4th UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters

May 1-4, 2005

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Claude de Ville de Goyet
Consultant, Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Assistance
Former Director of the Pan American Health Organization’s Program on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief
Historical Perspective of Emergency Public Health

Closing Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kimberley Shoaf
Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
Emergency Public Health: The Future

Conference Details

Conference Program

Conference Speakers

Where: Warner Center Marriott, Woodland Hills, CA
21850 Oxnard Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Tel: 818-887-4800 or 800-228-9290
Fax: 818-340-5893
www.warnercentermarriott.com

Conference Topics:

Plenary Sessions:

• Surge Capacity
• Lessons Learned: Hurricanes in Florida
• Public Response to Emergencies: Fact or Fiction?
• The Truth About Federal Preparedness Policies
• A Report on the Impact of the South Asia Tsunami

Breakout Sessions:

• Biological Specimens: Chain of Custody and Transport
• CDC Performance Indicators and Goals
• Developing Scientifically Valid Exercise Scenarios
• Emergency Health Powers Act
• Finding Vulnerable Populations
• Hospital Syndromic Surveillance
• Mental Health Competencies for Disasters
• Planning for Communicating with the Media
• Planning for Tsunamis in the United States
• Preparing for the Needs of Children: Schools and Beyond
• Public Health Ready
• Toolbox: Communication Technologies and Emergency Preparedness
• Toolbox: Setting Up a Departmental Operations Center
• Toolkits for Public Health Preparedness
• Worker Safety Preparedness
• Working with Native Populations During an Emergency

Poster Session:
The UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters will host a student poster session on Sunday, May 1, 2005, 6:30-9:00pm. This poster session will be held in conjunction with the evening reception; therefore, allowing presenters to explain their research and network with conference attendees.

Please note that posters should be on display by 6:00pm on Sunday night. Poster session participants should also plan to be available for the duration of the reception to informally discuss their presentation and answer any questions from conference attendees.

If you are interested in presenting a poster, please contact Kym Hodge at 310-794-0864 or kymhodge@ucla.edu. Additional information and guidelines as well as a registration form provided in the Call for Student Abstracts.

Accommodations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the special rate of $125/night plus tax. Please book rooms directly through the hotel by calling 1-800-228-9290 or 1-818-887-4800, and indicate that you are attending the UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters. Rooms will be reserved until Monday, April 18, 2005, after which prevailing rates and availability will apply. (Note: This room rate is applicable for stays beginning Friday, April 29, 2005.)

The hotel is located 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and 20 miles northwest of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA. The hotel does not provide shuttle service. From LAX, shared ride vans are about $23.00. From Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA, shared ride vans are about $19.00.

Registration Fees: 
Early Registration: $325 (until April 1, 2005)
Late Registration: $425 (after April 1, 2005)
Student Registration: $175 (Letter from Program Director Required)
Fee covers all materials, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, and 1 evening reception.

Credit Cards: Please complete the secure online registration form. Upon completion, an email confirmation will be provided to indicate that the registration process has been completed successfully. Before submission, please confirm that all contact information, including email address, is correct.

Checks and Purchase Orders: Please complete the pdf registration form and fax to 310-794-0889 or mail to 1145 Gayley Avenue, Suite 304, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Checks must be made payable to the UC Regents. Please send faxes or mailed envelopes to the attention of Andrea Core. Upon receipt of your completed registration form, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided. Please confirm that all contact information, including email address, is correct.

If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Core at 310-794-0864 or via email at cphdr@ucla.edu.

Who Should Attend this Conference:
The conference is designed for public health professionals as well as individuals and organizations from both the public and private sectors involved in emergency public health preparedness and response. The diverse topics will be relevant to public health and medical practitioners, emergency medical services professionals, researchers, and managers involved in the wide range of emergency public health issues resulting from natural and human-generated disasters.

About the Conference:
The public health consequences of natural and intentional disasters cut across many substantive areas.

This unique multidisciplinary conference will bring together academicians, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers from public health, mental health, community disaster preparedness and response, social sciences, government, media, and non-governmental organizations.

Conference Goal:
To provide an annual forum that continues to promote a dialogue and exchange of ideas between local health departments and others involved in improving public health preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery to emergencies.

Conference Objectives:
By the end of this conference, participants should be able to:

• Describe the development of emergency public health as a sub-discipline within public health.
  
• List three (3) strategies and methods in emergency public health link to overall public health outcomes.
  
• Describe the five (5) ICS components necessary in a Departmental Operations Center.
  
• List at least two (2) validation procedures used by the public when responding to risk communication from official sources.
  
• Discuss the necessity of a public health workforce trained in the principles of emergency public health.

Continuing Education:
CPHD is pleased to be able to offer CEUs to those that request them.

Health Educators, CHES:Sponsored by the Pacific Public Health Training Center, 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 the CHES to receive Category I CECH in Health Education. PPHTC Provider # CA1162.

Physicians and Nurses, CME: This is an activity offered by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services – Public Health, a CME accredited provider. Physicians can report up to the number of hours listed below per day of Category 1 credit toward the California Medical Association’s Certificate in Continuing Medical Education and the American Medical Association’s Physician Recognition Award: five and a half (5.5) hours for attending the conference on May 2, five and a half (5.5) hours for attending on May 3, and two (2.0) hours for attending on May 4. CME credits are applicable toward license renewal for registered nurses by the Board of Registered Nursing as Category 1 CME credits.

BRN, MICN, Paramedic, EMT: Continuing Education for BRN, MICN, Paramedics, and EMTs is provided by the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care. UCLA CPC is an approved CE Provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing # CEP-12416, and the California State EMS Authority # 19-0307. Course objectives available upon request.

Past Conferences

Third UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters, May 16-19, 2004

Second UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters, May 18-21, 2003

First UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters April 11-14, 1999