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APC Road Show: Billings, Montana

APC Road Show: Billings, Montana. Zarnaaz Bashir Program Manager. Who are the APCs?.

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APC Road Show: Billings, Montana

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  1. APC Road Show:Billings, Montana Zarnaaz Bashir Program Manager

  2. Who are the APCs? • Seven funded local health departments that respond to emerging issues in preparedness and produce innovative tools, technical assistance, and training that other LHDs need to respond to public health emergencies.

  3. The APCs:

  4. Why is this important? • Meets a LHD need • Precludes unnecessary time and resources spent on duplication of work • Improved health outcomes

  5. Where are we now? ~90 tools available

  6. Vulnerable populations Biosurveillance Radiological response Environmental health/food safety Rural health Mutual aid Personal preparedness Dispensing issues Volunteers Pan flu preparedness Risk communication Mass fatality AREAS OF FOCUSPlanning, training, and/or exercising on…

  7. Technical assistance & training • Mentoring • APC training conferences • Regional meetings • Satellite broadcast/webinars • Presentations

  8. Where are we going? • Aligning our work with CDC’s priorities • State partners, ASTHO, SACCHOs • ASPH, PERRCs, CPHPs

  9. Where are we going? • Marketing • Evaluation • Gap analysis & research

  10. Success factors • Provide you with tools and training to help enhance your agency’s preparedness capabilities and capacities • Provide you with a clear understanding of the APC Program • Provide us with an understanding of preparedness needs for rural health departments

  11. Who are you?

  12. Jurisdiction Served

  13. Attendance at Summit

  14. Familiarity with APCs

  15. Use of APC resources

  16. Attendance at APC training

  17. Your priorities

  18. Group exercise • What public health preparedness challenges do you face in your community? • What are you hoping to learn from this conference?

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