APC Road Show: Albuquerque, New Mexico Costanza Galastri Senior Analyst
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.
The APCs:
Why is this important? Meets an LHD need Precludes unnecessary time and resources spent on duplication of work Improved health outcomes
Where are we now? ~90 tools available
AREAS OF FOCUS Planning, training, and/or exercising on… 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
Technical assistance & training Mentoring APC training conferences Regional meetings Satellite broadcast/webinars Presentations
Where are we going? Aligning our work with CDCs priorities State partners, ASTHO, SACCHOs ASPH, PERRCs, CPHPs
Where are we going? Marketing Evaluation Gap analysis & research
Success factors Provide you with tools and training to help enhance your agencys 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
Who are you?
Jurisdiction Served
Attendance at Summit
Familiarity with APCs
Use of APC resources
Attendance at APC training
Your priorities
Group exercise 1.What public health preparedness challenges do you face in your community? 2.What are you hoping to learn from this conference?