkit to assist public health departments in building capacity to handle a surge in phone calls during an emergency (in MS Word). For More Information, Contact the Seattle-King County APC: Carina Elsenboss
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