A website developed by the University of Minnesota serves as a national clearinghouse for best practices in pandemic preparedness for local and state health departments.

Finnegan, JohnJill DeBoer2023-10-192023-10-192008-04-29https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257576Runtime 1:30 minutesThis resource is provided for informational purposes only and may not reflect current scientific knowledge or medical recommendations.Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. A Web site developed by the University of Minnesota serves as a national clearinghouse for best practices in pandemic preparedness for local and state health departments. Jill DeBoer, director of the University’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, tells us more about the site, called Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools. <clip: “This is a project that we started over a year ago…public health preparedness for pandemic influenza.”> DeBoer says that the Web site, developed with the Pew Center on the States, is intended to facilitate collaboration among state and local health departments. <clip: “State and local health departments have a difficult time…web-based shop for state and local health departments.”> For more information, go to www.pandemicpractices.org With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.enA website developed by the University of Minnesota serves as a national clearinghouse for best practices in pandemic preparedness for local and state health departments.Audio