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Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs) Acute Chemical Exposures developed ATSDR emergency department physicians emergency healthcare professionals manage acute exposures resulting chemical incidents.

Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs) Acute Chemical Exposures developed ATSDR emergency department physicians emergency healthcare professionals manage acute exposures resulting chemical incidents.

Jenine K. Harris, PhD1, Raed Mansour, MS2, Bechara Choucair, MD2, Joe Olson3, Cory Nissen, MS3, Jay Bhatt, DO2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Community health assessment is a core function of public health departments, a standard for accreditation of public health departments, and a core competency for public health professionals. The Tennessee Department of Health developed a statewide initiative to improve the processes for engaging county health departments in assessing their community’s health status through the collection and analysis of secondary data. One aim of the Tennessee Department of Health was to position county public health departments as trusted leaders in providing population data and engaging community stakeholders in assessments.

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