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Register in advance for this webinar: CDC COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Guidance and Tools
The call will be recorded and posted with previous Partner Update webinars.
CDC Speakers
Dr. Cliff McDonald, Acting Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Melanie Taylor, Deputy, COVID-19 Contact Tracing Innovations Support will present. Ms. Michelle Putnam, Deputy, Policy Unit Partnerships & Risk Management Team will moderate. Dr. McDonald will share updates on CDC’s COVID-19 response, including the latest scientific information and what everyone should know about protecting themselves and others. In addition, Dr. Taylor will provide an overview on contact tracing guidance and tools. All questions will be collected in advance of the webinar.
Please submit your questions by 1/6 so that we can group similar questions and answer as many as possible. Please email eocevent337@cdc.gov with "Partner Call 1/11" in the subject line.
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The one-hour long sessions include an opportunity to engage in didactic sessions focused on COVID-19 response in I/T/U clinics. The target audience is healthcare professionals including MDs, advance practice providers, pharmacists, RNs, and medical assistants.
Every Monday and Wednesday at 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Pacific (join)
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The second webinar in the University of Maryland School of Public Health series to support effective communication around the approval and use of COVID-19 vaccines will build on concerns and questions experienced by health care providers, administrators, public health practitioners and community health workers as they listen to patients and community members. The focus will be on sharing effective strategies to enhance acceptance and uptake of the vaccine.
Panelists will include:
Sandra C. Quinn, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Family Science and Senior Associate Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity, UMD SPH
Meredith Li-Vollmer, PhD, Risk Communication Specialist, Public Health Seattle and King County
Cynthia Baur, Endowed Professor and Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, UMD SPH
Joseph Wright, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Capital Region Health, University of Maryland Medical System
Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, Professor and Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity, UMD SPH
Moderator: Omar Neal, President/CEO You Got The Power Enterprises, Inc. and former mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama
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Access webinar recording and supporting documents/links.
The Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC) invites you to participate in a Webinar on an overview and use of the funding included in the most recent COVID-19 legislation.
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the most recent bipartisan COVID-19 legislation. The President signed the legislation on December 27, 2020. The Coronavirus relief provisions were part of a larger 5,593-page bill under the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021”
Panelists will summarize the main provisions and funding made available to Tribes and Tribal Organizations under the Act. Topics will include requirements for the $1 billion in designated funding for IHS and Tribally-operated programs, changes to the Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements, new requirements of the Paycheck Protection Program, and availability and terms of payroll tax credits available to Tribes under the Employee Retention Tax Credit and COVID-19 paid leave laws.
As always, we will allow time for discussion and questions/answers.
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On January 13, 2021, the TSGAC held a Webinar to provide an overview on the use of funding included in the most recent COVID-19 legislation. As part of the Webinar, the TSGAC developed a briefing paper providing a “Review of Health and Human Services Provisions in the Bipartisan Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.”
Access the recording and supporting documents/links.
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The one-hour long sessions include an opportunity to engage in didactic sessions focused on COVID-19 response in I/T/U clinics. The target audience is healthcare professionals including MDs, advance practice providers, pharmacists, RNs, and medical assistants.
Every Monday and Wednesday at 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Pacific (join)
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Every other Friday: USET COVID-19 ECHO The session will include updates related to Indian Country, updates on the status of COVID-19 in the USET region, and an opportunity to ask questions and receive expert advice.
Fridays at 11:00 AM Central (join)
Join by phone only at any of the following numbers using meeting ID 918 0885 1929:
646-558-8656; 253-215-8782; 301-715-8592; 346-248-7799. Press *6 to mute your line.
**Continuing education credits are NOW available for these sessions.**
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the danger COVID-19 poses to older adults and people living in long-term care facilities has been of great concern. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 125,000 long-term care residents and staff and 8 out of 10 COVID-19 deaths reported have been among adults aged 65 and older. Now with two authorized vaccines and the CDC recommendation of older adults for early vaccine access, there is hope, but there are still challenges with distribution. It is also necessary to address the pandemic’s mental health impact on older adults, particularly loneliness and isolation. While older adults have reported less loneliness than their younger counterparts during the pandemic, about one in four report anxiety or depression due to the pandemic. Speakers will discuss: