Resources:
Here are some helpful resources mentioned by our presenters:
- Presentation slides.
- Stopping COVID-19 in its tracks: What does a contact tracer do? Hawaiʻi Department of Health Factsheet.
- For more information on contact tracing training programs offered by the University of Hawaiʻi, please email oshi@hawaii.edu (including specific questions on your eligibility).
- To fill out the Participant Interest Survey for contact tracing training programs, please visit hawaii.edu/AQX.
- Articles about skills required for contact tracing:
- Detective, nurse, confidant: Virus tracers play many roles. The Washington Post.
- As the Nation Begins Virus Tracing, It Could Learn From This N.J. City. The New York Times.
- Contact Tracing Is Harder Than It Sounds. The New York Times.
- Information on Hawaii’s Medical Reserve Corps and sign up page for the Hawaiʻi Medical Reserve Corps.
- Community Health Worker Program. University of Hawaiʻi, Kapiʻolani Community College.