The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #49185

Kristine Qureshi, RN, MSN, CEN, Center for Public Health Preparedness, Columbia University, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, 212 342-0555, kaq5@columbia.edu, Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN, School of Nursing, Columbia University, Center for Health Policy, 630 West 168 Street, GB 250, New York City, NY 10032, and Marita K. Murrman, EdD, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 West 168th St., 4th fl, New York, NY 10032.

Public Health leadership is a priority group for emergency preparedness training. The Columbia University Center for Public Health Preparedness (the Center) is partnering with the New York City Department of Health (NYC-DOH) to develop a competency- based, basic emergency preparedness-training program for public health leaders.

Information regarding the emergency response plan for New York City was obtained from our Center partner the NYC-DOH and the NYC Office of Emergency Management. Based on this information, and utilizing the emergency preparedness competencies previously developed as the framework, a training program on the NYC-DOH emergency response plan is under development. The program content will include examples that serve to illustrate the competencies. In addition, the emergency response core capacities have been added to the basic curriculum in order to provide the NYC-DOH leadership with a perspective from both the administration’s side as well as the employee’s individual role and responsibilities perspective.

This approach should provide an efficient means for providing public health leadership with training on the basic emergency preparedness competencies within the context of the agency’s overall emergency response plan. In April 2002, the training program is scheduled to be administered to the NYC-DOH. Evaluation of the program’s effectiveness will allow us to determine if this approach is effective.

Learning Objectives:

• List the 9 core emergency preparedness competencies for all public health workers
• List the 7 additional competencies for public health leaders/administrators. 3.Describe the process for developing a competency-based framework for an agency specific training program.
• Describe the essential elements of partnering to develop a relevant emergency preparedness-training program for public health leaders.

Keywords: Partnerships, Leadership

Related Web page: www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/dept/sph/CPHP/index.html

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.