Becoming the healthiest nAtion in a healthier WoRLd
ASTHO-NACCHO
JOINT CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2008 SACRAMENTO, CA
Conference Guide
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For booking information please contact
Sacramento Convention Center Administration Office
1030 15th Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95814
tel 916.264.5291 fax 916.264.7687
www.sacramentoconventioncenter.com
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General Sessions
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Starbucks
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Meeting Rooms
For booking information please contact
Sacramento Convention Center Administration Office
1030 15th Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95814
tel 916.264.5291 fax 916.264.7687
www.sacramentoconventioncenter.com
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint Conference
Table of Contents
Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National
Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), welcome to the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint
Conference in Sacramento! You’ve joined the largest gathering of state and local governmental public
health officials in the United States!
Joint Program Committee
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Acknowledgements
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General Information
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Conference At-A-Glance
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Continuing Education &
Conference Objectives
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Special Events & Meetings
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General Sessions
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Concurrent Sessions
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We join you for a meaningful and revitalizing experience, to catch up with old friends and make new
ones, and to discover more effective ways to make us a healthier nation.
Preconference Workshops &
Training Opportunities
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Sincerely,
Exhibitor Directory
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Poster Showcase Directory
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Attendee Directory
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Under our conference theme, Becoming the Healthiest Nation in a Healthier World, we focus on creating
the 21st century American health system needed to become the healthiest nation in the world.
We thank the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint Program Committee for assembling five engaging and highly
informative plenary sessions featuring nationally recognized keynote speakers; 53 breakout sessions,
including 11 federal sessions; a Poster Showcase with 74 poster presentations; a Joint Networking
Luncheon in the exhibit hall; the conference social event at the Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento,
and several other formal and informal learning and networking opportunities for us and our public
health system partners.
David N. Sundwall, MD
ASTHO President
Robert M. Pestronk, MPH
NACCHO Immediate Past President
ASTHO Mission
Transforming public health
within states and territories to help
members dramatically improve
health and wellness.
NACCHO Mission
NACCHO is the national organization representing
local health departments. NACCHO supports efforts that protect and improve
the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy,
developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting
effective local public health practice and systems.
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ASTHO-NACCHO Joint Program Committee
ASTHO Program Planning Committee
NACCHO Annual Conference Workgroup
Liaisons from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Judith A. Monroe, MD, Co-Chair
John Wiesman, MPH, Co-Chair
State Health Commissioner
Indiana Department of Health
Director
Clark County Public Health, Washington
Richard Dixon, MD, FACP
John Auerbach, MBA
JoAnn Bennison, MS, RN
Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Executive Director
New York State Association of County Health Officials
Sharon Hall, RN, PhD
Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN
Beth Bickford, MS, RN, CNS
Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Health
Executive Director
Association of Ohio Health Commissioners
Terry L. Dwelle, MD, MPH
Lynn Frank, MBA
State Health Officer
North Dakota Department of Health
Director
Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services, California
Chris G. Hoke, JD
Jody Henry Hershey, MD, MPH
Deputy State Health Director
North Carolina Public Health
Public Health Director
New River Health District, Virginia
Mark B. Horton, MD, MSPH
Reggie Ivey, MHR
Director
California Department of Public Health Associate Director, Community Health Services
Tulsa City-County Health Department, Oklahoma
Jan Malcolm, BA
Barbara Kovacs, MPA
Chief Executive Officer
Courage Center, Minnesota
Deputy Director
York City Bureau of Health, Pennsylvania
Amber Williams, BA
Teresa Long, MD, MPH
Executive Director
State and Territorial Injury Prevention
Directors Association
Health Commissioner
Columbus City Health Department, Ohio
National Center for Health Marketing
Office of Workforce and Career Development
Sarah Olson, MS, CHES
National Center for Health Marketing
Joel Lucia, RS, MPH
Health Commissioner
Lake County Health District, Ohio
Nancy Norman, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Boston Public Health Commission, Massachusetts
Kevin Sherin, MD, MPH
Director
Orange County Health Department, Florida
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Acknowledgements
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 JOINT CONFERENCE SUPPORTERS
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 JOINT CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTORS
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Sponsors
ASTHO and NACCHO also acknowledge these agencies and organizations for their
ongoing support of our organizations and the conference.
ASTHO and NACCHO wish to express our sincere gratitude
to our new and returning conference sponsors:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Endowment
Emergent BioSolutions
The George Washington University School of Public Health
Gilead Health Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline
The Ingham County Health Department, Lansing, Michigan
MedImmune
Merck Vaccine Division
National Opinion Research Center
Novartis
Pre-Conference Sponsored Workshops
ASTHO and NACCHO gratefully acknowledge the support of the following sponsors
of the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Pre-Conference Workshops:
Public Health Informatics Institute
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General
Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps
Research Triangle Institute
sanofi pasteur
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention*
“Diamond Island” Exhibitors
ASTHO and NACCHO wish to thank the following supporters for their
significant contributions to the success of this year’s exhibition!
Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness & Emergency Response
Roche
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Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Public Health Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panasonic Computer
Solutions Co.
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Adolescent and School Health
Office on Smoking and Health
Division of Adult and Community Health
Office of the Director
Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice
Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health/
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service
National Center for Health Marketing
National Center for Public Health Informatics
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Office of Rural Health Policy
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
*Conference Support Grant
Funding for the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint Conference was
made possible in part by a cooperative agreement from the
Centers from Disease Control and Prevention. The views
expressed in this document are solely those of the authors
and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 General Information
Conference Hotels
Poster Showcase Hours
Sacramento Hospitality Booth
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 443-1234
Fax: (916) 321-3099
In the Lower and Upper Lobbies
Looking for a restaurant, a museum, or something fun
to do? Visit the Sacramento Hospitality Booth located
on the first floor in the Sacramento Convention Center
foyer. Hosted by the Sacramento Convention Bureau
and the Sacramento County Department of Health and
Human Services, this is the place to learn what to do
and where to go in and around Sacramento!
Wednesday, September 10
8:00 am – 8:00 pm Poster Showcase Open for Viewing
Thursday, September 11
7:30 am – 4:15 pm Poster Showcase Open for Viewing
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Poster Presentations
Sheraton Sacramento
1230 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 447-1700
Fax: (916) 447-1701
UPSTAIRS POSTER AREA (#1-39)
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Tuesday, September 9
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 10
7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday, September 11
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday, September 12
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Tuesday, September 9
Opening Reception/
Exhibit Hall Opens
Thursday, September 11
Closed for Lunch DOWNSTAIRS POSTER AREA (#40-74)
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Community health
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Health value and equity
lPublic health informatics
lAccreditation
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Environmental public health
Attendee Essential Items
Exhibit Hall Hours
Wednesday, September 10
health infrastructure
Women’s and children’s health
Quality/performance improvement
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
10:30 am – 3:00 pm
11:45 am – 1:45 pm
ASTHO and NACCHO wish to thank Pfizer for their
generosity in sponsoring our official conference bags.
Additionally, we would like to express our appreciation
to sanofi pasteur for sponsoring the ASTHO-NACCHO
2008 badge holders.
CyberCafé
Complimentary Internet access, courtesy of March of
Dimes, is available at the CyberCafé for all conference
attendees. The CyberCafé is located in the registration
lobby. ASTHO and NACCHO thank the March of Dimes
for their generous sponsorship.
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Volunteers, Thank You!
We heartily thank the volunteers who worked with us
to help promote ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 throughout
the greater Sacramento area, as well as to those who
provided onsite conference support through the
Sacramento County Department of Health and Human
Services Volunteer & Student Intern Services.
Convention Center Emergency
Evacuation Procedures
In the event of an emergency at the Sacramento
Convention Center, there will be audible and visual
alarms that will initiate. Please proceed to the nearest
exit. Convention Center staff will be able to assist in all
emergency evacuations.
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Healthy Environment
The ASTHO NACCHO joint conference will focus on a healthy environment, featuring:
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Health-conscious menus, including vegetarian
choices. Be sure to notify your luncheon server
if you require a vegetarian or other meal option.
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Conservation options—the hotels will change
linens and towels as necessary or upon request.
lA smoke-free environment.
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All excess food is donated to a local food bank.
Conference Site Certified Green
The Sacramento Convention & Visitors
Bureau and the Sacramento Convention
Center have joined the Sacramento Municipal Utilities
District’s (SMUD) Commercial Greenergy Program
to offset the electricity used to host meetings and
conferences at the Sacramento Convention Center with
environmentally friendly renewable energy—such as
solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric
energy. The use of renewable energy leaves no footprint,
thereby minimizing negative effects conventions may
have on the environment.
Help ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 to be Green!
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Water dispensers will be placed throughout the conference center rather than bottled water.
Communications from ASTHO and NACCHO are being sent electronically—don’t print if you don’t need to!
Return your badge holder at the end of the week so that it can be recycled!
Recycle containers are located throughout the Convention Center for your use.
Public Health Job Postings Board
Looking for new public health career opportunities or
wanting to recruit new members to your department’s
or organization’s workforce? Be sure to check out and/
or post job openings from across the country on the
public health job postings board located near the
conference registration area on the first floor of the
Convention Center. Open to all conference attendees!
Conference Message Board
Stay connected! This self-service message center is
the place for conference attendees to both pick up
messages and to post messages. It’s conveniently
located near the conference registration area on the
first floor.
Bookstore
New in 2008—stop by the bookstore in the exhibit
hall and browse public health titles as well as general
interest books for the plane trip home.
Open during exhibit hours!
Generously sponsored by
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Conference At-A-Glance
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
7:30 am – 6:00 pm NACCHO Business Meetings
7:30 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Ribbon Cutting and Presidents’ Welcome Reception 8:30 am – 10:00 amGeneral Session
in the Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
7:30 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 10:00 am Welcome and Opening General Session
What Do Consumers Expect and Can Public Health Meet Those Expectations?
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
12:00 pm – 1:30 pmASTHO-NACCHO Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
General Session
What We Can Do to Become the Healthiest Nation in a Healthier World
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:15 pm – 6:00 pmASTHO Business Meeting, Sheraton Gardenia Room
What Is the Future of Health in the United States?
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Concurrent Sessions (Federal)
11:45 pm – 1:45 pm NACCHO Reconnections Luncheon
11:45 pm – 1:45 pmASTHO Awards Luncheon
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Dessert in the Exhibit Hall
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm Break
4:15 pm – 5:30 pmPoster Showcase Presentations
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Conference Social Event
Sacramento Railroad Museum
Friday, September 12, 2008
8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:30 am Concurrent Sessions
9:45 am – 10:45 am General Session
At Risk Populations Project
11:00 am – 12:15 pmGeneral Closing Session
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Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Call to Action!
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Continuing Education and Conference Objectives
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
ASTHO and NACCHO are pleased to offer credit for
continuing education for select plenary and almost all
concurrent sessions at this year’s conference. Attendees
wishing to purchase credit for receiving continuing
education at ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 can do so onsite
at the Conference Registration Desk for a flat fee of
$25. Those attendees will be provided with further
information regarding filling out the required postconference evaluation. Attendees must participate
in complete sessions in order to be eligible for credit.
The following types of continuing education will be
available:
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing
medical education for physicians. CDC designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
Continuing Education in Health
Education (CHES)
CDC is a designated provider of continuing
education contact hours (CECH) in health
education by the National Commission for Health
Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a
designated event for the CHES to receive 10.5
Category I contact hours in health education,
CDC provider number GA0082.
Continuing Education Units—General (CEU)
CDC has been approved as an Authorized
Provider by the International Association for
Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405
Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102.
The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEU’s
for this program.
Continuing Environmental Health Education
Conference attendees can earn up to 10.25
hours of continuing education credit from the
National Environmental Health Association
(NEHA). Instructions for obtaining the continuing
education credits from NEHA will be provided
when participants register on site.
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 JOINT CONFERENCE
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Becoming the Healthiest Nation in a
Healthier World
The goal of the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint Conference is to
enhance the ability of participants to help create a 21st century
health system necessary for the United States to become the
healthiest nation in the world. ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 will
achieve this goal by providing sessions that enable attendees
to:
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Outline strategies, resources, and tools for accountability
and performance improvement to help the U.S. become the healthiest nation in the world
Identify practices and policies designed to strengthen
cooperation between state and local public health agencies to help the U.S. become the healthiest nation in the world
Demonstrate best practices for collaboration and the
alignment of resources among public and private sector
key stakeholders to help the U.S become the healthiest
nation in the world
Examine innovations in policy, legal decisions, and investments to help the U.S. become the healthiest
nation in the world
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CDC is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing
Education by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity
provides 10.25 contact hours.
Describe policies that promote health value and equity to help the U.S become the healthiest nation in the world
CONFERENCE EVALUATION
We take your evaluation seriously! Please plan on giving us your feedback and suggestions for
improvement after the conference concludes. After you leave the conference, a link to the overall
online evaluation will be sent to you via e-mail. Your responses are integral to providing you with
an even better conference experience in the years to come.
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Special Events & Meetings
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
8:00 am – 10:00 am
NACCHO Membership Advisory Committee
Hyatt, Capitol Board Room
The primary objective of the meeting will
be to develop a membership marketing
plan for the coming year.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
NACCHO Survive and Thrive
Sponsored by ESRI
Hyatt, Carmel Room
Survive and Thrive is a learning
opportunity designed to enhance the
skills of new local health officials—the top
executives at local health departments.
If you are a new local health official,
this session provides you with more
information about Survive and Thrive and
allows you the chance to engage with
new and experienced colleagues to learn
skills for the challenges and opportunities
presented by your new role.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Presidents’ Welcome Reception
in Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by the California Conference of
Local Health Officers
Convention Center, Hall B
Help us kick off the conference by joining
your colleagues for networking and
conversation. View products and services
offered by over 100 vendors in a relaxed
atmosphere. This reception will include
light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
The Measles Conundrum: Leveraging a
20th Century Tool to Battle a 10th Century
Disease in the 21st Century
Convention Center, Hall C
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The resurgence of measles poses a
significant risk to the public’s health. Local
health departments across the country
are on the front lines of identifying and
managing measles outbreaks. In doing so,
they are using and improving strategies
that will be needed to respond to similar
or even more dangerous outbreaks. The
workshop will provide an overview of the
outbreak and background information
about steps public health departments
must take to control the spread of
measles and protect our communities. All
conference attendees are welcomed to
attend!
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm
ASTHO Business Meeting
Sheraton, Gardenia Room
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation SHLI
Reception for ASTHO Members and Alumni
Hyatt, Carmel Room
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
UNITY Reception
Sheraton, Tofanelli Room
Join us for the Urban Networks to
Increase Thriving Youth Through
Violence Prevention (UNITY) reception.
UNITY is a national initiative designed
to strengthen and support cities in
effective and sustainable efforts to
prevent violence before it occurs. UNITY
utilizes a public health approach toward
preventing violence and promotes
innovative strategies toward ensuring
healthy and safe communities. Please
come learn about UNITY’s project, share
your experiences, and get to know some
of your colleagues working to prevent
violence. The reception is open to all
conference registrants and will include
light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
7:30 am – 8:30 am
NACCHO Forum Breakfast Meetings
Sponsored by the DEET Education Program
Convention Center, City: 202 / County: 204 / Metro: 203
NACCHO’s city, county, and metro forums
will discuss issues of concern to departments
serving similar jurisdictions.
7:30 am – 9:00 am
ASTHO Member and Alumni Breakfast
Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente
Hyatt, Carmel Room
11:45 am – 1:45 pm
ASTHO Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by the American Legacy Foundation
Convention Center, Hall E
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm ASTHO-NACCHO Poster Showcase Presentations
Sponsored by ESRI
Convention Center, Upper and Lower Lobbies
This event features poster presentations on
innovative programs and resources selected
to be of special interest to state and local
public health practitioners. Meet the poster
presenters during this special time period.
For additional information, see the Poster
Showcase Directory beginning on page 47.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Performance Improvement Reception
Hyatt, Carmel Room
Come out to the Mobilizing for Action
through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP),
National Public Health Performance
Standards Program and Accreditation
Reception. Share your experiences, learn
from others, and get to know fellow
practitioners working on performance
improvement. This reception is open to ALL
conference registrants. The reception will
feature peer experts and resources to help
ASTHO-NACCHO Joint Conference l Becoming the healthiest NATION in a healthier WORLD
you work on performance improvement in
your community and prepare your agency
for accreditation. There will be a cash bar and
refreshments will be served.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
NACCHO Model Practices Awards Reception
Sponsored by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
Hyatt, Regency Room
NACCHO will honor and recognize recipients
of the 2008 Model Practice Awards: local
health departments that have implemented
outstanding, effective programs within the
field of public health. Poster presentations will
be featured and awardees will be available
to answer questions. Everyone is welcome to
attend!
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Social Event at the Sacramento
Railroad Museum
Sponsored by sanofi pasteur
Buses depart from the Convention Center at 6:45 PM
Located in Old Sacramento, the California
State Railroad Museum is regarded as North
America’s most popular railroad museum.
There is something here for everyone!
Experience lavishly restored trains and
engaging exhibits. Attendees will have the
perfect setting to reconnect with colleagues
and friends, and build and enrich long term
relationships.
FRIday, September 12, 2008
7:00 am – 8:15 am
PHAB Discussion Group
Convention Center, Room 312
The staff of the Public Health Accreditation
Board (PHAB) will host an interactive
exchange on the status of the national
accreditation program for state and local
health departments. This event is open to all
conference attendees. A continental breakfast
will be provided.
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 General Sessions
General Sessions Information
All General Sessions are in the Sacramento Convention Center, Hall C
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Welcome and Opening General Session
Sometimes what consumers expect of their public health departments is very different from what public health actually provides. Join public health thought leaders and consumer poll experts in a discussion about consumer perceptions and how they may shape health care and public health departments in the future.
Speakers:
Robert J. Blendon, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kevin McConville, Regional Managing Partner, The Gallup Organization
Robert M. Pestronk, MPH, NACCHO Immediate Past President and Health Officer, Genesee County Health Department, Michigan
Sponsored by Walden University
What Do Consumers Expect And Can Public Health Meet Those Expectations?
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
General Session
Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
What We Can Do to Become the Healthiest Nation in a Healthier World
Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey will describe RWJF’s vision for health transformation and discuss how we can become the Healthiest Nation in a Healthier World, providing examples of the foundation’s work in support of this goal.
Speaker:
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
President and CEO
Becoming the healthiest NaTION in a healthier WORLD
David N. Sundwall, MD, ASTHO President and Executive Director, Utah Department of Health
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 General Sessions continued
Thursday, September 11, 2008
8:30 am – 10:00 am
General Session
What Is the Future of Health in the United States?
Join public leaders and health officials in a lively exploration of health and health system reform in the United States, the role of state and local health leaders, and the partnerships required to drive America’s goal to become the healthiest nation.
Friday, September 12, 2008
9:45 am – 10:45 am
General Session
How Will You Protect Your At-Risk Populations During a Pandemic?
The At-Risk Populations Project (ARPP) is developing
recommendations for state, territorial, tribal, and local
health officials on how to protect at-risk populations
during an influenza pandemic. This session will present key
findings, discuss the application of the recommendations,
and encourage discussion about ways to further refine and
apply the guidance to current planning efforts, including
identification and collaboration with at-risk populations,
communicating with and education of at-risk populations,
provision of services, and how to test, exercise, measure
and improve preparedness of at-risk populations.
Friday, September 12, 2008
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
General Closing Session
Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Call to Action!
The last century saw enormous public health
advancements. However, times have changed,
and despite our nation’s great wealth, the United
States lags behind many countries in key indicators
of health such as life expectancy, infant mortality,
and prevalence of chronic disease. This session
will explore where the United States stands in
comparison to other developed countries and why
we have fallen behind. This session will be a call to
action on how resources must be invested for the
United States to become the healthiest nation in a
healthier world.
Speaker:
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, Executive Vice President and
Chief of Medical Affairs, United Health Group
Speakers:
John Auerbach, MBA, Massachusetts Department of Health and ARPP
Advisory Panel Chair
Carina Elsenboss, MS, Seattle-King County Department of Health and ARPP
Advisory Panel Member
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Concurrent Sessions At-A-Glance
Wednesday, September 10
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Collaboration for Early Detection and Intervention: Promoting Mental Health Among Youth
Room: 312
Cross-Sector Legal Coordination in Preparedness: New Tools and Resources
Room: 306
Enhancing Collaboration Among State and Local Health Room: 307
Departments: A Strategy for Introducing and Disseminating Quality Improvement Practices
Exploring Restaurant Nutrition: A Growing Part of the Diet
Room: 308
Promoting Built Environment Change in Los Angeles County
Room: 314
State and Local Public Health Policies, Programs and Funding to Reduce Children’s Health Inequities through School-Based
Access Strategies
Room: 315
What Does It Take? State and Local Partnership for Performance Improvement
Room: 307
Will Your City Survive? : Practical Models to Build Resilience
Room: 311
Work Globally to Act Locally: Local Approaches Around the World
Room: 310
Leveraging Opportunities for Prevention Across the Lifecourse: The Case for Collaboration between MCH and Chronic Disease
Room: 313
Thursday, September 11
Federal Sessions Public Health Accreditation Update
Room: 314
Room: 301
Regionalizing Public Health Services: Options, Models, and Challenges
Room: 315
Chronic Disease Integration: Working Together to Promote Healthy Behaviors
Collaborating for Food Safety in the 21st Century
Room: 312
Successful Statewide, Multi-Stakeholder Neonatal and Maternal Quality Improvement Collaboratives
Room: 309
Creating Healthy Communities Through Federal Land Use and Transportation Policy
Room: 203
Using the National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards to Improve Environmental Health Services
Room: 311
Environmental Health: Improving the Health of States and Communities, the Federal Perspective
Room: 311
Using Unnatural Causes to Achieve Health Equity
Room: 310
The Federal Role in Ensuring Health Promotion Services
for Women, Children and Disabled Populations
Room: 204
Federal Sharing Session on Infectious Disease
Room: 306
Federal Support for State and Local Public Health Infrastructure Room: 307
The Future of Performance Evaluation, Metrics and Accountability for State and Local Public Health Preparedness
Room: 308
Perspectives on Legal Protections for Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Units and Volunteers
Room: 313
Public Health Informatics
Room: 310
What are our Federal Partners Doing to Address Workforce Issues?
Room: 314
Wednesday, September 10
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Access to Care—Defining a Healthy Seminole County
Room: 312
Applying the High Performance Health System Framework to a Local Public Health System: The Experience of the San Antonio
Metropolitan Health District
Room: 306
The Effects of Untreated Mental Illness on Local Health Services: Lessons from Virginia Tech
Room: 309
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage—What is the Public Health Role?
Room: 308
From Vision to Action: Local, State, and Private Partnership for e-Health in Minnesota
Room: 313
ASTHO Alumni Society Session 10:30 am – 11:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Room: 315
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Environmental Stewardship: How Large is Your Carbon Footprint? ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Concurrent Sessions At-A-Glance continued
Thursday, September 11
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2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Friday, September 12
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Ensuring a Competent Workforce
Room: 306
Altered Standards of Care for Pandemic Influenza
Room: 310
Room: 307
Room: 306
Creating a Public Health Ethics Framework
Building a Multi-level Public Health Alliance to Increase Smoking Cessation: The Example of the EX Campaign
Evidence, Equity, Empowerment, Environment: The Evolution of Chronic Disease Prevention in California Health Departments
Room: 308
California’s Tuberculosis Indicators Project: A Successful Intervention to Improve Patient and Public Health Outcomes
Room: 307
Improving Health Status in Genesee County by Covering the Uninsured: Seven Years of Success through Genesee Health Plan
Room: 312
A Coordinated Approach to Combating a Crypto Outbreak
Room: 308
Room: 309
Room: 313
Local and State Health Strategies to Effect Health Outcome Related to Climate Change—Results of the LHD Survey
Face-to-Face: A State-Local Dialogue on Environmental Public Health Tracking
Health and Disability: An Evolving Paradigm Room: 314
Room: 312
Mission Possible: State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Nutrition and Physical Activity in Schools
Healthy Homes: A Health Equity Strategy
Room: 314
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Outreach
State and Local Public Health Partnerships: Using
Strategic Marketing Techniques to Improve Georgia’s Public
Health Preparedness Efforts
Room: 315
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Overdue! Strategic Planning in a
Local Health Department
Room: 315
Understanding the Complexity of Trans Fatty Acid Reduction
Room: 310
Room: 309
Preventing and Controlling Diabetes—A Comprehensive Public Health Approach
Web-based System Links Asthma Clinicians to Housing
Code Enforcement
Room: 311
A Process to Change Public Health Practice to Address Social Determinants of Health
Room: 313
State and Local Health Department Collaboration for HIV and STD Prevention: Examples from California and North Carolina
Room: 311
Using Law to Improve the Public’s Health: Available Resources and Technical Assistance for State and Local Health Officials
Room: 203
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
2008
JOINT CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
More than 50 different 60-minute and 90-minute
concurrent sessions have been planned and
developed for presentation at ASTHO-NACCHO
2008 on Wednesday, September 10, through Friday,
September 12. Sessions fall within the following
conference tracks:
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• Collaboration and Alignment of Resources
• Federal Agency Sessions: Program Updates and Emerging Issues
• Fundamental Long-Term Change
• Health Value and Equity
• State and Local Public Health Cooperation
Accountability and Continuous Improvement
Wednesday, September 10
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Collaboration for Early Detection and Intervention:
Promoting Mental Health Among Youth
Room 312
“If troubled young people get attention early, you
will likely see better outcomes.” The Early Detection
and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis
Program, is a community-wide project out of the
University of California at Davis, which aims to
identify young people between 12 and 25 who
show early signs of psychosis and prevent the onset
and consequences of serious mental illness. The
program is seeking to replicate an innovative and
highly promising approach to psychosis prevention
developed in Portland, Maine. Higher-risk young
people receive evidence-based, psychosocial support
and education, treatment and medication. Those
with lower risk receive careful monitoring, support and
referrals for further treatment, as needed. Youth, family
members and other representatives from some of the
15+ community organizations involved will join Dr.
Cameron Carter in this interactive discussion.
Facilitator/Speaker
Cameron S. Carter, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University
of California Davis School of Medicine
Cross-Sector Legal Coordination in Preparedness:
New Tools and Resources
Room 306
Providing for multi-sector coordination of law-based
efforts across jurisdictions and sectors is an essential
element of public health preparedness. During 20072008, CDC’s Public Health Law Program and USDOJ’s
Bureau of Justice Assistance established the “Public
Health and Law Enforcement Emergency Preparedness
Workgroup” with membership from public health, law
enforcement, corrections, and judiciary organizations.
To strengthen intersectoral coordination, the
Workgroup developed: 1) a framework of strategies and
actions that can be adopted for coordinated emergency
response; 2) a model MOU for joint public health and
law enforcement investigations; and 3) a guide for
developing MOUs for coordinated implementation of
social distancing measures. This session will familiarize
participants with these and other new tools and
resources for strengthening cross-sector coordination
in emergency preparedness.
Facilitator/Speaker
Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH, Co-Director, Public
Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Georgia
Speakers
David Lakey, MD, Commissioner, Texas Department of
Health Services
Kim Ball Norris, JD, Senior Policy Advisor for
Adjudication, Bureau of Justice Assistance, United States
Department of Justice, District of Columbia
Dean Sienko, MD, MS, Director, Ingham County Health
Department, Michigan
Enhancing Collaboration Among State and Local
Health Departments: A Strategy for Introducing and
Disseminating Quality Improvement Practices
Room 307
This session will highlight strategies for implementing
quality improvement (QI) practices with local health
departments in Minnesota and Michigan—two states
participating in the Multi-State Learning Collaborative,
Lead States in Public Health Quality Improvement,
an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation to advance quality in public health.
Both states engaged local health departments in a
collaborative process to design and implement QI
projects targeted at improving a range of health and
capacity-related indicators. Representatives from
both state and local health departments will share
the lessons learned with specific focus on using state/
local partnership to improve quality; the benefits of the
collaboration; and training and technical support needed
to ensure the successful application of QI techniques.
Facilitator/Speaker
Debra Tews, Senior Accreditation and Local Health
Services Specialist, Michigan Department of
Community Health
Speakers
Debra Burns, Director, Office of Public Health Practice,
Minnesota Department of Health
Mary L. Kushion, MSA, Health Officer, Central Michigan
District Health Department
Judy Voss, BS, PHN, MS, Associate Director, Olmsted
County Public Health Services, Minnesota
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Exploring Restaurant Nutrition: A Growing
Part of the Diet
Room 308
Americans are increasingly relying on restaurants to
feed themselves and their families, consuming about
one third of their calories from eating out. Fast food
in particular is one of the fastest growing sources of
caloric intake for Americans. Studies link eating out
with higher caloric intakes and higher body weights.
In addition, restaurant foods often are high in trans
and saturated fat, which raise blood cholesterol and
increase heart disease risk. Policies and practice’s
that encourage food service to offer healthier food,
and assist individuals in making healthier choices at
restaurants, are essential given the problematic and
increasing role of restaurant foods in Americans’ diets.
Session presenters are leading national, state, and
local efforts to address restaurant nutrition, including
menu labeling and trans fat policies.
