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Course Overview
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Cities Readiness Initiative: A National Priority
A Strategic National Stockpile (SNS),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
Continuing Education Start Date: June 9, 2009
Continuing Education Expiration Date: June 9, 2012
Originally aired October 19, 2006
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The Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) is a program to aid cities in increasing their
capacity to deliver medication and medical supplies during a large-scale public health
emergency, such as a bioterrorism attack. This initiative focuses on a very specific
element of preparedness – the ability to distribute medication to a population in a
specified time period. CRI is a collaborative, multi-jurisdictional effort between
local, state, county, and federal authorities that transcends jurisdictional boundaries.
CRI began in 2004 with 21 pilot cities, expanded in 2005 to 36 cities,
and increased in 2006 to 72 cities, allowing the program to extend into all 50
states. This broadcast is designed to give an overview of CRI for preparedness
planners and city officials. This program will serve as the CRI Executive Brief
and will be archived both on the internet and in CD ROM and VHS format for future
viewing. A question and answer session will enable participants nationwide to pose questions to panelists.
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Goal
To assist city leaders and planners in understanding the goals of and their roles in CRI.
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Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Define the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI)
- Describe the roles of the United States Postal Service and the United States Marshals Service in CRI
- State two goals for city planners participating in CRI
- Describe how CRI funding is determined
- Describe the assessment process for cities involved in CRI
- Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an inter-professional team of health care providers by assuring the availability of effective, quality health and disease prevention services.
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Target Audience
Governors, mayors, executive decision makers, city and state
directors of health, city and state bioterrorism coordinators,
city and state directors of homeland security, emergency managers,
directors of public safety/police, county commissioners,
county health directors, county sheriffs, city police chiefs,
state and local SNS planners, and other city and state government
leaders.
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Presenters
William F. Raub, PhD, Science Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Richard Besser, MD, Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Commander Patricia Pettis, Cities Readiness Coordinator, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jean Popiak, MHA, Public Health Analyst, Division of State and Local Readiness, Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Disclosures
- CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose that they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
- The use of trade names or commercial sources is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Public Health Service.
- This activity did not receive commercial support of any kind.
- Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or the product under investigational use.
- Views expressed by guest participants are not necessarily the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Legal views offered in this program are the opinions of the speakers and do not constitute legal advice from the CDC or HHS.
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Continuing Education
To register for continuing education, visit CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online at http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/ and select Course Number: WD1516.
CE Expiration Date: 6/19/2012.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 1.5 contact hours.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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 1.5 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 0.15 CEUs (1.5contact hours) in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 387-000-09-018-H04-P.
The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEUs for this program.
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Webcast Information
You can view the archived webcast at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/cri.
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Visit the PHTN website at http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn
for further information about
this program and other distance learning events. |
This page last reviewed: August 4, 2009
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