CDC Social Fusion Update

What's New in Social Media   Join CDC Director Dr. Frieden for Preparedness Twitter Chat     This September marks the ninth annual National Preparedness Month. Throughout the month, more than 3,000 organizations are supporting emergency preparedness efforts and encouraging Americans to take action. Public health threats are ever-present and it is important to take preparedness actions now to ensure a safer recovery tomorrow.       To help promote National Preparedness Month, CDC director Dr.Tom  Frieden will host a Twitter chat to share important preparedness information and take your questions. Dr. Frieden will be joined by CDC experts Dr. Ali Khan, Director of the CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Chris Portier, Director of the CDC National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; and Dr. Georgina Peacock, a developmental pediatrician and medical officer at the CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. You can participate by following Dr. Frieden on Twitter (@DrFriedenCDC) and using the hashtag #CDCchat during the chat. When: Friday, September 21 at 1:00 PM EDT. Follow CDC OPHPR (@CDCReady) Are you prepared? Receive important preparedness tips and information by following CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response’s (OPHPR) official Twiiter account. OPHPR plays a critical role in ensuring that state and local public health departments are prepared to respond to all kinds of health threats including natural disasters, biological threats, explosions or the release of chemical or radiological materials. Take the first step during National Preparedness Month and sign up to follow @CDCReady. To encourage preparedness, @CDCReady will be tweeting out challenges twice a week asking followers to send pictures of their emergency kits. shelter locations and other items related to preparedness. A complete list of CDC profiles can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/Twitter.html   Winners Selected for Seeing My World through a Safer Lens Video Contest In honor of CDC’s Injury Center’s 20th anniversary, the Seeing My World through a Safer Lens Video Contest was held to demonstrate the importance of community prevention activities across the nation. In response to “What does injury and violence prevention look like in your community?”, injury and violence professionals, students, and the general public came together from around the country to submit videos. The submissions included topics from older adult falls to cyber bullying, from helmet safety to child passenger safety, and from violence prevention to teen driving safety. An expert panel of judges scored each video in the categories of creativity, use of an injury or violence topic area, communication of the positive injury or violence message, length of video, and video and audio quality. Three videos of the 25 eligible submissions were announced as winners: o   Professional Category: Safety Begins with You o   Student Category: Protect Your Brain, Wear a Helmet o   General Public Category: Things Men Say to Men who Say Things to Women on the Streets   Modify/Update Subscriber Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Send Feedback  |  Learn more about CDC Email Updates To receive the latest news for your region, please update your profile with your country, state and zip code. Questions or problems? Please contact support@govdelivery.com. STAY CONNECTED:  CDC on Facebook  CDC on Twitter  CDC on YouTube         This email was sent to filter@clubhouseb.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · 1600 Clifton Rd · Atlanta, GA 30333 · 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)