UCTV Joins National Preparedness Month with Emergency Preparedness Programming.LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif. -- September is National Preparedness Month and University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Television (UCTV UCTV University of California Television ) is joining in this public education effort with emergency preparedness programming every Monday night ranging from practical advice to the latest information about bioterrorism and avian influenza avian influenza: see influenza. . A listing of UCTV's emergency preparedness programming airing in September and "on-demand" is available at www.uctv.tv/preparedness. Making its UCTV premiere during National Preparedness Month is "Health Matters: Emergency Preparedness," featuring Dr. Colleen Buono from UC San Diego's Department of Emergency Medicine. As part of the team dispatched to New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded after Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , Dr. Buono provides practical information on how best to prepare for the next disaster. The program debuts September 25 at 10 p.m. UCTV's National Preparedness Month programming includes a series from UC Irvine's School of Medicine focusing on bioterrorism and community disaster preparedness. Airing Mondays at 10:30 p.m., the series covers topics such as modern day plagues (September 11), the psychiatric aspects of trauma (September 18), bioterrorism post 9/11 (September 25), and radiological terrorism (October 2). Two programs from the California Preparedness Education Network (CalPEN) series, developed specifically to prepare primary care providers for potential public health disasters, are also part of the line-up. The programs "Avian Influenza: From Wildlife to Poultry to Humans" (September 4) and "Infectious Disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. after Natural Disasters" (September 11) both air at 9 p.m. All programs from the CalPEN series are available on-demand at www.uctv.tv/calpen. National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort held each September to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools. National Preparedness Month 2006 is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and more information is available at www.ready.gov/. UCTV is a 24-hour satellite channel that broadcasts the best in educational and enrichment programming from the campuses, national laboratories, and affiliated institutions of the University of California. UCTV reaches over 16 million homes nationwide and can be viewed via: Direct Broadcast Satellite: Nationwide 24 hours a day, Dish Network Channel 9412 Internet: Worldwide via live webcast, "video-on-demand" archives, audio and video podcasts at www.uctv.tv; also on Google Video at http://video.google.com/uctv Cable TV: Community cable channels in California and across the country (visit www.uctv.tv/cable for details) |
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