Defending the safety of our food supply through education
FPE is collaborative multi-institution public and private partnership within the DHS National Center for Food Protection and Defense. Resources are provided to enhance our nation's intellectual capacity to prepare for, protect, respond to and recover from incidences of intentional contamination of our food supply.
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This Peter Sandman video, designed for anyone concerned with the public?s perception of risk in the workplace, community, or environment, presents useful and practical information for developing a company-wide risk communication strategy. Topics include the 20 components of outrage that determine how people will react to a risk and practical suggestions for preventing or minimizing each component; the four stages of risk communication within an organization; and the complexities of risk communication. The tapes are marked for appropriate discussion breaks with suitable topics suggested. test
Author: Peter Sandman
Format: Video
URL: http://www.psandman.com/videos.htm
This report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and technical support needs. It also recommends increased attention to interagency coordination and encourages additional consideration of current restrictions on the dissemination of secure information.
Author: National Academies Press
Format: Online
URL: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10772.html
This awareness level satellite broadcast program provides viewers with information concerning the risks of agro-terrorism and recent changes in food production designed to increase food safety at the state and national level. Bruce L. Akey, BS, MS, DVM, Assistant Director of Animal Industry and Assistant Veterinarian for the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets shares his expertise relating to the issues surrounding the susceptibility of our food sources to agro-terrorism.
Author: Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://media1.acs.albany.edu:8080/ramgen/cellar/sph/food_terrorism/foodterrorism.rm
This paper focuses on the goals of agroterrorism, possible groups engaged in this type of terrorism, the consequences of such actions, features of an attack, how technology will change the threat of terrorism, what states are most at risk, and how agroterrorism might be deterred.
Author: Mark Wheelis, University of California, Davis
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fas.org/bwc/agr/agwhole.htm
The terrorist threat of economic and societal disruption by introducing pathogens into the food supply and livestock is being taken seriously by government agencies. The USDA has an overall biosecurity system to prevent introduction of plant and animal pathogens into America's system of agriculture and food production. Biosecurity and biocontainment describe programs for infectious disease control that (1) reduce/prevent the introduction of new diseases onto an operation from outside sources and (2) reduce/prevent the movement of infectious diseases on the operation.
Author: Humanitarian Resource Institute
Format: Online
URL: http://www.humanitarian.net/biodefense/papers/ASEP-2001-12.html
Agroterrorism awareness training in Georgia for those who have a potential role in responding to an agricultural incident. Included will be information stressing the economic importance of agriculture and food, examples of potential problems, and what to do if a problem arises.
Author: University of Georgia & Georgia Department of Agriculture
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.agrosecurity.uga.edu/
This presentation defines agroterrorism, the probabilities & likelihood of agroterrorism incidents, costs associated with prevention, response and recovery, history of agroterrorism, and potential solutions.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/educators/Edsagroterrorism.ppt
This document is intended for use by Purdue Extension educators to share with local law enforcement and community leaders. This paper looks at the possible costs associated with agroterrorism, addresses the history and possibility of an incident, and shares some recommendations for countering agroterrorism.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/disasters/agro/Agroterrorism.doc
This report explores agriculture as a terrorist target, which is increasingly recognized as a national security threat. According to the author, "agroterrorism is a subset of bioterrorism, and is defined as the deliberate introduction of an animal or plant disease with the goal of generating fear, causing economic losses, and/or undermining stability."
Author: Jim Monke, Congressional Research Service
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32521.pdf
As relatively little consideration has been given to terrorist threats against agriculture and food industries, RAND Corporation examines key weaknesses inherent in the agricultural sector and the food chain, assesses the capabilities needed to exploit those vulnerabilities, and discusses potential ways to improve agricultural emergency response and management.
Author: RAND Corporation
Format: Online
URL: http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7565/RB7565.pdf
The ALERT initiative is intended to raise the awareness of state and local government agency and industry representatives regarding food defense issues and preparedness. It is generic enough to apply to all aspects of the farm-to-table supply chain and is designed to spark thought and discussion with a variety of stakeholders. ALERT identifies five key points that industry and businesses can use to decrease the risk of intentional food contamination at their facility.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alert.html
This backgrounder provides detailed information on the outbreak of Mad Cow Disease in the United States. This site links you to other helpful resources.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/madcow/
This presentation outlines a history of bioterrorism, recent biological attacks, the history of anthrax, human infection, treatment, current bioterrorist events in the United States, and other chemical agents.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec9751/index.htm
Information pertaining to the disease, frequently asked questions and expert advice.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/disasters/agro/AI/index.html
The definition of avian influenza, its modes of transmission, infection with humans, symptoms and signs of the disease, food safety issues, and vaccinations and treatment options.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec22721/index.htm
Video presentation on Avian Influenza disease in poultry, the consequences of Avian Influenza within agriculture & economically, & the potential impact of this disease upon public health.