Facilitator
Sharon Moffatt, RN, MPH, Commissioner, Vermont
Department of Health
Speakers
Amanda Bloom, MPH, Policy Director, California Center
for Public Health Advocacy
Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Commissioner,
Bureau of Chronic Disease, City of New York,
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Margo G. Wootan, DSc, Director of Nutrition Policy,
Center for Science in the Public Interest,
District of Columbia
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Leveraging Opportunities for Prevention Across the
Lifecourse: The Case for Collaboration between MCH
and Chronic Disease
Room 331
A lifecourse perspective uses an interdisciplinary
approach to understand the long-term effects of
chronic disease risk from biological, physiological,
behavioral, and psychosocial exposures from gestation
to adulthood. The lifecourse framework explains
how biological and environmental exposures change
individual and societal health outcomes across a
lifetime and generations. Risk factors, protective
factors, and early-life experiences affect people’s
long-term health outcomes. Collaboration between
maternal and child health (MCH), chronic disease,
and other state and local health divisions can not
only shift health departments from treatment to early
prevention, but can create more streamlined and
comprehensive approaches to public health. Investing
in MCH programs can in effect reduce the development
of chronic disease and maximize resources.
Facilitator
Ellen Schleicher, MHS, Analyst, Maternal and Child
Health, Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials
Speakers
Neal Halfon, MD, MPH,Director, UCLA Center for
Healthier Children, Families and Communities,
Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Public Policy,
California
Cheryl Lauber, RN, MSN, DPA, Consultant, Michigan
Department of Community Health
Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH, Senior Health Education
Specialist, Contra Costa Health Services - Family,
Maternal and Child Health Programs, California
Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPH, Director, Contra Costa Health
Services - Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs,
California
Public Health Accreditation Update
Room 314
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is
developing a voluntary national accreditation program
for state, local, territorial and tribal governmental
public health departments. The goal of accreditation
is to protect and improve the public’s health through
improved quality and performance of departments’
public health. PHAB committees and workgroups,
the members of which are knowledgeable public
health practitioners from across the country,
have been developing the standards, assessment
processes, and policies for equivalency recognition.
Work is also being done to address incentives for
accreditation. Participants of the session will learn
about the preliminary products, the process of
their development, plans for testing processes and
standards, and research concerning incentives for
accreditation.
Facilitator/Speaker
Robin Wilcox, MPA, Associate Director, Public Health
Accreditation Board
Speakers
Kaye Bender, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean, Professor, and
Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing, University of
Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing
Mary V. Davis, DrPH, MSPH, Director, Evaluation
Services, North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Regionalizing Public Health Services: Options,
Models, and Challenges
Room 315
Regionalization is an organizational strategy that
combines resources of health departments to ensure
that appropriate public health protections and
services are provided to the residents. This session
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will review two statewide initiatives to achieve
regionalization. Kansas is developing a “functional
cooperation” model, through which local health
departments determine how to share public health
services and collaboratively achieve the standards in
the Operational Definition of a Functional Local Health
Department. Massachusetts is developing legislation
to secure state funding to support development of
regions across the state that will provide a specified
set of services. In both states, the anticipated
outcome is a local public health structure that
achieves accreditation status, with the ultimate goal of
improved health status.
and The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
(CMQCC) are two successful state-wide long-term
initiatives. CPQCC has reduced neonatal length of stay
and hospital acquired infections. CMQCC was formed
to improve maternity care. The linkage of the California
Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (CA-PAMR)
to CMQCC is an innovative method for identifying
priorities and translating findings into action. Clinician
and public health partnerships are also being forged
through the development of the Local Maternal Care
Quality Improvement (LMCQI) pilot project.
Facilitator/Speaker
Jeffrey B. Gould, MD, MPH, Robert L. Hess Professor in
Pediatrics, Stanford University, California
Facilitator
Carol Moehrle, RN, District Director, North Central
District Health Department, Idaho
Speakers
Debra Bingham, MS, RN, DrPH Candidate, Executive
Director, California Maternity Quality Care
Collaborative (CMQCC), Stanford University School of
Medicine
Speakers
Harold Cox, Associate Dean for Public Health
Practice, Boston University School of Public Health,
Massachusetts
Elliott Main, MD, Principal Investigator, California
Maternity Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC);
Chair OB/GYN Department, California Pacific Medical
Center
Edie Snethen, BS, MS, Executive Director, Kansas
Association of Local Health Departments
Connie Mitchell, MD, MPH, Policy Development,
California Department of Public Health; Center for
Family Health; Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
Program
Successful Statewide, Multi-Stakeholder Neonatal
and Maternal Quality Improvement Collaboratives
Room 309
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH),
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH)
Program goal is to protect and improve the health
of California’s women of reproductive age, infants,
children, adolescents, and their families. Two multistakeholder quality improvement collaboratives, The
California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC)
Barbara Murphy, MS, RN, Program Director, California
Maternity Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC)
Using the National Environmental Public Health
Performance Standards to Improve Environmental
Health Services
Room 311
This session will familiarize participants with the draft
National Environmental Public Health Performance
Standards, a companion module to the National
Public Health Performance Standards. The Standards
will assist agencies in measuring the capacity of
environmental health programs to perform the
environmental health essential services, improving
agency consistency and accountability across the
nation, and preparing for the advent of accreditation.
Over the past year, representatives from local, state,
and tribal agencies across the U.S. became involved
with the Standards to assess and improve the
infrastructure of their agencies. During this session,
local, state and tribal representatives will share
experiences related to the standards instrument, as
well as successes and challenges associated with
efforts to improve infrastructure and services.
Facilitator/Speaker
Sarah Kotchian, EdM, MPH, PhD, Consultant, Sarah
Kotchian Consulting, New Mexico
Speakers
Patrick O. Bohan, MS, RS, MSEH, PhD, Assistant
Professor, East Central University, Oklahoma
Keith Keene, BA CHM, CEHP, Environmental Health
Administrator, DeSoto County Health Department,
Florida
John Sarisky, RS, MPH, DAAS, Environmental Health
Scientist, Centers for Disease Control National Center
for Environmental Health, Georgia
Using Unnatural Causes to Achieve Health Equity
Room 310
Communities of color and those of low-income
have experienced historical injustices that have
translated into persistent health inequities. The
PBS documentary series Unnatural Causes explored
these alarming socio-economic and racial health
inequities. This training will provide a social justice
framework and enable participants to examine ideas,
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objectives, and allies that can lead to health equity.
The presentation will illustrate how state and local
health departments in Oregon and Washington used
the series to address health inequities through focused
dialogues with local communities about their root
causes and solutions. Success stories will describe:
1) community organizations’ action to reduce health
inequities; 2) policies and strategies to promote health
equity; and 3) partnerships that facilitate teamwork, as
well as more effective state and local health alliances.
Access to Care—Defining a Healthy Seminole County
Room 312
Facilitator/Speaker
Gail Brandt, BS, MPH, EdD, Program Manager,
Washington State Department of Health
Speakers
LaRisha Baker, BS, Contract Specialist, Multnomah
County Health Department, Oregon
Benjamin Duncan, BS, Community Health Specialist,
Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon
Louise Square, BA, Public Health Representative/
Technical Advisor, New York State Department
of Health
Tricia Tillman, MPH, Health Equity Initiative Program
Manager and Diversity and Quality Team Co-chair,
Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon
Using the MAPP process, Seminole County Health
Department and the Health Council of East Central
Florida were able to guide key stakeholders through
the development of a strategic plan for the county
to address the growing population of residents who
are uninsured. With critical financial support from the
Seminole County Board of County Commissioners,
a comprehensive system of care for the uninsured
was developed. Presenters will provide important
information on how to develop and maintain
community partnerships and gain support for health
initiatives. Presenters will also discuss how these
partnerships have resulted in a volunteer driven acute
primary care clinic and development of a secondary
care referral system including pharmacy, dental, and
mental health.
Facilitator/Speaker
Michael A. Napier, AS, BS, MSHA, Administrator,
Seminole County Health Department, Florida
Speaker
Karen van Caulil, PhD, MSPH, Executive Director,
Health Council of East Central Florida, Inc.
Applying the High Performance Health System
Framework to a Local Public Health System:
The Experience of the San Antonio Metropolitan
Health District
Room 306
Health system challenges including organizational
silos, poor coordination, competition for resources,
and the absence of a common community health
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agenda limit the ability of public health agencies
to improve health outcomes. The Commonwealth
Commission on a High Performance Health System has
developed a framework for health system improvement
that emphasizes quality, access, efficiency and innovation
which may be applied to individual organizations or
community health systems to support performance
improvement. This framework has guided the San
Antonio Metropolitan Health District in transformative
initiatives including the realignment of programs within
the health system, development of structures to support
partnership between practice and academic entities,
and collaborations to increase community focus on
prevention. Progress, challenges, and opportunities for
improving health outcomes and reducing costs will be
discussed.
Facilitator
Jennifer Herriott, MPH, Population Based Services
Administrator, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District,
Texas
Speaker
Fernando A. Guerra, MD, MPH, Director of Health, San
Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Texas
The Effects of Untreated Mental Illness on Local Health
Services: Lessons from Virginia Tech
Room 309
Public health departments are significantly burdened
by gaps in the current mental health system. Local
law enforcement and hospital emergency rooms are
the frontline for today’s mental health intervention.
Overcrowded jails, the ‘down-sizing’ of psychiatric inpatient
facilities, and fewer community-based mental health
services result in more untreated or inadequately treated
individuals with mental illness in the general community.
This session will describe the impact of the Virginia Tech
tragedy on the health departments and surrounding
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two states—California and Massachusetts—that are
involved in different stages of health care reform will
share their experiences of the public health role.
Promoting Built Environment Change in
Los Angeles County
Room 314
communities as well as address policy and legal
changes that can be made to identify at-risk mentally
ill populations, especially those with a propensity for
violence, and improve the health of the community.
Facilitator/Speaker
John Auerbach, MBA, Commissioner, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
Public health practitioners increasingly recognize that
improvement in population health and reduction of
disparities requires innovative “upstream” strategies
focused on the physical environment. Such measures
have been shown to be effective; evidence suggests,
for example, that community design and land use
strategies can increase physical activity. This session
describes L.A. County Public Health’s new place-based
approach for preventing chronic conditions, including
making physical activity the easy choice through
policy change within local jurisdictions. The session
will explore the department’s new built environment
grant program, which funds city and non-profit
organizations to conduct initiatives that include policy
change, such as the development of bicycle and
pedestrian master plans and physical projects that
directly improve the built environment.
Facilitator
Teresa C. Long, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner,
Columbus Public Health, Ohio
Speakers
Jody Henry Hershey, MD, MPH, Director, New River
Health District, Virginia; Professor of Family and
Preventive Medicine, Virginia College of Osteopathic
Medicine
E. Fuller Torrey, MD, Founder and Board Member,
Treatment Advocacy Center, Virginia
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage—What is the
Public Health Role?
Room 308
As the Presidential election draws near, there is a
focus on expanding health insurance coverage for
Americans as an important way to improve access
to health care and health outcomes. While this
effort at the state level is not primarily based in
public health departments, we can play a critical
role in demonstrating the need for health care
access, the consequences of inaccessible care, and
the importance of clinical preventive services and
population-based prevention. And, once health care
reform is initiated, public health departments can work
to ensure that the most vulnerable populations have
access, that implementation problems are identified
and overcome, that the benefits of health care access
are measured, and that gaps in services are noted
and solutions sought. Health commissioners from
Speaker
Mark B. Horton, MD, MSPH, Director, California
Department of Public Health
From Vision to Action: Local, State, and Private
Partnership for e-Health in Minnesota
Room 313
Minnesota recently passed a mandate requiring all
hospitals and healthcare providers, which includes
public health agencies, to have an interoperable
electronic health record (EHR) system by 2015. In
order to meet the mandate in the public health
community, a state-local, public-private partnership
was developed to identify what public health
information systems needed to be modernized to be
interoperable with EHRs and to develop indicators for
incorporation into decision support systems and other
health information technologies. As a result of this
collaborative process, legislative and non-legislative
recommendations have been made to mobilize the
modernization effort needed in public health to
improve population health and support the goals of
e-Health in Minnesota.
Facilitator/Speaker
Paul Simon, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Chronic
Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health, California
Speaker
Christine Gibson, RN, BSN, PHN, Community Liaison
Public Health Nurse, Los Angeles County, Department
of Public Health, Community Health Services,
California
Speakers
Martin LaVenture, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Health
Informatics, Minnesota Department of Health
Karen Zeleznak, MPH, MS, RD, Public Health
Administrator, City of Bloomington, Minnesota
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State and Local Public Health Policies, Programs
and Funding to Reduce Children’s Health Inequities
through School-Based Access Strategies
Room 315
This session explores the impact of State and local
public health agencies on the expansion of the
school-based health center (SBHC) movement and
its long-term sustainability. Two national datasets
that describe state and local SBHC policy and practice
domains will be presented. The tenth nationwide
census of SBHC programs, conducted periodically
since 1986, found school-based, linked and mobile
programs in 44 states providing a range of medical
and mental health services. A survey of state
public health agencies documents state roles and
responsibilities for school health center planning,
start up, evaluation, quality assessment, partnership
development, and patient revenue financing.
Opinions of state and local public health thought
leaders about the future of this strategy in changing
health care environment will be shared.
Facilitator/Speaker
Linda Juszczak, DNS, MPH, CPNP, Interim Executive
Director, National Assembly on School-Based
Health Care
What Does It Take? State and Local Partnership for
Performance Improvement
Room 307
Local and state public health leaders in Washington
State are engaged in a collaborative process to
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strengthen the public health system statewide,
including implementation of legislation that calls for
performance measurement to be linked to funding.
The public health community has set forth a plan
to improve immunization levels for underutilized
vaccine, increase the timeliness and completeness of
communicable disease reporting and evaluate what
is needed to collectively address obesity prevention
at the community level. Results of a $10 million per
year investment will be reported to the legislature by
November, 2009. Future investments will be based
on demonstrated achievement. Participants will
learn about an effective method in which state and
local public health agencies collaborated to increase
funding and achieve improvements in public health.
urban planners, emergency management, scientists,
social workers, and environmental stakeholders to
build healthy communities that are able to withstand
severe impacts. The results of our initial work to
measure resiliency will be discussed, and practical
guidance given for translating the best practices from
this work to other areas. Case studies and a half-hour
tabletop exercise will be utilized.
Facilitator/Speaker
John Wiesman, MPH, Director of Public Health, Clark
County Public Health, Washington
Participants will examine how local health
departments (LHDs) in the United States can learn
from the ways in which health issues are being
addressed abroad. In addition, participants will
discuss local health issues that have an impact on local
public health in other countries. What are the global
implications of local issues and approaches? What can
we learn from our counterparts abroad? How can we
make meaningful connections between local health
officials around the world? Designed as a dialogue
session, participants will be lead through a facilitated
discussion that will provide the foundation for an
international health agenda for local public health in
the United States.
Speakers
Sherri McDonald, RN, MPA, Director, Thurston County
Public Health and Social Services, Washington
Mary Selecky, Secretary of Health, Washington State
Department of Health
Will Your City Survive?: Practical Models to
Build Resilience
Room 311
The Governor’s Gulf of Mexico Alliance unites
stakeholders from around the Gulf Coast Region
to protect communities and the environment.
The session will discuss Florida ‘s work within the
Community Resilience Workgroup of the alliance, as
we try to define a way to measure the resilience of a
community - that is, how well it can recover from a
disease or disaster impact. In particular, the session will
discuss how public health can build a coalition with
Facilitator/Speaker
Mitch Stripling, MPA, New York City Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene
Work Globally to Act Locally: Local Approaches
Around the World
Room 310
Facilitator
Gladys Branic, MD, MPH, Director, Manatee County
Health Department, Florida
Speaker
John R. Baird, MD, Health Officer, State Medical Officer,
Fargo Cass Public Health, North Dakota
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Federal Sessions
Chronic Disease Integration: Working Together to
Promote Healthy Behaviors
Room 301
In March, the CDC announced the four states that will
serve as demonstration states for the National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP) Integration Demonstration Project. The
ultimate aim of this three-year demonstration project
is to increase synergy, reach, and desired health
outcomes in selected categorical programs currently
funded by NCCDPHP. In 2009, CDC will integrate
tobacco, diabetes, and BRFSS funding. This session will
provide an update on the CDC demonstration grants
and highlight programs from the Office of Smoking
and Health and the Division of Diabetes Translation.
Facilitator
Paul Halverson, DrPH, FACHE, Director and State Health
Officer, Arkansas Department of Health
Speakers
Janet Collins, PhD, Director, National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Matthew McKenna, MD, MPH, Director, Office on
Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Georgia
Collaborating for Food Safety in the 21st Century
Room 312
There are three federal agencies that play a key role in
ensuring a safe food supply: the United States Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA). This session will
discuss how these agencies are working with state and
local health agencies to reduce foodborne illness and
protect public health in the 21st century.
Facilitator
Joseph Russell, MPH, RS, Health Officer, Flathead CityCounty Health Department, Montana
Speakers
Richard H. Barnes, REHS, RS, Director, Division of
Federal-State Relations, Food and Drug Administration
Elisabeth Hagen, MD, Acting Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Office of Public Health Science,
Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States
Department of Agriculture
Art Liang, MD, MPH, Associate Director for Foodborne
Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne,
and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Georgia
Creating Healthy Communities Through Federal Land
Use and Transportation Policy
Room 203
This session will examine the impact of land use
and transportation policies on various areas of
public health, including injuries, chronic disease,
the environment, and health equity. Presenters will
discuss the importance of building local and national
policies and strategies of land use, transportation and
environmental solutions for improved community
health. Speakers will also describe opportunities for
public health in federal transportation policy, with
emphasis on efforts currently underway to insert a
more comprehensive public health agenda in the next
federal transportation reauthorization.
Facilitator
Tom Newton, MPP, REHS, Director, Iowa Department of
Public Health
Speakers
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP, Executive
Director, American Public Health Association
Kenneth Rose, MPA, Associate Director of Policy,
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Health: Improving the Health of States
and Communities, the Federal Perspective
Room 311
This session will cover general activities and
collaborations between the two largest Environmental
Public Health Programs in the Nation. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental
Protection Agency. Presenters will discuss ongoing
collaborations to improve overall health as it relates to
environmental exposures. Additionally, each speaker
will discuss the current projects and programs focused
on elevating the quality of the natural environment to
improve the health of communities, states and regions.
Facilitator
Susan Palchick, PhD, MPH, Public Health Protection
Manager Epidemiology and Environmental Health,
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Speakers
Sharunda Buchanan, MS, PhD, Director, Division
of Emergency and Environmental Health Services,
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Susan Jennings, MS, Coordinator EPA/CDC/ATSDR
Collaboration Office, United States Environmental
Protection Agency (invited)
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The Federal Role in Ensuring Health Promotion
Services for Women, Children and Disabled
Populations
Room 204
During this session, participants will engage in an
interactive dialogue with federal partners from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Federal partners will share current programs, discuss
key priorities, and address emerging issues related to
health promotion services for women, children, and
disabled population.
Facilitator
Angela Ablorh-Odjidja, MHS, Program Manager,
National Association of County and City Health Official,
District of Columbia
Speakers
Holly Conner, MA, CHES, Associate Director for Policy,
Planning, Evaluation, and Legislation, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Alison Johnson, MPA, Deputy Director, National Center
on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Lynn Spector, MPA, Operations Director, Office
of Policy and Program Development, Bureau of
Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services
Administration, United States Department of Health
and Human Services, Maryland
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Federal Sharing Session on Infectious Disease
Room 306
This session will include representatives from CDC’s
infectious disease leadership. After a brief overview
of their program areas, presenters will dialogue with
participants on issues of relevance to state and local
health departments, including ways to strengthen
infectious disease policy and practice throughout the
public health system.
Facilitator
Jeffrey Duchin, MD, Chief, Communicable Disease
Control, Epidemiology and Immunization Section,
Seattle and King County Public Health, Washington
Speakers
Achal Bhatt, PhD, Health Communications Specialist,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD, Director, National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Rima Khabbaz, MD, Director, National Center for
Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Georgia
Anne Schuchat, MD, Director, National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
Federal Support for State and Local Public Health
Infrastructure
Room 307
This session will provide visibility and recognition to
ASTHO and NACCHO’s federal partners who develop
and support public health infrastructure. Federal
representatives will showcase their efforts and gather
input from the audience.
Facilitator/Speaker
Dennis Lenaway, PhD, MPH, Director, Office of Public
Health System Performance, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Georgia
Speaker
Steve L. Solomon, MD, Director, Coordinating Center
for Health Information and Service, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Georgia
The Future of Performance Evaluation, Metrics and
Accountability for State and Local Public Health
Preparedness
Room 308
This session will provide an overview of the
development of new and revised performance
measures and metrics in the CDC’s cooperative
agreement guidance for public health emergency
preparedness. The invited CDC and HHS speakers will
discuss the implementation of performance-based
funding, as established by 2006 The Pandemic and
All Hazards Preparedness Act. This session will also
describe performance measurement in the context of
the new National Health Security Strategy.
Facilitator
Donna Knutson, Acting Division Director, Organization
Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and
Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Georgia
Speakers
Brian Kamoie, JD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response, Office of Policy, Strategic
Planning and Communications, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, United
States Department of Health and Human Services
Craig Thomas, PhD, Outcome Monitoring and
Evaluation Branch Chief, Coordinating Office For
Terrorism and Emergency Response, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia
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10:30 am – 11:30 am
Federal Sessions continued
Perspectives on Legal Protections for Medical Reserve
Corps (MRC) Units and Volunteers
Room 313
This session is designed to provide information on
the state, local, and federal perspectives on the legal
protections for Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units. The
session will also provide information on the individual
and professional liability issues and challenges for MRC
volunteers. Lastly, the session will provide information
and best practices on how some state and local
jurisdictions have overcome the challenges related to
the legal protections for volunteers.
federal, state, and local public health departments
in realizing those objectives. They will also share
their perspectives on how to better align activities
and resources at all levels of public health related to
informatics and how to support broad participation in
decision and policy making bodies. Finally, the session
will include some discussion on how emerging trends,
such as open source software development and
personal health records, will affect and be affected by
public health.
Facilitator
Poki Stewart Namkung, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Santa
Cruz County Health Services Agency, California
Speakers
Leslie Lenert, MD, MS, Director, National Center for
Public Health Informatics, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Georgia
Facilitator
CAPT Robert J. Tosatto, RPh, MPH, MBA, Director, Office
of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, Office
of Public Health and Science, United States Department
of Health and Human Services
John W. Loonsk, MD, Director, Office of Interoperability
and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology, United States
Department of Health and Human Services
Speakers
Evan D. Anderson, JD, Research Associate, Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland
What are our Federal Partners Doing to Address
Workforce Issues?
Room 314
Martin V. Thone, Jr., MS, PhD, Director of Special
Operations, Casper-Natrona County Health
Department, Wyoming
Steven A. Wagner, MPH, JD, Chief, Preparedness Policy
and Planning, Ohio Department of Health
Public Health Informatics
Room 310
Public health agencies rely on information systems to
provide the right information to the right people at
the right time. In this session, speakers will present
federal informatics objectives and discuss the roles of
The most important building block of public health
infrastructure is by far the public health workforce. In
order to improve public health practice and achieve
healthy communities in a healthy world, there must
be concerted effort to develop the public health
workforce. What are our federal partners doing to
address workforce issues?
Facilitator/Speaker
Bob Lavigna, Vice President, Research, Partnership for
Public Service, District of Columbia
thursday, September 11
10:30 am – 11:30 am
ASTHO Alumni Society Session
Environmental Stewardship: How Large is Your Carbon Footprint?
Sponsored by the ASTHO Alumni Society
Room 315
This session will highlight green office initiatives and
policies within the public and private sector, including
state health agencies. Lisa Conti of the Florida
Department of Health will discuss Florida’s “Learn to
Green” initiative, which supports carbon emissions
reduction efforts through “green” behavior. The
session is open to all attendees.
Speaker
Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Director, Division of Environmental Health
Florida Department of Health
thursday, September 11
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals:
Ensuring a Competent Workforce
Room 306
The 2001 Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals has served as a guideline for many
health departments to ensure their workforces are
competent. In the years since the Competencies
were adopted, the field of public health has seen
major changes, from the events of September 11,
2001 to new technologies, and an aging workforce. In
2007 an effort was undertaken to revise and update
the Core Competencies. This session will explore
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the major changes, revisions, and current uses of
the Core Competencies, and discuss possible new
applications as the field of public health moves toward
credentialing and accreditation. Comments from this
session will be used to refine the Core Competencies
and develop new strategies for their effective use.
Facilitator
Jeffrey L. Lake, MS, Deputy Commissioner for
Community Health Services, Virginia Department
of Health
Speakers
Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation,
District of Columbia
Larry D. Jones, MPH, Health Director, City of
Independence, Missouri
Creating a Public Health Ethics Framework
Room 307
Public health policies and interventions, whether in
routine practice or during an emergency, give rise
to concerns about how the balance of law, science,
and ethics factors into decision-making regarding
public health’s response. Instead of a convergence
of strategies to guide them, public health agencies
respond with a spectrum of measures that reveal
a divergence about how to make decisions and
implement policies and interventions that are
equitable and fair and stand up to ethical scrutiny.
The origins of this session lie in a workshop NACCHO
co-sponsored with RWJF and University of Michigan
on public health ethics—a rare dialogue on balancing
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population-based approaches to care with individual
and community rights, moving this thinking outside
of an expression of legal statutes and into a realm of
ethics in public health practice.
Facilitator/Speaker
Captain Drue H. Barrett, PhD, Public Health Ethics
Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Georgia
Speakers
Nancy M. Baum, MHS, Doctoral Candidate, University
of Michigan School of Public Health
James Thomas, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of
Epidemiology, University of North Carolina
Evidence, Equity, Empowerment, Environment:
The Evolution of Chronic Disease Prevention in
California Health Departments
Room 308
Chronic diseases continue to account for the nation’s
greatest and most costly burden of preventable
disease. California’s public health departments are
strengthening their capacity to work with other
sectors to prevent chronic diseases. This session will
explore community-public health partnerships into
practice models for preventing obesity, transformation
of the culture of public health, and development
of a vast new multi-sector movement for healthier
people and places. Urban and rural case studies
will be presented, backed by examples of successful
advocacy-driven policy changes. Presenters will
describe their work with the state and local health
departments, as well as discuss the development
of an exciting learning community that leverages
lessons and peer-support among public and
privately-supported programs that aim to improve
environments to prevent chronic diseases.
Facilitator/Speaker
George R. Flores, MD, MPH, Senior Program Officer,
The California Endowment
Speakers
Mark B. Horton, MD, MSPH, Director, California
Department of Public Health
Clarissa Hsu, PhD, Research Associate - Community Health,
Center for Community Health and Evaluation at the Group
Health Center for Health Studies, Washington
Anthony Iton, JD, MD, MPH, Director, Alameda County
Public Health Department, California
Bob Prentice, PhD, Senior Associate for Public Health
Policy and Practice, Public Health Institute, California
Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, Health Officer, City of Berkley
Public Health, California
Liz Schwarte, MPH, Associate, Samuels and Associates,
California
Improving Health Status in Genesee County by
Covering the Uninsured: Seven Years of Success
through Genesee Health Plan
Room 312
The session will outline strategies to build a local,
sustainable system of care for the uninsured. Participants
will learn the affordability of covering the uninsured at
the community level, the effectiveness of the model in
improving the health of the community, how the model
can be replicated or adapted to other communities, and
ways that policy could support replication, along with
defining the roles of state and county government and
the philanthropic community. Covering over 30,000
uninsured, Genesee County Michigan is among the first
counties in the nation to make basic health care available
to nearly all of its uninsured low-income adults. The
innovative system of care is provided by the Genesee
County Health Department and its partnership with
Genesee Health Plan (GHP), a community-initiated nonprofit organization.
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Facilitator/Speaker
Donna Strugar-Fritsch, BSN, MPA, Principal, Health
Management Associates, Michigan
Speakers
Linda Dean Hamacher, Senior Consultant, Health
Management Associates; Executive Director, Genesee
Health Plan, Michigan
Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, FACPM, Medical Director,
Genesys HealthWorks, Genesys Health System,
Michigan
Local and State Health Strategies to Effect Health
Outcome Related to Climate Change—Results of the
LHD Survey
Room 309
In late 2007, NACCHO launched a survey to over 200
local health departments (LHDs) that focused on
climate change. The purpose of the survey was to get
a sense of what local health departments are doing in
the area of climate change. In addition, the survey was
intended to assist LHDs in understanding that much of
the work that they are already doing has a prevention,
preparedness, and potential climate change focus.
This session will highlight the results of the survey and
provide information about next steps that NACCHO
and ASTHO can take to promote the research findings.
Facilitator
A. Dennis McBride, MD, MPH, Director of Health,
Milford Health Department, Connecticut
Speakers
John Balbus, MD, MPH, Director, Environmental Health
Programs, Environmental Defense, District of Columbia
Ed Maibach, PhD, Director, Center for Climate Change
Communication, George Mason University, Virginia
Mission Possible: State and Local Public Health
Partnerships to Address Nutrition and Physical
Activity in Schools
Room 314
This session will showcase two communities that
implemented a health and wellness program
in schools. The Healthy Island Youth Initiative, a
component of the Island County (WA) Public Health’s
Chronic Disease Prevention Program, is a state-local
public health effort that aims to influence policies
in school and community settings that increase
physical activity and healthy eating among youth.
The Mahoning County (OH) District Board of Health
collaborated with various partners to implement
a health and wellness program that has positively
impacted body mass index measurements, academic
and behavioral performance, and physical stamina in
the student population of Springfield local schools.
