The MBCH Professional Development Institute facilitates and promotes educational activities and service programs.

The MBCH PDI offers two basic types of programs: tutoring through the Achievia Tutoring® program and the Werner Strick Workshop series.

The MBCH PDI is now offering the Werner Strick Workshop series in Southwest Missouri and Kansas City Area locations.

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H1N1 Resources – Fall 2009

The following resources are available regarding H1N1 for your agency: 

On the Department of Health and Senior Services home page (DHSS)-- http://www.dhss.mo.gov/,  there is a large green box labeled Latest Flu Information that links to http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BT_Response/_H1N1Flu.html (flu specific web-site).

The web-site for Local Public Health Agencies & Services is http://www.dhss.mo.gov/LPHA/index.html and a searchable directory by county is here http://www.dhss.mo.gov/LPHA/LPHAs.html.  This is a good resource to find out when vaccines are available in your area.

The CDC portal for 2009 H1N1 flu is http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/. There are tons of materials available  One tool that is very useful is the toolkit for employers and employees -- http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/business/toolkit/.
There are many CDC sites up for children, pregnant women, other categories of high risk, schools, universities, etc. Many materials are also available in multiple languages.

Information shared by:
Sarah L. Patrick, MPH, PhD
State Epidemiologist and Administrator
Section of Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
Division of Community and Public Health
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
920 Wildwood PO Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570

(573) 751-6127 office