TAILIEUCHUNG - Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State

Women of color have higher rates of some risk factors. More than 85 percent of African American women in midlife are overweight or obese, while 52 percent have high blood pressure, and 14 percent have been diagnosed with diabetes. Among Hispanic women in midlife, 78 percent are overweight or obese, while more than 10 percent have been diagnosed with diabetes. The message is clear: Every woman needs to take her heart disease risk seriously—and take action now to reduce that risk. | Public Health Preparedness Mobilizing State by State bíalts A CDC Report on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement February 2008 _ 3 Public Health Preparedness Mobilizing State by State Public Health Preparedness H Mobilizing State by State Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Background .6 Section 1 Public Health Preparedness in the States and Disease Detection and Investigation .13 Public Health Laboratories .16 Moving Section 2 Snapshots of Public Health Preparedness in States and Directly Funded Localities 29 Appendices Appendix 1 Cooperative Agreement Funding 141 Appendix 2 DHS National Preparedness Guidelines and Appendix 3 Overview of CDC Preparedness Appendix 4 Overview of ASPR Preparedness Activities 153 Appendix 5 Data Sources and Appendix 6 Category A and B Biological Executive Summary Public health threats are inevitable. Being prepared for these threats can save lives and protect the health and safety of the public and emergency responders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC works to support public health preparedness for all hazards including natural biological chemical radiological and nuclear events. This work falls under one of the agency s overarching health protection goals People prepared for emerging health threats - people in all communities will be protected from infectious occupational environmental and terrorist threats. CDC has established nine preparedness goals to strategically direct resources towards achieving this overarching goal. The events of September 11 2001 and the subsequent anthrax attacks both highlighted the importance of public health during emergencies and showed weaknesses in public health s ability to respond during a potential crisis. In 2002 Congress authorized funding for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement hereafter referred to as the cooperative agreement to

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