Emergency Public Health Education (EPHE) Network

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

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Todays Presenters

• Eleanor Dixon-Terry, Society for Public Health
  Education
• DAngela Green, CDCs 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

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Objectives for Todays 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 CDCs Embedment Project
  Conference
• Updates from Health Education Specialists
• Embedment Conference Experience
• CDCs Joint Information Experience

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Society for Public Health Education

• SOPHE is the nations 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
• www.sophe.org

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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.

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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 2008 - Crisis and Emergency Risk
  Communications for Pandemic Influenza

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Webinar Series

• The Health Educators Role in Responding to
  Public Health Emergencies
• Marsha Vanderford, Ph.D, Emergency Communications
  Branch of CDCs National Center for Health
  Marketing
• Sean Kaufman, MPH, CHES, Emory Universitys
  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, CDCs Division
  of State and Local Readiness, Coordinating Office
  for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
• Jennifer Wells, PhD, Technological Assistance
  Institute for Intellectual Disability, Ltd.
• DAngela Green, MPH, CDCs Community Health
  Outreach Education Team
• The webinar series is archived at
  http//www.sophe.org/content/ce_self_study.asp

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Emergency Public Health Education Network

• DAngela Green, MPH
• 404.639.0451
• dtgreen_at_cdc.gov

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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

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Emergency Public Health Education (EPHE) Network

• Receive public health emergency alerts that are
  sent out by CDCs 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

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EPHE Network Membership

• Comprised of both SOPHE members and non-SOPHE
  members
• Growth
• 11/29/07 492 (1st EPHE Call)
• 1/10/08 549
• 10/30/08 678
• To become a member
• Email Eleanor Dixon at
• EDixon-Terry_at_sophe.org

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Future Plans for EPHE Network

• Build and Sustain Interest
• Health Promotion Needs Assessment
• Comments shared via calls and emails
• 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

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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)
• http//lms.learning.hhs.gov
• Federal Emergency Management Agencys (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) http//training.FEMA.gov

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ECS Public Health Alerts

• CDCs Emergency Communication System will extend
  its partner dissemination tool, GovDelivery, to
  include our EPHE partners
• You will receive a welcome email from
  cdc_at_service.govdelivery.com - please follow the
  instructions in the email and complete your
  profile

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ECS Public Health Alerts

• New Subscribers to CDC E-mail Updates
• Enter a Primary E-mail Address
• Enter an optional Secondary E-mail 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 E-mail Frequency section, select how
  often you'd like to get updates
• Enter an Optional Password

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ECS Public Health Alerts

• Current Subscribers to CDC E-mail Updates
• Confirm your Primary E-mail Address
• Confirm and/or enter an optional Secondary E-mail
  Address
• Confirm or change your E-mail Frequency (Note
  this will change the frequency in which you
  receive all emails from our system)
• Enter or change your Optional Password

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ECS Public Health Alerts

• Questions / Help - contact Nicole Bradshaw
  Jackson, [phone] or gqh3_at_cdc.gov
• During a public health emergency, please feel
  free to contact any CHET member at [phone]
  or eocjiccoet_at_cdc.gov

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• CDC 2008 Embedment
• Gail Williams