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Category Day
Category Day Highlights:
On Thursday, May 23 attendees will meet by profession. Below are the highlights for each profession/category.
Dentists
- Public health in periodontics: Risk assessment and patient management
- David Satcher lecture
- Meeting the need for preventive/public health dentists
Dietitians
- Revising the Nutrition and Supplemental Facts label
- Dietitians shaping the National Prevention Strategy
- How health coaches support patient-centered care
Engineers
- A practical approach to safety and risk management
- GIS as a problem-solving tool
- Hospital infection isolation room design and control
Environmental Health Officers
- The Environmental Health Officer’s role in the sustainability of a Tribally-operated drinking water laboratory
- Economic development responsibilities, challenges and opportunities for the
- Environmental Health Officer
- Implementing the WHO International Health Regulation (2005) Ship Sanitation Certificates for ships sailing in the U.S. with an international itinerary
Health Services Officers
- Panel discussions on national disasters and public health emergencies
- Modified Professional Advisory Committee meeting
- Roundtables on a wide variety of topics
Nurses
- Strengthening evidence-based practice in public health nursing
- The role of leadership in public health prevention and care
- Bridging the gaps in prevention and care through clinical competency
- Evidence-based practice in the academic setting
Pharmacists
- An obese population: Epidemiology and available pharmacologic treatments
- Prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease through Intense lifestyle changes
- Overview of Bad Ad Program: How to recognize and report misleading promotion
- Chagas Disease in the United States: An Emerging health threat
Physicians
- Training of physicians in applied epidemiology and preventive medicine
- Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the DOD: Taking evidence-based lessons learned from the trenches into your practice and the community
- Alcohol/substance abuse and dependence screening from a Coast Guard regional practice perspective
- USPHS policy updates
Scientists
- Translating data into public health action: Application of a systematic process to ensure evidence-based efforts for prevention and control of obesity in Colorado
- Superstorm Sandy: Response team roles For Scientist Officers
Therapists
- Obesity Management: Overview of obesity trends and obesity management programs in the Bureau of Prisons
- Early Integration of prevention strategies within a general practice-orthopedic therapy clinic setting
- The role of occupational therapy in health promotion and wellness/outcome measures in support of evidence-based prevention and wellness practice
Veterinarians
- Lessons learned: Coordination of a local public health response to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Scales, Tails, and Fins: Oh my!
- Wet Lab: Companion animal handling and decontamination for public health emergencies
