A Model Curriculum for Public Health Bioterrorism Education

Dembek, Zygmunt F.; Iton, Anthony; Hansen, Henrik

doi:10.1177/003335490512000104

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“…There was an uptick reporting on the 1918 influenza pandemic during the early 21st century, which may have been related to increased national concern about preparedness following the bioterrorist scares related to September 11. [37][38][39] This increase was reflected in a 2006 special issue on PHR's historical contributions, 40 which included multiple commentaries on past articles in PHR on the 1918 influenza pandemic [41][42][43] and a 2010 special issue 44 on lessons learned from that pandemic. Important outbreaks and outbreak threats of West Nile virus, SARS/Middle East respiratory syndrome, Zika, and Ebola that occurred during that period were also covered by PHR.…”

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Informing COVID-19 Response and Health Equity Agenda: Collection of Public Health Reports Articles on Emerging Viral Epidemics in the United States, 1878-2021

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Objective: Public Health Reports ( PHR) is the oldest public health journal in the United States and has reported on viral epidemics since the 19th century. We describe the creation and analysis of a collection of historic PHR articles on emerging viral epidemics in the United States to inform public health response to COVID-19 and future epidemics. Methods: We searched databases from 1878 through 2021 using custom search strings and conducted a manual search for articles published under previously used names for PHR. We evaluated all articles based on inclusion/exclusion criteria and coded the final list for virus/disease, article type, public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and PubMed citation count. Results: We identified 349 relevant articles including 130 commentaries/reviews/editorials, 79 epidemiologic reports, 75 research articles, and 65 case study/practice articles. The collection focused on influenza (n = 244), COVID-19 (n = 75), dengue (n = 14), and other emerging viruses, such as Zika and Ebola (n = 25). The collection included 48 articles on health disparities/health of various disadvantaged populations, highlighting such disparities as race and ethnicity (n = 22), socioeconomic status (n = 17), and age (n = 15). When we categorized articles by CDC public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities, we found that 207 addressed surveillance and epidemiologic investigation, 36 addressed community preparedness, and 28 addressed medical countermeasure dispensing and administration. The articles addressing surveillance and epidemiologic investigation, nonpharmaceutical interventions, and community preparedness had the most PubMed citations (799, 334, and 308, respectively). Conclusions: PHR’s historic articles on US emerging viral epidemics covered a range of virus/disease types, emergency preparedness and response capabilities, and contribution types and were widely cited in the scholarly literature. This publicly available and continuously updated collection is a valuable resource for pandemic planning and response.

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Informing COVID-19 Response and Health Equity Agenda: Collection of Public Health Reports Articles on Emerging Viral Epidemics in the United States, 1878-2021

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“…Orfaly et al (2005) uses a table-top exercise as part of a 2-day training session for graduate students in public health, medicine, government, arts, and sciences. Dembek et al (2005) employ online webcast in conjunction with a table-top exercise for professional nurses, pharmacists, and physicians in an emergency disaster preparedness course for public health professionals, fire/emergency services, law enforcement, emergency management teams, and hospital administrators. Each of these programs were rated very highly by learner surveys.…”

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“…According to the literature, training programs in emergency disaster preparedness are hospital‐based (Nyamathi, King, Casillas, Gresham, & Mutere, 2007), in Schools of Public Health (Dembek, Iton, & Hansen, 2005; Orfaly, Biddinger, Burstein, & Leaning, 2005) and in a School of Medicine (Dembek et al, 2005). Common among each of these programs is the use of a table‐top exercise for teaching, focusing on overall management and coordination rather than on the clinician/nurse role in patient care and triage during an emergency event.…”

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Use of an Emergency Preparedness Disaster Simulation With Undergraduate Nursing Students

Kaplan

Connor

Ferranti

et al. 2011

Public Health Nursing

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This is a report of an educational strategy to prepare nursing students to respond to disasters. The strategy includes an emergency preparedness disaster simulation (EPDS) implemented in a school of nursing simulation lab using patient simulators, task trainer mannequins, and live actors. The EPDS immerses student groups into a "tornado ravaged assisted-living facility" where the principles of emergency preparedness can be employed. A total of 90 B.S.N. students participated in the EPDS in the final semester of their senior year. Student post-simulation survey responses were overwhelmingly positive, with mean scores of 4.65 (on a 5-point Likert scale) reported for the EPDS "increasing understanding of emergency preparedness" and "well organized." Mean scores were over 4.40 for "scenario believability, increasing knowledge base, increasing confidence in working in teams, ability to handle emergency preparedness situations and to work more effectively in hospital or clinic." The lowest mean score of 4.04 was for "prompting realistic expectations." Owing to the effectiveness of this educational strategy, the EPDS has been incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum.

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“…12 Several medical schools have already reported their experiences in developing and implementing specific course work in this area. [13][14][15] However, before 2006, there were no advanced degree programs in public health preparedness or homeland security offered by any U.S. medical school.…”

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The Road to Developing an Advanced Degree Program in Public Health Preparedness

Cherry

Davis

2007

Academic Medicine

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The master of homeland security (MHS) degree in public health preparedness at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine is the first degree program of its kind offered by any U.S. medical school. The field of public health preparedness has been increasingly viewed as a new, emerging professional discipline, which academic medicine is well positioned to complement. The process by which the MHS program has evolved from conception to realization is a case study in the mission-based alignment of core values and leadership between the government and academic medicine. Recognizing the need for multidisciplinary involvement, the program architects reconsidered the traditional approach to the development and implementation of new graduate degree programs. Instead, a more flexible, loosely connected network of strategic partners and alliances was adopted. These partnerships were developed and cultivated by vested individuals who excelled in specific core competencies and came together to create value. This allowed for both the expertise and flexibility needed to adapt quickly to the evolving homeland security environment in the United States. To that end, this article describes the 10-step multidisciplinary program-development process that spanned three years and culminated in the establishment of this new graduate degree program. The MHS program as it now stands focuses on public health preparedness, including epidemiological evaluation, disaster communication and psychology, agricultural biosecurity, and critical infrastructure protection. The program is geared toward the practicing professional already working in the field, and its graduates are positioned to be among the top leaders, educators, and researchers in homeland security.

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A Model Curriculum for Public Health Bioterrorism Education

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Informing COVID-19 Response and Health Equity Agenda: Collection of Public Health Reports Articles on Emerging Viral Epidemics in the United States, 1878-2021

Informing COVID-19 Response and Health Equity Agenda: Collection of Public Health Reports Articles on Emerging Viral Epidemics in the United States, 1878-2021

Use of an Emergency Preparedness Disaster Simulation With Undergraduate Nursing Students

The Road to Developing an Advanced Degree Program in Public Health Preparedness

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