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New Emergency Preparedness Training Program Released for People with Access and...
It is well known that people with disabilities and other functional/access needs are less likely to be included in emergency...
Jun 23, 2014 | Guest Author
Preparing the Florida Public Health Workforce for Legal Challenges
The term “public health preparedness” is often thought of in the context of ensuring preparations are adequate to deal with, reduce...
Jun 20, 2014 | Guest Author
The Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Preparedness Resources and Programs –...
With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in full effect, the establishment of many new rules and regulations continue to bring significant...
Jun 19, 2014 | Kayli Plotner
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California Wildfires
Southern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were...
Jun 17, 2014 | Admin
“Atlantic” Discussion Brings Need for Infrastructure to Preparedness Forefront
NACCHO staff attended the “Going Viral: Keeping Communities Healthy Through Public Health Emergency Preparedness” panel...
Jun 11, 2014 | Kayli Plotner
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup May Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on May 27. Erin Burdette updated the group on...
Jun 11, 2014 | Erin Burdette
2014 Cross Border Public Health Preparedness Workshop
Date: May 12-14, 2014 Staff Representative: Resham Patel The Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance Cross Border Public Health...
Jun 11, 2014 | Resham Patel
Operation Medical Base Exercise
From May 1-3, NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Operation Medical Base Exercise in Camarillo, CA, hosted by Ventura County Public Health....
Jun 04, 2014 | Admin
CDC Quarterly Partners Meeting
The CDC convened its second quarterly partner meeting for fiscal year 2014 on May 22 in Washington, DC. Some of the relevant topics...
Jun 04, 2014 | Scott Fisher
New Emergency Preparedness Training Program Released for People with Access and Functional NeedsIt is well known that people with disabilities and other functional/access needs are less likely to be included in emergency preparedness planning efforts and are more likely than members of the general population to be left behind in emergencies and suffer negative health outcomes as a result. In order to address this disparity, The Connecticut Council […] Jun 23, 2014 | Guest Author |
Preparing the Florida Public Health Workforce for Legal ChallengesThe term “public health preparedness” is often thought of in the context of ensuring preparations are adequate to deal with, reduce vulnerability to, and recover from emergency situations or disastrous events resulting from either natural or manmade causes. However, public health preparedness is also about being prepared to respond to the less catastrophic scenarios and problems that arise on a... Jun 20, 2014 | Guest Author |
The Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Preparedness Resources and Programs – Workshop Summary AvailableWith the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in full effect, the establishment of many new rules and regulations continue to bring significant changes to the America’s health care system. On November 18-19, 2013, the IOM Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to discuss how changes to the health system as […] Jun 19, 2014 | Kayli Plotner |
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California WildfiresSouthern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were fueled by drought conditions, unusually high temperatures, and strong Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts of wind that can turn small fires or mechanical sparks into blazing infernos. As a result of 14 fires, about 26,000 […] Jun 17, 2014 | Admin |
“Atlantic” Discussion Brings Need for Infrastructure to Preparedness ForefrontNACCHO staff attended the “Going Viral: Keeping Communities Healthy Through Public Health Emergency Preparedness” panel discussion on June 11. This discussion tackled issues on how industry, government, academia, and others can come together to make ensure our communities and our country are healthy and safe. “We realize here today that no one organization can tackle […] Jun 11, 2014 | Kayli Plotner |
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup May ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on May 27. Erin Burdette updated the group on the first policy statement sub-committee call, which took place May 22. The sub-committee was formed to focus on policy statements that are assigned to the PPOM workgroup. There are currently five policy statements being […] Jun 11, 2014 | Erin Burdette |
2014 Cross Border Public Health Preparedness WorkshopDate: May 12-14, 2014 Staff Representative: Resham Patel The Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance Cross Border Public Health Preparedness Workshop is designed to address emerging public health threats, bio-preparedness, and health security. The theme for the 2014 workshop was Exploring Mutual Assistance: A Cross Border Perspective and it was held in Portland, OR. NACCHO staff attended a... Jun 11, 2014 | Resham Patel |
Operation Medical Base ExerciseFrom May 1-3, NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Operation Medical Base Exercise in Camarillo, CA, hosted by Ventura County Public Health. The 48-hour full-scale exercise brought together nearly 1,500 people throughout the state of California, including county and state agencies, military units, 15 MRC units, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers, eight local hospitals, and […] Jun 04, 2014 | Admin |
CDC Quarterly Partners MeetingThe CDC convened its second quarterly partner meeting for fiscal year 2014 on May 22 in Washington, DC. Some of the relevant topics covered during the meeting included a discussion about the next iteration of the National Public Health Security Index, which will include criteria for the Environmental and Occupational Health and Emergency Management domains. […] Jun 04, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
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