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Emergency Management Newsletter
Informs health centers of current issues related to emergency management, from Panflu to tornadoes to drill exercises tips.

June 30, 2008: The Importance of Flood Preparedness
Large portions of Central Indiana have been coping with flood water from the recent rainstorms. The Indiana State Department of Health released an article,“Hoosiers Reminded Of Health Risks Associated With Flooding", that quoted State Health Commissioner, Dr. Judy Monroe, as saying, “small cuts or scratches on the skin can make someone more susceptible to diseases like tetanus, E. coli, or other pathogens.” Click here for more from the current issue.

June 06, 2008: The Importance of Emergency Plan Exercises
"First articulated by the Institute of Medicine in 1988, public health can be described as “what
we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions for people to be healthy.” With an exhaustive
and ever increasing list of hazardous scenarios facing the nation, the field of public
health has adopted a distinct responsibility in emergency preparedness planning. To achieve
this position as vanguards of individual health, public health professionals must first embrace a
professional culture that includes emergency preparedness planning." Click here for more from the current issue.

For more information about this program, please contact:
 
Jenifer Nelson
Emergency Management Program Director
Indiana Primary Health Care Association
Phone: (317) 630-0845
Fax:     (317) 630-0849
jnelson@indianapca.org