Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Introduction to Health Care and Public Health in the U.S.
Unit:Public Health - Part 2
Lecture:Public Health and Communicable Disease
Slide content:Public Health Communicable Disease Prevention Activities State and local health department activities include: Monitor incidence of CDs Investigate outbreaks Intervene/treat populations Report data to CDC 13
Slide notes:Public health departments at the state and local level work to prevent communicable disease in the population through a combination of monitoring and surveillance, outbreak investigation, interventions and treatments, and reporting of data to CDC. 13