The 2009 Position Statements that will be introduced at the CSTE Annual meeting are now posted on the CSTE Website.

Developed by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Division, Office of Global Health, and Office of Workforce and Career Development, and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, this training course is designed for public health workers who may be involved in a pandemic influenza response.

A joint collaboration between the CSTE Occupational Health Surveillance Workgroup and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).  The Guidelines provide a useful framework for building state and local capacity in public health programs in occupational safety and health.  They outline the minimum and essential components that should be in place in state and local public health programs, even with very limited resources, and describe functions and activities of a comprehensive program. The Guidelines document may be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2008-148/ or on the Occupational Health page under publications.

The HIV/AIDS subcommittee is excited to announce the new HIV Surveillance Coordinator Orientation Manual! This manual is intended for new and existing surveillance coordinators. It provides information on topics such as ‘What a new surveillance coordinator needs to know’, program monitoring and evaluation, about CSTE, and more.

CSTE has implemented new and improved forums for all of our members and website users.  Please feel free to visit the forums and discuss any public health related topic you wish!

CSTE and CDC are pleased to release a newly developed toolkit to help epidemiologists and other public health practitioners understand and incorporate the CDC/CSTE Competencies for Applied Epidemiologists in Governmental Public Health Agencies (AECs) into everyday practice.