Protecting Our Food System from Intentional Attack/Online/CD

Protecting Our Food System from Intentional Attack

Online

0.15 CEU

This online training module is eligible for 2 CPH recertification credits.

This training is a compilation of resources about farm to table vulnerabilities and control strategies, incident command system basics, and public information risk communication for food system emergencies is provided. Suitable for cooperative extension, environmental health, food production or processing, media or government personnel.

Participants are eligible for up to .15 CEUs or 1.5 contact hours upon completion.

Learning objectives - at the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

* Identify a variety of protection components, characteristics, and relationships within regional food systems
* Describe components of timely, accurate and effective response to food system incidents.

This course contributes to the following Public Health Competencies and PHEP Capabilities:

Competencies

1.1 Solve problems under emergency conditions
1.3 Facilitate collaboration with internal and external emergency response partners
1.6 Act within the scope of ones legal authority
2.1 Manage information related to an emergency
2.2 Use principles of crisis and risk communication
2.5 Manage the recording and/or transcription of data according to protocol
3.2 Contribute expertise to the development of emergency plans
3.3 Participate in improving the organizations capacities

Capabilities:
Community Preparedness
Information Sharing
Emergency Public Information and Warning
Community Recovery
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation

This product was developed by the University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMNCPHP), supported in part through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Current support is provided by the University of Minnesota: Simulations, Exercises and Effective Education Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center (U-SEEE PERL), which is funded in part through Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number 1U90TP000418 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Principal Investigator: Debra Olson.

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