EM3213

This course introduces students to the general roles and responsibilities of the public health system in the United States and to the role public health plays in emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. Included in this introduction is an examination of the tools that public health agencies use to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Selected topics include traditional and non-traditional disease surveillance; outbreak investigations; isolation and quarantine; emergency dispensing sites, rapid health assessments, sheltering displaced populations; and vector control programs.

Books/Materials >$50, MSSEP Elective

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