During the session, presenters will focus on how
school administrators, school staff, community
members, students, and public health professionals
can collaborate on best practices for implementing
school policies on nutrition and physical activity.
Facilitator/Speaker
Carrie McLachlan, MPA, Assessment and Community
Development Supervisor, Island County Public Health,
Washington
Speakers
Diana Colaianni, MSN, RN, Nursing Director, Mahoning
County District Board of Health, Ohio
Whitney Webber, MS, Program Specialist, Chronic
Disease Prevention, Island County Public Health,
Washington
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Outreach
State and Local Public Health Partnerships: Using
Strategic Marketing Techniques to Improve Georgia’s
Public Health Preparedness Efforts
Room 315
Public health preparedness efforts are enhanced
by broad participation from multiple community
partners. This session will present two successful
strategies from Georgia and Kansas for building
partnerships. Georgia’s Public Health Liaison and
the Health Community Emergency Personnel
programs use proven strategic marketing practices
to engage private medical providers in public health
preparedness efforts. They bring together state and
local public health by setting clear strategic direction
and providing key resources at the state level then
supporting each local health district. The Kansas
City Health Department has engaged partners
through monthly calls with all city departments to
address government operations during a pandemic,
informational summits and tabletops, and “Mystery
Week”, a week-long, multi-discipline curriculum that
challenges 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to respond to real
world situations.
Facilitator
Sarah Naeger, MPH, Senior Analyst, Public Health
Preparedness, Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials
Speakers
Bonnie Martin, BS, Emergency Response Planning
Coordinator, Kansas City Health Department, Missouri
Richard Quartarone, BA, Public Health Liaison Program
Coordinator, Georgia Division of Public Health, Office
of Preparedness
Rachel Vasconez, MBA, MPH, Health Community
Emergency Personnel Coordinator, Georgia Division of
Public Health, Department of Human Resources
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Preventing and Controlling Diabetes—A
Comprehensive Public Health Approach
Room 310
The prevalence of diabetes among adults and children
has been growing rapidly over the last several years.
Health complications associated with diabetes
include blindness, amputations, heart disease and
stroke. And the impact has been disproportionately
felt in communities that are low income and/or of
color. Tackling this growing public health problem
requires a multi-faceted effort at the state and local
level. These efforts include the promotion of healthful
eating practices and regular exercise, widespread
screenings and skilled clinical and non-clinical services,
targeting high risk population in particular. Whenever
possible, there needs to be ready evidence that
these interventions improve health and reduce costs.
Examples of successful efforts will be offered by two
state commissioners—Vermont and Massachusetts—
and by their local representatives.
Facilitator/Speaker
Sharon Moffatt, RN, MPH, Commissioner, Vermont
Department of Health
Speaker
John Auerbach, MBA, Commissioner, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
A Process to Change Public Health Practice to
Address Social Determinants of Health
Room 313
Progress toward eliminating health
inequities requires an expanded view
of public health practice. WA State
Department of Health (DOH) staff will
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describe the 3-step plan used to identify how public
health practitioners can address health inequities by
first addressing the social determinants of health. The
approach is modeled after Ingham County (Michigan)
Health Department as described in the NACCHO
publication: Tackling Health Inequities Through Public
Health Practice - A Handbook for Action. The DOH plan
included: 1) 4-part educational series to provide staff
with a common language for understanding SDOH; 2)
use of the Institute of Cultural Affairs dialog process to
elicit the group wisdom regarding effective solutions;
and 3) action planning to translate consensus actions
developed during the 2nd session into concrete plans.
Facilitator/Speaker
Gail Brandt, BS, MPH, EdD, Program Manager,
Washington State Department of Health
Speaker
Marilyn H. Sitaker, MPH, Lead Epidemiologist,
Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, Washington State
Department of Health
State and Local Health Department Collaboration
for HIV and STD Prevention: Examples from
California and North Carolina
Room 311
Morbidity and mortality associated with HIV and STD
infections are major contributors to the U.S. not being
among the healthiest nations in the world. In order
to appropriately address this issue, state and local
health department collaborations are imperative.
This session will: 1) describe strategies to identify and
address structural barriers to HIV and STD prevention;
2) provide a case example of a state and local
collaboration to address a structural barrier; 3) involve
participants in an exercise to brainstorm strategies
to address structural barriers in their jurisdictions; 4)
describe the collaboration between a state health
department and rural county health departments
to increase access to care for the HIV/AIDS affected
population; 5) discuss how barriers to HIV care in rural
counties were alleviated, and 6) discuss opportunities
for how these strategies may be implemented in other
jurisdictions.
Facilitator
Robert Kim-Farley, MD, MPH, Director, Communicable
Disease Control and Prevention, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health, California
Speakers
Colleen DiLiddo, MPH, Public Health Prevention
Specialist, Northeastern North Carolina Partnership for
Public Health
Peter R. Kerndt, MD, MPH, Director, Sexually
Transmitted Disease Program, Los Angeles County,
Department of Public Health, California; Chair, National
Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)
Diane McLawhorn, RN, Director of Nursing, Hertford
County Public Health Authority, North Carolina
John M. Peebles, MS, Operations Manager, North
Carolina Communicable Disease Branch, State of North
Carolina
Dan Wohlfeiler, MJ, MPH, Chief, Office of Policy and
Communications, California Department of Public
Health, STD Control Branch
Using Law to Improve the Public’s Health: Available
Resources and Technical Assistance for State and
Local Health Officials
Room 203
Law is a tool that can be used to improve the public’s
health. Health officers play crucial roles in advancing
laws, policies and regulations to protect and promote
the public’s health. During this session, the speakers
will present on the value of public health law, highlight
how law is used to promote and protect health, and
showcase available legal technical assistance. Two
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legal technical assistance networks, the Tobacco
Control Legal Consortium and the National Policy and
Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity
will be showcased. These networks provide legal
analysis and share innovative legal and regulatory
strategies to reduce obesity and tobacco use and
exposure. Participants will be provided with concrete
examples of how this assistance has benefited local
and state health officers’ efforts.
Facilitator/Speaker
Michelle Larkin, RN, MS, JD, Senior Program Officer,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey
Speakers
Marice Ashe, JD, MPH, Director, Public Health Law and
Policy, Public Health Institute, California
Doug Blanke, JD, Executive Director, Tobacco Control
Legal Consortium, Minnesota
friday, September 12
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Altered Standards of Care for Pandemic Influenza
Room 310
Every state and local health authority will be faced
with inadequate medical equipment, supplies and
health care personnel in an influenza pandemic and
the resultant impossibility of providing the usual
standard of medical care. This session will inform
public health practitioners about Massachusetts’
efforts to develop altered standards of care to provide
guidance and ensure the provision of equitable and
ethical care during the pandemic. The Massachusetts
Department of Public Health (MDPH), with the
assistance of the Harvard School of Public Health,
a multi-disciplinary advisory group, and input from
consumers and providers, developed guidelines,
including underlying principals for altered standards of
care and a framework for developing specific priorities
for scarce resources and clinical protocols and the plan
to engage a multitude of stakeholders.
Facilitator
John Auerbach, MBA, Commissioner, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
Speaker
Donna E. Levin, JD, General Counsel, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
Building a Multi-level Public Health Alliance to
Increase Smoking Cessation: The Example of the EX
Campaign
Room 306
This session will use the EX® campaign, a multi-faceted
adult smoking cessation program, to illustrate a public
health alliance that includes representatives from city/
county, state and national organizations. After pilot
testing in four U.S. cities in 2007, EX was launched
nationwide in 2008 in partnership with two dozen
state and national partners. This session will explain
the development of EX and discuss the partnership
behind it, the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation;
feature the local level perspective, including evaluation
results from the pilots; and describe the experience
of implementation in Washington State. Discussion
will include strategies for developing and maintaining
effective public health alliances, ways to overcome
barriers to collaboration, and suggestions on using
alliances to influence public health policy.
William L. Furmanski, Senior Vice President, Foundation
Program Operation, American Legacy Foundation,
District of Columbia
California’s Tuberculosis Indicators Project: A
Successful Intervention to Improve Patient and
Public Health Outcomes
Room 307
The Tuberculosis Indicators Project (TIP) is a
partnership between the California Department
of Health Services Tuberculosis Control Branch
(TBCB) and 16 local health departments (LHDs)
reporting greater than 55 tuberculosis (TB) cases
annually. After 7 years of project implementation,
long-term qualitative and quantitative outcome
data demonstrate TIP’s success. In TIP, staff from
LHDs and the state use indicator data to engage in a
collaborative program evaluation and improvement
cycle that includes assessment, action plan
development, implementation, and evaluation. Thus
far, 12 LHDs have data that can be evaluated for a total
of 20 action plans. Of the 20 action plans, 17 have
shown a positive increase in indicator performance
following implementation. Key informant interviews
have been performed with 10 of 12 LHDs that have
long-term outcome data. LHD staff consistently report
great satisfaction regarding participation in the process
and outcomes received to date.
Facilitator
José Thier Montero, MD, Director, New Hampshire
Department of Health & Human Services, Division of
Public Health Services
Facilitator/Speaker
Mary Selecky, Secretary of Health, Washington State
Department of Health
Speakers
Anne Cass, MPH, Tuberculosis Indicators Project (TIP)
Coordinator, State of California
Speakers
Michael C. Caldwell, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Health,
Dutchess County Department of Health, New York
Melissa Ehman, MPH, Epidemiologist, University of
California, San Francisco (in contract with California
Department of Public Health)
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Robert T. Rolfs, MD, MPH, State Epidemiologist,
Utah Department of Health
A Coordinated Approach to Combating a
Crypto Outbreak
Room 308
Face-to-Face: A State-Local Dialogue on
Environmental Public Health Tracking
Room 313
In 2007, Utah experienced one of the largest
community-wide Cryptosporidium (Crypto) outbreaks
not related to drinking water contamination in U.S.
history. After initial jurisdiction-specific actions
failed to control the outbreak, a coordinated multijurisdictional intervention was implemented based
on consensus agreement of the five most affected
local health departments and the Utah Department of
Health. This consensus resulted in the development
of coordinated strategies and resources over a three
month period to consistently address the outbreak.
Coordinated strategies included: implementing and
strategically lifting emergency restrictions on public
swimming pool use and maintenance, preparing
and conducting joint press conference and press
releases, convening and staffing a joint outbreak
evaluation review committee, and a public swimming
pool regulation review committee. An enhanced
relationship with public swimming pool operators was
established.
In September 2008, CDC plans to launch the National
Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Network.
This network aims to build a database of standardized
data that will provide scientific information on
environmental exposures, adverse health conditions,
and health outcomes. Currently 16 states and one
city are funded to conduct environmental public
health tracking activities. To enhance collaboration
between state and local health departments and
ensure inclusion of local public health perspectives,
ASTHO and NACCHO have been sponsoring facilitated
discussions in many of these states. This 60-minute
session will report on the issues and ideas arising from
these discussions and give participants insight as to
how both the local and state health departments are
working together to strengthen environmental public
health tracking.
Facilitator
Rachel Eisenstein, Program Associate, Public Health
Preparedness, National Association of County and City
Health Officials
Speaker
Greg Kearney, DrPH, MPH, RS, Environmental
Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health
Speakers
Gary Edwards, Executive Director, Salt Lake Valley
Health Department, Utah
Health and Disability: An Evolving Paradigm
Room 312
Facilitator/Speaker
Thomas S. Dunlop, REHS, MPH Candidate, President,
Dunlop Environmental Consulting, Inc., Colorado
The National Association of County and City Health
Officials (NACCHO), with guidance and funding
from the National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted five
demonstration sites in local health departments to
improve their capacities in addressing the health
and well-being of individuals with disabilities, with
a focus on shifting the public health paradigm.
Demonstration site projects include emergency
preparedness planning, health promotion and disease
prevention, health equity and social justice-related
activities. A representative of NACCHO’s Disability
and Health Workgroup will discuss health promotion
and well-being of people with disabilities and the
development of the project. Two of the demonstration
sites, Alameda County, California, and Franklin
Regional Council of Governments, Massachusetts, will
discuss their projects.
Facilitator/Speaker
Thomas Quade, MA, MPH, Public Health Deputy for
Administration, Akron Health Department, Ohio
Speakers
Barbara L. Garcia, MSEd, Family Health Services,
Developmental Disabilities, Alameda County Health
Care Services, Public Health Department, California
Nina Martin-Anzuoni, RN, Public Health Emergency
Planner, Franklin Regional Council of Governments,
Massachusetts
Healthy Homes: A Health Equity Strategy
Room 314
Multnomah County Health Department engaged the
community in performing an assessment to identify,
prioritize and create interventions that would result
in changes designed to overcome environmental
justice issues and promote health equity focusing on
the nexus between health and housing. This session
examines the Healthy Homes grant funded program,
designed to decrease exposures to multiple household
hazards which contribute to asthma exacerbations
and other serious illness among children under the
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age of six in distressed communities, institutionalize
sustainable community programs that promote
healthy home concepts; and collaborate with
stakeholders to create policy changes that support
healthy homes. We will also focus on positive
outcomes, including quantified evidence of improved
asthma control, retention of clients, and housing code
revisions resulting from the work of the partnership.
We will describe sustainability efforts including
legislative initiatives and Medicaid support.
Facilitator/Speaker
Benjamin Duncan, BS, Community Health Worker,
Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon
Something Old, Something New, Something
Borrowed, Something Overdue!: Strategic Planning
in a Local Health Department
Room 315
This session will explore one local health department’s
(LHD) strategic planning process using Mobilizing
for Action through Planning and Partnerships
(MAPP) in a way that does not shift the department’s
intended outcomes, but instead proposes changing
departmental practices using a comprehensive,
efficient, and progressive approach. Presenters will
describe the use of the MAPP tool and the content
of the strategic plan, which is social justice and
prevention-oriented at all levels, outlines measurable
outcomes, and applies various improvement practices,
such as continuous quality improvement and others,
to change how the department conducts its work.
Suggestions, examples, and lessons learned for
creating a development process and strategic plan
that can position LHDs to meet 21st century needs and
to effectively apply levers for change will be provided.
Facilitator
Rebecca Rayman, Health Director, East Central Health
Department, Nebraska
Speaker
Lauren A. Shirey, MPH, Community Health Analyst,
Genesee County Health Department, Michigan
Understanding the Complexity of Trans Fatty
Acid Reduction
Room 309
In recent years, scientific studies, public and regulatory
policy activity, and media coverage have focused
extensively on issues related to trans fat reduction
in the American diet and potential benefits with
respect to health outcomes. The reduction of trans
fats in the food supply is a complex issue involving
interdependent and interrelated stakeholders. Actions
to reduce trans fats need to carefully consider both
intended and unintended consequences related to
nutrition and public health. This session is designed to
provide policy makers with the background necessary
before considering regulatory or legislative proposals
to limit trans fats in the food supply.
Facilitator
Shirley Yin-Piazza, MS, MBA, Senior Project Manager Trans Fat Initiative, American Heart Association, Texas
Speakers
Sonia Angell, MD, MPH, Director CV Disease Prevention
and Control Program, New York City Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene
Web-based System Links Asthma Clinicians to
Housing Code Enforcement
Room 311
Asthma is the most common chronic condition
among children and is also common among adults.
Black and Latino people experience disparities in
health outcomes, compared to Whites. Residential
environmental triggers can exacerbate asthma.
Breathe Easy at Home (BEAH) is a collaboration of a
local public health department, an urban hospital, a
city housing code enforcement department. Clinicians
make inspection referrals for their asthmatic patients
through the BEAH web-based referral system and
document the housing conditions of concern. An
inspection is initiated. This application of technology
makes it simple for a clinician to make a referral and to
monitor results. This collaboration builds on existing
infrastructure and uses technology to promote links
between clinical and public health services. The
system was designed to facilitate evaluation and to
monitor housing issues.
Facilitator
Margaret Reid, RN, ADN, BA, Director, Division of
Healthy Homes and Community Supports, Boston
Public Health Commission, Massachusetts
Speakers
Dion Irish, BS, MUA, Assistant Commissioner/ Director
of Housing Inspections, City of Boston Inspectional
Services Department, Massachusetts
Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine,
Massachusetts
Robert H. Eckel, MD, Charles A. Boettcher Professor of
Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Colorado Denver
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Pre-Conference Workshops and Training Opportunities
Tuesday, September 9
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Separate Registration Required.
Public Health Law 101 For Non-Lawyers
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 304/305
Presented by: Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, ASTHO and NACCHO
Maggie Mahoney, [email protected]
Contact: Capacity: 50
Law permeates every facet of modern public health practice. This interactive workshop is a four-hour “crash
course” on public health law, which will give professionals in all areas of public health a solid grounding in
the legal concepts governing public health activities, from health surveillance to emergency preparedness, as
well as other areas. This workshop covers topics such as:
The role of law in protecting public health;
The legal concepts governing public health, from the powers and duties of public agencies to the
constitutional principles limiting those powers;
How to recognize areas of potential tension between balancing the rights of individuals with the health
needs of a community, the legal considerations involved, and when legal advice or assistance may be
required; and
Applying legal lessons to emerging public health problems.
Targeted Audience: The Training Program is targeted to local and state public health agency leadership, program
directors, epidemiologists, healthcare and information technology professionals, and those involved in strategic
planning for public health participation in electronic health information exchanges, planning for information
technology adoption and operation of integrated public health information systems, and communication of
public health information.
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Training Program Format and Curriculum: Three concurrent, one-day, pre-conference, in-class training
workshops are being offered at the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint Conference in Sacramento, California. Presented
by national experts in informatics and health information exchanges, the following courses will be offered:
Introduction to Public Health Informatics
Public Health in Health Information Exchanges
Visualization and Spatial Analysis of Public Health Data
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Launching a Healthy Homes Initiative
Presenters:
Doug Blanke, J.D., Adjunct Professor of Public Health Law, William Mitchell College of Law (2007),
Executive Director, Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
Maggie Mahoney, J.D., Adjunct Professor of Public Health Law, William Mitchell College of Law (2008),
Associate Counsel, Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
Tuesday, September 9
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Continuing Education in Public Health Informatics
The Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC), in partnership with
the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is pleased to offer
a new Public Health Informatics Training Program as continuing education for
public health professionals.
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Goal: The goal of the Training Program is to provide public health professionals at local and state agencies with
the fundamentals of informatics. This new emerging field will enhance the policies and practices of public
health agencies in health information exchanges within and across agencies and among other public health
partners in order to fulfill the public health mission of protecting individuals and communities from health
threats.
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Golden State Room at the Hyatt Regency, Sacramento, CA
Presented by : The University of Texas School of Public Health, Texas Public Health Training Center and the City of Houston Bureau of Community and Children’s Environmental Health in conjunction with the National Center for Healthy Housing and the Alameda County Lead Poison Prevention Program
Contact: [email protected] or (713) 500-9399
Capacity: 50
The goal of this training is to identify policies and practices to establish robust programs to make homes healthier.
The course brings together health and housing professionals from state and local agencies as well as other health
and housing organizations. This activity will discuss the increasing scientific evidence that links housing conditions
to health and identify the root causes of housing related health problems such as asthma & allergies, lead
poisoning, cancer and common preventable injuries. The “Seven Principles of Healthy Housing”, a holistic approach
developed by the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), will be introduced. Opportunities to reduce threats
through improved and coordinated housing and health services will be highlighted.
Presenters:
Nancy Crider, MS, RN, CNAA, University of Texas School of Public Health,
Dennis Jordan, CIA, Alameda County Lead Poison Prevention Program
Brenda Reyes, MD, MPH, City of Houston Bureau of Community & Children’s Environmental Health
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Pre-Conference Workshops and Training Opportunities
Tuesday, September 9
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Art of Being Right: Using ROI/TCO calculations in Mobile Computing
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 311/312
Sponsored by: Panasonic
Contact: Dave Poulin, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
Agency decision makers are vital to their communities. They are responsible for the services that support
families and businesses, and they have an out-sized effect on the local quality of life. More and more mobile
computing solutions are part of the government landscape. It is crucial good decisions are made about the
tools that are purchased for the workforce. Analytics is a powerful means to more closely examine your
options surrounding mobile computers. By building an unbiased business-case on the principals of total cost
of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI), we can learn how to get maximum effect from limited
resources.
Presenter:
Jason Buk, Operations Manager, Serious Networks
Georgia Nursing Home Disruptive Events Preparedness Project : Managing Emergency
Events and Ensuring Safe Transport of Residents During Times of Crisis
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 307
Sponsored by: Previstar
Contact: Melanie Hogg, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
Evacuations are complex logistical operations. Plans require partnership between the private and public
sector as each have interdependent roles during the event. Approaching the myriad of preparedness
activities in a meaningful and systematic way has been challenging because nursing homes and public health
organizations have not always been equipped with the right tools that enable effective collaboration, data
collection and organization, and that provide a standardized and repeatable approach to preparedness.
This presentation provides an overview of a project led by the University of Georgia, Institute of Health
Management and Mass Destruction Defense - College of Public Health with the Georgia Division of Public
Health, the Georgia Healthcare Association and the Office of Regulatory Services along with over 300 Nursing
facilities across the state. The project is utilizing technology to support the collaborative and comprehensive
planning efforts of public health and private nursing home organizations responsible for managing
evacuations of residents. This program includes planning, exercise, and information sharing capabilities and
activities all supported by NIMS based technology systems and the University of Georgia. It will include a
demo of the actual system deployed.
Presenters:
Michael Roberts, IHMD Manager, University of Georgia, College of Public Health
Jim Fetters, President & COO, PREVISTAR
Client Eligibility And Reporting System (CLEARS)
Implemented For Northern Virginia
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 307
Sponsored by: iVision Solutions
Contact: Bijoy Nair, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
With an estimated 289,572 uninsured residents, Northern Virginia’s hospitals and safety net providers lacked
integration and a shared resource to track and report the uninsured population’s eligibility information.
Patients were applying for eligibility for each visit at each facility, wasting not only their time but the
administrative and registration staff’s time, which introduced major workflow challenges. This lack of
integration created significant patient safety issues caused by episodic care and duplication of services.
To address this need, Inova Health System and Fairfax County with the help of iVision Solutions, Inc. launched
CLEARS, providing local safety-net health care providers access to coordinated health care networks to serve
uninsured and underinsured residents in five jurisdictions across Northern Virginia. Through CLEARS, access to
care has increased by eliminating fragmented service delivery, improving efficiencies among local providers
and encouraging greater private sector involvement.
Presenters:
Bijoy Nair, Vice President, iVision Solutions, Inc.
Geoff Delizzio, Program Manager, Community Health Division, Inova Health System
Robin Mullet, Assistant Program Director, Community HealthCare Network, Fairfax
Influenza Vaccination in the School Setting: A Public Health Priority
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 306
Sponsored by: MedImmune
Contact: Bethany Greer, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
This workshop will feature interactive discussions on public health considerations for annual influenza
vaccinations for school children, the implementation of influenza vaccinations in the school setting, and
options for administration of influenza vaccinations, including an intranasal vaccine.
Presenters:
John Lott, RN, MS, Director of Nursing, Knox County Health Department, Tennessee (invited)
Andrew Bernstein, MD, MPH, Medical Science Director, MedImmune
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Pre-Conference Workshops and Training Opportunities
Tuesday, September 9
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Vote & Vax in Your Town
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 304/305
Presented by: NACCHO
Contact: James Ransom, [email protected]
Fee: There is no fee to attend, but preregistration is required.
Capacity: 50
NACCHO encourages you to attend the Vote & Vax workshop and learn how to participate in this important
and innovative public health effort to provide influenza vaccinations. Taking part in Vote & Vax is easy and
rewarding! The project represents a great way to let your community know that its local public health provider
is an innovative, responsive and effective organization. All are welcome to attend, and lunch is provided.
Presenter:
Douglas Shenson, MD, MPH, President, Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration,
Newton, MA
Tuesday, September 9
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Public Health Leaders Tell their Stories
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 311/312
Sponsored by: Pfizer
Contact: Kathleen Zaleski, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
A compelling story can give an otherwise dry message a human voice that invites people to listen and identify.
Telling stories is an art that can be honed by understanding the techniques and approaches that work best
with various audiences. This highly interactive workshop will provide the fundamentals of story telling and will
coach participants on how to recognize a compelling story, develop it, and present it with great results.
Introductions and Welcome:
Barbara A. DeBuono, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Public Health and Government External Medical Affairs,
Pfizer Inc
Presenter:
Hugh H. Tilson, MD, Dr PH, Adjunct Professor of Public Health Leadership, Epidemiology and Health Policy,
UNC School of Public Health
Fusion Center Boot Camp: A Practical Guide to Building Enhanced
Situational Awareness
GIS for State and Local Health Departments
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 309/310
Sponsored by: ESRI
Contact: Jennifer Schneider-Camp, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 306
Sponsored by: ESi
Contact: Laurie Wood, [email protected] and
William Glisson, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
Many geographic information system (GIS)-based projects have been successful in supporting public and
environmental health practice in state and local health departments. Examples include investigating toxic
exposure, vector-borne disease, health information access, service planning, and the built environment,
among others. Recently, many state and local health departments have been examining their information
systems and seeking solutions that can support a broad array of services. This session, geared towards both
health officials and program managers, will articulate opportunities for enhancing GIS capacity across the
entire health department, including trends for desktop, mobile, and server GIS.
Participants will be provided with practical tools to aid in the integration of critical information from legacy
systems, neighboring jurisdictions, response teams and other sources. This aggregation provides access
to real-time information for a Common Operating Picture during an event or daily operations. Using Crisis
Information Management Systems and Fusion Center technology, information integrated into a single
Common Operating Picture provides actionable information so that key staff can make informed decisions.
An expert panel will utilize practical scenario-based examples and system demonstrations to equip
participants with useful tools and techniques to use in their jurisdiction.
Presenter:
Scott Christman, Health Account Manager, ESRI
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Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening Pandemic Flu Preparedness
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 307
Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline
Contact: Jeff Colley, [email protected]
Capacity: 120
Continued efforts are needed to strengthen the nation’s preparedness infrastructure to meet the challenges
of pandemic influenza. An October 2007 report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) noted that,
“more than 85% of the nation’s critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector.” The GAO
concludes in the same report that public-private partnerships are “vital” to ensure that essential services will
continue during a pandemic or other national emergency.
This pre-conference workshop will build on successes to date. The workshop proposes to explore the
challenges faced in building effective public-private partnerships and to discuss the specific program
components of selected models in place in the community. Presenters will include pan flu response experts
from city and/or county health departments. The panel will be moderated by a GSK Regional Medical
Scientist who will present a brief overview of the science and epidemiology of avian/pandemic flu.
Tuesday, September 9
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Tackling Tobacco with Business Partners
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 311/312
Sponsored by: Partnership for Prevention
Capacity: 120
Friday, September 12
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Measuring the Value of Public Health Services
Hyatt Regency, Tahoe Room
Presented by: NACCHO
Contact: James Ransom, [email protected]
Fee: There is no fee to attend, but preregistration is required.
Capacity: 25 participants required
The purpose of this session is to examine the implications of a study on measuring the value of public
health systems conducted by Peter D. Jacobson of the Center for Law, Ethics, and Health, University
of Michigan School of Public Health; and Peter J. Neumann of the Center for the Evaluation of Value
& Risk in Health, Tufts University School of Medicine. Even with the pressing need to demonstrate
public health’s value, this study’s interviews with public health practitioners, policymakers, and
academics revealed no consensus definition or methodology to guide practitioners in measuring and
communicating the value of public health systems. The research found that while there are studies that
have used various methodologies, such as cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis to value health
services, relatively few public health practitioners use the available methodologies to measure the
value of public health services. Based on the results of this project, the investigators have developed a
framework for measuring the value of public health services.
Lunch will be provided!
Presenter:
Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH, Professor of Health Law and Policy, and Director, Center for Law, Ethics, and
Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Connecting with the broader community as part of your tobacco cessation efforts increases their visibility and
their success. Learn to use the Performance Partnership Model to reach out to new partners. Find out how
Oregon and Washington have used the model to work with business, labor, health insurers, providers, and
others to curb tobacco use. Then, roll up your sleeves to plan a performance partnership in your community.
Workshop Leaders:
Dawn Robbins, Make It Your Business: Insure a Tobacco Free Workforce, Healthiest State in the Nation
Campaign; Corinne Husten, Partnership for Prevention
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Ribbon Cutting and Presidents’ Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 10
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
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Welcome and Opening General Session
What Do Consumers Expect and Can Public Health Meet Those Expectations?
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What Is the Future of Health in the United States?
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Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Call to Action!
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EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY
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Exhibit Hall Hours
Tuesday, September 9
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 10
9:30 Am – 4:30 pm
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140
10:30 Am – 3:00 pm
11:45 Am – 1:45 pm
Exhibitors listed in this directory are current as of August 4,
2008. See the Conference Guide Addendum in your conference
bags for additional exhibitor information.
