Epidemiology Partners and Resources (E is for Epi, Session 2.2)
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Length: 25 minutes
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This training provides the learner with a basic understanding of some of the various epidemiology partners and resources existing at the state and local level.
This module is part of the "E is for Epidemiology" training series developed to introduce non-epidemiologists to the basic concepts of epidemiology.
Target Audience
These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Educational Objectives
- Identify allied health and community partners
- List ways in which epidemiologists work with the media
- Describe how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves as a resource for training, technical support, and surveillance and reporting of epidemiological data
Competencies and Capability Functions Addressed
This training addresses selected applied epidemiology, core public health, and public health preparedness and response competencies and public health preparedness capability functions as noted below. (Please note: The following training does not provide comprehensive or in-depth treatment of specified competencies or capability functions, it provides basic knowledge of the competencies or capability functions listed below.)
| Applied Epidemiology Competencies Tier 1 |
| Demonstrate professional interpersonal, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary communication (III.C.2) |
| Applied Epidemiology Competencies Tier 2 |
| Demonstrate professional interpersonal, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary communication (III.C.2) |
| Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competencies |
| 1.3. Facilitate collaboration with internal and external emergency response partners. |
References
Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program. Summary of Reported Hepatitis A Cases in Colorado, 2000-2009. Denver, Colo: Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program; March 2011. Available at: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/Hepatitis/hepa/HepAsummary.pdf. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Jenkins P. Anatomy of a Foodborne Outbreak [online training]. UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; 2004. UNC CPHP Training Web Site. Available at: http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/training/HEP_ANAT/certificate.php. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Pfau SE, Brunette K. Recognizing an Outbreak [online training]. UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; 2004. UNC CPHP Training Web Site. Available at: http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/training/HEP_IIS1/certificate.php. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Rybka, T. Risk Communication [online training]. UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; 2004. UNC CPHP Training Web Site. Available at: http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/training/HEP_RISKC/certificate.php. Accessed March 1, 2012.
ICS in Action: Using the Incident Command System in Public Health Outbreak Investigations. North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health / North Carolina Public Health Regional Surveillance Team 6; 2009. Available at: http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/trainingpackages/ics_in_action/index.html. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Stehr-Green P, Stehr-Green J. Environmental Health Investigations: Conducting Traceback Investigations. FOCUS on Field Epidemiology [serial online]. 2005:3(3). North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Available at: http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/focus/vol3/issue3/3-3Traceback_issue.pdf. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Trust for America's Health. Public Health Laboratories: Unprepared and Overwhelmed. Issue Report. Washington, DC: Trust for America's Health; June 2003. Available at: http://healthyamericans.org/reports/files/LabReport.pdf . Accessed March 1, 2012.
Roper WL, Gerberding JL, Barry MA, Tilson HH. SARS: When a Global Outbreak Hits Home. Public Health Grand Rounds Broadcast. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; October 23, 2003. Available at: http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/sars/index.htm. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Roper WL, Martin R, Turner L, Tilson HH. Disease, Disaster, and Detection: Partnering with Public Health Laboratories. Public Health Grand Rounds Broadcast. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; September 26, 2003. Available at: http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/labsafety/index.htm. Accessed March 1, 2012.
Author:
Amy Pickard Nelson, PhD, MPH, CPH
Epidemiologist, UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness
Narrator:
Jessica Southwell, BA
Program Associate, UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness
UNC CPHP Reviewer:
Lauren N. Bradley, MHS
Research Associate, UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness
Subject Matter Expert Reviewer:
Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MA, MPH, CPH
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
Director, UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness
The author(s) and reviewer(s) of this training have no personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation to disclose.
Continuing Education Credit:
The UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness offers the following continuing education credit/s on this training. Eligibility for all continuing education credit is determined on an annual basis.
- Continuing Nursing Education Credit
Continuing education credit is provided through the Public Health Nursing and Professional Development (PHNPD) Unit in the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
PHNPD is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.Reviewer: Hazel Moore, MSN
Continuing Education Specialist
North Carolina Institute for Public HealthContact Hours: 0.75 based on instructional time spent on training and evaluation activities.
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