Testing and Feedback Opportunity!!!
Posted on: November 11 2011 - 9:42am
Greetings,
Many of the Advanced Practice Centers from around the country each have preparedness tools and resources that are also in need testing over the next year. There are several products to choose from covering several topical areas. APCs are listed below, along with respective products. This is a great way to meet training and exercise requirements, while helping us complete a robust evaluation of these resources to ensure they meet the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) criteria for excellence.
IMPORTANT: Please contact the APCs directly, and do NOT respond to this email. The APC manager at each site will be happy to follow up and provide additional information re: the pilot process, timelines or any of the tools. Contact information is included, below.
SEATTLE KING COUNTY APC (SEATTLE, WA)
Contact Jeff Boudreau, (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 206.263.8707)
Business Not AS Usual: Preparing for Pandemic Flu:
(http://apc.naccho.org/Products/APC20081323/Pages/Overview.aspx)
Help businesses, government agencies, and community-based organizations in your jurisdiction with their pandemic flu planning efforts. This 20-minute video profiles leaders from a variety of organizations as they prepare for the consequences of an influenza pandemic. The stories illustrate key elements of planning that apply to all of us, no matter where we work.
Emergency Risk Communication for Public Health Professionals:
(http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses/risk-communication)
Effective communication with the public during an emergency is vital to protect the community’s health. This module can help you learn how to better handle your risk communication. It provides an overview of how to plan for an emergency, create effective messages, and interact with the media and community in times of crisis.
Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Equity in Emergency Response:
(http://www.apctoolkits.com/vulnerablepopulation)
Reaching vulnerable and at-risk populations during a public health emergency is a challenging and complex issue. This toolkit provides information and tools to assess, engage and build relationships with key community based organizations that serve vulnerable populations.
Managing Surge Response & Public Health Workforce Activation:
(http://www.apctoolkits.com/phworkforceactivation/)
Public health departments are preparing for an array of potential events requiring large scale response. The toolkit shares processes and resources regarding mobilization of staff to staff emergency response teams.
MESA COUNTY APC (GRAND JUNCTION, CO)
Contact: Greg Rajnowski, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 970.248.5929
Environmental Health Emergency Response Guide: The Environmental Health Emergency Response Guide can complement existing emergency plans or serve as a foundation when developing a new environmental health emergency response plan. The guide addresses 15 environmental health-related topics and describes the potential roles for environmental health professionals during an emergency or disaster.
Emergency Handbook for Food Managers: The manual is a quick reference guide to provide step-by-step emergency information to food managers and other supervisory personnel at food service establishments. The handbook addresses both naturally occurring and man-made emergencies; provides prompts for whom to call, first steps to take and subsequent recovery actions to follow after an emergency happens; contains tips on managing longer-term emergencies cause by disruptions of utilities and municipal services; offers ongoing food security and emergency preparedness advice.
Emergency Readiness for Food Workers - Trainer Guide: This trainer’s guide offers food trainers a scripted, two-hour course on the fundamentals that will help food workers prevent or mitigate impacts to the safety of food and people in the panic of an emergency. The Emergency Handbook for Food Managers serves as the basis for this training guide. The trainer guide is recommended for food manager certification renewal training.
Decision Making in the Field during Disasters: Roll play as an environmental health professional during response and recovery efforts for floods and train derailments. Then test your knowledge and skills of environmental health professionals during disasters.
Blueprint for the Use of Volunteers in Hospitals and Rural Medical Centers: This web-based toolkit was developed to help hospitals and local public health agencies plan for the integration of volunteers into incident response through just-in-time training.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY APC (SILVER SPRING, MD)
Contact Rachel Abbey, MPH (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 240.777.4670)
Plan to Be Safe: Training Modules for Emergency Operations of Dispensing and Vaccinations-A Guide for Public Health Program Planners: Designed by public health emergency planners as a 101 on public health clinic operations for training public health staff by offering four different training modules which can be used as either a series of trainings or as individual trainings.
Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers: A collaborative effort between the child care community and public health, this toolkit is designed to plan and prepare child care providers for emergency events and to assist in the recovery effort by helping children cope with traumatic events. Another training module, the COOP Training for Child Care Providers is an additional training module for child care providers is intended to build upon emergency response training with additional tools and resources to develop at COOP plan for emergency events.
Emergency Checklist for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Group Homes: Developed to assist facilities in planning for emergency events, this checklist covers training, planning and assessment of emergency planning efforts.
Clinic Planning Model Generator: Mass prophylaxis clinics are a primary function of the response a major public health event. The Clinic Planning Model Generator (CPMG) is a downloadable Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet computer model which will help public health emergency planners to determine staffing and estimate capacity and congestion of mass prophylaxis clinic.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA APC (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
CERT-Pandemic-H1N1 Influenza Train-the-Trainer Toolkit: Enhance emergency preparedness and response capacity in your community with the CERT-Pandemic-H1N1 Influenza Train-the-Trainer Toolkit—a pandemic flu training resource designed to give your Community Emergency Response Team the knowledge and tools needed to prepare for a pandemic in your community.
Conducting a BT-Tabletop: A How-To Guide: Help ensure your tabletop exercise is well-designed and executed with design and facilitation tips from Conducting a BT-Tabletop: A How-To Guide, including special guidance for bioterrorism tabletops.
Epi Essentials for Public Health Practitioners: Teach your staff simple steps for creating health assessments and access just-in-time training resources for managing outbreak events.
Public Health Mutual Aid Agreements: Mutual aid agreements can help ensure your community has the resources it needs to respond to a public health emergency. Support the health of your community by establishing mutual aid agreements with other municipalities—Public Health Mutual Aid Agreements can help!
SEATTLE KING COUNTY APC (SEATTLE, WA)
Contact Jeff Boudreau, (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 206.263.8707)
Business Not AS Usual: Preparing for Pandemic Flu:
(http://apc.naccho.org/Products/APC20081323/Pages/Overview.aspx)
Help businesses, government agencies, and community-based organizations in your jurisdiction with their pandemic flu planning efforts. This 20-minute video profiles leaders from a variety of organizations as they prepare for the consequences of an influenza pandemic. The stories illustrate key elements of planning that apply to all of us, no matter where we work.
Emergency Risk Communication for Public Health Professionals:
(http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses/risk-communication)
Effective communication with the public during an emergency is vital to protect the community’s health. This module can help you learn how to better handle your risk communication. It provides an overview of how to plan for an emergency, create effective messages, and interact with the media and community in times of crisis.
Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Equity in Emergency Response:
(http://www.apctoolkits.com/vulnerablepopulation)
Reaching vulnerable and at-risk populations during a public health emergency is a challenging and complex issue. This toolkit provides information and tools to assess, engage and build relationships with key community based organizations that serve vulnerable populations.
Managing Surge Response & Public Health Workforce Activation:
(http://www.apctoolkits.com/phworkforceactivation/)
Public health departments are preparing for an array of potential events requiring large scale response. The toolkit shares processes and resources regarding mobilization of staff to staff emergency response teams.
Regards,
Jeff Boudreau / Project Program Manager II
PUBLIC HEALTH - SEATTLE & KING COUNTY
401 5TH AVE, STE 1300 SEATTLE WA 98104
206.263.8707 phone │ 206.296.0166 fax
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
http://www.apctoolkits.com
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