SACRAMENTO
CONVENTION CENTER
Exhibit Hall
Garden
Te rrace
Meeting Rooms
105
104
103
K Street
Mall
102
Entry
100
B
Covered Loading Docks
First Aid
W
Duty
Office
Security
W
M
M
Concessions
M
100
A
West
Lobby
Show
Office
Kitchen
Truck
Access
239
338
237
336
236
134
135
234
130
131
230
231
128
129
228
126
127
226
122
123
222
120
121
220
Lounge
235
341
337
335
434
330
331
430
431
229
328
329
428
429
227
326
327
426
427
323
422
423
321
420
421
221
M
M
416
417
315
414
415
313
412
413
310
311
410
411
209
308
309
408
409
207
306
307
205
304
216
114
115
214
112
113
212
110
111
210
211
108
109
208
107
206
102
Starbucks
Coffee
100
Sheraton
Grand
317
117
13th Street
Concourse
Hospitality
Booth
W
BAR
116
W
Concessions
Exhibits
Hall B
Concessions
340
137
M
Truck
Access
St. Paul’s
Church
241
101
215
ASTHO
A/V
Office
101
W
342
NACCHO
14th Street
(one way)
Hyatt
Regency
Catering
Offices
K Street
Convention
Administration
Offices
141
243
BAR
FIRST FLOOR
15th Street
(one way)
EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY
Thursday, September 11
Closed for Lunch
Bookstore
201
300
Concourse
W
Entry
J Street
(one way)
FREEMAN SERVICE
DESK AREA
Opening Reception/Exhibit Hall Opens
Bus Loading / Drop-Off
ENTRANCE
407
405
403
301
401
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Exhibitor Directory by Company Name
Company
Booth #
Company
Booth #
Company
Booth #
Advanced Business Software
121
FirstWatch
307
NCEH/ATSDR
212
AEHAP - Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs
214
GlaxoSmithKline
123
428
415
308, 310
American Legacy Foundation
Glo Germ Company
Netsmart Technologies
228
304
Association of Schools of Public Health
313
GYN Disposables, Inc.
327
NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center
315
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Global Protection
220
300
407
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
ASTHO
Health Monitoring Systems
317
301
417
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
BLU-MED Response Systems
HealthSpace USA Inc.
215
110
416
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
BtB Software
Heyltex Corp.
329
405
ODPHP - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
135
CareScope/Data Futures
Institute for Healthcare Advancement
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
221
Journeyworks Publishing
311
PSA Worldwide Corp.
323
CDC/BRFSS
229
KIPHS, Inc.
209
Public Health Foundation
216
CDC/Epi-X
139
Latino Family Institute
411
Public Health Informatics Institute
409
CDC/Prevention Research Centers Program
109
Logical Images, VisualDX
211
sanofi pasteur
120
CDC/Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
426
March of Dimes
207
SRA International
102
CDC/Radiation Studies Branch 234
Medical Reserve Corps
205
Toucan Ed
108
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
410
MedImmune
421
Trilogy Integrated Resources, Network of Care
408
CHAMP Software, Inc.
423
Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness
122
Trivantis
112
Collaborative Fusion
331
Mitchell & McCormick
210
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health 237
County of Sacramento Environmental Management Department
335
NACCHO
201
114
NACCHO Advanced Practice Centers
422
U.S. EPA - Office of Children’s Health Protection/Aging Initiative
DHS/NCS, GETS/WPS
403
NACCHO Profile Study
321
U.S. EPA - SunWise Program
127
Emory Center for Public Health Preparedness
131
309
U.S. EPA - Toxics Release Inventory 328
EMS Authority
414
NALBOH - National Association of Local Boards of Health
EMSystem
208
National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Department of Homeland Security
226
Environmental Public Health Tracking Partners
412
National Library of Medicine
111
ESI
101
115
ESRI
107, 206
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
National Network of Public Health Institutes
306
FDA CFSAN
128
National Public Health Information Coalition
429
USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness 113
Venue Companies, Inc.
420
VeriCor, LLC
337
Vermont Clinical Decision Soupport, LLC
116
VisionLink, Inc.
126
Walden University
117
Worldways Social Marketing
222
Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness
413
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Booth #
Company
Booth #
Company
Booth #
Company
101
ESI
208
EMSystem
317
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
102
SRA International
209
KIPHS, Inc.
321
NACCHO Profile Study
107, 206
ESRI
210Mitchell & McCormick
323PSA Worldwide Corp.
108
Toucan Ed
211
Logical Images, VisualDX
326
109
CDC/Prevention Research Centers Program
212
NCEH/ATSDR
327Previstar, Inc.
110
BtB Software
328
U.S. EPA - Toxics Release Inventory
111
National Library of Medicine
214AEHAP - Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs
329
CareScope/Data Futures
112
Trivantis
215
331
Collaborative Fusion
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
California Endowment
113
USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness
216Public Health Foundation
220
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
335
County of Sacramento Environmental Management Department
114
U.S. EPA - Office of Children’s Health Protection/Aging Initiative
221
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
337
VeriCor, LLC
115
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
222
Worldways Social Marketing
403
DHS/NCS, GETS/WPS
Institute for Healthcare Advancement
Vermont Clinical Decision Soupport, LLC
National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Department of Homeland Security
405
116
226
407
Health Monitoring Systems
117
Walden University
408
Trilogy Integrated Resources, Network of Care
120
sanofi pasteur
121Advanced Business Software
122Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness
123GlaxoSmithKline
126
VisionLink, Inc.
127
U.S. EPA - SunWise Program
128
FDA CFSAN
131
Emory Center for Public Health Preparedness
135
ODPHP - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
139
CDC/ Epi-X
141
Barnes and Noble Bookstore
201
NACCHO
205Medical Reserve Corps
207March of Dimes
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227Public Health Foundation Enterprises
228Association of Public Health Laboratories
229
CDC/ BRFSS
234
CDC/Radiation Studies Branch 237
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health
300ASTHO
301
BLU-MED Response Systems
304Global Protection
409Public Health Informatics Institute
410
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
411
Latino Family Institute
412
Environmental Public Health Tracking Partners
413
Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness
414
EMS Authority
415Glo Germ Company
416
Heyltex Corp.
417
HealthSpace USA Inc.
420
Venue Companies, Inc.
306
National Network of Public Health Institutes
307
FirstWatch
308, 310
Netsmart Technologies
421MedImmune
309
NALBOH - National Association of Local Boards of Health
422
NACCHO Advanced Practice Centers
423
CHAMP Software, Inc.
311
Journeyworks Publishing
426
CDC/Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
313Association of Schools of Public Health
428American Legacy Foundation
315
429
NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center
National Public Health Information Coalition
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Advanced Business Software
Booth #121
PO Box 102
Lakeside, CA 92040
Phone: 800-786-9631
Fax: 619-390-7537
Website: abs-sys.com
Advanced Business Software is serving county
and city governments since 1998. Our MS.NET
based solutions conform with all applicable
messaging, vocabulary and data exchange
standards. Population Health Information
Management System (PHIMS), ABS flagship
product, is highly scalable and configurable webbased application that addresses a broad range
of information management needs in a single
integrated environment.
AEHAP - Association of
Environmental
Health Academic Programs
Booth #214
2632 SE 25th Ave., Suite F
Portland, OR 97202
Phone: 503-235-6047
Fax: 503-235-7300
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.aehap.org
AEHAP is an organization whose mission is
to enhance environmental health education
to assure optimal health of people and the
environment.AEHAP is a consortium of
environmental health degree programs serving
as a forum for deliberation and a mechanism for
increasing and diversifying the environmental
health workforce and student population.
American Legacy Foundation
Association of Schools of Public Health
The American Legacy Foundation® is dedicated
to building a world where young people reject
tobacco and anyone can quit. The foundation
develops programs to address the health
effects of tobacco use and for populations
disproportionately affected by tobacco through
grants, research, technical assistance and
training, youth activism, communications,
partnerships, and counter-marketing and
grassroots campaigns.
The CDC-funded Centers for Public Health
Preparedness (CPHP) are a national network of
academic institutions working in collaboration
with state and local public health departments
and other community partners to provide lifelong learning opportunities to the public health
workforce, in order to handle the next public
health crisis.
Booth #428
1724 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-454-5555
Fax: 202-454-5599
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.americanlegacy.org
Association of Public
Health Laboratories
Booth #228
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 240-485-2745
Fax: 240.485.2700
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.aphl.org
The Association of Public Health Laboratories
(APHL) works to safeguard the public’s health
by strengthening public health laboratories in
the United States and globally. APHL advances
laboratory systems and practices, and promotes
policies that support healthy communities.
Booth #313
1101 15th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-296-1099
Fax: 202-296-1252
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://preparedness.asph.org/home.
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BLU-MED Response Systems
Booth #301
5808 Lake Washington Blvd. # 215
Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: 425-889 1205
Fax: 425-889 1206
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.blu-med.com
BLU-MED Response Systems are rapidly
deployable, fully equipped modular Disaster
Response Facilities. BLU-MED Response
Systems provides solutions for advanced-level
medical care, decontamination, and emergency
operations facilities at the scene of a disaster to
support emergency management services and
continuity of operations.
BtB Software
ASTHO
Booth #300
2231 Crystal City Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Website: www.astho.org
ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization
representing the state and territorial public
health agencies of the United States, the U.S.
Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO’s
members, the chief health officials of these
jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and
influencing sound public health policy, and to
assuring excellence in state-based public health
practice.
Booth #110
PO Box 845
Bayside, CA 95524-0845
Phone: 707-825-7649
Fax: 866-381 6887
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.btbsoftware.com
BtB Software products handle all aspects of the
Public Health Laboratory (Clinical, Environmental
(Coliforms, Chemistry, BioThreat, Food Outbreaks
(FBDO), Dairy) and Rabies), and includes an
integrated Billing-Accounts/Receivable, Statistics
& Searches. We support HL7/XML and ANSI837
(billing) standards. Available as SaaS or Client
Server (SQL) with Web-based reporting.
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The California
Endowment
CDC/BRFSS
CareScope/Data Futures
The BRFSS is a state-based system of health
surveys that collect information on health risk
behaviors, preventive health practices, and
health care access primarily related to chronic
disease and injury. Data are collected in all
50 states and four territories. The BRFSS is the
world’s largest on-going health survey.
Booth #326
101 Second St. 24th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.calendow.org
Booth #329
9051 Executive Park Drive, Suite 202
Knoxville, TN 37923
Phone: 865-850-7204
Fax: 865-566-0246
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.carescope.net
CareScope MIS is for all access-to-care
collaborative who coordinate healthcare
and services for the underserved, under and
noninsured. CareScope integrates data from all
community providers, allowing them to fully
coordinate care, reduce costs and assure that the
client receives the right care, at the right time,
in the right setting.
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
Booth #221
1600 Clifton Rd., M/S G73
Atlanta, GA 30333
Website: www.cdc.gov
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Booth #229
3005 Chamblee-Tucker Road
MS K66
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5039
Fax:
770-488-8150
Website: www.cdc.gov/brfss
CDC/Epi-X
Booth #139
1600 Clifton Rd., NE, M/S D-40
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 404-639-5049
Fax: 404-639-3903
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://epix.cdc.gov
Epi-X is CDC’s secure, web-based communications
and alerting system that keeps frontline public
health officials informed about developing
health threats. The system rapidly establishes
secure communication channels between
its users, providing a safe way to exchange
confidential information. Epi-X helps public
health officials stay informed, inform others, and
share expertise.
CDC/Prevention Research Centers Program
CDC/Radiation Studies
Branch
CDC’s Prevention Research Centers Program is a
national network of 33 academic research centers
committed to preventing chronic disease. The
centers, located at schools of public health or
medicine, work with their local communities to
develop interventions that address the leading
causes of death and disability in the nation
We are the Radiation Studies Branch at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta, Georgia. Our newest product is geared
toward Public Health Officials who will be
responding to a radiation emergency. To order a
free tool kit, send message to [email protected],
call 770-488-3800 or visit our web site at
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation.
Booth #109
4770 Buford Highway, NE Mailstop K-45
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
Phone: 770-488-5588
Fax: 770-488-5486
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.cdc.gov/PRC
Booth #234
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-3700
Fax: 770-488-1539
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.emergency.cdc.gov/radiation
CDC/Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services
Booth #426
1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-85
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 404-498-2461
Fax: 404-498-0935
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.cdc.gov/phin/
Booth #410
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1849
Phone: 410-786-0761
Fax: 410-786-8530
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.medicare.gov
The Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
is a national initiative to improve the capacity
of public health agencies to use and exchange
information electronically by promoting the use
of standards and defining technical requirements
that are determined by best practices related
to efficient, effective, and interoperable public
health information systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
manages several critical programs: Medicare,
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health
Insurance programs. Learn how seniors and
people with disabilities can take advantage of
these programs. CMS will have information
about preventive services, disability information,
prescription drug coverage, extra help for people
with limited income, and more.
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CHAMP Software,
Inc.
Booth #423
100 Memorial View Ct., Ste. 200
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-388-4141
Fax: 507-388-4991
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.champsoftware.com
CHAMP Software has 23 years of success in
Public Health agencies. Our flagship product,
TouchPoint, allows nurses to chart using the
Omaha System. Our newest product, Nightingale
Notes provides web-based freedom. From Maine
to California or Washington to Florida this is a
great time for you to discover CHAMP Software.
Collaborative
Fusion
Booth #331
5849 Forbes Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Phone: 412-422-3463
Fax: 412-291-3099
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.collaborativefusion.com
Collaborative Fusion, Inc. (CFI) is the leading
provider of web-based responder and incident
management solutions. CFI’s CORES(TM)
Platform provides a ESAR-VHP compatible, NIMS
compliant, FIPS 201-1 interoperable registration,
notification, deployment management, on-scene
accountability, and post-incident reporting
solution to agencies responsible for coordinating
response personnel in a disaster.
County of Sacramento Environmental Management Department
Booth #335
8475 Jackson Rd,
Sacramento, CA 95826
Phone: 916-875-8440
Fax: 916-875-8513
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.EMD.Saccounty.net
Emory Center for Public Health
Preparedness
Booth #131
Rollins School of Public Health
1525 Clifton Road, 1st Floor
Atlanta,GA 30322
Phone: 404-727-2928
Fax: 404-727-8768
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sph.emory.edu/ECPHP
The Sacramento County Environmental
Management Department provides mandated
regulatory services in several program areas,
including Environmental Health, Hazardous
Materials and Water Protection. Several Retail Food
Program improvements were implemented from
2002-2008. The exhibition will feature the County’s
highly visible Green-Yellow-Red food safety rating
and disclosure system for retail food facilities.
The Emory Center for Public Health Preparedness,
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University,
is part of the national system of Centers for
Public Health Preparedness funded by CDC. The
Emory CPHP specializes in the development of
technology-enhanced instructional activities
including instructional lectures, interactive
trainings, web-based case studies, and
conference proceedings.
DHS/NCS, GETS/WPS
EMS Authority
Booth #403
15000 Conference Center Drive
Chantilly, VA 20151
Phone: 703-818-5403
Fax: 703-818-5947
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.dhs.gov
Booth #414
1930 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: 916-322-4336
Fax: 916-323-4898
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://medicalvolunteer.ca.gov
The NCS provides priority telecommunications
services, coordination, information sharing
operations, and other related programs to
support National Security and Emergency
Preparedness (NS/EP) efforts across Federal,
state, and local government, critical
infrastructure industry, and other authorized
NS/EP organizations under all circumstances,
including crisis, disaster, emergency, or attack,
from awareness through recovery.
If you are a licensed medical or healthcare
provider interested in volunteering your
professional skills during a disaster, the California
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
encourages you to register in California’s
Emergency System for Advance Registration
of Volunteer Health Professionals – California
Medical Volunteers. Volunteering is safe, easy,
and confidential.
EMSystem
Booth #208
135 South 84th Street, Suite 150
Milwaukee, WI 53214
Phone: 414-721-9700
Fax: 414-721-9600
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.emsystems.com
EMSystem provides comprehensive web-based
healthcare information management solutions
that optimize real-time communications,
inventory resource allocation, volunteer registry
management, and patient and evacuee tracking
to enhance emergency preparedness and
response to medical emergencies, mass casualty
events, and public health incidents for the past
10 years.
Environmental Public Health Tracking Partners
Booth #412
800 I Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-777-2440
Fax: 202-777-2530
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.apha.org/eph
CDC and partners are launching the National
Environmental Public Health Tracking website.
For the first time, public health professionals and
communities will have easy access to health and
environment data and tools that will help them
learn more about how the environment affects
health.
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ESI
Booth #101
823 Broad Street
Augusta, GA 30901
Phone: 706-823-0911
Fax: 706-823-9911
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.esi911.com
ESi® is the global leader in web-enabled crisis
information management systems. Its WebEOC®
provides secure real-time information sharing
to help managers make sound decisions quickly.
WebEOC is the most effective, affordable and
open system in the industry. Please visit www.
ESi911.com or call ESi at (800) 596-0911 for more
detailed information.
ESRI
Booth #0
380 New York St.
Redlands, CA 92373
Phone: 909-793-2853
Fax: 909-307-3039
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.esri.com
ESRI’s geographic information systems
(GIS) technology is utilized by public health
organizations worldwide, including the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the World Health Organization, and all 50 U.S.
state health departments. ESRI offers solutions
through a network of regional U.S. offices,
international distributors, and authorized
business partners.
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FDA CFSAN
Booth #128
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 888-723-3366
Fax: 877-366-3322
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.cfsan.fda.gov
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,
in conjunction with the Agency’s field staff, is
responsible for promoting and protecting the
public’s health by ensuring that the nation’s food
supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly
labeled, and that cosmetic products are safe and
properly labeled.
FirstWatch
Booth #307
904 2nd Street
Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 760-943-9123
Fax: 760-942-8329
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.firstwatch.net
FirstWatch is situational awareness software that
monitors data (in real-time) based on userdefined criteria—from a PH / Epi standpoint.
Once a volumetric or geographic trend or pattern
is detected, FirstWatch automatically alerts
user-defined personnel via email, pager, or fax.
FirstWatch aggregates data for a regionalized
perspective across geopolitical boundaries. www.
firstwatch.net
GlaxoSmithKline
Booth #123
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.GSKVaccines.com
GlaxoSmithKline is a leading research-based
pharmaceutical company. We are also a leading
vaccine manufacturer. We offer a number
of programs to support effective health
management strategies. Please visit our exhibit
to learn more about our products.
Glo Germ
Company
Booth #415
P.O. Box 189
Moab, UT 84532
Phone: 800-842-6622
Fax: 435-259-5930
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.glogerm.com
Since 1968 Glo Germ has specialized in
educational materials used to help teach proper
handwashing and infection control practices. Our
“simulated” germs are UV reactive allowing you
to see the remaining “germs” on your hands after
washing or touching “contaminated” surfaces.
Global Protection
Booth #304
Phone: 856-768-2911
Fax: 856-768-2922
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.globalprotectionusa.com
Global Protection Inc. is a provider of personal
protective equipment to the First Responder and
First Received market. We work with Federal
and State Law Enforcement Agencies, Hospitals,
Public Health Agencies, Emergency Management
Agencies and all the branches of the U.S. Military
departments related to PPE equipment, medical
supplies, decon systems, surge capacity and
detection.
Health Monitoring
Systems
Booth #407
700 River Avenue, Suite 100
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-231-2020
Fax: 412-231-2121
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.hmsinc.com
Health Monitoring Systems (HMS) is a pioneer
in community health surveillance. With its
EpiCenter™ system, HMS provides advanced
analytics of data collected from hospitals,
labs and elsewhere to detect, pinpoint and
understand real-time and emerging health
issues. Clients include public health agencies,
hospitals and others in the healthcare arena.
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HealthSpace
USA Inc.
Booth #417
4860 Cox Road, Suite 200
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Phone: 866-860-4224
Fax: 804-747-6182
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.healthspace.com
Institute for Healthcare Advancement
Booth #405
501 S. Idaho St., Suite 300
La Habra, CA 90631
Phone: 800-434-4633
Fax: 562-690-8988
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.iha4health.org
HealthSpace offers fully bilingual, integrated
systems that handle all data and communication
for Environmental and Public Health
organizations, saving time and money by
eliminating redundant data entry, automating
repetitive tasks, simplifying training, reducing
downtime, and allowing the movement of data,
not people.
The Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)
is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit private foundation.
IHA addresses health and literacy issues through
easy-to-read healthcare books written at
third-grade reading levels. The “What To Do For
Health” book series includes five titles, available
in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and
Korean.
Heyltex Corp.
Journeyworks
Publishing
Booth #416
1800 South Mason Road
Suite # 260
Katy, TX 77450
Phone: 281-395-7040
Fax: 281-395-2320
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.heyltex.com
Heyltex Corporation specializes in the sales and
distribution of drug products for Homeland
Security, specifically Radiogardase® (Prussian
blue insoluble capsules) which is a FDA approved
stockpiling drug to be used to treat victims
of Cesium or Thallium poisoning. This drug
is stocked by the Federal Government, State
Governments, Hospitals, and Corporations.
Booth #311
PO Box 8466
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-8466
Phone: 800-775-1998
Fax: 800-775-5853
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.journeyworks.com
Journeyworks Publishing is a respected national
publisher of health education and health
promotion materials. Journeyworks distributes
over 10,000,000 pamphlets, booklets and posters
annually to organizations and programs across
the country. For over 15 years, Journeyworks
has built its reputation as an industry leader
producing award-winning publications targeting
a wide audience.
KIPHS, Inc.
Booth #209
400 N Woodlawn Suite #1
Wichita, KS 67208
Phone: 316-682-0900
Fax: 316-682-0905
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.kiphs.com
Work with an industry leading developer of local
public health software with installations in seven
states. Consulting expertise in Public Health Business
Process Analysis, Surveillance design, and Process
flow. Clinic Management and Environmental
Health software are both offered.
March of Dimes
Booth #207
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: 914-997-4569
Fax: 914-997-4501
E-mail: pwilliamsthompson@
marchofdimes.com
Website: www.marchofdimes.com/catalog
Visit the March of Dimes exhibit for consumer
and professional education materials. March
of Dimes is a champion for babies. We have
resources for women thinking about pregnancy
or expecting a baby. Our mission is to improve
the health of babies by preventing birth
defects, infant mortality, and premature birth.
Latino Family Institute
Booth #411
1501 West Cameron Avenue
Suite 240
West Covina, CA 91790
Website: www.californiainfantadoptions.com
Logical Images, VisualDX
Booth #211
3445 Winton Place, Suite 240
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: 800-357-7611
Fax: 585-273-8227
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.visualdx.com
VisualDx, visual diagnostic decision support elevates
preparedness by placing health alerts and reporting
capabilities at the point of care. Unlike typical
preparedness purchases, VisualDx is used daily to
aid diagnosis and education. Common and CBRN
diagnoses are seen in each differential, making
public health part of every patient evaluation.
Medical Reserve Corps
Booth #205
Room 18C-14, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-4951
Fax: (301) 480-1163
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.medicalreservecorps.gov
The Medical Reserve Corps improves the
health and safety of communities across the
country by organizing and utilizing public
health, medical and other volunteers. The
MRC gives health professionals a systematic
way for volunteering in support of their local
communities throughout the year, as well as
during disasters.
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MedImmune
Booth #421
One MedImmune Way
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-398-5988
Fax: 301-398-9988
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.medimmune.com
MedImmune strives to provide better medicines
to patients, new medical options for physicians
and rewarding careers to employees. Dedicated
to advancing science and medicine to help
people live better lives, the company is focused
on infectious diseases, cancer and inflammatory
diseases.
Michigan Center for
Public Health
Preparedness
Booth #122
109 Observatory, 2675 SPH I
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: 734-763-6526
Fax: 734-764-9293
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mipreparedness.org
The Michigan Center for Public Health
Preparedness, part of the Office of Public Health
Practice, University of Michigan School of Public
Health, supports preparedness efforts of local
and state health departments. Training products,
onsite and online, are competency-based and
targeted to the public health workforce. Funded
by the CDC.
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Mitchell & McCormick
Booth #210
2165 West Park Court, Suite #G
Stone Mountain, GA 30087
Phone: 800-551-0775
Fax: 770-465-1314
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mitchellandmccormick.com
Mitchell and McCormick has been providing
software for the Public Health marketplace for
over 30 years. Our software solution for Public
Health departments, Visual HealthNet/Web, is
a fully integrated solution that encompasses all
functions needed within a health department
from point of care health records, back office
functions such as billing, HL7 interface, as well as
state and federal reporting.
NACCHO
Booth #201
1100 17th Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-783-5550
Fax: 202-783-1583
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.naccho.org
NACCHO is the national organization representing
local health departments. NACCHO supports
efforts that protect and improve the health of
all people and all communities by promoting
national policy, developing resources and
programs seeking health equity, and supporting
effective local public health practice and systems.
NACCHO
Advanced Practice
Centers
NALBOH - National
Association of Local
Boards of Health
NACCHO’s APC program is a diverse network of
local health departments working to help the
public health community prepare for public
health emergencies and other disasters. The
resources and trainings the APCs develop
are informed by experience and designed to
efficiently address the needs of public health
preparedness practitioners nationwide.
NALBOH – the grassroots of public health – is
the national voice for effective and competent
public health governance. NALBOH’s mission is
to strengthen boards of health – local, state, and
tribal - enabling them to promote and protect the
health of their communities, through education,
technical assistance, and advocacy.
Booth #422
1100 17th Street, NW, Ste. 200
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-783-5550
Fax: 202-783-1583
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.naccho.org/apc
NACCHO Profile
Study
Booth #321
1100 17th Street, NW 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-783-5550
Fax: 202-783-158
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.naccho.org/profile
The Profile study – a comprehensive description
of local health department infrastructure
and practice – recently launched the 2008
questionnaire. How was the response rate in
your state? Has your local health department
completed a questionnaire? For answers to these
questions and more, including findings from
earlier studies, visit our booth.
Booth #309
1840 East Gypsy Lane Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Phone: 419-353-7714
Fax: 419-352-6278
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.nalboh.org
The National
Infrastructure
Protection Plan (NIPP) and Healthcare
and Public Health Sector – Department of
Homeland Security
Booth #226
245 Murray Lane, SW Bldg. 410, Mail Stop 8530
Washington, DC 20528
Phone: 703-235-3654
Fax: 703-235-3055
Email: [email protected]
Website: dhs.gov/nipp
The NIPP provides a national, unifying framework
for critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR)
protection efforts and provides the core processes
to enable government and private sector security
partners across all 18 CIKR sectors to work together
to implement protective programs. The Healthcare
and Public Health Sector works within the NIPP
framework to achieve resiliency against all natural
and man-made threats.
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National Library
of Medicine
Booth #111
12-077 Center for the Health Sciences, Box
951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798
Phone: 800-338-7657
Fax: 310-825-5389
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://nnlm.gov/psr
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) provides
free information to health professionals,
clinicians, researchers and consumers via
Medline/PubMed, MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov
and other databases at http://www.nlm.nih.gov.
MedlinePlus includes health information in over
40 languages. Come by our booth for a hands-on
demonstration!
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Booth #115
Georgetown University, Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272
Phone: 202-784-9771
Fax: 202-784-9777
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mchoralhealth.org
The National Maternal and Child Oral Health
Resource Center provides high-quality
information and materials to health professionals
to improve oral health services for children,
adolescents, and their families. Services include
collecting programmatic materials and sharing
information about their availability, developing
and disseminating publications, and maintaining
a Web site.
National Network
0f Public Health
Institutes
Booth #306
1515 Poydras Street, Suite 1200
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-301-9811
Fax: 504-301-9820
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.nnphi.org
NNPHI promotes the development and
sustainability of unique non-profit organizations
that are making innovative contributions
to public health. NNPHI also serves as the
administrative home to national programs
addressing accreditation, public health workforce
and leadership, and quality improvement.
Together with its members and partners, NNPHI
fosters innovations in health that address critical
and emerging public health issues.
National Public Health
Information Coalition
Booth #429
986 Hidden Hollow Drive
Marietta, GA 30068
Phone: 770-509-5555
Fax: 770-565-8436
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nphic.org
NPHIC is the premier organization for health
communciation professionals. NPHIC serves as
the most effective channel for getting accurate,
credible and useful information out quickly to the
news media and to the public directly. Collectly,
NPHIC has over 100 years of media relations,
health communication and marketing experience.
NPHIC -”making public heatlh public”.
NCEH/
ATSDR
NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone
Diseases - National Resource Center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
National Center for Environmental Health and the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
scientifically consider all factors that affect the
health of people, including healthy community
design
The NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~
National Resource Center provides patients, health
professionals, and the public with an important link
to resources and information on metabolic bone
diseases.
Booth #212
1600 Clifton Road, MS F61
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone:
Fax: E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
Netsmart
Technologies
Booth #308, 310
3500 Sunrise Highway Ste. D122
Great River, NY 11739
Phone: 800-421-7503
Fax: 631-968-2123
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ntst.com
Netsmart Public Health solutions can help
address the full range of public health needs
including patient registration and scheduling,
billing and financial management, clinical
services, disease management and health
education outreach programs. More than
120 public health organizations and 10 state
departments have chosen Netsmart’s Public
Health solutions to help them address their
critical challenges.
Booth #315
2 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3676
Phone: 800–624–BONE
Fax: 202-293-2356
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/
bone/default.asp
North Carolina
Institute for
Public Health
Booth #220
UNC Campus, Box 8165
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165
Phone: 919-966-4032
Fax: 919-966-5692
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sph.unc.edu/nciph
The North Carolina Institute for Public Health’s Office
of Executive Education includes the Emerging Leaders
in Public Health, the Management Academy for
Public Health, the National Public Health Leadership
Institute and the Southeast Public Health Leadership
Institute as well as other programs for individuals
and organizations interested in fostering professional
growth in the areas of management and leadership.
Applications are now being accepted for many of
these programs that include group retreats, team
projects, and online learning. See www.sph.unc.edu/
nciph and click on Executive Education.
