CDC Deployments to State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments for COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response — United States, January 21–July 25, 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Dirlikov, Emilio ; Fechter-Leggett, Ethan D. ; Thorne, Stacy L. ; Worrell, Caitlin M. ; Smith-Grant, Jennifer C. ; Chang, Jonathan ; Oster, Alexandra M. ; Bjork, Adam ; Young, Stanley ; Perez, Alvina U. ; Aden, Tricia ; Anderson, Mark ; Farrall, Susan ; Jones-Wormley, Jaime ; Walters, Katherine H. ; LeBlanc, Tanya T. ; Kone, Rebecca G. ; Hunter, David ; Cooley, Laura A. ; Krishnasamy, Vikram P. ; Fuld, Jennifer ; Luna-Pinto, Carolina ; Williams, Tanya ; O'Connor, Ann ; Nett, Randall J. ; Villanueva, Julie M. ; Oussayef, Nadia L. ; Walke, Henry T. ; Shugart, Jill M. ; Honein, Margaret A. ; Rose, Dale A.
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC COVID-19 State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Response Team
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? As part of the COVID-19 emergency public health response, CDC deploys field teams upon request to assist state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments. What is added by this report? As of July 25, 2020, CDC had deployed 208 teams to assist 55 state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments. Teams worked with local counterparts to address transmission in high-risk settings, including long-term care facilities (26%), food processing facilities (12%), correctional facilities (6%), and settings providing services to persons experiencing homelessness (5%). What are the implications for public health practice? CDC collaborations with health departments have strengthened local capacity, assisted with outbreak response, and directly contributed to data-informed guidance, benefiting local and national response efforts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automation Communicable Diseases COVID-19 Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Local Government Occupational Health Pandemics Public Health Public Health Administration Public Health Practice Safety State Government Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Quarantine; Surveillance; Disease transmission; Viral infections; Medical monitoring; Automation; Clinical symptoms; Medical screening; Infectious diseases; Disease incidence; Public health
• Source:
  MMWR 2020 Oct; 69(39):1398-1403
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Pubmed ID:
  33001876
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7537553
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  39
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061146
• Contact Point Address:
  Emilio Dirlikov, CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response Team, Atlanta, GA
• Email:
  klt9@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:54a27f7bf9de602db3c53c4bff372d9d665c812d63c5e3a14646e539076916e1a153fbbd8b85f085425c88c0b6db71eba2db66f0edc6f8204113e189b53afc15
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/95571/cdc_95571_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 279.66 KB ]