Get Ready Report

In this episode, the Get Ready team interviews Alfonso Contreras, regional advisor for health promotion at the Pan American Health Organization (regional office of the World Health Organization). He discusses the importance of regularly handwashing with soap, and Global Handwashing Day, which is celebrated annually on October 15. Contreras is interviewed by Get Ready team member, Lavanya Gupta.

In this episode, we interview Dr. Bruce Gellin, director of the National Vaccine Program Office at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Gellin discusses the importance of immunizations for people of all ages, and reminds us that the start of the school year is a good time to prepare yourself against common infectious diseases by updating your immunization record.

In this episode, we interview Mike MacNair, President and CEO of MacNair Management American Express. He offers his experience in and knowledge of the travel industry to shed light on ways to help families prepare for emergencies before and during travel. MacNair is interviewed by Get Ready team member Lavanya Gupta.

In this episode, we speak with James Franklin, Branch Chief, and Dennis Feltgen, Public Affairs Officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center. They provide tips on how to prepare yourself for the 2013 hurricane season, which began on June 1. Franklin and Feltgen are interviewed by Daniel Greenberg, APHA Public Affairs and Advocacy Communications Specialist.                          

In this episode, we speak with Robert Motta, director of the Child and Family Trauma Institute at the Saltzman Community Services Center at Hofstra University. He provides tips for mental health emergency preparedness and shares his experience of working with patients who faced the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Motta is interviewed by Get Ready team member Nathan Bhatti.

CDC Medical Officer Dr. Michael Jhung provides an update for the 2012-2013 flu season, which could be severe. The good news is, it's not too late to get your flu shot!

Amy Donahue, MLIS, AHIP, the User Education & Reference Librarian at the Medical College of Wisconsin, offers tips on using technology to help you prepare for an emergency, as well as advice about getting your tech gear disaster-ready.

In this episode, Linda Degutis, DrPH, MSN,  speaks with The Nation's Health Reporter Teddi Dineley Johnson about heat-related illnesses. Degutis, former President of the American Public Health Association, offers tips for staying safe in hot weather and describes the warning signs of heat-related illnesses.

What should you put in your first-aid kit? Richard Bradley, MD, a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, provides tips on what you need to have on hand for common household emergencies.

In this episode, Danielle Bailey, MPH, research assistant at the Oregon Office on Disability & Health, speaks with The Nation's Health Reporter Teddi Dineley Johnson about disaster preparedness for people living with disabilites. Bailey offers tips on sheltering in place, preparing a disaster kit, dealing with power and communication service outages, and more. (Part 2 of 2)

In this episode, Danielle Bailey, MPH, research assistant at the Oregon Office on Disability & Health, speaks with The Nation's Health Reporter Teddi Dineley Johnson about disaster preparedness for people living with disabilites. Bailey offers tips on sheltering in place, preparing a disaster kit, dealing with power and communication service outages, and more.

Michelle Holshue, RN, the American Public Health Association’s Flu Near You fellow, discusses the Flu Near You Challenge for APHA members and offers tips to recruit new users into the system.

This episode, “Flu Near You - Bringing the public into public health surveillance,” Pooja Bhandari interviews Michelle Holshue, RN, BSN, the American Public Health Association’s Flu Near You fellow, to discuss this new flu-tracking tool.

This episode, Workplace Preparedness, interviews Bob Boyd president and CEO of Agility Recovery, a company that develops disaster preparedness plans for the workplace and business continuity solutions. By the Nation’s Health reporter, Teddi Johnson.

Emergencies and disasters can strike in the blink of an eye and everybody has to be prepared. But older adults often have some special needs. To help seniors and caregivers plan their preparedness stategy, the Get Ready campaign recently interviewed Jim Judge, executive director for Lake Sumter EMS, Inc., in Mount Dora, Florida and a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and chair of the Disaster Health Subcommittee.

APHA’s Get Ready campaign interviews John Lindsay, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies at Brandon University in Monitoba, Canada and a member of the American Red Cross’ Scientific Advisory Council on preparing for the cold weather.

APHA’s Get Ready campaign interviews Tina Pettingill, executive director of the Maine Public Health Association, on the launch of their new preparedness campaign called GetMEReady.

APHA’s Get Ready campaign interviews William Schaffner, MD, infectious disease specialist and co-chair of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and its Pneumococcal Disease Advisory Board on the importance of getting vaccines to prevent pneumococcal disease in all age groups.

APHA's Get Ready Campaign interviews Bobette Thompson, president of the National Association of Child Care Professionals on the importance of hand-washing for children and parents.

Teddi Johnson, The Nation's Health reporter interviews Molly McGlinchy, Food Resources Coordinater for the Capital Food Bank in Washington, DC.  The interview focuses on the importance of food donations in communities.