The Opioid Crisis
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Time: 1:00pm (Eastern Time)
Overview
CDC’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention discussed the United States opioid crisis on March 27, 2019. This webinar was for community leaders, public health professionals, health educators, nonprofit organizations, and other nonclinicians who may work with people affected by opioid addiction and misuse. The presenter, Sarah Bacon, Ph.D., covered the background and impact of the opioid crisis, shared resources and outreach materials organizations can use, and discussed community-level approaches to prevention and response.
Webinar participants and viewers will accomplish the following:
- Describe CDC’s role in the topic covered during the presentation.
- Describe the topic’s implications for respective constituents.
- Discuss concerns and issues related to preparedness for and response to urgent public health threats.
- Identify reliable information resources for the topic.
- Describe how to promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention.
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Sarah Bacon, Ph.D.
National Center For Injury Prevention And Control
- Webinar/Audio conference call on 3/27/2019: 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
- Web-on-demand training will be available in April
- Materials: PowerPoint slide set (see Call Materials)
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Accreditation Statements:
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU’s for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. CDC provider number 98614.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 1 CPH recertification credits for this program.
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