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Workforce Challenges in Public Health Preparedness

Its mid-February in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Pete Baril, the emergency preparedness coordinator for the Western Upper Peninsula...

Nov 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Volunteer Efforts Continue Local Preparedness Education

    Since 2004, the Orleans County Health Department (NY) has only had one emergency preparedness professional on staff due to...

    Nov 01, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Safety Village Educates Children

    Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Partnerships Make California Exercise Possible

    Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Injury and Violence Prevention, Social Determinants of Health

    Operation Safe Kids

    Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

  • Injury and Violence Prevention

    Changed My Life Forever

    My name is Bonnie Brantley, I started out my career as a Emergency Medical Technician. I got in to this career to help people.

    Aug 07, 2013 | Guest Author

    • Climate Change, Extreme Weather

    Hurricane Katrina: Using Incident Command for Public Health

    In 2005, in the aftermath of Katrina, the unprecedented extent of the destruction made response efforts even more difficult. This story describes what was then a unique pairing of Emergency Management and Public Health utilizing the Incident Command System to conduct a more effective and coordinated public health response.

    Nov 12, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Infectious Disease, Informatics, Social Determinants of Health

    Syndromic Surveillance: The Boston Experience

    Nov 07, 2013 | Guest Author

    Workforce Challenges in Public Health Preparedness

    Its mid-February in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Pete Baril, the emergency preparedness coordinator for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, arrives at the office. He sets off across the freshly plowed parking lot, pondering the task before him. “Three deep,” he says as he scrapes the remainder of last night’s snowfall away from the entrance.

    Nov 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Volunteer Efforts Continue Local Preparedness Education

    Since 2004, the Orleans County Health Department (NY) has only had one emergency preparedness professional on staff due to programmatic and budget constraints. Thanks to the assistance of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteers from the Orleans County VALOR MRC, emergency preparedness and community resiliency education efforts through the health department continue.

    Nov 01, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Safety Village Educates Children

    Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Partnerships Make California Exercise Possible

    Oct 02, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Injury and Violence Prevention, Social Determinants of Health

    Operation Safe Kids

    Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan

    Injury and Violence Prevention

    Changed My Life Forever

    My name is Bonnie Brantley, I started out my career as a Emergency Medical Technician. I got in to this career to help people.

    Aug 07, 2013 | Guest Author

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