FEBRUARY 19, 3:00 - 4:30 PM INTERACTIVE SESSIONSLocal Health Department Collaboration to Form an Emergency Preparedness Special Needs Advisory Panel
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Fairbanks B
Interactive
Session Number: 88
To incorporate at-risk populations into emergency preparedness planning, public health staff in Chicago and Cook County (IL) have formed a joint Special Needs Advisory Panel (SNAP), a partnership of social service, emergency management, and public health agencies. The SNAP focuses on creating a community communication network, coordinating the response approach, building agency and community capacity through train-the-trainer programs, and educating at-risk individuals and families for preparedness. The SNAP can serve as a model for other local health departments.
Pandemic Influenza Communication Strategies for Vulnerable Populations
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Point Loma A
Interactive
Session Number: 89
This session will present the results of formative research conducted among culturally distinct population groups to assess social, cultural, and environmental determinants of adherence to the CDC pandemic influenza mitigation guidelines. Prospective community mitigation strategies are likely to be challenged by members of vulnerable populations. Small group discussions will explore how to incorporate the findings into local planning for pandemic influenza. Selected ideas from the small groups will be presented back to the larger group for discussion.
2008 Reviews of State Operational Plans for Community Mitigation - Purpose, Process and Results
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Catalina
Interactive
Session Number: 171
State governments should have pandemic operations plans describing how they will maintain critical functions and should assist local communities, businesses, and organizations in doing the same. This session will be a multiagency discussion regarding the community mitigation sections of the pandemic influenza state operations plans reviewed by the CDC in June 2008. It will detail the background and purpose for the reviews, the review process, and implications of the results. Audience participation will be invited for purposes of improving the review process.
Using Operations Research to Explore U.S. Airport Entry Screening During a Pandemic
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Point Loma B
Interactive
Session Number: 205
U.S. airports represent both a critical pathway and an early line of defense for preventing or slowing the entry of serious communicable diseases from overseas. Balancing the free flow of commerce with active entry screening measures requires an understanding of both the static and dynamic components of the aviation transportation system. This presentation provides a review of our work related to U.S. airport entry screening and corresponding key observations and recommendations.
The NRF & NIMS in Public Health's Response to Emergencies
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Fairbanks A
Interactive
Session Number: 271
The National Response Framework (NRF) and the revisions of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) have implications for all of emergency response including the public health component. This session will describe some of the changes and involve participants in identifying the ways in which they will effect the public health response.
**THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED**
Innovative Hospital Preparedness Tools: NJHA's Pandemic Preparedness Modules
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Fairbanks D
Interactive
Session Number: 282
A variety of innovative models and tools have been developed to assist hospitals in their pandemic preparedness. They are being used to review existing policies and procedures, identify gaps, adopt new policies and procedures, and generate a pandemic influenza plan that will facilitate a more effective response during a crisis. Attendees will learn about planning tools from New Jersey and Virginia and how to adapt them for use in hospitals and health care facilities in their own jurisdictions.
Enhancing Mass Dispensing Plans with Closed Points of Dispensing
Thursday February 19th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Fairbanks C
Interactive
Session Number: 321
The CDC Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) recently hosted a national Closed Point of Dispensing (POD) Workshop during which federal, state, and local planners discussed challenges to recruiting private sector organizations to become Closed PODs. They shared lessons learned and planning resources. Products of this workshop include recruitment and operational planning templates for SNS/CRI planners to use when approaching organizations to become Closed PODs. This session will help planners who are exploring or implementing Closed PODs as part of their dispensing strategy within their jurisdiction.
