This guide provides information about drought as it affects the health of the U.S. public. Behavioral health-related information is discussed in various sections of this document, particularly beginning on page 27.

This section of the CDC website provides information on COCA, which prepares clinicians to respond to emerging health threats and public health emergencies by communicating relevant and timely information on disease outbreaks, terrorism events, and disaster response.

This checklist provides information for college and university administrators to use in preparing for an influenza pandemic. The list includes information on planning and coordination, continuity of education and operations, infection control policies and actions, and communications planning for students, families, and staff.

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers numerous resources related to disasters and pregnant women and women with newborns as well as older women to offer guidance to health, mental health, and public health officials.

This page provides information about funding opportunities for state and local public health systems. It is part of the CDC’s effort to help public health departments nationwide improve their ability to respond to and prepare for emergencies. The page includes emergency response funding for crises and outbreaks such as Zika, Ebola, and H1N1.

The CDC earthquake page contains helpful information and resources on earthquake preparedness, surviving during an earthquake, and what happens after an earthquake.

This web page provides information on emergency wound care after a natural disaster, including basic steps that healthcare providers can use to asses and manage wounds and rashes.

This checklist begins with a brief explanation of the importance of faith-based and community organizations in supporting the health of the public in the event of an influenza pandemic. It then identifies steps for organizations to take in the areas of planning, communication, policy development, resource allocation, and collaboration with other organizations and agencies in pandemic response.

This website contains helpful information and updates on current influenza and pandemic influenza incidents and how to stay healthy.

This webpage offers a link to tips for preventing heat-related deaths and illnesses. It also reviews the causes of health-related illness and who is most at risk.

This tip sheet explains normal reactions to stress and includes steps an individual can take to cope with the stress and stay healthy even during the cleanup that follows a wildfire.

This part of CDC’s website describes how children differ from adults in how they experience disasters; suggests ways to prepare for disasters; and provides links to webpages with information specifically for health professionals and responders, parents, children, and schools and child care centers. Also provided is information about specific threats and for children with special health care needs in emergencies.

This website explains actions the general public can take to remain safe and healthy in the event of an earthquake.

This checklist provides information for child care facilities and preschools to use in preparing for an influenza pandemic. The list includes information on planning and coordination, continuity of education and program operations, infection control policies and actions, and child care and preschool staff communications planning.

Every year, CDC promotes flu vaccination nationally through a mixed- campaign. This toolkit contains information, strategies, and resources (e.g., press release templates, a speech-writing tip sheet) to help public health planners, spokespeople, educators, and other health professionals engage in messaging.

The CDC mobile app gives users 24/7 access to timely, vital health information wherever they go, including information on disease outbreaks and preparedness and response for disasters and other emergencies. It provides automatic updates with important public health information and a variety of types of content such as stories, videos, podcasts, journals, and blogs.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serves as the national hub of efforts to develop and apply disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities to improve the health of the people of the United States.

This webpage provides information for older adults on how to deal with the stress of extreme heat, which can place them at high risk for health problems. It also provides a link to the symptoms of heat-related illness and a checklist for caretakers to help them protect older adults from heat stress.

This website provides links to fact sheets about bioterrorism agents, such as anthrax, botulism, brucellosis, plague, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers.

This online article provides information about children’s reactions to disasters and suggests ways for parents to help children cope with their feelings.

This handout provides information the stresses relocation after a disaster may cause for a family. It also includes the signs of stress that are common in children and adolescents of different ages, as well as in older adults, and ways that parents, caregivers, and families can support children and older adults in coping with stress.

This part of the CDC’s website presents an overview of hurricanes, as well as suggestions for preparing for a hurricane and staying safe after a hurricane. This website section also includes links to materials for families, health and mental health professionals, and other disaster responders.

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 2-hour online course covers stress management for first responders—including stress they experience in the field as they assist others as well as the stress people they help may be experiencing due to a disaster. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Public Health Training Network also contributed to the production of this course.