Author: Alabama Department of Public Health
Format: Video
URL: http://streamer.state.ak.us:8080/ramgen/hss/dph/phtn/AvianInfluenzaAlabama10-6-05.rm
An overview of risk communication practices related to public health preparedness for food and agricultural emergencies.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Video
URL: http://www.umncphp.umn.edu/video/HuestonVideo1.htm
An overview of risk communication practices related to public health preparedness for food and agricultural emergencies.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8805/BestPracticesRiskComm.pdf
Offered as the beginning of an on-going discussion for educators considering biosecurity outreach opportunities. Areas covered include understanding extension's role in your state and region, key partnerships to be formed before an event, working with the media, and cataloging available resources.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/educators/biosecurity/index.html
Forty-five PowerPoint presentations with speaker notes and fact sheets developed by the Center for Food Security and Public Health for veterinarians and the public.
Author: Iowa State University Center for Food Security and Public Health
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo
This course is part of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PH 460) course series. These courses can be taken separately and in any sequence desired. The overall PH 460 series provides an introduction to public health emergency preparedness and response by examining the purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, activities and results. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of these courses serve to stimulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health. Since computers and the Internet's World Wide Web are now basic tools for public health practitioners, these courses also seek to foster and enhance skills related to the use of technology for accessing and using information and for communicating with colleagues.
Author: University of Illinois at Chicago Public Health Preparedness Center
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.asph.org/acphp/detail.cfm?ResourceID=201
This report analyzes the gaps found in federal controls for protecting agriculture and the food supply. Recommendations call for strengthening import checks for mad cow and foot-and-mouth diseases, enforcing the feed ban, and improving security at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York.
Author: U.S. General Accounting Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04259t.pdf
Fears about terrorism usually center on nuclear or biological weapons. But attackers could cause huge economic damage by spreading plant or animal diseases. This article explains how this threat is being confronted.
Author: Virginia Gewin
Format: Online
URL: http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v421/n6919/full/421106a_fs.html
Video presentation on chemical agents of opportunity, toxic chemical & toxic Industrial materials, means of use of chemical agents to create harm, & Impacts upon public health, as well as behavioral health.
Author: Alabama Department of Public Health
Format: Online Video
URL: http://streamer.state.ak.us:8080/ramgen/hss/dph/phtn/ChemAgents9-2-04.rm
Explanation of what conditions citizens might encounter in the event of a terrorist attack. Includes information on preparing for & mitigating cyber attacks, explosions, & chemical & biological attacks, & nuclear & radiological attacks.
Author: Mississippi Department of Homeland Security
Format: Online
URL: http://www.homelandsecurity.ms.gov/citizen_info.html
This strategic plan is an update of the 2004-2009 CSREES Strategic Plan to reflect the priorities of the Department as described in the USDA Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2010. It updates the key policy and management objectives that integrated within CSREES budget priorities and accounted for through evaluations of portfolios of Agency programs and by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Central to the plan is effective management of the Agency’s limited resources to best address USDA education and research needs. As noted in the USDA strategic plan, research (which provides the foundation for modern agriculture) is a key to success in meeting the Department’s goals. Extension assures the timely transfer of scientifically valid knowledge and information to producers, managers, and other citizens. Education programs provide the foundation upon which research and extension rely by building the scientific and agricultural literate human resource capacity. CSREES continues to advance the strength of its programs through emphasizing a greater interdisciplinary focus and by integrating research, education, and extension activities, where appropriate. The goal of these approaches is to apply the best and brightest thinking from multiple disciplinary backgrounds to increasingly complex problems and to facilitate the transfer of information and technology from the researcher to public benefit.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/offices/pdfs/csrees_stratic_plan.pdf
This fact sheet provides an overview of emergency response plan elements and appropriate response actions to counter physical destruction, intentional contamination, or cyber attack of water supply systems.
Author: U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
Format: PDF file
URL: http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/FACT/31-002-1001.pdf
This is a fast-paced, interactive course that gives participants essential knowledge and tools to navigate the harsh realities of communicating to the public, media, partners and stakeholders during an intense public health emergency, including terrorism.
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/communication/emergency/cerc.htm
Following completion of the basic crisis communication workshop, participants will be 'put to the test' and use the knowledge they gained in this more intense one-day course. After a review of what was learned in Crisis Communication - Basic, a crisis communications plan will be developed. Workshop participants will also be given the opportunity to take part in a tabletop exercise in the afternoon. Each person will be assigned a role as a member of the crisis communication team and coordinate their responsibilities with the other members of the team during the exercise, including how to prepare for media briefings and news conferences.
Author: Emergency Response Management Consulting
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.ru-ready.com/communications.htm
The clear reality is that organizations experience crises at times. This one-day workshop offers numerous ideas on how an organization can be best equipped to deal with a crisis, because managing the information needs in a crisis can be demanding and it is a huge responsibility. Discussions will involve a definition of crisis communication, what role the crisis management team plays, the importance of having a well-prepared crisis communication team during an emergency, the role the media will play in a crisis, how the public is impacted during a crisis and issue management - identifying a crisis before it occurs.
Author: Emergency Response Management Consulting
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.ru-ready.com/communications.htm
Join world-renowned risk communication expert Peter M. Sandman and his wife and colleague Jody Lanard in a nearly three-hour examination of how to communicate during crisis situations, and how to communicate about possible future crisis situations. The seminar focuses on 25 key crisis communication recommendations. These recommendations are grounded in Dr. Sandman?s and Dr. Lanard?s decades of experience, and in a growing body of crisis communication research. But the recommendations are very far from obvious: Don?t over-reassure. Be willing to speculate. Don?t overplan for panic. Acknowledge uncertainty. Give people things to do. Unless they have been taught how to handle a crisis, most managers and officials have no choice but to follow their intuition ? and our normal intuition about crisis communication is simply wrong!
Author: Peter Sandman
Format: CD-ROM/DVD
URL: http://www.psandman.com/CDROM.htm
The video includes tips to risk communication, strategies, coping mechanisms in a crisis, involving the public in risk communication, and misconceptions and myths about the topic.
Author: Peter M. Sandman and Jody Lanard
Format: CD-ROM/DVD
URL: http://www.psandman.com/handouts/AIHA-DVD.htm
This document discusses the essential and beneficial process of the public and private sectors working together to plan for emergencies. Important elements include planning, mitigation, business recovery, lessons learned, best practices, and plan exercising. Whether it is a minor incident or a major terrorist activity involving weapons of mass destruction, the community?s collective resources must unite and work to understand the processes necessary to resolve the matter.
Author: Michigan State University
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.cj.msu.edu/~outreach/CIP/CIP.pdf
In a disaster situation (natural or man-made), pets are not allowed inside emergency shelters for people. For that reason, animal owners must have a plan in place to care for their pets and/or livestock should a disaster hit at home.
Author: Indiana State Board of Animal Health
Format: Online
URL: http://www.in.gov/boah/disaster/manMade.html
This report discusses security measures that water utilities have implemented since September 11, 2001 to shield the nation's water supply from a terrorist attack.
Author: American Water Works Association
Format: Online
URL: http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/pressroom/pr/index.cfm?ArticleID=163
This report studies the security-related vulnerabilities affecting drinking water systems; the criteria for determining how federal funds are allocated among drinking water systems to improve their security; and security-enhancing activities that should be supported.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041098t.pdf
This document discusses early warning systems and other management approaches that may increase the chances of preventing human exposure if biological weapons are used in drinking water systems.
Author: Jeffery A. Foran & Thomas M. Brosnan
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ehponline.org/realfiles/docs/2000/108p993-995foran/foran-full.html
This template will help states develop a food emergency response plan (FERP). It should integrate the National Response Plan (NRP) using National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles during a large-scale food emergency response, and integrate with local emergency response plans.
Author: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
This comprehensive course combines the highlights of all the emergency risk communication courses offered. This is an intense 4-day course that is designed for those who need extensive training in emergency risk communication for themselves, but do not intend to train others.
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/communication/emergency/erc.htm
This 5-day, practical skill-building course is designed to prepare individuals to train others in the systematic planning and implementation of emergency risk communication using ERC CDCynergy, a new interactive training tool and job aid. Similar to the many other CDCynergy products, this tool has a detailed step-by-step tutorial, case examples, and a wealth of resources. The program will also provide the user with a link to a virtual joint information center (VJIC) where users can get real time updates on the situations at hand (currently in development).
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/communication/emergency/certrain.htm
This report evaluates the Environmental Protection Agency's role in BioWatch, an early warning system designed to detect the release of biological agents in the air through monitoring and laboratory analysis.
Author: Environmental Protection Agency
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2005/20050323-2005-P-00012.pdf
This page provides valuable information regarding the outbreak of BSE in the United States, the risk to humans, and the federal initiatives to combat this disease.
Author: Extension Disaster Education Network
Format: Online
URL: http://eden.lsu.edu/Issues_View.aspx?IssueID=3d9f5165-6e27-4eaa-aa8c-87717aff5f6e
This page provides facts about Exotic Newcastle Disease, how it is being managed in the United States, and what you can do to help stop its spread.
Author: Extension Disaster Education Network
Format: Online
URL: http://eden.lsu.edu/Issues_View.aspx?IssueID=1BB80AFE-24AE-49A9-BD25-7862A2ED2B2E
This course is a one-day "hands on" media training course designed for top level public health crisis and emergency risk communication specialists. The training will be limited to small groups of participants in order to provide intense, highly-interactive, individualized instruction.
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/communication/emergency/ercmedia.htm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the final two proposed food safety regulations required by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 ("The Bioterrorism Act of 2002"), which gave FDA new authority to protect the nation's food supply. Proposed regulations on the establishment and maintenance of records would apply to almost all foreign and domestic food sources and recipients of food destined for U.S. consumption. Other proposed regulations on administrative detention implement FDA's new, self-executing authority to detain any article of food that may pose a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00902.html
This course will address the reasons and logic, which would focus a terrorist attack on the food supply. The characteristics of the food supply chain will be examined and the links which expose themselves to interruption, explored. Countermeasures on the global /strategic level as well as on the local tactical level will be in the context of their utility and effectiveness. The nature and characteristics of specific bacterial and chemical agents will be examined and the specific clinical presentations of disease expounded. Specific procedural and operational countermeasures for preparation and/or attack response will be examined. The anticipated clinical course and prognosis of the specific disease agents in human or animal victims will be examined and therapeutic and remedial options explored.
Author: South Central Public Health Partnerships
Format: Online
URL: http://lms.southcentralpartnership.org/scphp?productID=prdct000000000001002
An education module addressing identification of vulnerabilities in retail food supply and development of countermeasures for food defense was developed by Amy Brock-Martin, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Health Services Policy and Management at the Arnold School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center.
Author: University of South Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://sph.sc.edu/acphp/Trainingproducts.htm
Participants in this course tap into a wealth of resources from experts working within the food system and industries in order to develop the necessary tools to help prepare for and solve the challenges of food protection and defense. Students become familiar with criminal justice, emergency management, the food and hospitality business industry, and the public-private approach toward team building and communication.
Author: Michigan State University
Format: Online
URL: http://www.foodsafe.msu.edu/education/proms/index.htm
A column on the importance of safeguarding our food & agricultural supply from threats of intentional contamination. Included is a checklist offering advice on preventative steps food producers can implement.
Author: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/commissioner/columns/2003mar.htm
This guide encourages consumers to look out for signs of intentional food contamination and to report cases of suspected food tampering to the local police or through the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/topics/foodsec_cons.htm
This is a dynamic presentation combining a lecture discussing foodsafety and bioterrorism with an interactive tabletop exercise. This hands?on experience will allow participants to interact with other responders in their community and prepare for the possibility of a bioterrror attack.
Author: Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://www.asph.org/acphp/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1034
Foodborne diseases continue to be a major public health problem. Current systems of food production cannot deliver a risk-free food supply. Risk assessment tools provide a basis for managing risks in an informed way in terms of production and regulation of the food supply. This course examines strategies in managing risk for specific food across food systems.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8740/HedbergPubH7215-101.pdf
Foodborne diseases continue to be a major public health problem. Current systems of food production cannot deliver a risk-free food supply. Risk assessment tools provide a basis for managing risks in an informed way, both from the standpoint of production and regulation of the food supply. This course examines strategies for managing risk for specific foods and across the food system.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8740/HedbergPubH7216-101.pdf
This article discusses the history of the bioterrorism act and the subsequent government actions to increase food protection and defense since the act was passed in 2002. The article also outlines the history of food threats and analysis.
Author: Wayne Ellefson and Ron Weiss
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.covance.com/docs/food_jun05.pdf
This article discusses food security examining the difference between food security and food safety, the potential impacts of an attack on the food supply, the most vulnerable foods, potential agents, and responsibilities of citizens to help protect against such attacks.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PPT/Workshop_Food_Security_Awareness_alt/index.asp
Powerpoint presentation on difference between food safety & food security, the challenges presented by the prevention of food attacks, assessing vulnerabilities, and the need for partnerships.
Author: Michigan Department of Agriculture
URL: http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1568_21390-68104--,00.html
This course offers an introduction to food security for state and local sanitarians, USDA FSIS field inspectors, and HHS FDA field inspectors. With the current threat of terrorism against the US, it is critical that the food industry – from growers to retail – be aware of the threat and of the guidance materials available from regulatory agencies to help address food security concerns. Food Security and training experts from FDA and USDA wrote and approved the course.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
URL: http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/orau/FoodSecurity/startpage.html
This course focuses on public health preparedness and response related to food system biosecurity. Examines the current status of the food production and processing industries of the U.S. and the impact of ongoing changes on the ability of the food system to respond to threats; whether naturally occurring, accidental or intentional. A systems approach to biosecurity is presented along with several models for systematic evaluation of vulnerabilities (including HACCP and ORM) and the effect of these systems on the health of the community. Problem solving frameworks will be applied to the food and agricultural industries including a public health model, Haddon's Matrix; policy, educational and engineering intervention techniques; and safety and industrial hygiene hierarchies. The role of risk communication and preparedness planning is discussed including the importance of test exercises and contingency planning.
Author: University of Minnesota
Format: Online
URL: http://safety.coafes.umn.edu/pubh7211/index.html
This course is part of the Environmental Health (PH 470) course series. These courses can be taken separately and in any sequence desired. The overall PH 470 series provides an introduction to environmental and occupational health. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of these courses serve to stimulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health. Since computers and the Internet's World Wide Web are now basic tools for public health practitioners, these courses also seek to foster and enhance skills related to the use of technology for accessing and using information and for communicating with colleagues.
Author: Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.asph.org/acphp/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1075
As part of its continuing effort to help protect America's food supply from intentional and unintentional contamination, this report from USDA is designed to help facilities and shippers that handle meat, poultry, and egg products strengthen their food safety and security plans. The guidelines provide recommendations to ensure the security of food products through all phases of distribution.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/transportguide.pdf
It is often difficult to communicate agriculture and food related issues to the public without generating misunderstanding. This course is designed to develop communication skills among the agriculture and food science community to effectively disseminate scientific information. Fundamentals of active listening as well as techniques to address misinformation and misunderstanding will be provided. Opportunities through online exercises and homework assignments will give students experience in the application of communication skills. Individual feedback will be provided by the instructors.
Author: Kansas State University
Format: Blended
URL: http://www.k-state.edu/sasw/
These Guidelines serve as a set of general activities, objectives & elements that organizations as well as those in command positions within the organizations, should consider in the development of prevention plans. The Guidelines are divided into the functional categories of Collaboration, Information Sharing, Threat Recognition, Risk Management & Intervention.
Author: Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Format: Online
URL: http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/asp/training/classes.asp
This presentation examines the growing emphasis on communication defintion of health communication, characteristics of effective heath campaigns, the planning process, chossing the media, testing the message, deciding on materials and messages, launching the program, evaluation, and design of the campaign.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec17601/index.htm
This news release announces another step in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comprehensive approach to enhancing food security?the allocation of $5 million to support a new research program that develops technologies and strategies to prevent and minimize potential threats to the safety and security of the nation's food supply.
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Format: Online
URL: http://www.dhhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030723.html
This study assesses how vulnerable the agricultural sector and the food chain are to a deliberate act of biological terrorism, explores possible outcomes of a successful attack, and outlines the agricultural industry's importance to the U.S. economy.
Author: RAND Corporation
Format: PDF file
URL: http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG135.pdf
Training includes security & crisis plan development, evaluation & updating.
Author: Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Format: Online
URL: http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/asp/training/classes.asp
U.S. agriculture generates more than $1 trillion per year in economic activity and provides an abundant food supply for Americans and others. Since September 11, concerns have surfaced about the vulnerability of U.S. agriculture to agroterrorism. Several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Defense, play a role in protecting the nation against agroterrorism. In this report, the Government Accountability Office examines the federal agencies' roles and responsibilities to protect against agroterrorism, the steps that the agencies have taken to manage the risks of agroterrorism, and the challenges that remain.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05214.pdf
Provides insights into educating kids about terrorism or disaster events. Includes footnotes on research in this area.
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
This lecture examines the history of biological warfare, biological terrorism, the basics of bioterrorism, agents of bioterrorism, characteristics of agents, and anthrax.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec10181/index.htm
This presentation examines the identification of anthrax, anthrax in the United States, small pox, diganosis of small pox, and the war on diseases.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec10191/index.htm
Many understand the principles of effective risk communication: openness, dialogue, accountability, etc. But three sets of barriers often make these principles difficult to implement. Cognitive barriers range from the belief that no one is especially concerned to the belief that open communication may fuel the controversy or lead to liability suits. Among the organizational barriers are opposition to the new approach from an immediate superior or elsewhere in the organization, an internal climate that makes external openness difficult, and skepticism by employees that management really intends the new approach. Psychological barriers include anger at activists and feeling insulted by community mistrust. This video identifies major barriers preventing companies and agencies from implementing risk communication programs, and proposes strategies to overcome or circumvent each barrier.
Author: Peter Sandman
Format: Video
URL: http://www.psandman.com/videos.htm#video3
Document provides guidance on reducing the potential threat of terrorism through enhanced site security, minimization of weak point in an operation, and supervision of employees
Author: Department of Homeland Security - California
Format: Document
URL: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/fdb/PDF/Bioterrorism%20-%20Guidance%20-%20Short.pdf
Video presentation on hypothetical news conference scenario with a public health communicator, a journalist, & featuring risk communication specialist, Dr. Vincent Covello. Offers tips, Insight & examples for public health communicators.
Author: Alabama Department of Public Health
Format: Online Video
URL: http://streamer.state.ak.us:8080/ramgen/hss/dph/phtn/SARS29-1-04.rm
Video interview with Nebraska Extension presenting guidelines for enhanced on-farm security.
Author: University of Nebraska
Format: Online
URL: http://ianrhome.unl.edu/inthenews/agroterrorism.shtml
This report describes what environmental professionals did in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and explores what they might have done differently.
Author: The National Environmental Health Association
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.neha.org/pdf/messages_in_the_dust.pdf
This document addresses the dire need to better equip producers and producer organizations who have been previously overlooked in contingency planning discussions on FMD.
Author: Humanitarian Resource Institute
Format: Online
URL: http://www.pathobiologics.org/avbc_biosecurity2003.html
This model offers guidelines for states developing a plan to respond to agroterrorism and includes information for states that already have plans in place.
Author: National Emergency Management Association
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.nemaweb.org/?68
This course examines how specific food products are created and how they move through the food system; how our government protects against threats to the U.S. food system; food-related actions your family can take to prepare for any type of disaster or emergency; what consumers and agricultural producers can do to protect against intentional threats to our food system; and lessons learned from actual cases of intentional attacks on our food systems.
Author: Extension Disaster Education Network
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.eden.lsu.edu/learningOps/OnGuard/default.aspx
This paper discusses the biosecurity threat faced by the United States' agricultural resources. It includes information on the agricultural biosecurity threat, potential perpetrators, and potential crop pathogens.
Author: Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/biosecurity/ag-biosec/biofacts/agbiooview.html
This article analyzes historical examples of biological weapons programs and biological attacks on agriculture, examines the technical and environmental requirements to develop and weaponize antiagricultural agents, and proposes steps for prevention and response.
Author: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Format: Online
URL: http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=so01cameron
Jacqueline Fletcher, PhD, of the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University, talks about the vulnerability of plants to emerging pathogens, pests and their potential for usage in bioterrorist attacks. She describes how plant diseases can cause a great deal of havoc, including reduction in quantity, higher food prices, and most importantly they can affect humans and livestock. Because of these many factors, in her talk, Dr. Fletcher stresses that people should place a greater emphasis on protecting the food supply, quoting 1970 Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug, "Food is the cornerstone of national security." (Lecture given on September 28, 2005)
Author: Georgia Training Resource and Inventory Network
Format: Online Webcast
URL: http://www.sph.emory.edu/GTRAIN/trainings/tls/Fletcher/Start_files/Default.htm
Program of Instruction (POI) guide for preparing those involved in a community response to terrorism. Participants will gain knowledge in recognizing targets of terrorism in communities, understanding resources that may be available in their region, developing a comprehensive plan, & developing a plan for to identify, collect & share information with state & federal agencies. For further information, visit the NCBRT: www.ncbrt.lsu.edu
Author: Louisiana State University
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.in.gov/dhs/training/ag_terror.pdf
This presentation examines the definition of a crisis/disaster situation, key issues in communicating with the public, communication myths, plan development, communication rules and pitfalls, and communication with the media.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec13461/index.htm
This progress report outlines the Food and Drug Administration's 10-Point Program for ensuring the safety and security of the food supply.
Author: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fssrep.html
This exercise involves an intentional attack on our food system with a highly toxic agent. The exercise is designed to be educational in nature and to help participants think through and understand the responses and relationships necessary for the successful resolution of an event. The exercise will last approximately 3 hours and will be broken down into series of six scripts, each with a discussion time of 10-45 minutes.
Author: University of Minnesota
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8805/HayBotToxTabletop.pdf
This report profiles 17 drinking water utilities that are incorporating watershed management and protection as an integral part of their business of providing safe drinking water to their customers.
Author: Environmental Protection Agency
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/swp/swpcases.pdf
Federal, state, and local officials should know how to identify potential risks to food security in food industry establishments. They should also be able to encourage food security awareness in the employees and management of food industry establishments. After completing this course, students will have an increased awareness of the threat of intentional contamination of the US food supply. Specific portions of the food industry will learn about their unique responsibilities in reducing the risk of intentional contamination of the food supply. This course will focus on prevention of, rather than reaction to, intentional contamination.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: Blended
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news/food_security_awareness_training/index.asp#agency
This report discusses the federal requirements for the security of the chemical and water sectors, both of which are defined as critical infrastructure systems and assets by the USA PATRIOT Act.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05327.pdf
This audio tutorial presentation by Dr. Fred Angulo, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gives the viewer an introduction to the public health burden of foodborne disease.
Author: North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp/training/foodborne/certificate.htm
Parts per billion, confidence limits, conservativeness, and extremely low probabilities are intrinsically difficult to explain to laypeople, especially when concern and mistrust are high. This training video by pre-eminent risk communication expert Peter M. Sandman offers concrete advice to professionals who must try to explain risk data via written and oral presentation to employees, neighbors, and other nonexperts. In an 87-minute presentation, Dr. Sandman offers three key strategies for explaining risk information: motivation, simplification, and orientation. Available either in VHS or a PAL version for international use.
Author: Peter Sandman
Format: Video
URL: http://www.psandman.com/videos.htm#video2
Could you explain a potentially negative issue to someone in seven words or less without using "no", "not", "can't", or "won't" in the explanation? This highly participatory two-day session will provide you with the tools to do just that. Risk Communication continues to evolve as one of the critical forms of communication for the 21st century. Originally developed by Dr. Vince Covello, a physician and professor at Columbia University in New York, Risk Communication explores the reasons for open, honest, face-to-face, transparent communication during times of upheaval. Over the two days, participants will learn how to deal with difficult individuals or groups who may be facing a change in their community that has made them feel uneasy and uncomfortable - a change your company has created. Participants will learn the fundamental importance of building trust and credibility, how to identify audiences and target messages, public perceptions of risk and how to recognize and respond to them, how to develop strategies for successful public consultation, and how to build risk communication skills inside your organization.
Author: Emergency Response Management Consulting
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.ru-ready.com/communications.htm
Fact sheet offering recommendations for producers, processors, transporters & sellers of food products. Includes direction on advance planning for emergency management.
Author: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/dairyfood/alertfood.pdf
Suggestions for those who transport, manufacture, or store commercial feed, on being vigilant for any suspicious activity and being proactive in preventing problems before they occur.
Author: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/commissioner/antifeed.htm
This presentation examines the difficulties in changing behaviors, the pattern of disease rates, factors that influence disease, and strategies for prevention.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec8251/index.htm
This guide helps public utilities evaluate the relevance of state public disclosure laws to their particular situations, providing strategies to help protect sensitive information that could be used by domestic or international terrorists to disrupt or destroy critical infrastructures.
Author: Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.amwa.net/isac/StateFOIA.pdf
Damage to the nation's water supply and water quality infrastructure could disrupt the delivery of vital services, threaten public health and the environment, and possibly cause loss of life. Currently, no federal standards or established best practices to govern readiness, response, or recovery efforts exist within the water infrastructure sector. This report reviews water infrastructure, describing security-related actions taken by the government and private sector since 9/11, as well as additional policy issues and responses.
Author: C. Copeland and B. Cody, Congressional Research Service
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32189.pdf
This document provides policy guidance for integrating consideration of deliberate acts of sabotage of food into existing prevention and response programs. Establishing and strengthening systems to address food terrorism, including disease outbreak surveillance and investigation, precautionary measures and emergency response systems gives basic capacity to prevent and manage food safety emergencies.
Author: World Health Organization
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/general/en/terrorist.pdf
A list of seven signs of terrorist activities.
Author: Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fbiic.gov/reports/Seven_Signs_of_Terrorism_Handout.pdf
This paper summarizes proceedings from a workshop that discussed the limited availability of vaccines to protect both military and civilian populations against biological agents (e.g., anthrax and smallpox) and the adequacy (or inadequacy) with which related industries could respond and analyzed how the policies and procedures of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration relate to the availability of drugs and biologics.
Author: RAND Corporation
Format: PDF file
URL: http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2005/RAND_OP102.pdf
The Office of Science and Technology, in conjunction with the RAND Corporation, convened a panel in 2003 to organize a future research and development agenda for combating biological acts of agro-terrorism directed against U.S. livestock and related produce. This report contains the papers submitted for the conference and provides an overview of the findings and recommendations of the forum.
Author: RAND Corporation
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF193/CF193.pdf
The threats of terrorism and economic sabotage against agriculture in the United States are neither fixed nor certain. Some have said that it is not a matter of "if", but "when". The following addresses the need for enhance disease surveillance from epidemiological and inspection standpoints.
Author: Dorothy B. Preslar
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fas.org/ahead/agroterror.htm
This lecture series will compare and contrast past and contemporary examples of domestic and global terrorist attacks on agriculture, food and water systems in order to instill in the student an appreciation for the serious public health challenges posed from such attacks. We will consider the use of microorganisms, radiation, and chemicals to inflict damage on plants, animals, ready-to-eat and fresh food supplies, water sources, public health, and public morale. In addition, we will review laws, regulations and organizations that are used to protect U.S. populations from such attacks.
Author: South Central Public Health Partnerships
Format: Online
URL: http://lms.southcentralpartnership.org/scphp?productID=prdct000000000001010
This Powerpoint describes differences between food protection & food safety, examining strategies for food supply protection. Includes examination of the importance of vulnerability assessments & the application of the CARVER+Shock assessment tool.
Author: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/03/slides/4001s1_02_Brackett%20.ppt
Maintaining healthy livestock in Iowa, identifying threats, and protecting the public's health are critical. Farmers, veterinarians, laboratorians, medical and other public health professionals all play important roles in this effort. Dr. Radford Davis will discuss trends in human and animal diseases, zoonotic agents of bioterrorism and preparedness resources. Dr. Michael Pentella will provide information about the roles of laboratory personnel in the detection and confirmation of agents that pose a threat to the industry and the health of the public. He will address Avian Influenza more specifically.
Author: The Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icphp/ed_training/ttt/
Examples of ways that citizens can volunteer to your community & your family more prepared.
Author: Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Format: Online
URL: http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/asp/be_prepared/volunteer.asp
This report discusses the views of nationally recognized experts on key issues concerning wastewater security, including the potential vulnerabilities of wastewater systems, activities that most warrant federal support to mitigate the risk of terrorism, and criteria for allocating and distributing federal funds.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05165.pdf
Information designed to provide basic information describing terrorism, agroterrorism & bioterrorism.
Author: Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Format: Online
URL: http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/asp/terror_other/index.asp
Course resources will introduce zoonotic disease basics to non-veterinarians, and explore zoonotic diseases as potential bioterrorism agents with emphasis on the Category A zoonotic agents. The topics of food security and agroterrorism will be explored, and the framework for disease surveillance will be presented. Case studies and outbreak scenarios will lead the participants through the steps of zoonotic outbreak investigations, highlighting the role of environmental public health professionals. A review of the competencies for public health environmental health workers will be detailed as well.
Author: University of Michigan School of Public Health
Format: Online
URL: http://www.sph.umich.edu/bioterrorism/Zoonotic/index.html
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