Public Health Colloquium Conference Report

Abstract

The purpose of this Colloquium exercise was for participants to identify issues and highlight the needs related to information gathering and sharing during a public health emergency. The scope of the Colloquium exercise was to discuss issues related to the detection of a health threat through surveillance and intelligence, the notification of decision makers that must be made following detection and the communication that must occur with the public. 1. Discuss methods and processes for sharing initial indications and warnings from medical surveillance and intelligence that an event has occurred. 2. Identify the capacity and methods to receive and share health threat/risk assessment information. 3. Examine the coordination and collaboration needed for strategic communications1 and discuss the processes needed to ensure timely communications among multiple agencies. discuss the processes needed to ensure timely communications among multiple agencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA556981

Entities

People

  • Oscar Vaughn

Organizations

  • University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • First Responders
  • Fish
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • United States Northern Command
  • United States Pacific Command

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.