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2008 Ohio Public Health Epidemiology Symposium Presentations

Plenary Session I--Maternal and Child Health
“I don’t want to make the wrong mistake.” Yogi Berra’s advice on using sound data at the right time for the right thing – C. Slack

Plenary Session II--Health Informatics
Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS): Computer Models and Public Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology – B. Lee

Tools and Resources from the MIDAS Network – D. Wagener

Plenary Session III--Infectious Diseases
For the Duration: Rational Antibiotic Administration in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance and Clostridium difficile – L. Rice and L. Stokes

Plenary Session IV--Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic MRSA: A New Headache – A. Hoet

Health Informatics
Public Health Emergency Planning: Developing Emergency Response Triggers for Infectious Disease Outbreaks – J. Bechtel

Epi’s Little Helper: A Portable AVR Tool for RODS – T. Gallagher

Infectious Disease and Environmental Health
The Butler County Health Department Response to a Hepatitis A Positive Food Service Worker--P. Walker-Bauer, B. Williamson and T. Anglin

Investigation of an Illness Cluster at a Local Dialysis Center – C. Kippes

Maternal and Child Health
Community-Responsive Longitudinal Adolescent Health Risk Surveillance in a First Ring Suburb – S. Frank and S. Hurley

Child Fatality Review: SIDS and Sleep-related Infant Deaths – M. Wholf

Public Health Preparedness
Summary of the Emergency Communication Process during the Biohazard Detection System Functional Exercise at the Dayton Postal Processing & Distribution Center, May 8, 2008 –S. Sesler Ruiz

Developing a Cadre of Competent Patient Interviewers: Results of a County Functional Epidemiological Exercise – M. Erme

6/19/08