Communication for a Nuclear or Radiological Disaster
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Time: 1:00pm (Eastern Time)
Overview
Please join CDC’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the National Center for Environmental Health for a special webinar on nuclear and radiological emergencies. One of CDC’s top communication experts on this topic will discuss the misunderstandings and the reality of radiation exposure, how a nuclear event would affect people, what actions to take and avoid during a nuclear event, and how to communicate about this topic.
Webinar participants and viewers will accomplish the following:
- Describe CDC’s role in the topic covered during the presentation.
- Describe the topic’s implications for respective constituents.
- Discuss concerns and issues related to preparedness for and response to urgent public health threats.
- Identify reliable information resources for the topic.
- Describe how to promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention.
Call Information:
- Webinar/Audio conference call on 2/27/2019: 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
- Web-on-demand training will be available in March
- Materials: PowerPoint slide set (see Call Materials)
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Vivi Siegel, MPH
National Center for Environmental Health
- Webinar/Audio conference call on 2/27/2019: 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
- Web-on-demand training will be available in March
- Materials: PowerPoint slide set (see Call Materials)
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Accreditation Statements:
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU’s for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. CDC provider number 98614.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 1 CPH recertification credits for this program.
DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, presenters, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.