Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP):
Online Training Materials Related to the Novel Influenza A (H1NI) Outbreak

May 12, 2009 12:00 PM ET

Alabama/Louisiana

South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness

Principles of Emerging Infectious Diseases

This course will introduce participants to basic concepts and terminology of infectious diseases. Topics include: transmission dynamics of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; various factors that contribute to the emergence and re-emergence of key infectious diseases; steps and decision points in managing an outbreak; specific intervention and prevention strategies, including those relating to the protection of public health workers; and the role of state health departments vis-à-vis emerging infectious diseases.

South Central Public Health Partnership: Principles of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance

This course will introduce participants to basic concepts and terminology of infectious disease epidemiology and public health surveillance. Course topics include: key characteristics of microbial agents and their common modes of transmission; measures of association between disease and exposure; common study designs in observational research; sensitivity and specificity and its application to infectious disease diagnosis; types and sources of data, and uses of infectious disease surveillance systems.

South Central Public Health Partnership: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance

Infectious Disease Transmission Dynamics

This course will introduce participants to basic concepts and terminology of infectious disease transmission dynamics. Course topics include: transmission dynamics of infectious diseases; identification of the main reservoirs, sources, ports of entry, and ports of exit of human pathogens; the relations between microorganisms and humans; the routes of infectious disease transmission; emerging vector-borne infections; emerging and reemerging sexually transmitted diseases; food borne and waterborne diseases; and the implications of food supply globalization on the emerging infections.

South Central Public Health Partnership: Infectious Disease Transmission Dynamics

Factors for the Emergence/Reemergence of Infectious Diseases

This course will introduce participants to the factors for the emergence/reemergence of infectious diseases. Topics include: mechanisms of the development of antimicrobial resistance; the ways in which environmental and ecological factors influence infectious diseases; and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases.

South Central Public Health Partnership: Factors for the Emergence/Reemergence of Infectious Diseases

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

This course will introduce participants to basic concepts of infectious disease prevention and control. Course topics include concepts of disease control, elimination, and eradication and key strategies for infectious disease control and prevention in the context of past successes and failures.

South Central Public Health Partnership: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

California

Berkeley Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness at University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health

Hand Hygiene in Context

In an era of heightened focus of the effects of healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic-resistant organisms, nationwide food borne outbreaks, and a looming threat of pandemic influenza, hand hygiene (or the lack thereof) is also entering the national awareness. Are you wondering how one could talk about hand hygiene for 90 minutes? Check it out. This workshop will review the whos, whats, whys, and hows of hand hygiene. Practical knowledge and references will be provided. How much do you know?

Cider: Hand Hygiene in Context

Contact: Christine Siador
Phone: (510) 643-4926
Email: csiador@berkeley.edu

Florida

Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness University of South Florida College of Public Health

Basic Epidemiology Overview

Understand common communicable and infectious disease terms.

The Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness: Basic Epidemiology Overview

Field Questionnaire Methodology

Understand methods for developing/writing/testing field questionnaires.

The Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness: Field Questionnaire Methodology

Basic Interview Techniques

Increase awareness of interview techniques & strategies.

The Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness: Basic Interview Techniques

Epidemiological Contact Investigation

Understand the steps of contact investigation & strategies to employ to conduct an effective contact investigation.

The Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness: Epidemiological Contact Investigation

Surveillance: Post-event Strategies

Understand surveillance purpose and use in post-event epidemiologic investigation.

The Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness: Surveillance: Post-event Strategies

Avian Influenza

Understand epidemiology and surveillance for influenza.

The Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness: Avian Influenza

Iowa/Upper Midwest

Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness

Biosafety: Avoiding Laboratory Acquired Infections (LAIs)

This course is intended for laboratorians who handle biological and microbiological samples in clinical, reference, public health, animal, research or teaching laboratories.

Prepare Iowa: Avoiding Laboratory Acquired Infections

Pigs and Public Health: An Overview of Selected Zoonotic Diseases of Swine

Video archive of Grand Rounds presentation, November 13, 2007.

University Of Iowa College of Public Health: Pigs and Public Health: An Overview of Zoonotic Diseases of Swine

Contact: Angela Harding
Phone: (319) 335-8451
Email: angela-harding@uiowa.edu

Michigan

Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of Michigan School of Public Health

Public Health Response at International Ports of Entry

This is a ten-module course that explains the role of federal quarantine stations, as well as other agencies and partners, in communicable disease control at airports, seaports and land borders. The role of public health professionals, acting as surge capacity personnel, to support quarantine station personnel is described. Information about screening, detecting and intervening with passengers ill or at risk for serious communicable diseases is explained. Each module may be taken by itself.

University of Michigan: Public Health Response at International Ports of Entry

Human Health and Animal Disease: An Epidemiologic Collision?

Infectious agents transmitted from animals to humans have caused 11 of 12 of the major global disease outbreaks over the last decade, including avian influenza. This symposium focused on the critical interface between human health and animal disease and considered the question, "Are human health and animal infections on an epidemiologic collision course?"

University of Michigan: Human Health and Animal Disease: An Epidemiologic Collision?

Contact: Jo Lynn Montgomery
Phone: (734) 763-2330
Email: jpmont@umich.edu

Minnesota

University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness at University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Disease Surveillance

This training defines traditional and syndromic surveillance methods and explains how disease outbreaks are detected and investigated.

University of Minnesota: Mass Dispensing Sites: A Primer for Volunteers

Contact: Sue Larson
Phone: (612) 626-4525
Email: larso346@umn.edu

North Carolina

North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health

Avian Influenza

This training is an overview of Avian Influenza. On-line module (1/2 hour).

University of North Carolina: Avian Influenza

Washington

Northwest Center for Public Health Preparedness University of Washington School of Public Health

Introduction to Outbreak Investigation

This module outlines specific steps to take in determining if you have an outbreak on your hands, who should be involved in the investigation, the science behind it all, and how to communicate your findings to the public via the media.

University of Washington: Introduction to Outbreak Investigation

Contact: Luann D'Ambrosio
Phone: (206) 543-2659
Email: ldambr@u.washington.edu