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The Department of Defense 
Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program  (MIST)
 

Present:

  “Engaging the Public in Pandemic Flu Planning”
 

Monday 09 April 2007; 1530-1630 ET
(Repeats from 11 January 2007)

Available on GETN/Warrior Satellite Platforms

CE Credits Available

a.  Sponsors:  This program is co-sponsored for Military and Federal GETN subscribers by the The Center for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP), School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Program with the  technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA. 
 

b.  Availability:  This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks.  A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here: GETN Site Location.   

MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling.

There is No C Band analog satellite available for this repeat program.

Videoconferencing may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed.  Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.

Will these programs be Webcast?  Yes, instructions in confirmation.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  The target audiences for this program will be federal, military, state and local public health professionals and their partners (e.g., healthcare professionals, EMS personnel, law enforcement, media representatives and others with an interest in this topic.

d.  Instructor:  Roz D. Lasker, MD; Director, Division of Public Health and Director, Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health - The New York Academy of Medicine

e.  Program  Description: Public health professionals responsible for pandemic flu planning are working at a distinct disadvantage.  While the public is the object of their concern, strategies and plans are being developed without directly involving the public.  Building on findings from the Redefining Readiness study and a new community engagement process in the four Redefining Readiness demonstration sites, Dr. Lasker will show how the public's knowledge and perspectives can help public health professionals deal with some of their most vexing challenges.

The study completed in the first phase of Dr. Lasker's project "Redefining Readiness" showed that many emergency response plans will not work because people will not react the way planners want them to.  The second phase of the project has carried out local demonstration projects to develop model plans and public engagement practices for more effective terrorism/emergency preparedness planning. Dr. Lasker will present findings from this project that can be utilized to involve the enormous number of stakeholders that are needed to develop the most effective pandemic flu plans possible. 

Links to the above mentioned project:
Redefining Readiness: Terrorism Planning Through the Eyes of the Public: http://www.cacsh.org/eptpp.html and http://www.ualbanycphp.org/GRS/eventpast.cfm?id=31.

f.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  Nursing Contact Hours, CHES and CME credits are available upon completion of evaluation and post-test.  More information located here: http://www.ualbanycphp.org/contedcredits.cfm?ID=80.

g.  DVD/Videotape Availability:  None,  sites should tape from broadcast.

h.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on these programs, however they MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  They may also not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes by commercial organizations without additional permission of the sponsors.  

i.  Interactivity/Questions:  None

j.  Registration:  All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates.  Sites may register at: : DOD-MIST Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898. 

k.  Future Programs:  For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site:  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current.

l.  Program Requests:  Miss a program and would like it repeated?  Make your request here: DOD-MIST Program Request Form.

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