Addressing At-Risk Populations in Emergency Preparedness Planning

Kay Aaby, MPH, BSN, RN - Program Manager, Montgomery County, Maryland Advanced Practice Center (APC) for Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Program under the Department of Health & Human Services.

Jim Blumenstock, MA - Chief Program Officer for Public Health Practice, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Carina Elsenboss, MS - Program Manager, Public Health-Seattle & King County, Seattle, Washington Advanced Practice Center

May 08, 2008

At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:

  1. Identify tools and resources developed by Montgomery and Seattle King County Advanced Practice Centers to help prepare at-risk populations for a public health emergency
  2. Describe how the tools and resources can be integrated into your own program/plan
  3. Implement new approaches to reach vulnerable populations during a public health emergency
  4. Describe key findings from the ASTHO-led At-Risk Populations Engagement Meetings

Participant Information
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4. Race/ethnicity?
5. Gender?
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Evaluation
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7. The course was of overall high quality.
8. The program moderator was helpful in framing questions and focusing discussion.
9. The guest speaker(s) was(were) effective in communicating concepts.
10. The program content supported the objective(s).
11. The knowledge gained from this program will help me perform my job more effectively.
12. I would recommend this course for employees in positions similar to mine.
Comments
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13. What was the most useful or important thing you learned during this program?
14. What suggestions do you have for improving the program?
15. Please offer other topics of interest you would like to learn more about in future Center for Public Health Preparedness educational activities.
Point of View
16. This program is fair, balanced, and free of commercial bias.
Continuing Education Credits

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