A new, electronic newsletter focusing on emergency preparedness and response is now available for health educators. Produced biweekly by the Society for Public Health Education, “Emergency Preparedness and Response News U Can Use,” highlights the latest information on both natural and man-made disasters.
Whether you are working directly on an emergency response team or not, this newsletter will be relevant to all health educators, helping them to be ready to respond to their constituents in an emergency.

This FREE resource includes:

• Latest alerts and news items of interest,
• New resources on risk communication and emergency response,
• Calendar of upcoming training opportunities, events, and
• Job opportunities,
• Latest funding opportunities.

Topic areas highlighted include: Influenza, Bioterrorism, Natural Disasters, and more.

The e-newsletter is available to both SOPHE members and non-members alike at: http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/D922BD00-69C4-449E-BE11-1428F0840084/3603/SOPHEEmergencyHealthNews.pdf

If you are interested in being added to the newsletter list – or learn more about what SOPHE is doing related to emergency preparedness and response — contact Tanya Maslak, MPH, Director, Environmental Health Promotion, Society for Public Health Education at: tmaslak@sophe.org

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