News and Articles

Pediatrics and Public Health: Working Together to Prepare for Emergencies

Did you know that one in four people in the United States are children? Children represent a considerable portion of our population and they are among our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. When a public health emergency or disaster strikes, children are often the most severely affected.

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Training & Events

Beating the Media Crush During a Crisis

Archived Webinar

This one-hour, 32-minute webinar is co-sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. It is the third in the Effective Communication Webinar Series, and is designed to train hospital epidemiologists in the interpersonal skills important in an outbreak situation. It discusses how communication is key to an organized response to prevent, protect, and control the spread of disease during an infectious disease crisis. It discusses best practices for fostering rapid and collaborative internal and external communication.

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The Michigan Update

Your Vaccine Recommendation is a Critical Factor in Protecting Patient Health

Courtnay Londo, M.A., Adolescent & Adult Immunization Coordinator, MDHHS Division of Immunization

Patients trust you to give them the best counsel on how to protect their health. You know that immunization is an important preventive measure – but it’s unlikely that getting vaccinated is on the radar for your adult patients. Your strong recommendation is critical in ensuring that they get the vaccines they need to help them stay healthy. 

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When Preparation Requires Extra Steps

Alice Hoffman – Program Coordinator - Health Promotion for People with Disabilities Initiative - Disabilities Health Unit– Michigan Department of health and Human Services

We’ve all heard the familiar preparedness lines – things like “get a kit, make a plan, be informed.” They’re catchy and make preparedness seem less intimidating. However, preparedness is not always a quick three step process. Sometimes, preparing for emergencies requires a few extra steps.

Let’s look at some numbers:

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Research

Estimation of Time Period for Effective Human Inhalational Anthrax Treatment Including Antitoxin Therapy

Infrequent natural human inhalational anthrax cases coupled with high bioterrorism risk have brought about use of animal models to serve as the basis for approval of novel treatments. For inhalational anthrax, protective antigen (PA) drives much of the mortality, and raxibacumab, an anti-PA monoclonal antibody, has been approved for therapeutic use using the Animal Rule. Given the paucity of human inhalational anthrax clinical data including PA kinetics, the post-exposure period for effective treatment of human disease remains unknown. The objective of this investigation was to extrapolate animal PA kinetics to a conceptual human model to estimate the post-exposure period for effective treatment of human inhalational anthrax.

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Tools & Resources

Greater Impact: How Disasters Affect People of Low Socioeconomic Status

This issue of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Supplemental Research Bulletin focuses on how people in poverty, with low incomes, and of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience disasters. They explore the differences in risk perception and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Although it provides some information on international disaster events, this issue is primarily focused on disasters that have affected communities within the United States.

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