PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2006
Jasper Church of Christ (Fellowship Hall)
1830 S. Wheeler Street
Jasper, Texas
Presented By:
East Texas Heath Access Network
Piney Woods Health Education Center
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston
Session 1
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Check-in
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Introduction
8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Recognizing and Responding to Bioterrorism and
Other Public Health Emergencies
Bobby Jones, DVM, MPH-Public Health Consultant
Session 2
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Risk Communication
Dr. Robert Howard, Harvard School of Public
Health and Robert J. Howard and Associates
5 p.m. Closing and Evaluation
(This course meets the Texas Nurses Association’s
bioterrorism nursing license renewal requirement.)
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – noon
Avian Influenza: What’s New and What’s Next?
Bobby Jones, DVM, MPH, Public Health
Consultant
noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch
About the Speakers:
Bobby Jones, DVM, MPH-Public Health Consultant
Dr. Bobby Jones is the former strategic science epidemiologist in the Community Preparedness Section of the Division of
Prevention and Preparedness for the Texas Department of State Health Services. Prior to this appointment, he was
manager of Epidemiology and Health Information for Tarrant County Public Health in Fort Worth.
His lectures will cover the following objectives:
 Equips all healthcare providers with knowledge related to public health emergency preparedness, including
biological and chemical hazards.
 Topics include: recognition of a public health emergency, decontamination procedures, utilization of personal
protective equipment, activation of the public health system and the roles and responsibilities of the public
health/health care worker during a public health emergency.
Dr. Robert Howard, Harvard School of Public Health and Robert J. Howard and Associates
Dr. Robert Howard served as Director of Strategic Communications at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) where he developed, directed and managed the advanced media training for CDC physicians. He currently teaches
at Harvard’s School of Public Health and is President and CEO or Robert J. Howard and Associates.
His lecture will cover the following objectives:
 Manage information in a crisis situation and in day-to-day interactions with our populations in east Texas.
 Manage information both internally and externally.
 Understand the needs of the media and how best to deliver critical information to them.
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
SESSION 1:
3 Hours CME (Physicians), 3.6 Type 1 Contact Hours (Nurses), 0.3 CEUs (Social Workers), 3 Hours CE (Other health
professionals)
Physician Accreditation Statements:
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. UNT Health Science Center is accredited by the American
Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.
Physician Credit Designation:
UNT Health Science Center anticipates this program being approved for 3 hours of AOA Category 2A CME credit hours pending
approval by the AOA CCME. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this educational activity
for a maximum of 3 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits
that he/she actually spent in the activity.
Nursing Accreditation:
The University of North Texas Health Science Center Office of Professional and Continuing Education is an approved provider of
continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation. This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements towards relicensure
as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. This activity is approved for 3.6 Contact Hours. To receive a
certificate of successful completion, participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete and return all required paperwork at
the end of the activity.
Social Worker Credit Designation: Continuing education credit for Social Workers in provided through the University of North Texas
Health Science Center at Fort Worth, sponsor number CS3743. This activity in approved for 0.3 CEUs for Social Workers.
SESSION 2: Approval for Continuing Education has not been obtained for Session 2. Participants will be provided with a
certificate to utilize towards Category II (non-approved) CE hours.
Support: Session 1 is funded with a grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration of the United States of America.
Session 2 is funded with a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Registrants who cancel will receive a refund minus a processing fee if we receive written notification postmarked or delivered on or before the first class date.
No refund will be granted after seminar has begun.
For more information please contact:
East Texas Health Access Network (ETHAN)
(409) 384-2099
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Please check one of the following:
Session 1 Only (8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) - $15.00 fee
Session 2 Only (noon – 5:00 p.m.) - $15.00 fee
Both Sessions 1 and 2 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) - $15.00 fee
The conference fee of $15.00 includes break refreshments and lunch.
ETHAN
117 West Houston Street
Jasper, Texas 75951