Emergency Public Health Education (EPHE) Network Quarterly Conference Call November 12, 2008 Society for Public Health Education CDC’s Community Health Outreach and Education Team New Jersey Department of Health Ohio Department of Health

Today’s Presenters: Eleanor Dixon-Terry, Society for Public Health Education D’Angela Green, CDC’s Community Health Outreach and Education Team (CHET) Nicole Bradshaw-Jackson, CHET Gail Williams, CHET Suzanne Miro, New Jersey Department of Health Bret Atkins, Ohio Department of Health

Objectives for Today’s Call : Provide an overview of the SOPHE/CHET partnership and current activities Introduce the purpose of the EPHE network Discuss the future of EPHE Network calls Introduce the Public Health Alert Tool: GovD Provide information about CDC’s Embedment Project Conference Updates from Health Education Specialists  Embedment Conference Experience  CDC’s Joint Information Experience

Society for Public Health Education SOPHE is the nation’s only independent professional organization dedicated exclusively to public health education and health promotion research, professional preparation, and advocacy About 2000 members at the national level from a wide variety of settings 21 local chapters

SOPHE and CHET SOPHE has been working with CHET since 2006 on supporting health educators in planning for and responding to public health emergency events.

Current Activities EPHE Network  697 members; 45 states, PR, Canada, Greece, New Zealand Emergency Preparedness and Response News U Can Use E-Newsletter Webinar Series – Dec 2008 Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications for Pandemic Influenza Other Continuing Education Opportunities News & Views Special Insert Special Issue of Health Promotion Practice, October Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications for Pandemic Influenza

Webinar Series  The Health Educator’s Role in Responding to Public Health Emergencies Marsha Vanderford, Ph.D, Emergency Communications Branch of CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing Sean Kaufman, MPH, CHES, Emory University’s Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research Dana Erpelding, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment  Reaching Out to Vulnerable Populations During Public Health Emergencies Carol Simon, BSN, Pharm.D., MEP, CDC’s Division of State and Local Readiness, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response Jennifer Wells, PhD, Technological Assistance Institute for Intellectual Disability, Ltd. D’Angela Green, MPH, CDC’s Community Health Outreach & Education Team The webinar series is archived at:

Emergency Public Health Education Network D’Angela Green, MPH

Why EPHE Network Exists There are health educators through out the nation with an interest in emergency preparedness and response To support health educators in preparing for and responding to public health emergency events Provide a two-way communication system to allow collaboration between health educators and subject matter experts on emergency preparedness and response topics

Emergency Public Health Education (EPHE) Network Receive public health emergency alerts that are sent out by CDC’s Emergency Communication System (ECS)  GovD Participate on quarterly calls (CHES credits), as well as conference calls in the event of a public health emergency Receive notification of relevant resources, training events and educational opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills in emergency response May be called upon to share knowledge, skills, and experience with other public health professionals

EPHE Network Membership Comprised of both SOPHE members and non- SOPHE members Growth:  11/29/07 – 492 (1 st EPHE Call)  1/10/08 – 549  10/30/08 – 678 To become a member:  Eleanor Dixon at

Future Plans for EPHE Network Build and Sustain Interest  Health Promotion Needs Assessment  Comments shared via calls and s Promote Health Educators  NPHIC  Partnerships with faith-based and community-based organizations  Advocate Health Educators role during Emergencies Embedment Conference  CDC/NPHIC/EPHE Embedment conference

Emergency Preparedness and Response Training Continuing Education  Provide listings of free trainings HHS Learning Portal  Public Health Response to Radiological and Nuclear Threats (1 Hour)  Incident Management: How CDC Responds (1 Hour)  Deployment Health and Safety (1 Hour) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Independent Study Program  IS-100: Introduction to Incident Command System (1 Hour)  IS-200: Incident Command System for Single-Resources and Initial-Action Incidents (1 Hour)  IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (2 Hours)  IS-800: An Introduction to the National Response Plan (2 Hours)

CDC’s Emergency Communication System will extend its partner dissemination tool, GovDelivery, to include our EPHE partners You will receive a welcome from - please follow the instructions in the and complete your profile ECS Public Health Alerts

New Subscribers to CDC Updates:  Enter a Primary Address  Enter an optional Secondary Address or a mobile phone or other wireless device (Note: to send a wireless address, please click on the Send Wireless Alerts to this address link for specific instructions, per your wireless carrier)  Under the Frequency section, select how often you'd like to get updates  Enter an Optional Password ECS Public Health Alerts

Current Subscribers to CDC Updates:  Confirm your Primary Address  Confirm and/or enter an optional Secondary Address  Confirm or change your Frequency (Note: this will change the frequency in which you receive all s from our system)  Enter or change your Optional Password ECS Public Health Alerts

 Questions / Help - contact Nicole Bradshaw Jackson, (404) or  During a public health emergency, please feel free to contact any CHET member at (404) or ECS Public Health Alerts

CDC 2008 Embedment Gail Williams