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Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
Booth #317
350 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-871-8102
Fax: 617-871 8911
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.novartisvaccines.com
Novartis Vaccines is one of the world’s largest
manufacturers of influenza vaccines and has
important meningococcal, pediatric and travel
vaccine franchises. The company’s portfolio
of products includes Fluvirin® influenza virus
vaccine.
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Booth #215
300 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 609-987-5800
Fax: 609-580-2145
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.novonordisk-us.com
Novo Nordisk is a biotechnology company
with expertise in therapeutic proteins aimed
at Diabetes and metabolic disorders. We are
focused on bleeding disorders and inflammation.
A Triple Bottom Line organization, we publish
Annual Reports on Social and Environmental
goals/attainment as well as Financial
performance year to year.
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ODPHP - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
PSA Worldwide Corp.
Booth #135
10720 Columbia Pike, Suite 500
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: 301-592-2160
E-mail: [email protected]
Booth #323
6645 Delmonico Dr., Suite 201
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Phone: 800-408-8159
Fax: 800-340-6416
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.psacorp.com
The mission of the Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (ODPHP) is to provide leadership
for a healthier America by initiating, coordinating,
and supporting disease prevention and health
promotion activities, programs, policies, and
information for HHS through collaboration with
HHS agencies and other partners in prevention.
PSA Worldwide Corp. has been partnering
with government agencies for over 13 years by
providing health education and promotional
products to help meet your program objectives.
You will enjoy the service you receive as we
demonstrate PSA’s motto, “Service Like No Other.”
Stop by our booth to receive samples!
Previstar, Inc.
Public Health
Foundation
Booth #327
1729 King Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-535-8289
Fax:
703-535-8789
Email:
[email protected]
Website: www.previstar.com
Previstar’s Continual Preparedness System (CPS)
equips Public Health and medical organizations
with a suite of automated software capabilities
to plan for, respond to, and recover from any
incident or event. Web-based and easy-touse, the system supports missions including
managing surge, shelters, quarantine and
isolation, HICS, epidemiology, and fatality
management.
Booth #216
1300 L Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-218-4400
Fax:
202- 218-4409
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.phf.org
The Public Health Foundation (PHF), a national,
non-profit organization, focuses on improving the
performance of public health agencies and systems.
PHF will display a variety of tools and resources to
support public health workforce development and
quality and performance improvement.
Public Health
Foundation Enterprises
Booth #227
13200 Crossroads Parkway North
Suite 135
City of Industry, CA 91746
Phone: 800-201-7320
Fax: 562-692-6950
Website: www.phfe.org
PHFE’s goal is to provide the expertise,
dedication, and knowledge you wish you had
easily available, but never seem to have on
hand. Comprised of accomplished professionals
with an array of public health, health care,
and information technology experience, PHFE
consultants work as members of your team with
a vested interest in the success of your project or
program.
Public Health
Informatics Institute
Booth #409
325 Swanton Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: 866-815-9704
Fax: 404-371-0415
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.phii.org
The Public Health Informatics Institute aims to
improve the performance of the public health
system by advancing practitioners’ ability
to strategically manage and apply health
information systems. Toward this goal, we’ve
developed and refined methodologies to provide
training, facilitate workgroups and communities
of practice, and develop requirements for
information systems.
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Exhibitor Directory
sanofi pasteur
Booth #120
Discovery Drive,
Swiftwater, PA 18370
Phone: 800-vaccine
Fax: 570-839-4417
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sanofipasteur.us
Toucan Ed
Booth #108
1280 17th Ave, Suite 102
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone: 888-386-8226
Fax: 831-462-1129
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.toucaned.com
Trivantis
Booth #112
311 Elm Street, Suite 200
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 877-929-0188
Fax: 513-929-0770
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.trivantis.com
Sanofi Pasteur Inc., the vaccines division of sanofi
aventis Group, provides pediatric, adult, and
travel vaccines for diseases such as diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae
type b, influenza, rabies, Japanese encephalitis,
typhoid fever, yellow fever, and meningococcal
disease. To learn more about our products, visit
our exhibit.
ToucanEd Inc. is a health education publishing,
training, and consulting firm, founded by
Kathleen Middleton, MS, CHES. ToucanEd
develops and distributes curricula, pamphlets,
training guides, posters, videos and interactive
CD-ROMS. ToucanEd also works with clients
to publish custom materials that meet specific
program needs in a timely, cost-effective manner.
Trivantis’ elearning solutions provide government
agencies with the “best in class” and easiest to
use course authoring and publishing software
available. Lectora enables the creation,
distribution, and management of custom online
content that publishes to any platform. Lectora
also supports SCORM and AICC, allowing courses
to integrate in any Learning Management System.
SRA International
Trilogy
Integrated Resources,
Network of Care
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health
Booth #102
2605 Meridian Parkway, Suite 200
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: 919-544-8500
Fax: 919-313-1048
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sra.com
SRA is dedicated to tackling the world’s most
complex health challenges. We partner with
others to effect change and apply knowledge
to a broad range of programs. Working with
U.S. public health agencies, the international
development community and pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies, we are making
progress toward a healthier world.
Booth #408
1101 Fifth Ave., Suite 250
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: 415-458-5900
Fax: 415-256-9036
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.networkofcare.org
Network of Care is a highly interactive,
single information place where consumers,
community-based organizations and municipal
government workers all can go to easily access
a wide variety of important information. The
resources in this “virtual community” include a
fast, comprehensive Service Directory; links to
pertinent Web sites from across the nation; a
comprehensive, easy-to-use Library; a political
advocacy tool; community message boards; and
many others.
U.S. EPA – Office of Children’s Health Protection/Aging Initiative
Booth #114
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Mail Code 1107A
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-564-2188
Fax: 202-564-2733
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.epa.gov/children
The mission of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health
Protection (OCHP) is to make protecting the
health of children a fundamental goal of public
health and environmental protection in the
United States and around the world. EPA protects
children’s health through activities including
regulations, economics, papers, reports, and
studies.
Booth #237
Center for Public Health Systems and Services
Research
121 Washington Avenue, Suite 103
Lexington, KY 40536-0003
Phone: 859-218-2289
Fax: 859-257-2821
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.publichealthsystems.org
U.S. EPA – SunWise Program
Public Health Systems & Services Research
(PHSSR) is a new national program funded by
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
designed to build awareness of this new field
focused on the organization, financing, delivery
and impact of public health services.
Did you know that preventing sunburn in
childhood can save lives?! Stop by the EPA’s
SunWise booth to sign up for our FREE evidencebased sun safety resources, including an awardwinning activity kit for health educators working
with children in grades K-8 and the annual
SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest.
Booth #127
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Mailcode 6205J
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-343-9591
Fax: 202-343-2338
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.epa.gov/sunwise
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U.S. EPA - Toxics Release Inventory Program
Venue Companies, Inc.
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a
publicly available EPA database that contains
information on toxic chemical releases and waste
management activities reported annually by
industries including manufacturing, metal and
coal mining, electric utilities, and commercial
hazardous waste treatment, among others.
Venue specializes in providing custom message
on hold and call handling programs that inform
callers about the services your health department
has to offer as well as timely information in
emergencies. Messages are updated regularly
with remote technology allowing a consistent
message to all health departments within your
region or state. Venue plays vital role in your
disaster preparedness plan.
Booth #328
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Mailcode 2844T
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-566-0717
Fax: 202-566-0715
Website: www.epa.gov/tri
USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness
Booth #113
1266 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1266
Phone: 979-845-2387
Fax: 979-862-4595
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.rural-preparedness.org
Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the USA Center for Rural Public
Health Preparedness supports the development
of skills and competencies for emergency
response and preparedness for the broader
public health workforce and those responsible for
emergency preparedness planning and response
in primarily rural areas.
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Booth #420
8668 Navarre Parkway #103
Navarre, FL 32566
Phone: 850-939-7179
Fax: 850-939-7525
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.healthdepartmentsonhold.com
Vermont Clinical Decision Soupport, LLC
Booth #116
371 Pearl Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: 802-847-8268
Fax: 802-847-0319
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.vermedx.com
The Vermedx® Diabetes System is a patented
technology that public health agencies are
employing to better manage prevalence within
their populations. Surveillance and analytical
tools combined with unique outreach programs
produce clinically proven quality improvements
and significantly reduced patient treatment costs
for participating populations.
VeriCor, LLC
VisionLink, Inc.
Booth #337
723 Western Avenue, Unit # 3
Holmen, WI 54636
Phone: 608-526-6901
Fax: 866-469-6019
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: VeriCorMed.com
Booth #126
First National Center, 3101 Iris Avenue
Suite 240
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: 303-402-0170
Fax: 303-402-0169
Website: www.visionlink.org
VeriCor provides modular and custom Medical
Response Systems - Points of Dispensing
Stations (PODS), Alternate Care Centers (ACC),
Mobile Hospitals. Through VeriCor’s proprietary
design process, Response-Friendly™ systems
perform the way medical personnel wish
they would! Systems can include shelters,
utilities, equipment, supplies, packaging and
transportation. VeriCor has fielded systems
worldwide.
VisionLink provides 2-1-1, information and
referral, homeless management, volunteer
management, and disaster response solutions
across the United States and Puerto Rico, in
thousands of communities. VisionLink’s Tapestry
software suite was selected by the by the
Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN) to support
its long-term disaster response and recovery
operations.
Walden University
Booth #117
155 5th Avenue South, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: 612-338-7224
Fax: 612-338-5092
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.WaldenU.edu
Since 1970, Walden has stayed true to its
mission: serving the higher education needs
of professionals whose work impacts others.
Our challenging programs are designed to
help students make a difference in the lives of
children, the health of communities, or
the success of an organization.
Visit www.WaldenU.edu.
Worldways Social Marketing
Booth #222
6030 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Ste. 110
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Phone: 303-779-3004
Fax: 303-779-3010
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.e-worldways.com
To solve complex public health problems in
the 21st century, Worldways Social Marketing
follows a powerful, interactive and proven social
marketing discipline. We apply cutting edge
and nimble marketing, communications, and
social media tools to help accelerate change for
emergency preparedness, obesity prevention,
access to mental health care and more.
Yale Center for
Public Health
Preparedness
Booth #413
2 Church Street South, Suite 31
New Haven, CT 06519
Phone: 203-764-9713
Fax: 203-764-9716
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://publichealth.yale.edu/ycphp/
The Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness
is part of a national network of Centers funded
by the CDC. The Yale Center collaborates with
local and regional agencies and organizations
to ensure that the public health workforce is
prepared to respond to disasters and other public
health emergencies.
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Becoming the healthiest NATION in a healthier WORLD
THIRD FLOOR
K Street
Poster Showcase Hours
SACRAMENTO
CONVENTION CENTER
Te rrace
In the Lower and Upper Lobbies
Meeting Rooms
Meeting
Rooms
Registration
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Lobby
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Wednesday, September 10
8:00 am – 8:00 pm Poster Showcase Open for Viewing
Thursday, September 11
Food
Service
7:30 am – 4:15 pm Poster Showcase Open for Viewing
Ballroom
Ballroom
308
308
307
307
306
306
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Poster Presentations
Exhibit Hall
Meeting Rooms
Meeting
Rooms
UPSTAIRS POSTER AREA (#1-39)
305 304
304 303302
303 302 301
301
305
FIRST FLOOR
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J Street Lobby
14th Street
(one way)
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Hyatt
Regency
Catering
Offices
A/V
Office
104
103
K Street
Mall
102
Entry
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Covered Loading Docks
First Aid
Convention
Administration
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Sacramento Convention Center Administration Office
1030 15th Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95814
tel 916.264.5291 fax 916.264.7687Exhibits
Hall B
www.sacramentoconventioncenter.com
Concessions
M
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Concourse
Poster Showcase #40-74
Entry
J Street
(one way)
Bus Loading / Drop-Off
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Concessions
W
St. Paul’s
Church
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Lobby
Kitchen
Truck
Access
Concessions
M
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Office
Truck
Access
15th Street
(one way)
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Te rrace
Meeting Rooms
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Preparedness
Public health infrastructure
Women’s and children’s health
Quality/performance improvement
Starbucks
Coffee
Sheraton
Grand
Community health
Health value and equity
Public health informatics
Accreditation
Environmental public health
ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Poster Showcase Directory by Organization
Organization
Arizona Department of Health Services
Association of Schools of Public Health
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
AWWA
California Department of Public Health
California Department of Public Health
California Department of Public Health, MCAH Division
California Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program
Cambridge Public Health Department, Massachusetts Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program
City of Houston, Texas City of Milwaukee Health Department and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
City of Milwaukee Health Department, Wisconsin
City of Milwaukee Health Department, Wisconsin
Cowlitz County Health and Human Services, Washington
Florida Department of Health
Florida Department of Health
Florida Department of Health
Georgia Division of Public Health
Georgia Division of Public Health
Government of the District of Columbia
Health Officers Association of California
Howard County Health Department, Maryland Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas State University, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Knox County Health Department, Tennessee Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, California
Los Angeles County, California Medical Reserve Corps Program Office
Metro Public Health Department, Nashville, Tennessee
Minnesota Department of Health
Montgomery County, Maryland Multnomah County, Oregon National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Board #
55
73
27
23
24
71
14
32
31
56
36
74
50
5
38
15
70
28
35
40
44
8
9
41
4
43
26
18
12
22
39
11
66
34
7
64
17
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Lower Lobby Poster Area Boards #40-74
Organization
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Physicians Work Group
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Local Boards of Health
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, Illinois
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, Illinois
National Public Health Training Center Network
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Orange County Health Department, Florida Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
Prevention Institute, California
Prevention Institute, California
Public Health Law Association
Public Health Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin
Public Health Seattle and King County, Washington
Riverside County Department of Public Health, Riverside, California
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Texas San Mateo County Health Department, California Sedgwick County Health Department, Kansas South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
Tippecanoe County Health Department, Indiana Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium - Emory University, Georgia
University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Public Health Institute
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
University of Michigan School of Public Health
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Utah Department of Health, Division of Health Systems Improvement
Washington State Department of Health
Washington State Department of Health
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1
2
6
51
59
21
10
68
37
19
20
60
30
46
52
29
61
54
42
33
49
72
25
58
13
69
47
45
53
67
48
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16
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Organization
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5
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9
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18
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National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of County and City Health Officials
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Health Officers Association of California
City of Houston, Texas
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Montgomery County, Maryland
Georgia Division of Public Health
Georgia Division of Public Health
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Medical Reserve Corps Program Office
Knox County Health Department, Tennessee
Sedgwick County Health Department, Kansas
California Department of Public Health
City of Milwaukee Health Department, Wisconsin
University of Michigan School of Public Health
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Kansas State University, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
National Association of Local Boards of Health
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, California
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Texas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
Cowlitz County Health and Human Services, Washington
Public Health Law Association
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
California Department of Public Health, MCAH Division
California Department of Public Health
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
Minnesota Department of Health
Florida Department of Health
Cambridge Public Health Department, Massachusetts
National Public Health Training Center Network
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City of Milwaukee Health Department and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Los Angeles County, California
Florida Department of Health
Government of the District of Columbia
Riverside County Department of Public Health, Riverside, California
Howard County Health Department, Maryland
Florida Department of Health
Tippecanoe County Health Department, Indiana
Prevention Institute, California
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Prevention Institute, California
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium - Emory University, Georgia
Public Health Seattle and King County, Washington
Arizona Department of Health Services
California Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program
Utah Department of Health, Division of Health Systems Improvement
San Mateo County Health Department, California
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Orange County Health Department, Florida
Public Health Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin
Washington State Department of Health
Washington State Department of Health
Multnomah County, Oregon
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Physicians Work Group
Metro Public Health Department, Nashville, Tennessee
University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Public Health Institute
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, Illinois
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
City of Milwaukee Health Department, Wisconsin
AWWA
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
Association of Schools of Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Board #: 1
National Association of County and City Health Officials
LHDs Collaborating with MRC Units for Sustainability and
Surge Capacity
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Units are community-based
public health, medical and other volunteers that function
as a way to locally organize and utilize volunteers who
want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for
and respond to emergencies and promote healthy living
throughout the year. Many Local Health Departments
(LHDs) partner with MRC Units or house MRC Units to
help support their mission to protect and improve the
health of their communities. Practical Application to
Public Health Practice: LHDs that have collaborated with
MRC Units or formed MRC Units within their organization
will discuss (1) the strengths, challenges and lessons
learned of their collaboration; (2) provide examples of
how this collaboration has increased capacity within their
LHD; and lastly (3) provide best practices that have been
formed due to this partnership.
Becki Chester, MPH, Senior Analyst, National Association of
County and City Health Official
Melodie Griffin, MHA, Senior Analyst, National Association of
County and City Health Officials
Sarah Wood, MA, Editorial Program Associate, National
Association of County and City Health Officials
Board #: 2
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Indicators of Progress in Local Public Health Preparedness
Efforts have been made to evaluate the outcomes of
federal funding for public health preparedness activities
in state health departments; however no data-gathering
effort exists at the federal level on the progress of
preparedness in local health departments. In 2008,
NACCHO developed a survey to examine indicators of
progress in local public health preparedness. Previous
NACCHO survey results were used as benchmarks to
create the survey questions and facilitate a longitudinal
analysis of improvement. These results illustrate the
ongoing enhancements to public health capabilities
at the local level, and efforts to implement new and
advanced emergency response initiatives.
Victoria Johnson, MSc, Senior Analyst, Public Health
Preparedness, National Association of County and City
Health Officials
Board #: 3
University of Michigan School of Public Health
From Survey to Assessment: Characterizing Michigan’s
Public Health Workforce
This study identifies anticipated gaps in the Michigan
public health workforce and topics for needed training.
Highlighted findings include: 1) 54% of public health
professionals plan to leave the workforce within 10
years. 2) Preparedness-based competencies were
generally viewed as less important than those based on
the essential services of public health, despite overlap.
Recommendations include incorporating preparedness
into daily public health operations. If public health
preparedness is going to be realized, it must be perceived
as important and practical as a central component of
public health operations, better allowing for seamless
integration during emergencies small and large.
JoLynn Montgomery, PhD, MPH, Director, Michigan Center
for Public Health Preparedness, University of Michigan
School of Public Health
Angela Beck, MPH, Program Manager, University of
Michigan School of Public Health
Matthew Boulton, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Practice,
and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of
Michigan School of Public Health
Board #: 4
Health Officers Association of California
Project Collaboration Research Initiative: Public Health
Collaboration and Communication Technology for the
21st Century
PCRI is a collaboration tool and online environment
developed by and for California’s physician health officers.
This technology allows remote participation in meetings,
cutting down on the time, cost, and emissions associated
with travel. Document sharing promotes collaboration
among participants.
Bruce Pomer, MPA, Executive Director, Health Officers
Association of California
Roger Rosenberg, Direct Technology
Board #: 5
City of Houston, Texas
A Spatially Intelligent Disease Surveillance System using
ESRI’s Web-based Geographic Information System (ArcWeb)
This describes how web based GIS (Geographic
Information Systems) can enhance the existing
surveillance mechanisms. Its emphasis is on using more
accurate spatial information for managing disease
outbreaks. By displaying the outbreak locations using GIS,
the decision makers can identify specific resources near
the locations to prepare for a community based action
plan. ESRI’s ArcWeb service has the advantage of having
all the demographic variables which help devise a more
meaningful intervention for any selected area. The poster
also describes how to access the web services using a
JavaScript API and demonstrates an intervention plan
using a hypothetical outbreak scenario.
Riju Stephen, MS, GIS Analyst, City of Houston
Deborah Banerjee, PhD, Epidemiologist, Houston
Department of Health and Human Services
Mark Perry, MPH, Epidemiologist Manager, Houston
Department of Health and Human Services
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Board #: 6
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Project Public Health Ready—A Tool for Assessing
Collaboration Between State and Local Health Departments
This poster presents examples of collaborative efforts
in preparedness planning using the PPHR process. It
describes best practices and successful collaborative
efforts. It highlights the manner in which the PPHR
process can strengthen existing all-hazards preparedness
plans, workforce development and responses to real
events. It allows health departments to evaluate and
assess their own efforts and the needs of combines
efforts with other agencies.
Bryan Damis, MPH, Program Associate, National Association
of County and City Health Officials
Miriam Sznycer-Taub, Program Assistant, National
Association of County and City Health Officials
Board #: 7
Montgomery County, Maryland
Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnership
(MAPP) in Camden County: A Retrospective
New Jersey and other states have encouraged or
mandated local jurisdictions to work with community
partners using the Mobilizing for Action Through
Planning and Partnership (MAPP) approach. The author
previously served as public health planner for Camden
County (NJ) which implemented the MAPP process. The
author’s goal is to provide a perspective from the local
level about what worked well as well as some things
others may want to keep in mind as they implement a
similar effort. The author will discuss such issues as the
role of a local health department coordinator in the
MAPP process, planning for how to work with existing
community coalitions, publicity, how the state can
best support local jurisdictions using MAPP, laying the
groundwork for MAPP and the need to anticipate the
impact of staff changes on successful completion of the
process.
Mitchell Berger, MPH, Health Planner,
Montgomery County (MD)
Board #: 8
Georgia Division of Public Health
Just-in-Time Training for Non-Clinical Volunteers: Giving a
Helping Hand to Clinicians in Disasters
The Georgia Division of Public Health produced a justin-time training video series that provides guidance and
instructions for non-clinical volunteers. Just-in-time
training of volunteers to perform non-clinical tasks
takes pressure off professional medical staff in a wide
scale emergency. The award-winning series, “Helping
Hands: Volunteer Training for Crisis Situations” provides
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undreds of health departments are using the national identity
for local public health to build important visibility for their
work within the communities they serve.
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instruction to non-clinical volunteers willing to assist
in a hospital setting during an event that stresses the
healthcare community. Completion of the training
enables volunteers to perform basic health care tasks,
such as, changing a bed, feeding a patient, recording
intake and output and basic infection control and hand
hygiene.
Leeanna Allen, MPH, Health Community Emergency Training
and Exercise Coordinator, Georgia Division of Public Health
Rachel Vasconez, MPH, MBA, Health Community Emergency
Personnel Coordinator, Georgia Division of Public Health
Teresa Brown, Doctor’s Hospital
Patsy Pritchett, Doctor’s Hospital
L’lania Rash, Georgia Division of Public Health
Richard Lasco, Georgia Division of Public Health
Board #: 9
Georgia Division of Public Health
Georgia’s Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC)
Program
Hospital emergency managers have varied backgrounds
ranging from security, to nursing, to administration. Few
have formal training in emergency management and a
large number have limited or no previous experience in
emergency management. Additionally, many have other
responsibilities, and may serve in dual roles. Georgia’s
Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC) Program
provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities
necessary to manage the hospital’s response to any
emergency event, including natural disasters, terrorism,
large-scale disease outbreaks, and man-made incidents.
Leeanna Allen, MPH, CHES, Health Community Emergency
Training and Exercise Coordinator, Georgia Division of Public
Health
Doug Dugger, CHS-IV, SEM, Healthcare Community
Emergency Preparedness Training Coordinator, Georgia
Division of Public Health
Gina Piazza, DO, FACEP, Medical Director of Operational
Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Center of Operational
Medicine
Lindsey Anthony, MPA, CEM, Operational Medicine
Education Coordinator, Medical College of Georgia, Center of
Operational Medicine
Phillip Coule, MD, FACEP, Director, Medical College of Georgia,
Center of Operational Medicine
Board #: 10
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of
Chicago, Illinois
Spontaneous Urban-to-Rural Evacuation: Findings from a
National Survey and Tools to Help Rural Planners Prepare for
Unexpected Population Influx
Spontaneous evacuation of urban citizens following a
disaster is a significant preparedness concern. This poster
highlights research and tools developed to address this
concern from the perspective of destination suburban
and rural communities. The poster will include findings
from a national survey of urban residents regarding
their intended behavior following hypothetical disaster
scenarios. Tools to assist planners in their preparedness
efforts include an online, map-based tool designed to
predict distribution of evacuees in the areas surrounding
major U.S. communities, findings from a panel of rural
preparedness experts, and a planning guide for rural
communities.
Michael Meit, MA, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, National
Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago
Board #: 11
Medical Reserve Corps Program Office
How a Health Professional Deploys: The Integration of
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and Emergency System for
Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
(ESAR-VHP)
The poster will provide a vision and specific,
recommended actions on how to integrate MRC
volunteers into state volunteer databases. This vision is
of a unified and systematic approach to the coordination
of health professionals to improve public health and
emergency medical response. The benefits of integration
are to strengthen local and state coordination, increase
surge capacity, allow for maximum use of volunteer
health professionals’ skills and expertise, minimize
duplications of effort, improve resource planning
and allocation, and increase the resiliency of local
communities, states and territories.
Grace Middleton, BA, Public Information Officer,
Medical Reserve Corps
Robert Tosatto, RPh, MPH, MBA, Director,
Medical Reserve Corps
Jennifer Hannah, Team Leader, Emergency System for
Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
Dean Trombley, MA, CCC-SLP, Program Officer,
Medical Reserve Corps
Joseph Zagame, RPh, Program Officer,
Medical Reserve Corps
Board #: 12
Tracy Chalmers, MS, Regional Coordinator, Office of Public
Health Emergency Preparedness and Western New York
Public Health Alliance
Knox County Health Department, Tennessee
Tom Briggs, BA, Research Analyst, National Opinion Research
Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago
Seasonal school-based influenza clinics are excellent
vehicles to decrease seasonal influenza and promote
collaboration in planning for pandemic influenza
preparedness between the health department, schools,
Alene Kennedy, BA, Research Analyst, National Opinion
Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago
Using Seasonal School-Based Vaccination Clinics for
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
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local providers, and community groups. From 2005 2007, Knox County Health Department vaccinated over
45% of Knox County children ages 5 - 18 years using a
high-flow Point of Dispensing (POD) process. Planning,
logistics, staffing, operation of the clinics, and community
interaction emulated the pandemic response model.
Lessons learned each year have provided improvements
in staffing, supplies, clinic times, and communication
processes. The key to pandemic preparedness is seasonal
preparedness.
Cindy Burbach, DrPH, RN, Division Director Health
Promotion and Protection, Sedgwick County Health
Department
John Lott, MS, Director of Nursing, Knox County Health
Department
California Department of Public Health
Jennifer Johnson, MS, Assistant Director of Nursing, Knox
County Health Department
Board #: 13
Sedgwick County Health Department, Kansas
Rapid Response and Containment of a Cryptosporidium
Outbreak in Sedgwick County, Kansas
From August, to mid-October 2007, an outbreak of
cryptosporidiosis resulted in gastrointestinal illness in
77 persons residing in Sedgwick County, Kansas. To
disseminate prevention messages rapidly local public
health officials utilized the media via newspapers,
radio and televised reports, notified area physicians
through blast faxes, and advised all area pool managers
and day care centers of the increased potential for
cryptosporidiosis in the community. Public awareness,
an understanding that recreational water facilities
should be avoided during diarrheal illness and proper
pool hygiene were vital components in the containment
of this outbreak. Attendees will examine the role
of epidemiologic surveillance in a cryptosporidium
outbreak, recognize the potential contribution of proper
media utilization in public health and develop measures
to reduce water borne disease.
Deborah B. Fromer, MT(ASCP), MPH, Epidemiologist,
Sedgwick County Health Department
Janice McCoy, MPH, Health Protection Coordinator,
Sedgwick County Health Department
Dante Corimanya, MD, Senior Disease Investigator,
Sedgwick County Health Department
Board #: 14
Pandemic Influenza Planning and Preparedness for
California Schools: Collaboration Among State and Local
Health Departments, County Offices of Education, and
School Districts
This poster will focus on the collaboration among the
California Department of Public Health, local health
departments, county offices of education, and school
districts in preparing schools and other educational
agencies for an influenza pandemic. Solano County
Public Health will be featured as a case study in preparing
for the training, conducting the training, and longitudinal
follow-up of school planning and preparedness efforts.
Attendees will learn: 1) Ways health departments can
help schools and school districts prepare for an influenza
pandemic; 2) Examples of planning and preparedness
activities in Solano County; 3) Lessons learned to date.
Leslie Heyden, MA, Health Educator and Instructional
Designer, California Department of Public Health
Holly Garcia, RD, MPH, Health Services Manager, Solano
County Public Health
Board #: 15
City of Milwaukee Health Department, Wisconsin
Employing the Incident Command System in Response to
Outbreaks of Measles and Rubella
Response to communicable disease outbreaks can tax
local public health resources. Although the Incident
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Command System came from the fire service and
emergency response arenas, early implementation in the
Milwaukee Health Department’s response to measles
and rubella outbreaks greatly improved organization,
resource utilization and response efficiency. From
the outbreak onset, daily IC briefings allowed quick
identification of needs and ensured a coordinated
response across the department. Throughout the
outbreak weekly communications to the entire
department assured that all staff had accurate and
consistent information. Poster viewers will learn how ICS
can be applied to public health efforts.
Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, Manager Disease Control and
Environmental Health Services, City of Milwaukee Health
Department
Geof Swain, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Chief Medical
Officer, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Raquel Filmanowicz, BS, Health Operations Administrator,
City of Milwaukee Health Department
Board #: 16
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Preparedness, Pandemics and other Possibilities:
Readying Surge Capacity in Quarantine Stations
Initial training for surge capacity in Michigan included
a two-day introduction to the Quarantine Station’s
mission, activities and emergency plans. Subsequently,
a tabletop exercise was held during which participants
were assigned skill appropriate roles which they assumed
for a mock incident. Each role was consistent with the
Incident Command System and included a checklist
of responsibilities. Collaborating with the quarantine
stations will allow health departments to have more
direct access to information about the importation of
serious communicable diseases, better protect their
community from outbreaks of such diseases, and create
a seamless web of disease control professions across
bureaucratic lines.
