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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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3109.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Purpose of session: Public health emergency planning, capacity building, and cultural competency are important public health constructs. Public health planners and administrators must understand the implications of these themes to enable the delivery of services and address health disparities. Emerging of environmental scanning to identify unmet needs is also being used to enhance service delivery. Relevance of session: The practice of public health involves understanding of constructs which are needed to be effective and efficient. Importance of session: This is the first year that the Health Administration session will recognize students presentation at the convention. Health Administration leaders strive to mentor our students and prepare them to for the challenging public health practice. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize disparities in public health emergency planning efforts and the implications on the public health system 2. Understand the relevance of cultural competency in public health 3. Knowledgeable of local capacity building and its relevance during public health crisis 4. Describe environmental scan and multidisciplinary systems | |||
| Back to the Future: Preparing for All Hazards Helen Horton, MPH | |||
| Utilizing an environmental scan to integrate statewide systems Gwen M. Willems, BA, MA, PhD Cand, Karen Jorgensen-Royce, BSN, MSN, Nancy A. Blume, RN, PHN, MPH | |||
Cultural competence in health care and public health ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Janice Tompkins, MPH, MT(ASCP) | |||
| A collaborative public health crisis solution: Developing an operational surge capacity program Samuel J. Watson, H. Thomas Berlin | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Health Administration | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Student Assembly | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA