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Public Health Practice Communicable Disease Control

RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES

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Governmental Public Health Role and Public Health Infrastructure

The Essential Services of Public Health

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CDC Public Health Law Program Resources

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Laws and Regulations

Laws and Regulations Resource on Orientation Website

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Laws and Rules Related to Communicable and Certain Other Diseases

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Washington State Department of Health Notifiable Conditions Website

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Washington's Public Health Improvement Partnership and Standards for Public Health

Public Health Improvement Partnership (PHIP) and Standards for Public Health Resource on Orientation Website

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Partners and Key Relationships

Meet/ work with State Health Officer

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Meet with local communicable disease staff

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Meet with DOH State Communicable Disease Epidemiologist, and Orientation to DOH Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section and the State Public Health Laboratory

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Orientation to DOH Office of Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health

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Orientation to DOH Immunizations Program

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Communicable Disease: General Resources

Participation on WA-COMDIS listserv

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Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

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Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Online Knowledge Centers

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Epidemiology and Health Event Investigations

Washington State Department of Health Communicable Disease Epidemiology Website

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EpiTrends Newsletter

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Statewide reports on epidemiology of communicable diseases

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Local health jurisdiction reports on epidemiology of communicable diseases

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Investigating an Outbreak: Pharyngitis in Louisiana

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Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Washington State Department of Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Website

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CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Website

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Emerging Infectious Diseases / International Travel

CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases Website

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Health Information for International Travel (“Yellow Book”)

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CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases Travelers’ Health

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Environmental Public Health

Environmental Health Concepts and Programs

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Orientation to DOH Environmental Health Division

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Environmental Health Indicators

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Tuberculosis

Laws and Regulations for Control and Treatment of Tuberculosis

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Meetings/contact with DOH TB program staff

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Washington State Department of Health Tuberculosis Program Website

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CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of TB Elimination Website

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Washington State Department of Health "Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control"

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Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis

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“Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in Adults and Children”

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“Treatment of Tuberculosis” American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America)

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MMWR Continuing Education

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Interactive Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis

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TB Annual Meeting

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TB Epidemiologic Profile for Washington State

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Washington State Responds Newsletter

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Laws and Regulations for Prevention, Treatment and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Meetings/contact with DOH STD program and field staff

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Washington State Department of Health STD Program Website

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CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of STD Website

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“Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases”

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The Practitioner’s Handbook for the Management of STD’s

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Annual STD Clinical Update

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STD County Profiles

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Washington State Responds Newsletter

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HIV / AIDS

Laws and Regulations for Prevention, Treatment and Control of HIV/AIDS

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Meetings/contact with DOH HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education program staff

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Washington State Department of Health HIV/AIDS Program Website

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CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Website

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“Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents”

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“Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant Women Infected with HIV-1 for Maternal health and for Reducing Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States”

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“Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection”

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“USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus”

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Washington State Responds Newsletter

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Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Laws and Regulations Related to Immunizations

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Meetings/contact with DOH Immunization program staff

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Washington State Department of Health Immunization Program Website

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CDC National Immunization Program Website

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Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

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"Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" (The Pink Book)

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Classes and Courses

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Summer Institute

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Certificate in Public Health/Extended Degree Program

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Competencies and Ongoing Learning Resources

Core Competencies for Public Health Workers

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Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies for All Public Health Workers

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Core Legal Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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Public Health Epidemiology Competency Set

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Informatics Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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Washington Public Health Training Network

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Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

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Public Health Training Network

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Trainingfinder / TRAIN

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