Mass Antibiotic Dispensing: Partnering with Tribal Governments and Communities Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Originally aired January 29, 2009 Course Overview The capacity to reach every person in the community is the goal of any mass antibiotic dispensing campaign. In particular, planning for dispensing to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations presents unique challenges for public health professionals, tribal leaders, and tribal health providers. Many public health planners are unsure how to reach out to and involve AI/AN communities in their mass antibiotic dispensing plans and drills. This broadcast will assist state and local Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) planners in determining how to effectively engage their neighboring tribal governments and communities. Participants from several states, counties, and tribal entities will discuss how to ensure that tribal leaders and stakeholders are appropriately involved in mass antibiotic dispensing and all-hazards planning. Goal To assist state and local public health planners in reaching out to and partnering with American Indian and Alaska Native governments and communities for a mass antibiotic dispensing campaign. Objectives Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to: * Define some of the challenges of reaching out to tribal populations * Identify ways to reach out to the tribal communities * Determine the most appropriate contacts within local tribal communities * List two preferred methods of communication within the tribal community * Describe two methods for providing training in the tribal community * Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an inter-professional team of health care providers by assuring the availability of effective, quality health and disease prevention services. Intended Audience State and local public health officials, state and local SNS and Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) planners, emergency managers, and tribal liaisons Presenters Capt. Pelagie "Mike" Snesrud, Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Joe Finkbonner, Executive Director, Northwest Portland Indian Health Board, Lummi Tribe Richard Buck, Border Health Manager and Tribal Liaison, Public Health Preparedness Program, New York State Department of Health April Sells, Tribal Emergency Management Director, Poarch Band of Creek Indians (Alabama)