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Website by: Jared Warner |
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SOUTHWEST OHIO PUBLIC HEALTH REGION |
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Public Health Region News Emergency
Preparedness Info -
Tristate Medical
Reserve Corps Regional Planning
Groups -
Executive Steering
Committee Coordinators Disease Investigators Local Health
Departments |
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Mission Statement: The mission of the
Southwest Ohio Public Health Region Public Information Officer (PIO) Work
Group is to provide credible and timely emergency response information
services that protect the health and safety of the Southwest Ohio. community. |
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Public Information Officer Work Group |
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The
PIO Work Group has been tasked with developing policies, procedures,
guidelines, and content for communication needs that occur during times of
public health emergencies. A PIO is a
person appointed by a health department to be responsible for the creating
and coordinating the distribution of emergency public information with both
the electronic and written media. The
PIO work group works diligently to
ensure that accurate and consistent information will be released to the
general public and news media. |
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Group Overview |
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The
PIO work group recently updated their templates for mass dispensing of
materiel from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). They also participated in a recent exercise
and are updating the regional Emergency Public Information and Warning
plan. |
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Current and Future Activities |