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Weapons of Mass Destruction

This is an introductory PowerPoint presentation on biological weapons of mass destruction. The presentation covers the clinical features of biological agents of greatest concern, as well as epidemiologic clues of an attack and the public health...
Weathering the Storm: Lessons From After the Floods

The Weathering the Storm symposium was held on September 15, 2006 to discover and share lessons learned in the wakes of Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Katrina as they relate to "Prevention, Response, Mitigation, and Recovery". The...
What Is Epidemiology in Public Health?

Have you ever wondered what epidemiologists do? This narrated, 45-minute module offers an overview of the purposes and uses of epidemiology in public health practice. It introduces concepts that are described more fully in our other online...
What's the Buzz about Vector Control Issues?

The 2006 Models of Excellence Lecture Series engages public health practitioners in discussions about historical and contemporary public health events and extract lessons for future preparedness. Dr. Ira Schwartz and Dr. Ali Khan co-present the...
Worker Training in a New Era: Responding to New Threats

To receive a copy of this presentation on CD-Rom, please contact Mary Doyle at mdoyle@jhsph.edu.

Agenda
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speakers

Alfred Sommer, Dean
Johns Hopkins...
Workforce Development in Public Health

This presentation by Jim Bowles, MPH, Environmental Health Manager, Central Virginia Health District, gives you an overview of the training needs, design and delivery of workforce development.

Educational Objectives:
• Understand the...
Workforce Resiliency

Stress infiltrates our lives every day and has effects beyond what we usually realize. The Workforce Resiliency series provides information about individual and organizational resiliency in the face of stress, emergencies, and disasters. In...
Writing a Disaster Plan: A Guide for Health Departments

This guidebook is designed to assist state and local public health departments in developing a comprehensive, all-hazards disaster plan that includes the essential components necessary in the event of an emergency or disaster. An adaptable plan...
Youth Violence: It’s a Public Health Issue

Educational Objectives:
• Describe how youth violence impacts several communities in Michigan
• Identify interventions that prevent youth violence
• Communicate research findings of the effectiveness of community-based youth...
Zoonoses

This interactive module describes the types and transmission of zoonotic diseases, identifies zoonoses of public health significance, and outlines general principles and procedures for surveillance and emergency preparedness. You will learn at...
Zoonosis, Preparedness, and Public Health

Zoonoses, diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans, are of increasing concern to public health. Of the infectious organisms known to be pathogenic to humans, approximately 60% are zoonotic. Of the recent emerging and re-emerging...
Zoonotic Disease: Bioterrorism and Beyond

This online training course will introduce zoonotic disease basics to non-veterinarians, and explore zoonotic diseases as potential bioterrorism agents with emphasis on the Category A zoonotic agents. The topics of food security and agroterrorism...
Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health

This presentation by Carl Williams, DVM, MA, gives you an overview of various zoonotic diseases, investigations of such diseases, and their importance to public health.

Educational Objectives
• Define and discuss zoonotic disease...

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