Health risks from infrastructure failures are not well understood, despite the potential widespread introduction of chemical, microbial, and physical contaminants, as well as service disruptions. Public health effects due to distribution infrastructure failures are the concern and responsibility of the local water utility, the health department, community medical care providers, and in special circumstances, emergency first response agencies. While the water utility is responsible for safe water, including the operation and maintenance of distribution infrastructure, other agencies including public health regulators, medical practitioners, and first responders (e.g., police, fire, others) also play a pivotal and active role when dealing with the impacts of infrastructure failures on the community. All agencies involved with some aspect of public health protection from infrastructure failures acknowledged that the true extent of health effects, while not yet well known or characterized, required a collaborative, interagency approach. The study identified methods to develop future collaborative efforts, which included improved understanding of the relationships and outcomes between infrastructure failure events and measured health outcomes, as well as the need to develop improved tools for the detection and monitoring of these events and community effects. This includes the need to develop/refine collaboration for interagency surveillance, response, and mitigation efforts for infrastructure failures. The study identified ways to improve interagency communication as well as potential opportunities for cross-training to improve understanding between stakeholders and to develop better collaborative relationships and programs.

Fun Time with Jesus is a devotional book for children who are beginning to read. It introduces your child at an early age, to the personal devotional habit. Children will enjoy reading the passages by themselves. The topics address issues that children encounter in their daily lives. Dr. Gloria Trotman and Dr. Karen-Mae Trotman Mitchell, are a mother and daughter team with a passion for ministering to children. Gloria, an educator, is the former Children's Ministries Director of the Inter American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. In addition to her extensive research on children and their spirituality, Gloria has presented at conferences worldwide. Karen- Mae, a physician, has been involved in numerous Children's Ministries activities for several years. She also enjoys teaching music at a junior academy. Gloria lives in Texas with her husband. Karen-Mae, her husband, and two young daughters, also live in Texas. Both Gloria and Karen-Mae are previously published authors.