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Course Overview |
Mass Antibiotic Dispensing:
Taking Care of Business
A Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
Originally aired December 6, 2007
1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
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Public health officials and members of the business community are discovering the mutual benefits of partnering to get Pills into People. Bound together by a common goal—protecting the health and safety of the citizens of the community—public health and business are finding new strategies to solve some of the problems inherent in a mass antibiotic dispensing campaign. Both sides of this multidisciplinary partnership have something unique to offer and also to gain in this relationship. For example, when local businesses are willing to dispense antibiotics to employees and their families, the number of people who will report to community Points of Dispensing (PODs) can be significantly reduced. This relieves some of the burden on the PODs and offers businesses the opportunity to protect their employees and maintain continuity of operations. This broadcast will focus on the development of these public-private partnerships. Panelists will discuss methods for locating and reaching-out to businesses and identify significant challenges, possible solutions, and opportunities involved in this type of community outreach. In addition, business leaders and public health professionals will share their experiences in forming these partnerships.
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Goal
To facilitate the formation of partnerships between public health and businesses for a mass antibiotic dispensing campaign
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Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- List two ways that business can contribute to a mass antibiotic dispensing campaign
- List two benefits for businesses that partner with public health
- Define BENS
- Discuss some of the liability concerns for business regarding mass antibiotic dispensing
- Identify two resources to assist public health in creating business partnerships
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Intended Audiences
State and local public health officials, state and local SNS and CRI planners, emergency managers, designated POD managers, and volunteer coordinators
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Presenters
Ruth Thornburg, MA, MS, Public Information and Communication Specialist, EDS, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stasha Wyskiel, Manager, Business Continuity Planning, Gap Inc.
Gene W. Matthews, JD, Senior Fellow, The North Carolina Institute for Public Health
John H.H. Turner III, Director and Program Manager, Georgia Business Force, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
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Webcast Information
This broadcast will have a live webcast. The webcast also will be available through the Internet following the broadcast.
You can view the live or archived webcast at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/business/index.asp
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This page last reviewed: January 7, 2008
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- Fact sheet to assist public health professionals in reaching out to business
