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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
3327.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| In this session, five speakers will discuss current issues pertaining to terrorism and public health, including such topics as the public health response to the September 11, 2001, sttacks; ways of improving the public health and medical care systems in the United States in light of these attacks; relevant issues pertaining to human rights and social justice; biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons and their control; and roles of public health professionals and public health students in helping to respond to terrorist attacks and to the threat of terrorism | |||
| Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe current issues pertaining to terrorism and public health, and (2) Plan educational activities concerning these issues. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Peter Weiss Jack Geiger, MD, ScD | |||
| Terrorism and Public Health (Session Abstract) Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, Victor W Sidel, MD | |||
| Challenges terrorism poses to public health Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, Victor W. Sidel, MD | |||
| Public health response to the World Trade Center disaster Timothy H. Holtz, MD, MPH, Isaac Weisfuse, MD, MPH, B. Mojica, S. Blank, MD, Marcelle Layton, MD, J. Leighton, K. Kaye, A. Ramon, A. Goldberg, L. May, L. Moskin | |||
| Strengthening the public health system C. William Keck, MD, MPH | |||
| "Small Arms, Explosives and Incendiaries" Wendy Cukier | |||
| Nuclear, radiologic and related weapons Robert Gould, MD, Patrice M Sutton, MPH | |||
| Discussion | |||
| Organized by: | Peace Caucus | ||
| Endorsed by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||