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JoLynn Montgomery, PhD, MPH, Director, Michigan Center
for Public Health Preparedness, University of Michigan
School of Public Health
Angela Beck, MPH, Program Manager, University of
Michigan School of Public Health
Matthew Boulton, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Practice,
and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of
Michigan School of Public Health
Board #: 17
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Chronic Disease Program Integration: Working Differently
to Improve Health Outcomes
The unprecedented increase in chronic diseases is
threatening the integrity of our nation’s health and health
care system. To better position states for responding to
the pending challenge, state health departments are
moving toward program integration. Through program
integration, chronic disease categorical programs partner
and strategically align resources aimed at increasing
the effectiveness and efficiency of each program in the
partnership. The National Association of Chronic Disease
Directors will discuss activities underway that support
program integration efforts. Examples will include tools,
technical assistance visits, integrated work plans, and
mechanisms to enhance communication and sharing
between states.
Paula Marmet, MS, RD, LD, Director, Office of Health
Promotion, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Ellen Jones, MS, Project Coordinator, National Association of
Chronic Disease Directors
Lorrie Graaf, RN, Program Consultant, National Association
of Chronic Disease Directors
Chuck Gollmar, BS, Senior Public Health Advisor, National
Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Board #: 18
Kansas State University, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
World Rabies Day: A One Medicine Initiative towards
enhanced Public Health, Veterinary, and Community
Collaboration
Rabies awareness is important for everyone because
humans travel, bats fly and animals are moved —the risk
is global. Prevention involves the public, veterinarians,
animal control personnel, diagnosticians, epidemiologists
and public health and medical specialists—One Health
in action. During the inaugural World Rabies Day , there
were 150 events in 74 countries The North American
veterinary students staged 28 events.. Their funds
support projects in Peru , Guatemala , Kenya , VietNam ,
and China . Through broad collaboration, we expect to
catalyze change and reduce inequities that allow human
rabies cases and uncontrolled canine rabies. As Professor
Dzikwi said, “Together we can … Make Rabies History.”
Cathleen Hanlon, VMD, PhD, Director, Rabies Laboratory,
Kansas State University, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Peter Costa, MPH, CHES, Global Communications Specialist,
Alliance for Rabies Control
Abbigail Tumpey, CHES, Communications Specialist, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Deborah Briggs, PhD, Director, Alliance for Rabies Control
Board #: 19
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Measuring Local Public Health Agency Performance: The
Role of the Public Health Workforce - Preliminary Results
from a Pilot Study in North Carolina
Considering that a local public health agency’s (LPHA)
workforce is one of its most important resources this
session will describe the characteristics of the workforce
that are associated with performance improvement
among LPHA and by extension, an effective public health
system. Strategies will be presented for the complex issue
of defining performance improvement. Using data from
North Carolina’s 85 LPHA we will discuss the importance
of workforce characteristics such as age, education,
years of experience and occupational classification to
the performance of an LPHA over time. Practices for
strengthening cooperation between state and local
public health agencies will be shared by describing the
effective partnership that resulted from this project. This
session will recognize strategies, resources, and tools for
accountability and performance improvement.
Lisa Harrison, MPH, Program Officer and Director, North
Carolina Institute for Public Health
Anjum Hajat, MPH, PhD Candidate, Research Associate,
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Dorothy Cilenti, MPH, MSW, DrPH candidate, Deputy Director
of Operations, North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Edward Baker, MD, MPH, MSc, Director, North Carolina
Institute for Public Health
Board #: 20
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
The North Carolina Public Health Incubator Collaboratives:
Health Departments Working Better Together on Innovative
Solutions to Public Health Challenges
NC PHICs are teams of local health departments working
together voluntarily to address pressing local public
health issues. This program fosters a unique collaboration
among local health directors and staff in six regions across
North Carolina who together, address common public
health challenges and work to leverage resources and
find the best solutions. The NC PHICs enable both local
autonomy and the sharing of resources and ideas such that
local health departments can focus on local community
health needs while benefiting from regional public health
initiatives. More than 30 projects spanning all public health
topic areas are being pursued by Incubator Partnerships.
Come learn what local health department directors and
staff have generated as new approaches addressing public
health needs in North Carolina.
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Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, Program Officer and Director,
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
nutrition and physical activity, and issues related to the
built environment.
Erin Ridings, Program Associate, North Carolina Institute for
Public Health
Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, Director, Office of Senior Health, Los
Angeles County Department of Public Health
John Graham, PhD, Deputy Director, NC Institute for Public
Health
Paul Simon, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Chronic Disease
and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health
Board #: 21
National Association of Local Boards of Health
The Public Health System: Governance Perspective
The Learning Objectives for this poster session are as
follows: 1) To identify best practices of bringing board of
health members together to address the public health
system; 2) Describe policies that have been developed as
a result of assessing the infrastructure.
Yolanda Savage-Narva, MSE, Project Director, National
Association of Local Boards of Health
Sarah E. Henry, MPH, Project Coordinator, National
Association of Local Boards of Health
Board #: 22
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, California
A Local Health Department’s Response to the Challenge of
Chronic Disease Control: Lessons from Los Angeles County
Bolstered by recent research suggesting that 80% of
preventable illness and premature death is associated
with chronic disease, the Los Angeles County Department
of Public Health recently created the Division of Chronic
Disease and Injury Prevention to address the underlying
determinants of chronic disease risk. The Department
realigned its limited resources based on categorical
funding and historical priorities, and reorganized its
organizational structure to establish the Division. The
Division has leveraged and utilized these resources to
address such health priorities as tobacco control, chronic
disease surveillance, toxics epidemiology, injury and
violence prevention, senior health, promotion of better
Board #: 23
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing
A Profile of Public Health Nurse Leadership and Practice in
the United States
Public health nurses constitute over 25% of the
professional public health workforce. In 2006, the
Association of State and Territorial Directors Nursing
embarked on an initiative to address critical PHN needs
through a project funded by the CDC and in partnership
with ASTHO, NACCHO and ACHNE. Attendees will
describe the project results, including a task analysis of
PHN activities conducted with 60 PHNs from 31 states,
a proposed public health nurse to population ratio,
an analysis of the PHN leadership positions within the
infrastructure of state health departments and the
executive functions of a state PHN Director/Chief Nurse.
Linda Olson Keller, DNP, RN, FAAN, Clinical Associate
Professor, University Minnesota
Joy Reed, EdD, RN, Head, Public Health Nursing and
Professional Development Unit, North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services
Teresa Garrett, MS, RN, Division Director, Director of Public
Health Nursing, Utah Department of Health
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Board #: 24
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
A Snapshot of State Public Health: Selected Findings from a
Survey of State Public Health Agencies
This poster presentation highlights select findings of
a survey of state public health agencies designed to
gather comprehensive data on the structure, activities,
and responsibilities of state public health. State and
local public health practitioners will collect valuable
information from this poster presentation, including
an understanding of the services provided by state
health agencies, how survey findings are helping to
inform the development of standards for a National
Voluntary Accreditation System, and where to look for
opportunities to collaborate at the state and local level to
improve program efficiency and make the most of limited
resources.
Brittney Petersen, MS, CHES, Senior Analyst, Public Health
Services, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Michael Dickey, MPH, CHES, Director, Public Health Services,
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Jim Pearsol, MEd, Chief Program Officer, Public Health
Performance, Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials
Board #: 25
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Texas
Applications of the NACCHO Operational Definition
Prototype Metrics to Self-Assessment and Quality
Improvement Activities: The San Antonio Experience
The Operational Definition of a Local Health Department
and the associated prototype metrics provide a
framework to expand public health capacity and support
preparations for national voluntary accreditation. The
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD),
as part of the NACCHO Preparing for Accreditation
and Quality Improvement Project, has conducted a
departmental self-assessment and quality improvement
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process. This presentation will review our approach
to assessing performance, prioritizing areas for
improvement, and developing a departmental strategic
plan to address the major gaps identified. Further, we
will highlight recommendations and lessons learned
regarding assessing and expanding capacity to meet the
Operational Definition Standards.
Jennifer Herriott, MPH, Population-Based Services
Administrator, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH, Director of Health, San Antonio
Metropolitan Health District
Bryan Alsip, MD, MPH, Assistant Director, Clinical and
Population-Based Services, San Antonio Metropolitan
Health District
Charles Pruski, MBA, Assistant Director, Environmental and
Administrative Services, San Antonio Metropolitan Health
District
Kathleen Shields, BS, CHES, Health Program Manager, San
Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Leonard Trevino, BS, Special Projects Manager, San Antonio
Metropolitan Health District
Board #: 26
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Building Bridges Not Walls
The primary objectives of the poster presentation
focus on establishing a working system of teamwork
and collaboration between state and local health
departments. These objectives can be accomplished
by creating policies that reflect collaboration and
partnerships that encourages state and local health
agencies to be partners in health related goals. The
created policies address collaboration and provide
strategies that increase communication and open door
policies that improve state support and encourage local
health departments to provide constructive feedback.
This increases the effectiveness of state and local
partnerships while increasing the confidence level of
local health agencies in administering health related
programs.
Shirlene Small, MPH, CHES, Community Partnership
Consultant, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kimberly Jones, MA, LMSW, Public Health Educator,
Sedgwick County Health Department
Board #: 27
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
ASTDD Best Practices Project: Building Public Health
Infrastructure
The ASTDD Best Practices (BP) Project supports state
and community oral health programs in building public
health infrastructure to promote oral health of Americans.
The Project has disseminated effective strategies,
established BP criteria through consensus among state
dental directors, encouraged stakeholders to turn
research into practice, and enabled programs to learn
from successful practices submitted by 49 states. Project
outputs (e.g., reports and website) provide BP information
widely used by programs and their partners. Expanded
public health infrastructure has been observed with
the increased number of states establishing oral health
surveillance systems (30 states), oral health coalitions (41
states), and oral health strategic plans (33 states).
Julie Tang, DMD, MPH, Best Practices Project Director, ASTDD
Lynn Douglas Mouden, DDS, MPH, Director, Office of Oral
Health, Arkansas Department of Health; Chair, ASTDD Best
Practices Committee
Christine Wood, RDH, BS, Oral Health Program Manager,
Nevada State Health Division; President, ASTDD
M. Dean Perkins, DDS, MPH, Executive Director, ASTDD
Board #: 28
Cowlitz County Health and Human Services, Washington
Aligning County Public Health Efforts with State Core Public
Health Functions and National Workforce Competencies:
Lessons from Cowlitz County Health Department, Longview,
Washington
Local health jurisdictions (LHJ) are increasingly expected
to develop the skills of their workforce and adhere to an
evidence-based practice of public health. Cowlitz County
proactively began an analysis that compared current
health department activities with recommended core
public health functions within a framework of community
needs and State standards. Recommendations were
crafted for a new agency staffing and programmatic
structure in order to align services with changing practice
standards. By integrating workforce competencies
and optimizing agency structure and community
partnerships, the LHJ is better poised to tackle
community health problems and do their part to create a
healthier nation.
Alicia Thompson, MSW, Deputy Director Community Health
and Communicable Disease, Cowlitz County Health and
Human Services
Megan Guffey, MD, MPH, Health Department Consultant,
Cowlitz County Health and Human Services
Board #: 29
Public Health Law Association
Using the Law as a Practical Tool for Public Health Gains
State and local health officials are called upon every day
to implement programs, enforce regulations, and protect
the health of their constituents. To optimally carry out
this complex set of responsibilities, an understanding of
how the law can be used as a tool is absolutely critical.
The Public Health Law Association using a grant from
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has developed a
set of working papers and specific recommendations to
improve public health law capacity for all public health
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practitioners but particularly focused on those in local
health departments working with state health agencies.
Diane Hoffman, JD, MS, Professor of Law, Director, Law and
Health Care Program, University of Maryland School of Law
Virginia Rowthorn, JD, Managing Director, Law and Health
Care Program, University of Maryland School of Law
Board #: 30
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership’s Perinatal Depression
Project: Helping to Raise Awareness, Reduce Stigma, and
Develop Effective Relationships Among Providers in Dealing
with Depression During and After Pregnancy
In 2006, the Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership, a
statewide collaboration of publicly funded MCH
agencies, initiated a multi-faceted program to improve
outcomes for women and families affected by perinatal
depression. The program focuses on training MCH and
other professionals to increase screening for perinatal
depression; to raise public awareness and remove stigma;
and develop effective relationships among MCH, mental
health, and early childhood intervention providers.
The project tests innovative treatment approaches and
advocates for statewide systems changes. This poster
session provides an overview of the strategies used in
Pennsylvania’s program to increase screening, diagnosis
and treatment of perinatal depression.
Board #: 31
California Department of Public Health, MCAH Division
Birth and Beyond California: Hospital Training and Quality
Improvement Project
Exclusive breastfeeding is the optimal mode of infant
feeding, yet in 2006, only 43% of California women
exclusively breastfed their infants in the early postpartum. California Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
(MCAH) Program collaborates with multiple partners,
such as the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting
Taskforce, Women, Infants and Children’s Program, the
California Breastfeeding Coalition, and the Genetic Disease
Screening Program. This collaboration resulted in MCAH’s
Regional Perinatal Program administering Birth and
Beyond, California (BBC), which provides local birthing
hospitals with on-site education, training, and technical
assistance in implementing model hospital policies
proven to support a mother’s choice to breastfeed.
Carina Saraiva, MPH, Associate Health Program Advisor,
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Division,
California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Suzanne Haydu, MPH, RD, Nutrition and Physical Activity
Coordinator, MCAH Division, CDPH
Leona Shields, RN, MN, NP, Nurse Consultant III, MCAH
Division, CDPH
Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC, Board Certified
Lactation Consultant, MCAH Division, CDPH
Barbara Kovacs, MPA, Deputy Director York City Bureau of
Health, Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
Belle Marks, RN, MPH, Associate Director for Personal Health
Services, Allentown Health Bureau, Pennsylvania Perinatal
Partnership
Kiko Malin, MPH, MSW, Preconception Health Coordinator,
Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Program, California
Department of Public Health
Hani Atrash, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Blood Disorders,
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities, CDC
Cynthia Harding, MPH, Director, Maternal Child and
Adolescent Health Programs, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Jeanne Conry, MD, PhD, Assistant Physician in Chief, North
Valley Kaiser Permanente
Karen Ramstrom, DO, MSPH, Policy Development Chief,
Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Program, California
Department of Public Health
Board #: 33
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
Using Clinical Collaborations to Reduce Low Birthweight Infants
Kaysee Baker, MS, Manager of Research and Evaluation,
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
Roberta Herceg-Baron, MA, Director of Programs,
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
of California (PCCC)—a multi-level, public-private,
participatory and coordinated effort to connect
leadership at the national, state and local levels to
implement preconception health care programs. We
will showcase the products of the PCCC and highlight
outcomes of preconception health improvement projects
affiliated with the Council. We will also provide practical
tips to help attendees organize a similar Council in their
communities.
Board #: 32
California Department of Public Health
Preconception Health: Achieving Healthy Communities
through National, State and Local Partnerships
Mounting evidence indicates that improving the health
of women of childbearing age before pregnancy may
reduce infant mortality and morbidity rates commonly
accepted as measures of a healthy society. We will
introduce attendees to the Preconception Care Council
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To be the healthiest nation in the world requires
development of strategies that improve birth outcomes.
This session provides strategies for developing
integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches to providing
comprehensive prenatal services in a public health
setting. This model eliminates duplication and targets
limited community resources to effectively improve
health outcomes. This model integrates prevention and
treatment to reduce the number of low birthweight
infants. As a result of this collaboration, the South Main
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Clinic has a lower LBW than either the State or the county.
Information provided will enable others to implement
this model to improve birth weight outcomes in their
community.
Audrey M. Stevenson, PhD, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC, Division
Director of Family Health Services, Salt Lake Valley Health
Department
Gary Edwards, MS, Executive Director, Salt Lake Valley
Health Department
Board #: 34
Minnesota Department of Health
The Minnesota Public Health Collaborative for Quality
Improvement: Results of Eight Local Health Department
Quality Improvement Projects
This poster presents results from eight quality
improvement projects conducted by local health
departments in Minnesota. It highlights quality
improvement tools (e.g. process mapping, run charts,
rapid cycle improvement, radar charts) used in
projects addressing immunizations, WIC appointment
participation, Health Alert Network testing, personal
care attendant reassessments, dental sealants, public
health competencies, children’s mental health screening,
and tuberculosis. The poster illustrates how quality
improvement processes can be used in public health
practice, and will be of interest to both state and local
health departments. This work was conducted as part
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Multistate
Learning Collaborative 2.
Debra Burns, MA, Director, Office of Public Health Practice,
Minnesota Department of Health
Vonna Henry, MPH BSN, Director, Sherburne County
Public Health
William Riley, PhD, Associate Dean, University of Minnesota
School of Public Health
Board #: 35
Florida Department of Health
State and Local Performance Improvement Processes in Florida
provide regional support to 27 LHDs in Massachusetts.
By adopting the MAVEN system, the LHDs will improve
their ability to perform the ten essentials services of
public health.
The Florida Department of Health developed a
performance improvement process for its 67 local county
health departments (CHDs) based on the Plan-DoCheck-Act model. This sustainable process provides key
indicators, including health status indicators, for CHDs to
measure, improve and compare performance; ensure a
quality improvement process; and promote collaboration
statewide. This process provides an annual, statewide
view of performance and highlights best and promising
practices at local and state levels. Take away material
on CDs will include process maps, the reporting tool,
crosswalk with national standards, and best practice
application and scoring criteria.
Susan Kilroy-Ames, MPH, Manager of Epidemiology and
Data Services, Cambridge Public Health Department
Laura Ethridge, ASQ-CQIA, Performance Consultant, Florida
Department of Health
Board #: 37
Dennis Cookro, MD, MPH, Medical Consultant, Florida
Department of Health
Cathy Montgomery, MS, ASQ-CQIA, Performance
Consultant, Florida Department of Health
Board #: 36
Cambridge Public Health Department, Massachusetts
Bringing Local Health Departments into 21st Century
Disease Reporting
Massachusetts recently adopted a web-based
communicable disease reporting system (MAVEN) that
allows users to track diseases in real-time, improve
efficiency and enhance surveillance capabilities. For
local health departments (LHDs) making this transition
it can be daunting, given their long standing reliance
on a paper based system. To facilitate the transition,
the epidemiologists at the Cambridge Public Health
Department’s Advance Practice Center are collaborating
with the Massachusetts DPH to roll out MAVEN and
Anna Newton, MPH, Epidemiologist, Cambridge Public
Health Department
Scott Troppy, MPH, Surveillance Epidemiologist and MA
PHIN Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Public
Health
Gillian Haney, MPH, Director Office of Integrated
Surveillance and Informatics Services, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
National Public Health Training Center Network
Public Health Training Centers: Improving Health
Department Performance through Workforce Development
Public health systems can be improved through better
alignment between official public health agencies and
academic programs of public health. Since 1999, the
Public Health Training Center Network has delivered
workforce development focused on improving the
Nation’s public health system and infrastructure by
strengthening the technical, scientific, and leadership
skills of current and future public health professionals.
Fourteen PHTCs collaborate with local and state health
departments to address the unique needs of its state or
region. PHTCs provide quality improvement tools and
practice based resources that improve organizational
capacity, build programmatic expertise and enhance
individual performance. Resources for accreditation,
community assessment, program planning and
preparedness are available at
www.asph.org/phtc/search.cfm.
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Nancy Crider, MS, RN, CNAA, Program Manager, Texas Public
Health Training Center, University of Texas School of Public
Health
Bridget Booske, PhD, MHSA, Senior Scientist, Population
Health Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health
Janet Place, MPH, Program Director, Southeast Public Health
Training Center, University of North Carolina School of Public
Health
Jessica Athens, MA, Graduate Project Assistant, Population
Health Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health
Margaret Potter, JD, Associate Dean and Director, Center
for Public Health Practice, University of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public Health
Kyla Taylor, BA, Graduate Project Assistant, Population
Health Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health
Kate Wright, EdD, MPH, Director, Heartland Centers for Pubic
Health, St Louis University
Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, Professor and Director,
Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health
Board #: 38
City of Milwaukee Health Department and the University of
Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Los Angeles County, California
Wisconsin County Health Rankings: A Tool for Population
Health Improvement
Government Readiness for Process Improvement: An
Alcohol and Drug Program Experience
The Wisconsin County Health Rankings, published
annually by the University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health’s Population Health
Institute, analyzes publicly available data to rank
Wisconsin places according to measures of their health
outcomes (mortality and general health status) and
health determinants (Health Care, Health Behaviors,
Socioeconomic Factors, and Physical Environment). An
exemplar of collaboration between a state university
and local public health, the Wisconsin County Health
Rankings model can be used at a local level as a tool
for prioritization, a catalyst for action, and a means to
promote alignment of resources, accountability and
performance improvement.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Alcohol and Drug Program Administration (ADPA)
employs 210 staff to administer contracts with over 300
community-based agencies that provide prevention,
intervention, treatment and recovery services for the
County’s over 10 million residents. ADPA developed
a platform that would encourage external partners to
readily adopt the National Improvement of Addiction
Treatment’s (NIATx) Process Improvement model (PI);
a model that improves client access and retention in
addiction treatment. Concurrently, ADPA identified
three critical inter-related factors in developing internal
organizational readiness to fully adopt and sustain the
PI model.
Geoffrey Swain, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Chief
Medical Officer, City of Milwaukee Health Department;
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health
Alexandra Bruehl, MA, Research Analyst, Program Analysis
and Coordination Unit, Los Angeles County”
Board #: 39
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Board #: 40
Florida Department of Health
Key Resources for Florida’s Statewide Approach to
Community Health Improvement Planning: MAPP, the
National Public Health Performance Standards Program
(NPHPSP) and County-Level Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS) Data
Comprehensive community health improvement
planning is the foundation for improving and promoting
healthier Florida communities. The Florida Department
of Health’s COMPASS (Comprehensive Assessment,
Strategic Success) initiative uses the Mobilizing for
Action through Planning and Partnerships strategic
health planning model as the framework to provide
resources, tools and technical assistance to county health
departments and their public health system partners as
they navigate through community health assessment
and planning processes. Critical assets include access to
health statistics and county-level BRFSS data via Florida’s
web-based Community Health Assessment Resource
Tools Set (CHARTS), coordinated implementation of
NPHPSP state and local instruments, and policy.
Christine Abarca, MPH, Program Coordinator, Florida
Department of Health, Office of Health Statistics and
Assessment
C. Meade Grigg, MA, Office Director, Florida Department of
Health, Office of Health Statistics and Assessment
Jo Ann Steele, MPH, Program Administrator, Florida
Department of Health, Office of Health Statistics and
Assessment
Laurie Osgood, BA, Community Health Planner, Florida
Department of Health, Office of Health Statistics and
Assessment
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Board #: 41
Government of the District of Columbia
Initiatives, Surveillance and Educational Outreach Designed
to Improve Community Hygiene in the District of Columbia
and Reduce the Incidence of Illnesses and Injuries Among
Our Residents and Visitors
The District of Columbia Department of Health has
taken an interactive approach to Community Hygiene
by providing printed and downloadable educational
materials, orientation and training to public schools
foodservice workers, swimming pool operators and
summer feeding programs, and outreach during
outbreaks. Our public health professionals are strongly
encouraged to distribute materials during inspections
and dialogue with facility workers regarding proper
sanitation and destruction of pathogens. As part of our
mission, we strive to ensure the safety of the food supply
and the sanitation of non-food health facilities, thereby
providing a healthier environment for residents and
visitors to our city.
Peggy Keller, MPH, Chief, Government of the District of
Columbia
Ivory Cooper, Sanitarian, District of Columbia Department
of Health
Arian Gibson, Sanitarian, District of Columbia Department
of Health
Bruce Flippens, Sanitarian, District of Columbia Department
of Health
Board #: 42
Riverside County Department of Public Health,
Riverside, California
Riverside Fit Families: A Successful Public Health
Collaboration
Riverside Fit Families is a multi-branch collaborative
effort to make over the family environment and promote
healthy living for the whole household. Within the
Riverside County Department of Public Health, various
branches collaborated in its design and implementation.
The program also received support from a regional health
insurance plan and volunteers from a local college. While
this program was designed to benefit the community,
it was also an excellent example of how successful
partnerships within structured organizations can be
formed. Staff had the opportunity to work together to
affect change in their community and strengthen the
health department as a whole.
Danyte Mockus, MPH, PhDc, Epidemiologist, Riverside
County Department of Public Health
Geoffrey Leung, MD, MEd, Physician, Riverside County
Department of Public Health
Board #: 43
Howard County Health Department, Maryland
Healthy Howard: Building a Model Public Health
Community through Leadership, Collaboration, and
Community Involvement
During the poster presentation, attendees will gain
a better understanding of Howard County’s vision of
creating a model public health community. Local health
departments can effectively and efficiently partner
with public and private sectors to improve the overall
health of residents and workers while maintaining its
core public health functions. Attendees will also learn
the significance of working with and within institutions,
including restaurants, recreation programs, schools,
worksites, and homes to enact positive and sustainable
health changes.
Samantha O’Neil, MA, Director of Outreach and Community
Partnerships, Howard County Health Department
Board #: 44
Florida Department of Health
Comprehensive Community Health Improvement Planning
guides implementation of community health
improvement planning processes. The COMPASS
framework includes mechanisms to track changes in local
capacity for planning, partnership attributes, indicators
of impact on community health, state and local public
health system capacity and performance improvement
in pertinent areas in county health departments.
Monitoring tools include an annual inventory survey of
local practice, products and capacities and a community
health status profile reporting format with standard
indicators. This presentation will provide background on
establishing the infrastructure to support communitydriven health improvement planning and highlight
local successes in implementation of community-based
planning processes.
Laurie Osgood, BS, Community Development Consultant,
Florida Department of Health
Board #: 45
Tippecanoe County Health Department, Indiana
Educating Children on Better Nutritional Choices in Schools:
Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy and Whole Grains
Action for Healthy Kids and the County Health
Department implemented a Fruit, Vegetable, Dairy, and
Whole Grain program to introduce healthy snacks and
better nutrition for one school year for 280 students
at two schools in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Healthy
snacks were given 3x/week. A pre and post nutrition
survey and BMI were done for all the students. The
purpose of the program was to expose children to food
choices that are healthy. Students were taught how to
calculate their BMI. This presentation will include the
innovative curriculum, variety of healthy snacks, cost,
results, and the logistics of implementing this program in
a one person shop.
Pauline Shen, MBA, MPH, Epidemiologist, Tippecanoe
County Health Department
The Florida Department of Health’s Comprehensive
Assessment, Strategic Success (COMPASS) initiative,
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Board #: 46
Prevention Institute, California
Opportunities to Improve Health using a Social
Determinants Framework
This poster presentation will illustrate how Good
Health Counts: A 21st Century Approach to Health and
Community for California offers a unique framework
to improve community health by elevating social
determinants of health to the forefront of health concerns
and activities. Prevention Institute will delineate how
partners across sectors and disciplines can be engaged
in the process of addressing factors that are essential to
promoting health in a community. Prevention Institute’s
efforts around Good Health Counts aim to increase the
understanding of what community health is and provide
tools to achieve various community health goals.
Virginia Lee, MPH, CHES, Program Manager,
Prevention Institute
Board #: 47
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
Lessons Learned and Promising Practices in Collaborating
to Prevent Injuries and Promote Health Through Land Use
Policies and Community Design
This poster will describe model approaches for state and
local public health departments to work more effectively
with elected officials, traffic engineers, planners,
developers, neighborhood and downtown business
associations, and others to foster safer, more active, and
healthier communities.
Barb Alberson, MPH, Chief, State and Local Injury Control
Section, CA Dept of Health Services
Shelli Stephens-Stidham, MPA, Chief, Injury Prevention
Service of Greater Dallas
Amber Williams, BSEd, Executive Director, State and
Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
Board #: 48
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Terri Sory, MPA, Chronic Disease Program Manager, Salt Lake
Valley Health Department
Worksite Wellness on a Shoestring Budget
Incorporating wellness programs at worksites offers a
valuable opportunity for public health to capitalize on
limited health promotion resources. By partnering with
public and private employers in the surrounding area, the
Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) has helped
successfully increased the physical activity and nutrition
of participating employees. The poster will describe the
continuous effort to promote health and prevention
through collaboration with the business community and
local government.
Lauren Scafe, Public Health Educator, Sedgwick County
Health Department
Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of
Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita
Kurt Konda, MA, Senior Research Associate, University of
Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Kristina Helmer, Public Health Educator, Sedgwick County
Health Department
Becky Tuttle, MA, Health Promotion Coordinator, Division of
Health Protection and Promotion Sedgwick County Health
Department
Sonja Armbruster, Community Health Assessment
Coordinator, Sedgwick County Health Department
Board #: 49
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
Creating a Healthier Community, One Park at a Time
This poster will share strategies used in developing and
implementing ‘Weigh Active and Healthy’, Salt Lake
County’s Lean Initiative. Additionally, attendees will be
provided program successes, lessons learned, and future
plans. Attendees will walk away with concepts and
tactics for planning a community-based program for a
large county.
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Board #: 50
Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program
Actualizing Regional and Local Partnerships for Obesity
Prevention
The Central California Regional Obesity Prevention
Program is an example of the innovative collaboration
necessary by public health departments to address
obesity and other chronic diseases. By working
collaboratively across the region they have been able to
draw down and maximize external funding. They have
also built their capacity to address the obesity epidemic
by working in partnership with community based
organizations. Valuable lessons learned will be shared
with other PHDs wanting to work regionally.
Genoveva Islas-Hooker, MPH, Regional Program
Coordinator, Central California Regional Obesity Prevention
Program
Rosemarie Amaral, MPH, Health Educator, Fresno County
Public Health Department
Board #: 51
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Steps to a Healthier US: State, Local and Tribal Perspectives
to Prevent Chronic Disease
Chronic disease, and especially issues around obesity
and overweight, is increasingly becoming a top issue in
state, local and tribal health sectors. Steps to a Healthier
US was created to help local communities implement
chronic disease prevention and health promotion
activities to address obesity, diabetes, and asthma, as
well as their related risk behaviors’ physical inactivity,
poor nutrition, and tobacco use. Attendees will learn
how Steps grantees from the state, local, and tribal
level have successfully implemented evidence-based
chronic disease interventions through building and
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strengthening both public and private partnerships that
enhance the sharing of resources.
Lilly Kan, MPH, Program Associate, National Association of
County and City Health Officials
Amy Manchester Harris, MPA, Steps to a Healthier
Washington Program Manager, Washington State
Department of Health
Morgan Taggart, Program Assistant, Ohio State
University Extension
Julia Barton, Program Assistant, Ohio State
University Extension
Julie Deerinwater, MPH, CHES, Primary Prevention Project
Coordinator, Cherokee Nation
Board #: 52
Prevention Institute, California
Realizing the Dream to be the Healthiest Nation: The
Imperative of Ensuring the Safest Cities
US cities, many of which face pandemic levels of violence,
are a critical focal point in realizing the dream of being
the healthiest nation. Understanding that, we must focus
more on preventable, public health solutions to violence.
UNITY (Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth)
builds support for effective, sustainable efforts to prevent
violence before it occurs. This presentation underscores
the relationship between preventing violence and being
the healthiest nation; features the city-driven UNITY
vision for ensuring safer US cities; articulates the roles of
health officials; and highlights the work of health officials
and public health leaders advancing violence prevention
efforts.
Rachel Davis, MSW, Managing Director, Prevention Institute
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, Harvard School of Public Health
Larry Cohen, MSW, Prevention Institute
Billie Weiss, MPH, Southern California Injury Prevention
Research Center, School of Public Health, UCLA
Board #: 53
Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium –
Emory University, Georgia
Communities of Excellence Plus: Building Community
Capacity for Tobacco Prevention and Control
Communities of Excellence Plus (CX Plus) is a
comprehensive training and technical assistance program
created by the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
(TTAC). CX Plus is designed to assist state or regional
programs build tobacco control capacity at the local level.
This poster will inform conference attendees about how
TTAC has implemented the CX Plus program with state
and regional organizations in an effort to mobilize local
tobacco control advocates, promote their collaboration
and cooperation, and build knowledge and skills on
strategic approaches to achieve tobacco-related social
norm changes in their communities.
smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, and available
funding to support the plan. Process evaluation of the
project will inform implementation in other counties.
Norilyn de la Peña, BS, Community Outreach Manager,
Public Health Seattle and King County
Sarah Ross-Viles, MPH, Policy and Planning Manager, Public
Health Seattle and King County
Juliet Thompson, BA, Tobacco Cessation Program
Coordinator, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Washington State Department of Health
Paul Zemann, BA, Health Educator, Tobacco Prevention
Program - Public Health Seattle and King County
Board #: 55
Arizona Department of Health Services
Pamela Redmon, MPH, Executive Director, Tobacco Technical
Assistance Consortium - Emory University
Development of a Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategic
Plan for Arizona Utilizing a Community Engagement Process
Alison Sipler, MPH, CHES, Director of Programs, Tobacco
Technical Assistance Consortium - Emory University
In August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health
Services, Bureau of Tobacco Education and Prevention
(ADHS-BTEP) embarked upon a strategic planning
process aimed at creating a national model of effective
tobacco control by engaging stakeholders at the local,
state and national levels. Arizona’s planning process
will provide public health practitioners with a model
for the development of a comprehensive tobacco
control strategic plan utilizing a process of community
engagement. This poster outlines the successes and
challenges in conducting community forums and focus
groups in diverse communities around the state, as well
as the process of engaging stakeholders in the planning
and implementation process.
Gowri Shetty, MS, MPH, Research and Evaluation Director,
Arizona Department of Health Services
Debra G. Morris, MPH, CHES, Director of Technical
Assistance, Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium Emory University
Board #: 54
Public Health Seattle and King County, Washington
Smoke free Living for a Healthy Family: Early Childhood
Programs Promoting Cessation
The state and county tobacco programs have partnered
with Head Start and Early Childhood Education Assistance
Programs (ECEAP) in King County to provide training on
motivational interviewing, tobacco intervention, and
community cessation resources. Both the Head Start
and ECEAP programs serve low-income populations and
have staff skilled in family-centered promotion of child
wellness and school readiness. The project includes onsite training for each participating program, assistance
developing a program-specific plan to reduce household
Wayne Tormala, MSW, Bureau Chief, Arizona Department of
Health Services
Gita Bewtra, MPH, Research and Evaluation Manager,
Arizona Department of Health Services
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Board #: 56
California Department of Public Health, Tobacco
Control Program
Smoke-free Where We Live, Not Just Where We Work and
Play: The California Experience
Voluntary or mandated smoke-free policies in
common areas and/or units of multi-unit dwellings
have proliferated in the last 2 years. Media ads have
been produced in support of it, and a tool kit of the
best smoke-free housing resources available is in
development. Smoke-free multi-unit housing is changing
the social norms around tobacco control in California.
Joanne Wellman, RDH, MPH, Program Consultant, California
Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program
Board #: 57
Utah Department of Health, Division of Health Systems
Improvement
Steve Ipsen, RN, Bureau Director, Bureau of Clinical Services,
Division of Health Systems Improvement, Utah Department
of Health
Board #: 58
San Mateo County Health Department, California
Multidisciplinary Case Management for Chronic Users of the
Emergency Department
Many communities have high-need populations. This
multidisciplinary case management approach may be
an effective strategy to reach these clients, and impact
their utilization behavior, while improving their health
outcomes. This model was developed based on various
programs that are in existence in other counties across
the state. The inter-departmental collaboration, the
alignment of resources, and the relationships established
with community-based providers are all necessary for the
success of program, and valuable lessons learned.
Utah’s Safety Net Initiative: Collaboration in the Care of the Underserved
Crispin Delgado, MPP, Management Analyst III, San Mateo
County Health Department
This poster will describe Utah’s Safety Net initiative.
Our original goal was to “to identify our state’s safety
net providers, attempt to quantify the extent of their
contributions to the care of the underserved, and identify
ways to assist these diverse providers in their efforts.” We
will share what has been implemented, what data was
gathered, what lessons have been learned, and how the
UDOH has been able to assist our safety net partners.
With the U.S. having over 47 million uninsured residents,
plus many more suffering from barriers to care due to
geography, culture, and language; all states struggle with
addressing health care for these individuals. This session
will share a strategy for building a collaborative and
cooperative approach to efforts to meet this need.
Swati Deshpande, PhD, Epidemiologist, San Mateo County
Health Department
Marc Babitz, MD, Director, Division of Health Systems
Improvement
Scott Morrow, MD, MPH, MBA, Health Officer, San Mateo
County Health Department
Board #: 59
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Medical Reserve Corps and Local Public Health Departments—Working Together to Meet the US Surgeon
General’s Priorities for Public Health
Throughout the United States, Medical Reserve Corps
(MRC) volunteers are acting as ambassadors of the
US Surgeon General (deleted info) by working to
improve health literacy, promote disease prevention,
eliminate health disparities, and prepare for public
health emergencies. Learn about NACCHO’s cooperative
agreement with the Office of the Surgeon General and
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how, through this cooperative agreement, NACCHO is
promoting MRC involvement in local health departments.
Also learn about MRC involvement in cutting edge
activities hosted by various public health departments
and how an MRC can benefit your community.
Becki Chester, MPH, Senior Analyst, National Association of
County and City Health Officials
Melodie Griffin, MHA, Senior Analyst, National Association of
County and City Health Officials
Sarah Wood, MA, Editorial Program Associate, National
Association of County and City Health Officials
Board #: 60
Orange County Health Department, Florida
Office of Minority Health: Leading the Way to Healthier
Communities
The Office of Minority Health at the Orange CHD has
as its mission to reduce or eliminate health disparities
among the county’s racial and ethnic minorities. The
program has addressed the issue of disparities through
the vested support of the health department, strategic
partnerships and grants. OMH uses population-based
data to implement programs in the area of prevention of
youth risk behaviors, chronic diseases, HIV/STD, cancer,
etc. OMH collaborates with other health department
divisions and community organizations to address health
disparities. The poster presentation will describe the ways
in which OMH has successfully addressed the need of the
community.
Yolanda G. Martinez-Langford, EdPhD, PhD, Manager,
Orange County Health Department
Karen E Wint, MPA, BCABA, Manager, Orange County
Health Department
Karen Johnson, BA, Manager, Orange County
Health Department
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Public Health Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin
Joe Campo, MPH, Research Manager, Center for Health
Statistics, Washington State Department of Health
Disappearance of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality
Black infant mortality in Wisconsin, as well as black/white
infant mortality disparities, have been among the worst
in the nation. However, since 2000, Dane County infant
mortality rates have improved significantly. Black infant
mortality has decreased by approximately 70% and
black/white disparities have largely disappeared. Analysis
of 95,000 birth records over 18 years show that improved
infant mortality rates are driven by dramatic reductions in
premature births. Impact on the community includes 29
infant lives saved and $5million in hospital costs averted.
Thomas Schlenker, MD, MPH, Director of Public Health,
Public Health Madison and Dane County
Mamadou Ndiaye, MD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Public Health
Madison and Dane County
Board #: 62
Washington State Department of Health
Cancer Prevention and Care: Does Geography Matter?
The poster presentation will highlight geographic
disparities in Washington State in relation to cancer
prevention and care. Currently, one of the challenges
in rural areas is to provide screening for breast, cervical,
and colorectal cancers. Our research has shown that
(1) residents in these areas are less likely to receive
preventive screenings; (2) their cancers are more likely
to be diagnosed at later stages; and (3) their access to
preventive services is physically challenged. We will
provide information on cancer prevention, incidents, and
mortality. In addition, we will discuss the socioeconomic
and infrastructure-related factors affecting this disparity.
Zeynep Shorter, PhD, MPH, Research Investigator 3,
Washington State Department of Health
Mahesh Keitheri Cheteri, PhD, Epidemiologist 3, Washington
State Department of Health
Board #: 63
Washington State Department of Health
What are State Health Department Programs Doing to
Address Health Inequities?
The Washington State Department of Health, Division
of Community and Family Health assessed intervention
strategies implemented across the broad range of
public health programmatic areas. We describe the
socioeconomic determinants of health intervention
framework and formative research used to develop a
data collection tool, and methods used to implement
and analyze survey results. We share survey findings,
identifying populations served, strategies employed,
essential public health services used, and social
determinants addressed. We discuss how results will be
used to assess the degree to which current strategies
address key social and economic risk factors, and assess
health equity efforts on an on-going basis.
Marilyn Sitaker, MPH, Epidemiologist, Washington State
Department of Health
Elizabeth Long, MPH, Public Health Educator, Washington
State Department of Health
Board #: 64
Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah County Health Department Workforce
Development/Succession Planning Project 2007-2012: “to
have the right people with the right skills at the right time.”
The Succession Planning Project is based on Booz Allen
& Hamilton Model to assess the Internal and External
Factors having adverse impact on current workforce. Four
phases of planning and implementing included: Phase
I: Set Strategic Direction, Phase II: Workforce Analysis
and Strategies, Phase III: Implement Succession Plan,
and Phase IV: Monitor, Evaluate and Revise. The project
components for talent development and employees
retention included career mapping, mentoring, and job
rotation, nursing plan, knowledge transfer and proactive
recruitment, and training. Inherent in the work plan is
the scorecard for measurement and project features
adjustment as needed for return on investment (ROI).
Chareundi Van-Si, PhD, MAOM, MSW, Workforce
Development Program Manager, Multnomah County,
Oregon
Kathleen Fuller-Poe, Health Department Human Resource
Manager, Multnomah County, Oregon
Viladda (Vee) Souryamat, Health Department HR Data
Analyst, Multnomah County, Oregon
Board #: 65
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors,
Physicians Work Group
Health Reform: Principles, Actions, and Practice
Participants viewing this poster will be able to describe:
a. health reform objectives and the principal categories
of health reform legislation, b. state legislative actions
from a few leading and emerging states, and c. public
health department actions that emphasize prevention,
and d. the Massachusetts Health Plan. Working to assure
access to care is one important way that public health
practitioners can contribute to public health.
Walter Young, PhD, MA, Consultant, Physicians Work Group,
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Laura Tobler, MPA, Health Program Director, National
Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Neal Kohatsu, MD, MPH, California Department of Public
Health
Cynthia Boddie-Willis, MD, MPH, Director, Division of
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Massachusetts
Department of Health
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Metro Public Health Department, Nashville, Tennessee
Business Processes Design and Information System
Requirements Definition for Incident Command SystemBased Response to a Biological Incident
Analysis of business processes critical to a local health
department’s ICS-based response to a biological incident
was conducted as part of a collaborative requirements
development methodology. This methodology specifies
3 phases: business process analysis, business process
redesign, and information systems requirements
definition. Nine business processes were identified
including syndromic surveillance, situational assessment,
incident action plans, and risk communication. It is
hoped that the designed business processes and task
flows will guide definition of information systems
requirements. We present context diagrams depicting
anticipated information flow between business
processes, detailed descriptions of each process under
analysis, and a sample task flow.
Sanmi Areola, PhD, Toxicologist, Metro Public
Health Department
Jim Jellison, BA, Research Analyst, Metro Public
Health Department
Nancy Horner, BSN, Program Director, Metro Public
Health Department
Burns Rogers, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Metro Public
Health Department
Board #: 67
University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Public Health Institute
Role of Accreditation in Performance Management: The Illinois Experience
Learning objectives: 1) Understand the design and
implementation of Accreditation for County Health
Departments; 2) Understand how accreditation promotes
performance management and quality improvement.
Relevance to public health practice: Accreditation is
being promoted as a tool for performance management
and quality improvement for health departments across
the country. This presentation explains the design and
implementation of accreditation in Illinois followed by
the outcomes evaluation, using qualitative research
methods, which explains how accreditation influences
quality improvement and performance management in
participating health departments. We will also discuss
a systems approach to designing and implementing
accreditation.
Karen Harris, MPH, Research Scientist, NORC at the
University of Chicago
Vamsi Vasireddy, MD, MPH, DrPHc, Consultant/ Doctoral
Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Public
Health Institute
Board #: 69
Jessica Bushar, Research Analyst, NORC at the University
of Chicago
Bhumika Piya, Research Analyst, NORC at the University
of Chicago
Maria Molfino, Research Assistant, NORC at the University
of Chicago
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Christina Welter, MPH, DrPHc, Deputy Director, Cook County
Department of Public Health
Showcasing Your Public Health Program: A How-To Guide for
Writing Effective Success Stories
Laura Landrum, MUPP, Director - Special Projects, Illinois
Public Health Institute
In today’s information overloaded world, public health
practitioners cannot always rely on the media to
communicate the positive results of their programs.
The public health community must take on the task of
showcasing its impressive work. This poster includes an
introduction to CDC’s one-page success story template
as adapted and used by the S.C. Department of Health
and Environmental Control, rules for writing compelling
public health success stories that will capture the reader’s
attention, guidelines for critically analyzing success
stories and determining the differences between effective
and non-effective ones, and ideas for disseminating
success stories.
Elissa Bassler, MFA, Executive Director, Illinois Public Health
Institute
Mark Edgar, PhD, Director - Research and Evaluation, Illinois
Public Health Institute
Board #: 68
National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of
Chicago, Illinois
Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for Rural Public
Health Agencies Seeking Accreditation
Audiences will learn how public health infrastructure
in rural jurisdictions may dictate health departments’
approaches to seeking accreditation, as well as their
perceptions of challenges and opportunities inherent to
the accreditation process. Further, issues of state agency
accreditation for jurisdictions not under the authority of a
local governmental public health agency are explored.
Michael Meit, MA, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, NORC at
the University of Chicago
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Suzette McClellan, MPH, CHES, Director of Professional
Services, South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Mary-Kathryn Craft, MA, Public Information Coordinator,
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
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Betsy Crick, BA, Public Information Coordinator,
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Joann Minder, BS, Public Information Director,
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Board #: 70
City of Milwaukee Health Department, Wisconsin
Public Health Considerations in Community Redevelopment Projects
Comprehensive redevelopment strategies increasingly
need to consider an array of public health indicators
along with other economic, social and political variables
to assure targeted community project success. In
addition to adverse environmental exposures related
to brownfields, redevelopment initiatives should
incorporate review and assessment of other public health
issues related to both built and natural environments
that impact resident physical and mental well-being.
Attendees viewing this poster will learn how the
Milwaukee Health Department in coordination with
the ATSDR and other State agencies partnered to
develop a model that incorporates public health into the
redevelopment of the City’s 30th Street Corridor.
Terri Linder, BS, Environmental and Disease Control
Specialist, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, Manager Disease Control and
Environmental Health Services, City of Milwaukee Health
Department
Laurel Berman, PhD, MS, Brownfields Coordinator, Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Lisa Acheson, RN, MS, Manager of Nursing Practice, Director
of Nursing, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Board #: 71
preparedness, disasters, and other events dependent on
public reporting.
AWWA
Demonstrating Public Health and Drinking Water
Collaborations
Drinking water and public health are intrinsically tied.
This poster will provide case studies of mutual interest for
public health and drinking water professionals in both
policy and practice: 1) New provisions of the Lead and
Copper Rule that require water utilities to collaborate
with health departments; 2) Surveillance and risk
communication needs identified in revising the Total
Coliform Rule, and; 3) Chloramination and public health
outreach. The case studies will demonstrate models for
best practices in building and sustaining collaborations.
The discussion will describe perspectives for creating a
stronger water-health connection and develop strategic
initiatives.
Lisa Ragain, MAT, AWWA - Water and Health Work Group
Alan Roberson, MS, Director of Security and Regulatory
Affairs, AWWA
June Weintraub, ScD, Senior Epidemiologist for the Program
on Health, San Francisco Department of Health
Board #: 72
Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Utah
Evaluation of Avian Mortality Surveillance for West Nile Virus
This session will provide information to evaluate dead
bird surveillance efforts. Avian mortality is an early
indicator of WNV activity, but is dependent on public
participation leading to concerns about complacency.
During the 2008 WNV season, the Salt Lake Valley Health
Department worked with several Salt Lake County
agencies in conducting enhanced dead bird surveillance.
Avian mortality reports collected through enhanced
surveillance will be compared to passive surveillance.
Findings are applicable to surveillance efforts related to
Gary Edwards, MS, Executive Director, Salt Lake Valley
Health Department
Ilene Risk, MPA, Epidemiology Bureau Manager, Salt Lake
Valley Health Department
Dagmar Vitek, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Salt Lake Valley
Health Department
Board #: 73
Association of Schools of Public Health
Community Environmental Health Assessment: Lessons in
Collaboration
More often community-based organizations and state,
tribal, and local health departments are increasingly
using community environmental health assessment
(CEHA). Such activities can create capacity for individual
communities to become healthier. However, many times
CEHA efforts have high expectations that are difficult
to attain with the resources available at local health
departments. Local health departments can positively
affect CEHA activities in their regions, enhancing
accountability to their constituents. This session will
present best practices for cooperative CEHA partnerships,
by offering advice for attaining and sustaining successful
collaboration.
Whitney Webber, MS, Chronic Disease Prevention Program
Specialist, Island County Health Department
Lila Wickham, RN, MS, Manager Multnomah County
Environmental Health, Multnomah County Health
Department
Ben Duncan, BS, Community Health Worker, Multnomah
County Health Department
Yolanda Anita Sanchez, MS, MPA, Environmental Health
Fellow, Association of Schools of Public Health
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Public Health Tracking: Tracking for the
Healthiest Nation
The link between environment and health remains
largely unknown. Understanding how contaminants
and other environmental factors are linked to chronic
disease is essential to disease prevention in the U.S. and
for “Becoming the Healthiest Nation.” CDC’s National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is a webbased system that integrates health and environmental
data. The Network will also play a role in environmental
health decision making. Attendees will become familiar
with how state and local health departments can work
together to conduct actionable tracking projects, the
benefits of partnering with federal environmental and
health agencies to close the knowledge gap about how
environment affects health, and how tracking can assist
the decision-making process for both public health
practice and policy development.
Lisa Hines, MPH, CHES, Senior Health Communication
Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rachel Powell, Health Communication Specialist, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
On Election Day 2008, Americans should have the opportunity not only to vote but to protect themselves against influenza.
NACCHO Supports Vote & Vax
Vote & Vax is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration) to help public
health providers establish convenient flu clinics at polling places around the country.
Vote & Vax offers public health providers the following free resources:
 step-by-step guidance and materials to help plan and hold successful clinics
 marketing toolkit with posters, press releases, and media advisory templates
 technical assistance
Please visit WWW.VOTEANDVAX.ORG to learn how to get involved.
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“
Our Vote & Vax program provided very good public relations for
the health department. We reached individuals we would not
have reached using traditional methods.”
—Sherrie Ahlstrom, Community Health Supervisor
Tooele County (UT) Health Department
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James Adams, RS, MPH
Health Commissioner
Canton City Board of Health
420 Market Avenue, North
Canton, OH 44702
Teresa Anderson
Executive Director
Central District Health Department
1137 South Locust Street
Grand Island, NE 68801
Anthony Artis
Program Officer
Ruth Mott Foundation
111 East Court Street, Suite 3C
Flint, MI 48502-1649
Lawrence Barker
Director
Scott County Health Department
600 West 4th Street
Davenport, IA 52801
Ayotunde Ademoyero
Director, Epidemiology & Surveillance
Division
Forsyth County Department of Public
Health
799N Highland Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Evan Anderson
Research Associate, Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,
Center for Law and the Public’s Health
624 North Broadway
Hampton House Room 527(B)
Baltimore, MD 21205
Marice Ashe
Director
Public Health Law & Policy
2201 Broadway, Suite 502
Oakland, CA 94612
Hugh Barnes, MPH
250 Garden Road
Chattanooga, TN 37419
Allison Alejos
Deputy Director , Public Health Services
Shawnee County Health Agency
1615 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66606
Lauri Andress
Managing Partner
Andress & Associates, LLC
2327 South Lake Drive
League City, TX 77573
Susan Allan
Director
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
1107 NE 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98105
Bill Anstey
Deputy Health Officer
Kent County Health Department
700 Fuller Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Mary Altenberg
Bureau Chief
New Mexico Department of Health
7105 Coors Trail NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Raouf Arafat
Assistant Director
City of Houston
8000 N Stadium Drive, 8th Floor
Houston, TX 77054
Rosemarie Amaral
Health Educator
Fresno County Department of Public Health
1220 Fulton Mall, 2nd Floor
Fresno, CA 93721
Rex Archer
Director of Health
City of KCMO Health Department
2400 Troost Avenue, Suite 4000
Kansas City, MO 64108
Ken August
Development Director
NPHIC
986 Hidden Hollow Drive
Marietta, GA 30068
Jessica Austin
Senior Research Assistant
Michigan Public Health Institute
2440 Woodlake Circle, Suite 100
Okemos, MI 48864
Marc Babitz
Division Director
Utah Department of Health
PO Box 142002
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2002
Cherrie Bartlett
Administrator
Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services
930 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Les Beitsch, MD, JD
Professor & Director, Center on Medicine
and Public Health
Florida State University College of Medicine
1115 West Call Street
PO Box 3064300
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300
Lissa Bentulan
Epidemiologist
Yuba County Health and Human Services
5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 100
Marysville, CA 95901
Mark Bertler
PHFE
13200 Crossroads Parkway North, Suite 135
City of Industry, CA 91746
Wendy Betancourt
Public Health Program Chief
Riverside County Department
of Public Health
4065 County Circle Drive
Riverside, CA 92374
Amerjit Bhattal, RN, PHN
Public Health Director
Sutter County Public Health
1445 Veteran’s Memorial Circle
Yuba City, CA 95993
Paul Biedrzycki
Director, Disease Control and Environmental
Services
City of Milwaukee Health Department
841 North Broadway, 3rd Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Eric Blank
APHL
3609 Darice Lane
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Kaysee Baker
Manager of Research and Evaluation
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership
260 South Broad Street, Suite 1000
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Mitchell Berger
MCDHHS
401 Hungerford Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Nancy Bluhm
Public Health Administrator
Adams County Health Department
333 North 6th Street
Quincy, IL 62301
Dileep Bal
Kauai District Health Office
Hawaii State Department of Health
3040 Umi Street
Lihue, HI 96766
Stuart Berlow, MPP, MHSA
Director, Injury Prevention
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Jeanne Bock
District Director
Panhandle Health District
8500 North Atlas Road
Hayden, ID 83835
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Epi Bodhi, MSPH
Public Health Director
Amherst Health Department
70 Boltwood Wk.
Amherst, MA 01002
Patrick Bohan
Associate Professor
East Central University
1100 East 14th Street
Ada, OK 74820
Diana Bonta, RN, DrPH
Vice President
Kaiser Permanente, Executive Offices
393 East Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91188
Shiela Boos
Nursing Supervisor
Atchison County Health Department
616 Commercial
Atchison, KS, KS 66002
Gail Brandt
Program Manager
Washington State Department of Health
PO Box 47855
Olympia, WA 98504
Claudia Brogan
Training Manager
Public Health Informatics Institute
325 Swanton Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Merrilee Brown
Public Health Nursing Director
Scott County Public Health
792 Canterbury Road, Suite A 160
Shakopee, MN 55379
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Stephanie Browning
Director
Columbia/Boone County Health
Department
PO Box 1005
Columbia, MO 65205
Bonnie Brueshoff
Public Health Director
Dakota County
1 Mendota Road West, Suite 410
West Street Paul, MN 55118
Mary Kay Burns
Administrator
Desoto County Health Department
34 South Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, FL 34266
Richard Burton
Health Officer / Director
Placer County Health & Human Services
379 Nevada Street
Auburn, CA 95603
Michael Caldwell, MD, MPH
Commissioner
Dutchess County Department of Health
387 Main Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Paula Calkins Lacombe
Director of Public Health
Clinton County Department of Health
133 Margaret Street, Suite 117
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Becky Campbell
Region Health Director
South Carolina DHEC
220 McGee Road
Anderson, SC 29625
Robin Chapell
Health DIrector
Town of Walpole
135 School Street
Walpole, MA 02081
George Chino
Emergency Services Manager
Weber-Morgan Health Department
477 23rd Street
Ogden, UT 84401
Tim Church
Communications Director
Department of Health
Communications Office
101 Israel Road SE
Tumwater, WA 98504
Ellen Clement, MSW, MPH
Health Officer
Washtenaw County Public Health
Department
PO Box 915, 555 Towner
Ypsilanti, MI 48197-0915
Diana Colaianni, MSN, RN
Nursing Director
Mahoning County District Board of Health
50 Westchester Drive
Youngstown, OH 44515
Gary Couch
Director of Public Health Preparedness &
Emergency Response
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Suite 6 Selig
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Catherine Counard
Assistant Medical Director Communicable
Disease Control
Cook County Department of Public Health
1010 Lake Street, Suite 300
Oak Park, IL 60301
Nancy Crider
University of TX School of Public Health
1200 Herman Pressler
RAS E-905
Houston, TX 77030
L. Graham Dameron
Executive Director
Iowa Counties Public Health Association
48 Penfro Drive
Iowa City, IA 52246
Heidi Davidson
Epidemiologist
DeKalb County Board of Health
445 Winn Way, PO Box 987
Decatur, GA 30031-0987
Mary Davis, DrPH, MSPH
Director, Evaluation Services
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
UNC School of Public Health
CB 8165
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Norilyn De la Pena
Public Health Seattle King County
401 5th Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
Muriel DeLaVergne-Brown
Public Health Director
Crook County Health Department
375 NW Beaver Street, Suite 100
Prineville, OR 97754
Geoffrey Delizzio
Manager
Inova Health System
2700 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 100
Fairfax, VA 22031
Oliver Delk, BS, MS
Assistant Director
Fulton County Health Department
99 Jesse Hill Jr Drive
Atlanta, GA 30303
Jennifer Deschaine
Cpmmunity Health Services Administrator
Scott County, Minnesota
752 Canterbury Road South
Shakopee, MN 55379
Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH
NC State Health Director
NC Division of Public Health
1931 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1931
Patricia Diamond
Director/Health Office
Atlantic County Division of Public Health
201 South Shore Road
Northfield, NJ 08225
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Colleen DiLiddo
Public Health Prevention Specialist
Northeastern North Carolina Partnership
for Public Health
714 Evans Street
PO Box 694
Ahoskie, NC 27910
Gwendolyn Doebbert
Chief, Health Information Policy
California Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Avenue - Rm 74.345
PO Box 997413 - MS 5000
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
Gregory Dolan
Board of Health President
Boulder County Public Health
3450 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Vicki Duey
Executive Director
Four Corners Health Department
2101 North Lincoln Avenue
York, NE 68467
Russell Duke
Director
Central District Health Department
707 North Armstrong Place
Boise, ID 83704
Joe Ebel
Health Commissioner
Licking County Health Department
675 Price Road
Newark, OH 43055
Robert Eckel
University of Colorado Denver
PO Box 6511 - MS 8106
Aurora, CO 80045
Jerold Fenner
HHS OS ASPR
90 7th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tom Eckstein
Arundel Street Consulting, Inc.
