CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Subcommittee

Notes/Action Items

Pertinent Discussion Notes:
  • Target EM culture and language
  • EM vocabulary and definitions challenge: different understanding of “Disaster”, etc
  • Outline ESF8, public health, DE assets and capabilities
  • Explain how DE informs decision-making
  • Focus on DE data, metrics for decision support (e.g. “XXXX is clear, timely, consistent” and give concrete examples)
  • Provide a timeline or explain timeliness of DE outputs
  • Solicit info/examples of how PH/EM collaboration worked well in the past
  • Create exercise templates for EM on using DE 
 
Action steps:
  1. Reach out
    1. Jennifer Beggs will reach out to her colleagues and post info on PH/EM related to EOC activation for Hep A and PFAS
    2. Melissa Powell will reach out to her colleagues and post info how EM assisted PH with syndromic surveillance in OR
    3. Dave Zane will reach out to Herminia Alva and post CASPER documents developed for EM
  2. Svetlana to work with Hayleigh to identify EM/PH presenters for one of the calls, discussing collaboration lessons learned
  3. Workgroup members will review posted materials