Event Detail
Integrating Community Health Centers in Community Response
When: This event was held May 10, 2007, 10-11:15 AM Eastern
Type of Event: Webcast
Where: University at Albany School of Public Health
About the Event:
Presenters:
Nora O'Brien, Senior Program Analyst, California Primary Care Association.
Jane Hylan, Director of School Based Health Services Community Health Center, Inc.
Program Description:
Community health centers play vital roles in the everyday health and well-being of many individuals and communities. They have enormous potential to contribute to emergency preparedness, response, and recovery of these communities as well. This program will discuss what community health centers in California and Connecticut have been doing to enhance their emergency preparedness, and outline what partner agencies, such as health departments and hospitals, can do to integrate community health centers into more coordinated local emergency response systems.
Who Should Attend:
National audience of community health
centers and state and local public health professionals and their partners
(e.g., healthcare professionals, EMS personnel, law enforcement, media
representatives, etc).
See the Center for Public Health Preparedness to view the archived webcast.