This toolkit helps service providers for the aging learn more about mental illness and substance use disorders in older adults, including focus on alcohol and medication use. It provides tools such as a program coordinator’s guide, suggested curricula, and handouts.

In this online article, ICOR presents a model of a resilient community called the Community Resilience Framework. The organization also presents and discusses each of the elements of the framework.

This webpage contains five fact sheets about Ebola preparedness. One fact sheet focuses on steps members of the general public can take to protect their health. Another is for health care providers and gives tips on how to recognize Ebola, and also how to talk to patients who are worried about the outbreak. There is also a fact sheet for community leaders that describes effective communication tactics in high-stress situations.

At this web page, CDC lists and describes resources for training in emergency preparedness and response for public health workers, healthcare workers, and public leaders. Resources include core competencies, as well as training centers and organizations offering courses on public health preparedness and community planning and engagement.

This web page is a part of the Rural Health Research Gateway and provides publications and articles specific to emergency preparedness and response. It also links to information on studies on rural emergency preparedness and response.

Provided through Prepare Iowa, a collaboration of the Iowa Department of Health and the University of Iowa, this 1-hour course is intended for anyone who may come into professional contact with disaster victims. The objectives of the course include defining disaster and trauma and understanding how proximity to a disaster event affects the potential for a traumatic response.

In this 1-hour course, information is provided on mental health assessment and intervention with disaster survivors, as well as on making sure that services provided after a disaster are culturally appropriate.

This article discusses how understanding the importance of diversity needs, strengths, and vulnerability within communities is considered crucial in disaster recovery.

This 50-page document discusses risk communication in the five phases of a public health emergency: preparedness, emergency onset, containment, recovery, and evaluation. It guides officials, agencies, and governments in developing a public health risk communication strategy and plan, emphasizing the preparedness phase as a critical time to lay the groundwork for effective communication in an emergency.

FEMA is the U.S. Government’s principal agency charged with building and supporting the Nation’s emergency management system.

Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice, this guide is designed to help individual schools and school districts develop and maintain emergency operations plans that can be used in a disaster. The guide describes the building blocks of a plan, an intervention to help school communities recover after disasters; and ways to respond to an active shooter situation.

This part of the HHS ASPR website notes that tribal communities in the United States have distinct cultures, provides some tips for culturally appropriate disaster response with tribes, and links to sources of additional information.

The purpose of this report is to provide a step-by-step planning process guide to ensure the continuation of police work during an influenza pandemic. The resource includes information on identifying a department planning team, gathering information and resources, communicating internally and externally before and during a pandemic influenza, and exercising and updating the plan.

This toolkit provides state and federal officials, as well as emergency and disaster preparedness directors and coordinators, with key emergency response volunteer concepts and federal and state regulations relevant to emergency volunteers. The toolkit can be used as a resource for educational, training, and planning activities.

This workbook from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation offers a PowerPoint presentation and a variety of resources to help business become better prepared for a disaster. It includes tips for disaster preparedness and a preparedness checklist.

This publication presents examples from several countries of incorporating gender equality and gender-related issues into disaster risk reduction. Examples come from countries including India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru. Each example includes lessons learned. The publication may be useful to practitioners and policymakers, particularly those who work in rural areas and developing nations.

This toolkit provides information, guidance, checklists, and other resources to help communities incorporate assistance for victims into their mass violence and terrorism preparedness and response efforts. The toolkit features sections to guide communities in developing partnerships, planning for effective victim assistance, and engaging in response and recovery activities.

Although the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health developed this web page in response to 2017 hurricanes that hit the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the page provides information relevant to any responder deployed to support communities after hurricanes and floods. The page provides information about stress and coping, and links are provided to resources for more information.

This 30-minute training is intended for emergency responders who work shifts longer than normal work hours. It gives an overview of how long hours can affect an individual’s health and provides tips for taking care of yourself during active duty.

The Headington Institute offers a variety of trainings, educational materials, and counseling and consultation services for humanitarian relief and development workers and emergency responders. It does work to support the well-being of responders and response organizations and the effectiveness of response efforts.

An organization with more than 65,000 members, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) represents paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, and other emergency medical services (EMS) professionals. NAEMT provides education for EMS professionals, supports research and innovation in EMS, and does work to improve both patient care and work environments for EMS professionals.

This website offers information for prehospital patient care, providing resources for emergency medical service personnel to help them do their jobs better and more safely. The site features information about training, as well as news articles about major emergencies, medical issues, and administrative and leadership topics.

This guide offers information and suggestions to help emergency managers, planners, and responders include individuals with disabilities in disaster planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

This tip sheet provides guidance on communicating with the media for responders serving communities affected by disasters that involved the death of many people. The tip sheet emphasizes the importance of preparation and of identifying a set number of people who will provide information to the media. It also offers tips specifically for media interviews.

This web page provides information for people who are traveling out of the United States to support individuals and communities, including those that have been affected by disasters. It suggests steps for humanitarian aid workers to take before, during, and after travel to protect their physical and mental health.