APC Road Show:Billings, Montana

Zarnaaz BashirProgram Manager

Who are the APCs?

• Seven funded local health departments that respond to emerging issues in preparedness and produce innovative tools, technical assistance, and training that other LHDs need to respond to public health emergencies.

The APCs:

Why is this important?

• Meets a LHD need• Precludes unnecessary time and

resources spent on duplication of work

• Improved health outcomes

Where are we now?

~90 tools available

AREAS OF FOCUSPlanning, training, and/or exercising on…

• Vulnerable populations

• Biosurveillance• Radiological

response• Environmental

health/food safety• Rural health• Mutual aid

• Personal preparedness

• Dispensing issues• Volunteers• Pan flu

preparedness• Risk

communication• Mass fatality

Technical assistance & training

• Mentoring• APC training conferences• Regional meetings• Satellite broadcast/webinars• Presentations

Where are we going?

• Aligning our work with CDC’s priorities

• State partners, ASTHO, SACCHOs• ASPH, PERRCs, CPHPs

Where are we going?

• Marketing• Evaluation• Gap analysis & research

Success factors

• Provide you with tools and training to help enhance your agency’s preparedness capabilities and capacities

• Provide you with a clear understanding of the APC Program

• Provide us with an understanding of preparedness needs for rural health departments

Who are you?

Jurisdiction Served

Attendance at Summit

Familiarity with APCs

Use of APC resources

Attendance at APC training

Your priorities

Group exercise

1. What public health preparedness challenges do you face in your community?

2. What are you hoping to learn from this conference?