Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response

PART I: OVERVIEW OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PERSPECTIVES 1. The Local Public Health Agency Role in Bioterrorism Preparedness. Michael Fraser, PhD (NACCHO) and Donna Brown, JD (NACCHO) 2. Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: The Role of the State and Territorial Health Departments. Mary Seleky (Secretary of Health, Washington State), Georges Benjamin, MD MPH (Commissioner of Health, Maryland), Brent Ewig, MPH (ASTHO) 3. Federal Public Health Initiatives to Improve Local, State, and National Public Health Preparedness: A Survey of Current Programs and Initiatives. Ann Fidler, PhD (CDC), Pom Sinnock, PhD (CDC), Lynn Gibbs Scharf, MPH (CDC) 4. Local, State and Federal Partnerships to Enhance Bioterrorism Planning Efforts. Richard Melton (Deputy Director, Utah Department of Health) Tom Milne (NACCHO), Rex Archer MD MPH (Director of Health, Kansas City, MO), George Hardy, MD MPH (ASTHO), Zarnaaz Rauf, MPH (NACCHO) 5. Bioterrorism and Public Health: National Policy Perspectives. Tara O'Toole, MD MPH, Monica Schoch-Spana, PHD, Thomas Inglesby, MD (Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies) PART II: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPACITIES AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL 6. Developing Critical Capacities Needed for Local and State Public Health Preparedness. Paul Halverson, DrPH (CDC), Joseph Henderson (STC, Inc.), Michael Fraser, PhD (NACCHO) 7. Bioterrorism Planning at the Local Public Health Agency Level: Views from the Field. William Dyal (DeKalb County Board of Health, GA), Curt Mast (Rochester-Monroe County, NY), Dan Labowitz (Rochester-Monroe County, NY); Arthur Davidson, MD (Denver Health, CO) 8. State Level Bioterrorism Planning and Response: The States' Experience of Anthrax, and Planning for What May Come. Eddy Bresnitz, MD MPH (State Epidemiologist, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services), Julie Casani (Emergency Response Medical Director, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, MD) 9. Health Agency and Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Planning: Connecting the Public Health and Medical Community Response. Susan Schoenfeld MPH (Vermont Department of Health), Darren Collins (DeKalb County Board of Health, GA) 10. Setting Up Mass Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Center: The New Jersey Anthrax Response. Michael R. Fraser, PhD (NACCHO), Eddy Bresnitz, MD (New Jersey Department of Health), James Brownlee (New Jersey Department of Health), Annette Reboli, MD (Cooper Health System), Judy Persicilli (St. Francis Medical Center, Camden NJ), John Coumbis, MD (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Hamilton) 11. Epidemiology and Surveillance Strategies for Local and State Public Health Preparedness and Response. Julie Wucklund (Washington State Department of Health); Marc Paladini (Bergen County Department of Health, NJ), Esther Chernack (Philadelphia Health Department, PA) 12. Public Health Laboratory Preparedness and the Anthrax Response. Ralph Timperi, PhD (Massachusetts Laboratory Institute/Massachusetts Public Health Laboratory), Scott Becker (Association of Public Health Laboratories). 13. Information Technology and Informatics Strategies for Public Health Preparedness. Patrick O'Carroll, MD MPH (CDC/University of Washington), William Yasnoff (CDC/Center for Innovation in Health Information Systems) 14. Media and Communications Issues in Public Health Preparedness. Robert Marshall (Deputy Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Health) 15. Training and Workforce Development Competencies in Bioterrorism Preparedness. Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN (Columbia University School of Nursing) and Jacqueline Merrill, RN (Columbia University School of Nursing)