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CDC’s Environmental Health Nexus (EH Nexus) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, September 13, 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET related to food safety: “Set the Table: Improving Restaurant Food Safety Through Science and Practice”. You will hear from Dr. Laura Brown and Lieutenant Commander Beth Wittry from CDC and Thuy Kim from the University of Minnesota. They will share information on key CDC training and surveillance resources for outbreaks, along with exciting new research findings on restaurant food safety.
EH Nexus webinars, meetings and conferences bring together subject matter experts from CDC and partner organizations to discuss environmental health topics that serve to inform public health professionals and the general public.
EH Nexus webinars, meetings and conferences will be broadcast on Zoom or Facebook, and closed captioning will be available through Streamtext. All EH Nexus events will be posted to the EH Nexus YouTube Playlist, and presentation slides will be available within this website shortly before the presentation date.
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMED) will host a full-day event focusing on suicide prevention and personal well-being. The inaugural WMed Suicide Prevention & Well-Being Promotion Symposium is scheduled for Friday, September 16, 2022, at the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus in downtown Kalamazoo, see the attached flier for all the details. The event is in person, free and open to the public. If you plan to attend, please register via the WMed Continuing Education Portal. For questions or more information please contact Chris Benson at christina.benson@med.wmich.edu.
WMed hosting inaugural Suicide Prevention & Well-Being Promotion Symposium in September _ WMed.pdf
The allocation of resources and services during emergency-induced situations of scarcity must be based on a sound ethical framework. The Michigan Guidelines for Implementation of Crisis Standards of Care and Ethical Allocation of Scarce Medical Resource and Services During Emergencies and Disasters (Guidelines) offers such an ethical framework. Attachment 4 provides specific guidance to state and local government agencies and officials in Michigan to assist these entities in planning for resource and service scarcity that may arise during emergencies and disasters that impact public health. This attachment applies the general ethical guidance offered in the Guidelines to the specific context of public health, emergency management, and related government settings and addresses in detail some considerations that may arise in this context. This attachment also offers a set of indicators and triggers for assessing the need for implementing contingency or crisis standards of care, as well as potential strategies for implementation of the Guidelines in state local public health, emergency management, and related government settings.
Applications for PHEP Special Project funding are due to DEPR no later than September 30 by 5:00 pm (ET). Send applications to MDHHS-BETP-DEPR-PHEP@michigan.gov.
Here are some examples of possible special projects:
- Possible special funding project funds examples
- Staff Training
- 800 Radio’s or support of those, new batteries etc
- Operations center updates-detailed quotes
- Conference attendance for PHEP Funded Staff (Great Lakes Homeland Security Conference, National Preparedness Summit, etc.)
- IP/Corrective Action items from Covid Response or other activations
- OWLS (example) or other video/sound equipment to work with meetings
- Communication materials, billboards, brochures handouts etc.
- ICS training for command staff of your PH Ops (e.g., ICS-300, ICS-400)
- Security systems (although this would be a shared cost item with other programs in the building)
- Contractual staffing
- Cell phone support for PHEP Staff
- AAR contractors
If you have an idea you would like to discuss or have other questions related to the special project funding, please contact Mary Macqueen at macqueenm@michigan.gov or by cell phone at 517-331-2393.
During the PHEP Partners meeting on the afternoon of September 8, the MI Volunteer Registry State Coordinator mentioned a resource that EPCs might find useful. Attached you will find the FAQ document related to legal and regulatory issues.
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