141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Disaster and emergency preparedness

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Kimberley Freire, PhD

12:30pm
Confronting social determinants of community emergency preparedness and resiliency through engagement of the “whole of community”   
Paul A. Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH and Raisa Koltun, PharmD, MPH
     
12:45pm
Safely returning sheltered persons back to the community   
Sandra Schoenfisch, RN, PhD
1:00pm
Opportunities for augmenting regional preparedness through healthcare coalitions   
Lauren Walsh, MPH, Kenneth Schor, DO, MPH, Kandra Strauss-Riggs, MPH and Brian Altman, PhD
1:15pm
A qualitative study of disaster preparedness and resiliency among faith-based organizations   
Valerie Muller, MPH, Rita Burke, PhD, MPH, Ann Lin, Bridget Berg, MPH, FACHE and Jeffery Upperman, MD
     
1:30pm
Public health preparedness and interdisciplinary collaboration at the Boston marathon bombings: A case study   
S. Atyia Martin, MPS, EMT-B, Stacey Kokaram, MPH, Michael Colanti, MBA, CEM, Mea Allen, MA and Caitlin Corneliess, MPH
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: Health Administration, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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