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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
3145.0: Monday, December 12, 2005 - Board 1

Abstract #122196

From bioterrorism exercise to real-life public health crisis: Lessons for emergency hotline operations

Lori Uscher Pines, MSc, PhD Cand, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Suite 492, Baltimore, MD 21205, Sylvia H. Bookbinder, MPH, CHES, Infectious & Zoonotic Disease Program, NJ Dept. of Health & Senior Services, PO Box 369, Trenton, NJ 08625, 609-588-7500, sylvia.bookbinder@doh.state.nj.us, Suzanne Miro, MPH, CHES, Communicable Disease Service, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, P.O. Box 369, Trenton, NJ 08625-0369, and Thomas Burke, PhD, MPH, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N. Broadway, Hampton House Rm 484, Baltimore, MD 21205.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

Keywords: Bioterrorism, Disasters

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Emergency Preparedness and Public Health Capacity

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA