Recorded presentation

Librada Estrada, MPH, CHES and Michael Fraser, PhD. NACCHO, 1100 17th Street NW, Floor 2, Washington, DC 20036, 202-783-5550, lestrada@naccho.org

Public Health Ready is a program to prepare local governmental public health agencies to respond and protect the public’s health through a voluntary recognition program combining competency-based training of staff with planning and drilling for emergency response. In this session, the project partners and Public Health Ready pilot sites will present an overview of the project and discuss the way in which resources from local, state, tribal public health agencies, and Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness have been leveraged to enhance local public health readiness.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how Public Health Ready is designed to prepare local governmental public health agency staff to respond and protect the public’s health
• Analyze how local, state, and federal public health organizations and academic institutions have created partnerships to improve local public health preparedness in pilot sites nationwide
• Discuss how Public Health Ready might be implemented in the participant’s local or state public health agency setting.

Keywords: Bioterrorism, Workforce

Related Web page: www.naccho.org/project83.cfm

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Columbia University Center for Health Policy
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Employed by NACCHO

Recorded presentation