Yale Center for
Public Health Preparedness
The Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, based at the Yale School of Public Health, was first funded by the Centers for Disease Control and the Association of Schools of Public Health in 2005. The Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness works to ensure that frontline public health workers are prepared to respond to public health emergencies including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and disease outbreaks. To achieve this mission, the Center focuses on the preparedness of the existing public health workforce, as well as new members of the workforce, and offers specialty education to those who plan to focus on public health preparedness. This is accomplished through:
- the development and implementation of training and educational programs to address gaps in knowledge and skills of the public health workforce;
- use of distance learning and other strategies to bring programs to the workforce;
- development of professional education focusing on public health preparedness and management; and
- continued evaluation and updating of ongoing programs in order to ensure that they are addressing the core competencies needed for public health workers.
The Center is part of a national network of centers that focus on education and training for the public health workforce in the area of public health preparedness. The centers provide technical assistance to state and local health departments, as well as other public health agencies. In addition, the centers collaborate with one another on curriculum development and development of toolkits that can be used in education and training.
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