Center for Public Health Preparedness
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Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) program was established in 2000 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) to strengthen terrorism
and emergency preparedness by linking academic expertise to state and local health agency needs.
practice activities within schools of public health," the CDC established a program called Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness (A-CPHP) in 2000. These centers were awarded through a competitive submission process to four schools of public health (Saint Louis University, University of Alabama-Birmingham, University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Oklahoma). These initially funded centers formed a nucleus upon which to build a response to the events on September 11, 2001. Yet, with nearly 450,000 public health professionals dispersed throughout more than 3,000 state and local health agencies expected to protect the health of the U.S. population against threats that were previously considered unthinkable, the magnitude of the problem demanded more vigorous collaboration between the academy and the practice community. In 2001, the CDC and the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) added resources to the A-CPHP that allowed for the stepwise expansion of the program to more schools of public health. As of 2009, there are 27 CEPH
accredited schools of public health with established and funded centers:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
(CDC) to strengthen terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
and emergency preparedness by linking academic expertise to state and local health agency needs.
Overview
In order to "enhance the public healthPublic health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
practice activities within schools of public health," the CDC established a program called Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness (A-CPHP) in 2000. These centers were awarded through a competitive submission process to four schools of public health (Saint Louis University, University of Alabama-Birmingham, University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Oklahoma). These initially funded centers formed a nucleus upon which to build a response to the events on September 11, 2001. Yet, with nearly 450,000 public health professionals dispersed throughout more than 3,000 state and local health agencies expected to protect the health of the U.S. population against threats that were previously considered unthinkable, the magnitude of the problem demanded more vigorous collaboration between the academy and the practice community. In 2001, the CDC and the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) added resources to the A-CPHP that allowed for the stepwise expansion of the program to more schools of public health. As of 2009, there are 27 CEPH
Council on Education for Public Health
The Council on Education for Public Health is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health as well as certain programs offered in settings other than in schools of public health...
accredited schools of public health with established and funded centers:
- Columbia Mailman Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Emory University-Emory Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Harvard University-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Johns Hopkins University-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Loma Linda University
- Saint Louis University-Saint Louis University Heartland Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Texas A & M-Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness
- The Ohio State University-Ohio Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Tulane University-South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Alabama at Birmingham-South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Albany, State University of New York-University at Albany Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Arizona-College of Public Health
- University of California at Berkeley-Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness
- University of California at Los Angeles-Center for Public Health and Disasters
- University of Illinois at Chicago-Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center
- University of Iowa-Upper Midwest Center for Public Health PreparednessUniversity of Iowa-Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness-Overview:The Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness was founded at the University of Iowa in May 2001 and is one of 27 Center for Public Health Preparedness in the United States. The UMCPHP is funded through grant support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness at UMDNJ
- University of Michigan-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Minnesota-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of North Carolina-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Oklahoma-Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Pittsburgh-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of South Carolina-Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of South Florida-Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness
- University of Texas-Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
- University of Washington-Northwest Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness