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Written by Brien Barnewolt   
Monday, 06 August 2007
The Public Health Committee works to enhance the recognition and effective application of public health activities as a part of emergency medicine practice.

Committee Co-Chairs

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Kimberly Markuns, MD
Quincy Hospital

 

 

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Franklin Friedman, MD
Tufts-NEMC  

Current Activities

  • Emergency Contraception
  • HP2010 public health initiatives
  • Post-exposure prophylaxis
  • Asthma
  • Domestic violence
  • SANE
  • Primary Seat Belt legislation

Public Health Materials
Strategic Plan 
The strategic plan identifies the goals of the public health committee.
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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Poster Presented At 2004 ACEP Research Forum
Click here to view the poster, which was authored by emergency physicians from Boston Medical Center
National Alcohol Screening Day~ Emergency Department Alcohol Education Project Home Page
To visit the website and learn more  http://www.ed.bmc.org/sbirtproposal/index.htm.
Public Health Committee Updates
March 2006 Click Here for Update
Hp2010 Public Health Initiative
Information is available at the Healthy People home page , the Healthy People publications page, and the Healthy People implementation page . 
Hiv And Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Dr. Judy Linden (BMC) will be liaison to explore collaborating with DPH ( Thera Meehan MSW, MPH Policy and Planning HIV/AIDS Bureau) to conduct an updated survey and focus efforts on Emergency Physicians as well as the institutions themselves in the state to gather information concerning non-occupational exposures to HIV and subsequent need/demand for post-exposure prophylaxis
Asthma
Massachusetts Asthma Collaborative meeting -March 2005
DPH Asthma Presentation 2005