Spring 2006 Rural Agricultural and Environmental Health Preparedness Workshop Series - March 30; April 13; April 20, 2006

A series of three workshops entitled "FSI Minnesota: Food Security Investigation" were held on March 30 (Retail Food focus), April 13 (Food Production and Processing focus) and April 20 (Food Distribution focus), 2006. These workshops were each unique, multidisciplinary workshops designed to build preparedness competencies of the participants and to enhance practical emergency response linkages. The format of each workshop included brief presentations by UMN faculty lead Dr. John Shutske and site visit hosts further described their current preparedness activities. A binder of preparedness planning resources was given to each participant. CEUs were offered.

Public Health and Terrorism: Cross-Border Issues Roundtable - October 22, 2004

On Oct. 22, the University of Iowa's Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness and the University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness co-sponsored the conference "Public Health and Terrorism Preparedness: Cross-Border Issues Roundtable." The meeting drew 117 participants to Des Moines from Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. Human resource capacity, a high priority identified at the first meeting held in Minnesota in 2003, formed the core issue of the October meeting. A report on the roundtable will be developed by the Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness and the University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness and information regarding that report will be posted on this website.

Public Health and Terrorism: Cross-Border Issues Roundtable - December 15, 2003

Purpose: to utilize the convening ability of the Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness to bring together individuals at the state, provincial and local levels to identify unmet cross-border needs and develop strategies for addressing these needs. Attendees: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin representatives from local, state and tribal public health agencies; emergency management; Health Resources and Services Administration hospital preparedness; legal counsel; provincial representatives from Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba; and, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Process Guide Available: detail of the steps taken to organize a cross border meeting including scenarios and facilitator guidelines. To receive a free copy, click on the links below to download pdfs, or email request to umncphp@umn.edu, or call 612.626.4515.

• Process Guide Table of Contents
• Process Guide
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E

Data Document: A compilation of data gathered through participant workshops. For further information or a copy of this document, please contact Susan Larson at umncphp@umn.edu.

Public Health Workforce Assessment and Evaluation

In collaboration with state departments of health in the region including Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, UMNCPHP assesses bioterrorism and emergency preparedness competency gaps in the public health workforce to provide a basis for program monitoring and evaluation.

• An inventory of skill and knowledge needed to achieve competencies has been developed (contact umncphp@umn.edu for more information).
• Online survey tools for competency assessment are at http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/umncphp/activities/surveys.

Community Faculty Involvement

The UMNCPHP is committed to working with local and state public health agency personnel in the development and delivery of courses that bring important practice perspectives into the educational initiative.

Outreach

Faculty affiliated with the UMNCPHP have delivered over 40 community and/or academic presentations related to bioterrorism locally, nationally and internationally.

Technical Assistance

• Competency Mapping
• CEU accreditation of course offerings

Presentations

February 1 - April 30

• Importance of Epidemiology to Food Safety and Bioterrorism
• Food Safety and Bioterrorism Issues
• Infectious Diseases and Emerging Issues, Including Bioterrorism
• Food Safety and Bioterrorism
• Protecting Our Food System from Intentional Attack (5 presentations around the State)
• Agroterrorism
• Veterinary Public Health
• Importance of Molecular Epidemiology to Improving Public Health Surveillance