2008 Advanced Practice Centers Training Resources: Santa Clara County APC

Topic and Presenter Information

• Public Health in a Joint Information Center (JIC) --- Santa Clara County Advanced Practice Center, San Jose, CA
  

  Presenters: Joy Alexiou and Marta Lugo

Overview: Public health emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina and the southern California wildfires have shown the increased need for coordinated emergency risk communications through the use of joint information centers (JIC). This training is designed to prepare public health professionals with PIO and risk communication responsibilities on how to establish and organize a JIC, how to determine appropriate staffing roles and responsibilities for the JIC, and how to work within the ICS structure.

Training Resources

• Overview (PDF)
• Pre/Post-Test (Word)
• Pre/Post-Test Answer Key (Word)
• Public Health in a Joint Information Center, Part I (PowerPoint) (PDF)
• Part I: Incident Management and Command Systems (PDF)
• ICS Organizational Chart (PDF)
• Public Health in a Joint Information Center, Part II (PowerPoint) (PDF)
• Part II: The Joint Information Center (PDF)
• JIC Manager Job Action Sheet (PDF)
• Lead PIO Job Action Sheet (PDF)
• Media Relations Lead Job Action Sheet (PDF)
• Research and Writing Lead Job Action Sheet (PDF)
• Special Projects Lead Job Action Sheet (PDF)
• General Message "Roadmap" (PDF)
• Message Map Template (PDF)
• Public Health in a Joint Information Center, Part III (PowerPoint) (PDF)
• Part III: Communications Basics (PDF)
• Risk Communication Resources (PDF)

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Trainer's Guide and CD-ROM

Available in May: a Trainer's Guide and CD-ROM containing resources from all 8 presentations at the 2008 Advanced Practice Centers Training Conference. To order, contact APC Project Manager Carol Gunther-Mohr at cgm@email.unc.edu or 919-843-2518.

For information on the NACCHO Advanced Practice Centers program, visit www.naccho.org/topics/emergency/APC.cfm