175 Arundel Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA
Director and Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health
313 North Figueroa Street, Room 806
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Sterling Elliott, MPH
Senior Analyst
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Keith Erickson
Director
Linn County Public Health
501 13th Street NW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52405-3700
Donnell Ewert
Director of Shasta County Public Health
Shasta County Public Health
2650 Breslauer Way
Redding, CA 96001
Peggy Falk
Deputy Director
Humboldt County Public Health
529 I Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Lacy Fehrenbach, MPH
Director, Member Services
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Angela Fix, MPH
Director, Public Health Informatics &
Privacy
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Michael Fleenor, MD, MPH
Health Officer
Jefferson County Department of Health
1400 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Renee Frauendienst
Public Heath Director
Stearns County
705 Courthouse Square
PO Box 1107
Street Cloud, MN 56302
Eric Frykman
Director/Public Health Officer
Riverside County Community Health
Agency
4065 County Circle Drive
Riverside, CA 92503
Scott Fujimoto
Public Health Medical Officer II
California Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95899
Rob Fulton
Director
St Paul-Ramsey Public Health
50 West Kellogg Boulevard, Suite 930
Saint Paul, MN 55116
Barbara Garcia
Developmental Disabilities Coordinator
Alameda County Public Health
1000 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94607
Namino Glantz
Health Planner
Boulder County Public Health
3450 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Gary Goldbaum
Health Officer
Snohomish Health District
3020 Rucker Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
Jeffrey Gould, MD
Robert L Hess Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
750 Welch Road, Suite 315
Palo Alto, CA 94304
John Graham
Deputy Director
NC Institute for Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill, CB# 8165
School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165
Robert Griffin
Health Education
Logan County Health Department
215 Fairgrounds Road
Guthrie, OK 73044
Mickey Gross
Deputy Director
Middlesex County Public Health
Department
John F Kennedy Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
James Gross, MPH
Health Commissioner
Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery
County
Reibold Building
117 South Main Street
Dayton, OH 45422
Robert Grum, Jr
Emergency Response Coordinator
Lake County Health Department/CHC
3012 Grand Avenue
Waukegan, IL 60085
John Grun
Director of Health & Human Services
Edison Department of Health and Human
Services
100 Municipal Boulevard
Edison, NJ 08817
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Fernando Guerra
Director
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
332 West Commerce, Suite 307
San Antonio, TX 78205
Eric Handler
Health Officer
County of Orange/HCA/Public Health
405 W 5th Street, #709
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Judy Harris
Assistant Director
City of Houston Health Department
8000 North Stadium Drive
Houston, TX 77054
Saleena Gupte
Policy Associate
Bay Area Regional Health Inequities
Initiative (BARHII)
180 Grand Ave, Suite 750
Oakland, CA 94612
Cathleen Hanlon
Director, Rabies Laboratory
Kansas State University
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
1800 Denison Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66506
Samantha Harrykissoon
Policy Analyst
CDC
4770 Buford Highway, MS F60
Atlanta, GA 30341
William Hacker, MD
Commissioner
Kentucky Department for Public Health
275 East Main Street
Mail Stop HS1GWA
Frankfort, KY 40621
Mimi Hall
Plumas County Public Health Agency
Director
Plumas County Public Health Agency
270 County Hospital Road, Suite 206
Quincy, CA 95971
Paul Halverson, DrPH, FACHE
State Health Officer
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markhamm, Slot H-39
Little Rock, AR 72205
Corey Hamilton
Health Commissioner
Zanesville-Muskingum County Health
Department
205 North 7th Street
Zanesville, OH 43701-3791
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Wendy Hanna
Environmental Health Director
Hocking County Health Department
132 Hocking Mall
Logan, OH 43138
Robert Harmon
Director
Duval County Health Department
515 W 6th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32225
Roger Harrell
Health Officer
Dorchester County Health Department
3 Cedar Street
Cambridge, MD 21613
Hillary Harris
Epidemiologist/Biostatistician
Yellowstone City-County Health
Department
123 South 27th
Billings, MT 59107
Karla Harter
Nursing Supervisor
Brown County Health Department
907 S 2nd
Hiawatha, KS 66434
Karen Haught
Health Officer
Tulare County Health and Human
Services Agency
5957 S Mooney Boulevard
Health Services Department
Visalia, CA 93277
Rebecca Head
Health Officer/Director
Monroe County
2353 S Custer Road
Monroe, MI 48161
Brenda Henry, PhD, MPH
Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rte 1 & College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543
Vonna Henry
Public Health Director
Sherburne County Public Health
Department
13880 Business Center Drive
Elk River, MN 55330-4601
Jody Hershey, MD, MPH
Director
New River Health District
210 South Pepper Street, Suite A
Christiansburg, VA 24073
Mary Hill, MS
Deputy Commissioner
IN Street Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Richard Horne
Director
Eastern Idaho Public Health District
1250 Hollipark Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
Gary House
Health Officer
Weber-Morgan Health Department
477 23rd Street
Ogden, UT 84401
Steven Huleatt
Director of Health
West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District
WHBHD
693-C Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Tim Ingram
Health Commissioner
Hamilton County Public Health
250 William Howard Taft
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Genoveva Islas-Hooker
Regional Program Coordinator
CCROPP
1625 E Shaw Avenue, Suite 106
Fresno, CA 93710
Shawnna Jackson
Communicable Disease Supervisor
Independence Health Department
515 S Liberty
Independence, MO 64050
Claude-Alix Jacob
Chief Public Health Officer
Cambridge Public Health Department
119 Windsor Street, Ground Level
Cambridge, MA 02139
Peter Jacobson
Professor of Health Law and Policy
University of Michigan School of Public
Health
109 Observatory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Cindra James
Emergency Prep Coordinator
Washtenaw County Public Health
555 Towner
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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Calvin Johnson, MD, MPH
PA Secretary of Health
PA Department of Health
8th Floor West
Health & Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Richard Johnson
Health Officer
Mono County Health Department
POB 3329
437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite Q
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Belinda Johnson-Cornett
Administrator
Florida Department of Health - Osceola
County Health Department
1875 Boggy Creek Road
Kissimmee, FL 34744
Kimberley Jones
Sedgwick County Health Department
1900 East 9th
Wichita, KS 67214
Larry Jones, MPH
Health Director
Independence Health Department
PO Box 1019
515 S Liberty Street
Independence, MO 64051
Badruddin Karachiwala
Director Environmental Public Health
Harris County Public Health and
Environmental Services
2223 West Loop South, Suite 529
Houston, TX 77027
Lynne Karsten
Director, Community Health
Brookline Public Health Department
11 Pierce Street
Brookline, MA 02130
Ryan King
Assistant Executive Director
Central District Health Department
1137 South Locust Street
Grand Island, NE 68801
Abraham Kulungara, MPH
Analyst
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Lee Lane
Executive Director
Texas Association of Local Health Officials
715 Discovery Boulevard, #308
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Greg Kearney
Environmental Epidemiologist
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, A08
Tallahassee, FL 32311
Charles Konigsberg
Associate Professorial Lecturer
George Washington University School of
Public Health and Health Services
7427 Spring Summit Road
Springfield, VA 22150
Mary Kushion, MSA
Health Officer
Central Michigan DiStreet Health
Department
2012 East Preston Street
Mt Pleasant, MI 48858
Michelle Larkin, RN, MS, JD
Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PO Box 2316
Princeton, NJ 08543
Byron Kennedy
Preventive Medicine Resident
California Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sally Kershisnik
Associate Director of Health
Davis County Health
50 East State Street, PO 618
Farmington, UT 84025
Rima Khabbaz, MD
Director
CDC
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
Robert Kim-Farley, MD, MPH
Director, Communicable Disease
Control and Prevention
Los Angeles County Department
of Public Health
313 North Figueroa Street, Room 227 C
Department of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Barbara Kovacs
Deputy Director
York City Bureau of Health
1 Market Way West, 3rd Floor
York, PA 17401
Kim LaCour
Business Development
Northrop Grumman
4306 North Shallowford Road
Atlanta, GA 30341
Terry Krohn
Director
Two Rivers Public Health Department
701 4th Avenue , Suite 1
Holdrege, NE 68949
Dennis Lacourse
Health Agent
Easthampton Board of Health
50 Payson Avenue
Easthampton, MA 01027
Bruce Krosch, CPM
Director
Southwest District Health
920 Main Street
Caldwell, ID 83605
Morton Laitner, Esq
Chief Legal Counsel
Department of Health/Miami-Dade
County Health Department
8323 NW 12th Street, Suite 214
Miami, FL 33126
Paul Kuehnert
Executive Director
Kane County Health Department
1240 North Highland Avenue, Suite 26
Aurora, IL 60506
Cynthia Lamberth
University of Kentucky
121 Washington Avenue, Room 103
Lexington, KY 40536
Cheryl Lauber, DPA, MSN, RN
Consultant
Michigan Department of Community
Health
109 West Michigan
PO Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Roberta Lawson
Executive Administrator
CA Conference of Local Health Officials
PO Box 997377, MS 7003
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Rene LeBlanc
District Director
South Central Public Health District
1020 Washington Street
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Johnnie Lee
Director of Health & Social Services
City of Stamford Health Department
888 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, CT 06904
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Mysheika LeMaile-Williams, MD, MPH
Medical Director/Assistant Health
Commissioner
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
Cheri Lewer
Public Health Director
Waseca County
900 Third Street NE
Waseca, MN 56093
Arthur Liang
CDC
1600 Clifton Road
Mailstop C-09
Atlanta, GA 30333
Ann Lindsay
Health Officer/President
California Conference of Local Health
Officers
529 I Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Nancy Little
Deputy Director of MPH Program
East Carolina University
1709 West 6th Street
Greenville, NC 27834
Lynda Lomax
Facilities Coordinator
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
72 l Accurate as of July 21, 2008
Teresa Long, MD, MPH
Health Commissioner
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
John Loonsk
Director of Office of Interoperability
and Standards, Office of the National
Coordinator
Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, Room 729D
Washington, DC 20201
Kathy Lordo
Assistant Health Commissioner
Hamilton County Public Health
250 William Howard Taft
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Charles MacLean, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Vermedx
371 Pearl Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Lucas Maloney
Administration Coordinator,
Communications
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, STE 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Allene Mares
Health Officer/Executive Director
City-County Health Department
115 4th Street South
Great Falls, MT 59401
James Marks, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President & Director,
Health Group
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Route 1 & College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543
Jillian Martin
Preventive Medicine Resident
LA County Department of Public Health
313 N Figueroa Street, Room 227
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Bonnie Martin
Emergency Response Planning Coordinator
Kansas City, Mo Health Department
2400 Troost, Suite 2300
Kansas City, MO 64108
Stephanie Martz
Director of Administrative Services
Boulder County Public Health
3450 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Noble Maseru
Health Commissioner
Cincinnati Health Department
3101 Burnet Avenue, #109
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Jerrica Mathis
Health Equity Coordinator
NACDD
2872 Woodcock Boulevard, Suite 220
Atlanta, GA 30341
Frank Matteo
Health Officer
Kenosha County Division of Health
8600 Sheridan Road, Suite 600
Kenosha, WI 53143
Diane McLawhorn
Director of Nursing
Hertford County Public Health Authority
714 Evans Street, PO Box 694
Ahoskie, NC 27910
Cheryl Mazmanian
Director/Health Officer
Western Racine County Health Department
156 East State Street
Burlington, WI 53105
Rina McManus
Director
Anoka County Community Health &
Environmental Services
2100 3rd Avenue, Ste 600
Anoka, MN 55303-5041
Jacob Mbafor
VFC Coordinator
DC Department of Health
6323 Georgia Avenue, NW, #305
Washington, DC, DC 20011
Kathy McCarty
Project Coordinator
Center for Health Policy
Columbia University
617 West 168th Street, #238
New York City, NY 10032
Sherri McDonald, RN, MPA
Director
Thurston County Public Health & Social
Services Department
412 Lilly Road NE
Olympia, WA 98506-5132
Jane McKendry
Research Manager
California Department of Public Health
PO Box 997410, MS 5103
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Barry McNulty
Administrator
Hamilton County Health Department
One Hamilton County Square, Suite 30
Noblesville, IN 46060
Jacquelynn Meeks
Director, Public Health Projects
JPS Health Network
1500 South Main Street
Fort Worth, TX 76104
A Melton
Deputy Director
Utah Department of Health
P O Box 141000
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1000
Anne Millington
CDPH
1616 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
Nancy Mills
Administrator
Clay County Health Department
1305 Idlewild Avenue, PO Box 578
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
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Danyte Mockus, MPH, PhDc
Epidemiologist
Riverside County Department
of Public Health
4065 County Circle Drive, Suite 403
Riverside, CA 92503
Carol Moehrle
North Central District Health Department
215 10th Street
Lewiston, ID 83501
Todd Monson
Hennepin County Human Services and
Public Health
300 South 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Melba Moore, MS
Commissioner of Health
City of Street Louis Department of Health
634 North Grand Boulevard, Room 920
Street Louis, MO 63103
Doug Moore
Billings Area Indian Health Service
2900 4th Avenue North
Billings, MT 59107
Richard Morrissey
Interim Director of Health
Kansas Department of Health and
Environment
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 300
Topeka, KS 66612
Michael Moser
Health Commissioner
Akron Health Department
177 South Broadway, Suite 215
Akron, OH 44308
Megan Moss, MPH
City Readiness Initiative Coordinator
Fargo Cass Public Health
401 3rd Avenue North
Fargo, ND 58102
Anita Muir
County Health Administrator
Division of Public Health
2055 Limestone Road, Suite 300
Wilimington, DE 19808
Tom Newton, MPP, REHS
Director, Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building
321 E 12 Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Janet Norkus
Deputy Director
Allegheny County Health Departmnet
3333 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Douglas Murphy
Emergency Preparedness Regional
Coodinator
Fargo Cass Public Health
401 3rd Avenue North
Fargo, ND 58102
Kim Norris
Senior Policy Advisor for Adjudication
US Department of Justice
810 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
Bijoy Nair
Vice President
iVision Solutions, Inc.
1001 West Glen Oaks Lane, Suite 105
Mequon, WI 53092
Kathleen OLeary
PH Manager
Washington County HHS
155 N First Avenue, MS 5
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Poki Namkung
Health Officer
Santa Cruz Health Services Agency
1080 Emeline, Building D
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Janet Olszewski, MS
Director
Michigan Department of Community
Health
201 Townsend Street
Lansing, MI 48913
Nitin Natarajan
Program Manager
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave SW, Room 638-G
Washington, DC 20201
Laurie Osgood
Community Health Educator
Florida Department of Health, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Data Analysis
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Karen Osthus
Colorado Department of Public Health/
Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
Frances Paris
SeniorPolicy Advisor
NYC Department of Health
125 Worth Street
Room 618, Box 33
New York, NY 10013
Padmini Parthasarathy
Senior Health Education Specialist
Contra Costa Health Services - Family,
Maternal and Child Health Programs
597 Center Avenue, Suite 365
Martinez, CA 94518
William Paul
Director of Health
Metro Public Health Department of
Nashville and Davidson County
311 23rd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
Bonnie Paulsen
Director
Morrison County Public Health
200 East Broadway
Little Falls, MN 56345
Dale Pec, PE
Director, Environmental Response &
Technology
Panhandle Health District
8500 North Atlas Road
Hay, ID 83835
Caroline Peck
Assistant Director, Preventive Medicine
Residency, CDPH
California Department of Public Health
PO Box 997377 , MS 7213
1616 Capitol Ave 74.420
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Dan Peddycord
Director
Deschutes County Health Department
2577 NE Courtney Drive
Bend, OR 97701
John Peebles, BS, MA
Operations Manager
NC Division of Public Health
1902 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27669-0902
Burl Penny
BT Coordinator
Doniphan County Health Department
201 S Main, PO Box 609
Troy, KS 66087
Dean Perkins, DDS, MPH
Executive Director
ASTDD
105 Westerly Road
New Bern, NC 28560
Gianfranco Pezzino, MD, MPH
Associate Director of Public Health Systems
Kansas Health Institute/Shawnee County
H.D.
212 SW 8th Avenue, Suite 300
Topeka, KS 66603
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Irene Pierce
Executive Director
Lake County Health Department and
Community Health Center
3010 Grand Avenue
Waukegan, IL 60085
Sheryl Pierce
Administrator
Doniphan County Health Department
201 S Main
Troy, KS 66087
Cheri Pies
Director, Family Maternal and Child Health
Programs
Contra Costa Health Services
597 Center Avenue, Suite 365
Martinez, CA 94553
Charlotte Porter, MPH
Director, Public Health Preparedness
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Thomas Quade
Deputy Director
Akron Health Department
177 S Broadway Street
Akron, OH 44308
Richard Quartarone
Public Health Liaison Coordinator
DHR-Public Health Office of Emergency
Preparedness
40 Pryor Street, 4th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
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Cathy Raevsky
Health Officer
Kent County Heatlh Department
700 Fuller Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Angela Reith
Nursing Supervisor
Jackson County Health Department
312 Pennsylvania
Holton, KS 66436
Steve Rutherford
Public Health
Greenlee County
PO Box 936
Clifton, AZ 85533
Kuruppu Rajapaksa
Research Scientist
Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development
400 R Street, Room 250
Sacramento, CA 95811-6213
Elton Rhoades
Community Services Facilitator
Oklahoma City County Health Department
921 NE 23rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Baker Salsbury
Health Director
Ledge Light Health District
943 North Road
Groton, CT 06340
Julie Ring
SACCHO Director
Local Public Health Association
125 Charles Avenue
Street Paul, MN 55103
Ellen Schleicher, MHS
Maternal and Child Health Analyst
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Loren Robertson, MS, REHS
Assistant Commissioner
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street, Section 8B
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Deborah Scholten
Health Director
Northeast Nebraska Public Health
Department
117 West 3rd Street, PO Box 68
Wayne, NE 68787
Pam Rask
Manager, School Health & TFIMR
Tulsa Health Department
5051 S 129th East Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74134
Darren Rausch
Health Officer/Director
Greenfield Health Department
7325 W Forest Home Avenue
Greenfield, WI 53220
Rebecca Rayman
Executive Director
East Central District Health Department
2282 East 32nd Avenue
Columbus, NE 68601
Allison Reagan
Director of Local Health
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street, PO Box 70
Birlington, VT 05402
Pamela Rollins
Assistant Director
Oklahoma City-County Health Department
921 NE 23rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Dave Rooney
Director
Dakota County Community Services
1 Mendota Rd West, Suite 500
West Street Paul, MN 55118
Louis Rowitz
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
1603 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Liz Schwarte
Samuels and Associates
1222 Preservation Park Way
Oakland, CA 94612
Mary C Selecky
Washington State Department of Health
PO Box 47890
Olympia, WA 98504-7890
Pellavi Sharma
Senior Analyst
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, #450
Arlington, VA 22202
Leona Shields, PHN, MN, NP
Nurse Consultant III
CA Department of Public Health, MCAH
Policy Section
1615 Capitol Ave, MS 8306
PO Box 997420
Sacramento, CA 95899-7420
Najeebah Shine
Director of Community Health Services
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, OH 44130
Lauren Shirey
Community Health Analyst
Genesee County Health Department
630 S Saginaw Street
Flint, MI 48502
Zeynep Shorter
Research Investigator
Department of Health
Office of Community and Rural Health
PO Box 47834
Olympia, WA 98504-7834
Stephanie Simmons
Health Officer
Lapeer County Health Department
1800 Imlay City Road
Lapeer, MI 48446
Patrick Simpson, MPH
Executive Director, CityMatCH
CityMatCH at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
982170 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-2170
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Jennifer Sinibaldi
Senior Analyst, Healthcare System
Preparedness
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Alison Sipler
Director of Programs
Technical Tobacco Assistance Consortium
1520 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
Mahree Skala
Executive Director
MO Assoc of LPHAs
5201 Gasconade Drive
Columbia, MO 65202
Shirlene Small
Community Partnership Consultant
Kansas Department of Health &
Environment
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 210
Topeka, KS 66612
Sabrina Smith, DrHA
Chief Operating Officer
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Chester Lee Smith
Director of Emergency Preparedness
DHR-Public Health Office of Emergency
Preparedness
40 Pryor Street, 4th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
William Smith
Director
Robeson County Health Departmnent
460 Country Club Road
Lumberton, NC 28360
Louise Square
Program Manager
New York State Department of Health
90 Church Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10007
David Stone
Accreditation Administrator
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
School of Public Health, CB # 8165
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Harold Taylor
Administration Services Officer II
County of Sonoma DHS
625 5th Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Laurie Smith
Local Health Liaison
Oregon Public Health Division
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 930
Portland, OR 97232
Brett Starbuck
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Shawnee County Health Agency
1615 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66606
Matthew Stone, MPH
GIS Technical Lead
Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Ave , Suite 74.516
MS 7204
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Edie Snethenms
Executive Director
KS Association North of Local Health
Departments
300 SW 8th Avenue , Third Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Matthew Stefanak
Health Commissioner
Mahoning County District Board of Health
50 Westchester Drive
Youngstown, OH 44515
Debra Tews
Senior Accreditation and Local Health
Services Specialist
Michigan Department of Community
Health
201 Townsend Street
Lansinf, MI 48913
Terri Sory
Chronic Disease Program Manager
Salt Lake Valley Health Department
2001 South State Street, #S2400
SLC, UT 84190-2150
Lynn Spector, MPA
Operations Director
HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care/OPPD
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Mendy Spohn
Administrative Director
Carter County Health Department, OK
405 S. Washington
Ardmore, OK 73401
Paula Steib
Senior Director, Communications
ASTHO
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Shelli Stephens-Stidham
President
STIPDA
2200 Century Parkway, Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30345
Audrey Stevenson
Division Director
Salt Lake Valley Health Department
2001 S State, S-3800
Salt Lake City, UT 84190-2150
Ms Frima Stewart
Director
Marin County, Division of Public Health
20 North San Pedro Road, Suite 2028
San Rafael, CA 94903
Luke Stowe
Lake County Clerk
Lake County
18 North County Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
Barbara Sudhoff-McGill
Houston Department of Health
& Human Services
8000 North Stadium Drive
Houston, TX 77054
David Sundwall, MD
Executive Director
Utah State Department of Health
288 North 1460 West, P O Box 141000
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1000
Peter Sybinsky, PhD
Director
Md DHMH
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Lee Thielen
Executive Director
Colorado Association of Local Public Health
Officials
800 Grant Street, Suite 335
Denver, CO 80203
Evonda Thomas
Director of Health and Human Services
Evanston Health and Human Services
Civic Center
2100 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Monecia Thomas, MHA
Director, Emerging Leaders and
Management Academy
NC Institute for Public Health
CB# 8165
UNC - Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165
Cynthia Tomasello, BSN, RN
Health Officer/Director of Public Health
Village of Shorewood Health Department
3930 N Murray Avenue
Shorewood, WI 53211
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Beth Topf
Senior Analyst, Chronic Disease Prevention
Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
E Torrey, MD
Executive Director
The Stanley Medical Research Institute
8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 200
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Sharon Tracey
Prevention Specialist
Tri-County Health Department
7000 E Belleview Avenue, Suite 301
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Cindy Trail
Deputy Director
Central District Health Department
707 N Armstrong Place
Boise, ID 83704
Lynn Trefren
Nurse Manager
Tri-County Health Department
15400 E 14th Place, Suite 309
Aurora, CO 80011
Catherine Troisi
Director, Office of Public Health Practice
Houston Department of Health and Human
Services
8000 North Stadium Drive
Houston, TX 77054
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Adewale Troutman
Director of Health
Department of Public Health & Wellness
400 E Gray Street, Suite 128
Louisville, KY 40201
Sandy Tubbs
Director
Douglas County Public Health
725 Elm Street, Suite 1200
Alexandria, MN 56308
Norma Tubman
Director, Community Health Services
Jefferson County Department of
Health and Environment
1801 19th Street
Golden, CO 80401
Kim Turner
Interim Director
Fulton County Department of Health and
Wellness
99 Jesse Hill Jr Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Harry Tweel, MD
Physician/Director
Cabell-Huntington Health Department
703 Serventh Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
Lisa VanRaemdonck
Training Coordinator/Project Manager
Colorado Association of Local Public Health
Officials
800 Grant Street, #335
Denver, CO 80203
Rachel Vasconez
Health Community Emergency Personnel
Coordinator
DHR-Public Health Office of Emergency
Preparedness
40 Pryor Street, 4th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Fannie Vaughn
Senior Community Health Nurse
Pinellas County Health Department
Street Petersburg Healthy Start Federal
Project
205 Dr MLK Street N
Street Petersburg, FL 33701
Robert Viets
Program Assistant
NYSACHO
One United Way
Pine West Plaza
Albany, NY 12205
Kathy Vincent, LCSW
Staff Assistant to the State Health Officer
Alabama Department of Public Health
The RSA Tower, Suite 1552
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Jack Vondras, MPH
Health Director
Gloucester Health Department
3 Pond Road
City Hall Annex
Gloucester, MA 01930
Judy Voss
Associate Director
Olmsted County Public Health Services
2100 Campus Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Lara Weiss
Humboldt County Public Health - Health
Education
908 7th Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Sara Wagner, MPH
Senior Health Planner
Coconino County Heatlh Department
Administration
2625 North King Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
Noelle Wiggins
Program Manager
Multnomah County Health Department
10317 E. Burnside Street
Portland, OR 97216
Cathleen Walsh
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE
MS D-28
Atlanta, GA 30333
Ellen Wild
Deputy Director
Public Health Informatics Institute
325 Swanton Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Jessica Walter
Public Health Sanitarian
Hocking County Health Department
132 Hocking Mall
Logan, OH 43138
Stephen Williams
Director
Houston Department of Health
and Human Services
8000 North Stadium Drive
Houston, TX 77054
Sherry Weingart
PH-ASAP
4026 North Campbell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618-3702
Amber Williams
STIPDA
2200 Century Parkway, Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30345
Alice Weingartner
Deputy Director - Operations & Response
Shawnee County Health Agency
1615 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66606
Michael Williams
Division Director
Street Louis County Department of Health
111 S. Meramec
Clayton, MO 63105
Peggy Wittie
Epid Surv Coordinator
Dallas County Health & Human Services
2377 N Stemmons Freeway, Suite 532
Dallas, TX 75207
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Chrystal Woller
Assistant Director
Oneida County Health Department
Oneida County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Christine Wood
Oral Health Program Manager
Nevada State Health Division
3427 Goni Road, Suite 108
Carson City, NV 89706
Jeffrey Zayach
Public Health Director
Boulder County Public Health
3450 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Karen Zeleznak
Public Health Administrator
City of Bloomington Public Health
1900 W Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington, MN 55431
Margo Wootan
Director, Nutrition Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20009
Barbara Worgess
Director/Health Officer
Coconino County Health Department
2625 North King Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
Shirley Yin-Piazza
Senior Project Manager - Trans Fat Initiative
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
Snip Young
Consultant
National Association of Chronic
Disease Directors
14945 Foothill Road
Golden, CO 80401
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PHAB
September 10 at 10:30-12:00
Public Health
Accreditation Update
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is dedicated to raising the
standard for public health. With support from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), we’re
working with public health experts to develop a national accreditation program.
For more on how PHAB is helping public health departments improve their
quality of service, visit www.phaboard.org.
Convention Center – Room 314
September 12 at 7:00-8:15
PHAB Discussion Group with
continental breakfast.
Convention Center – Room 312
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PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
F
or a variety of reasons, the topic of public health ethics is
gaining increased attention among scholars and public health
practitioners. Translating public health ethical principles into
practice has received limited attention from policymakers and public
health practitioners. Public health practitioners confront challenges
that require complex ethical considerations, just as physicians and other
professionals do. For example, in their core activities, public health
practitioners must balance the moral imperative of improving and
protecting population health with the need to respect individual liberties.
Public health practitioners operate within the context of limited and
dwindling resources, a dynamic political environment, and emerging
disease threats. However, the conflicting ethical considerations raised by
these challenges, as well as the legal and practical ones, make decisionmaking complex in a rapidly changing field of practice.
NACCHO partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
University of Michigan’s Center for Law, Ethics, and Health to present a
Workshop on Ethics in Public Health Practice and Preparedness
workshop on public health ethics in March 2007. The
Access a video stream, including presentations, of the workshop on public health
ethics at www.naccho.org/ethics.
special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management
proceedings of that workshop have been published as a
and Practice (July/August 2008). To subscribe, visit www.
jphmp.com or call (800) 638-3030; NACCHO members,
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NACCHO ANNUAL
2009 CONFERENCE
Join us for NACCHO Annual: The year’s
largest gathering of local health officials!
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NACCHO’s Annual Conference is frequently cited as one
of the most valuable opportunities in the field for local
public health practitioners to come together and discuss
the critical issues of the moment and to plan for the
future. In 2009, NACCHO will offer exciting learning and
networking opportunities geared toward the unique
needs of local public health professionals.