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Presented by the President of National Emergency Management and Response, this webinar for state emergency managers covers best practices in case management strategies to support survivors of disasters. Key topics addressed in the webinar include evaluating resource coordination, assessing effectiveness of communication, and monitoring development and enhancement of community resilience.
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Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, caused a global outbreak that began in 2022. This fact sheet discusses mpox transmission, the signs and symptoms, prevention strategies, and treatment options, as well as the mpox vaccine.
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This resource provides guidance for preventing and managing stress before, during, and after a disaster response assignment. It explores signs of stress and highlights tips individuals can use throughout disaster response and recovery to increase resilience.
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This resource provides guidance for preventing and managing stress before, during, and after a disaster response assignment. It explores signs of stress and highlights tips individuals can use throughout disaster response and recovery to increase resilience.
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The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant provides funds and technical assistance to all 50 states, as well as a wide range of U.S. territories and a tribal entity. Grantees use the funds to plan, implement, and evaluate activities that prevent and treat substance use and promote public health. Although the program is noncompetitive, it runs on a 1-year term, and eligible entities must submit an application annually.
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This report outlines the burden of mental health problems globally, including their impact on substance use disorders. It contains suggestions on how to scale up mental health care in communities as well as resources for prevention.
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This web page highlights resources that explore incidents of gun violence. It includes relevant books for adults and children, podcast episodes, news articles, and other resources that highlight strategies for coping with acts of terror, planning for emergencies, and building resilience.
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This web page provides information on the current funding opportunities available from the Office for Victims of Crime. It highlights grant funding opportunities in response to mass violence events and provides guidance for those interested in applying.
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This web page highlights the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's approach to preventing firearm violence incidents, which includes data collection, research, and partnerships. It analyzes current funded research and surveillance, highlights new funding opportunities for research, and provides relevant resources to support firearm violence mitigation.
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This fact sheet provides tips and a checklist to help people with disabilities, such as SMI, to prepare for sheltering in place or evacuation. Checklist items help to assess needs, create a medical needs summary, collect important documents, and build a survivor kit.
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NRC is an independent agency created by Congress to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials. The agency regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection, and enforcement of its requirements.
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This site describes hurricanes and what to expect and provides links to information about what to do before, during, and after natural disasters.
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Create the Good is a service provided by AARP for matching interested individuals, most of whom are 50 years or older, with volunteer opportunities. It offers some do-it-yourself projects on its website, including Operation Emergency Prepare, which guides people through helping their friends, family, and other loved ones; organizations; and communities in preparing for disasters and other emergencies.
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In this resource, AARP, which works to enhance quality of life for older adults, provides guidance for disaster-affected communities to help them rebuild and recover in ways that make them better places to live for people of all ages. AARP points out that the U.S. population is aging and argues for the importance of making communities accessible to and livable for older adults and those of all ages.
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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.
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This 17-page document provides guidance for public health officials and government leaders around the world for thinking and communicating about the risks that Zika poses for global health and for their residents specifically. It helps leaders consider how to craft communications that will address public needs and help residents take positive action to reduce the likelihood of contracting and spreading Zika.
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This tip sheet describes compassion fatigue and its components, burnout and secondary traumatic stress. It offers tips for coping with compassion fatigue, and it also describes compassion satisfaction and notes ways to foster compassion satisfaction among members of your response team.
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This tip sheet describes compassion fatigue and its components, burnout and secondary traumatic stress. It offers tips for coping with compassion fatigue, and it also describes compassion satisfaction and notes ways to foster compassion satisfaction among members of your response team.
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This infographic shows where to go and what to do in the event of a radiation emergency (i.e., get inside, stay inside, stay tuned for updated instructions from emergency response officials).
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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 pandemic influenza, and exercising and updating the plan.
This web page provides links to information about Zika in the United States and around the world. It presents links to general information about Zika, ways to prevent contracting Zika, and guidance for healthcare professionals.
This webpage provides information about planning and preparedness for caregivers of people with Alzheimers disease and dementias, which are conditions that are more common among older adults than other age groups. In addition to general emergency planning tips, the page provides ideas and links to help plan for continuity of pharmacological care, safety for the person with dementia, and access to medical records.
The Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center has developed a variety of mental health preparedness trainings that are available online.
This model is designed to guide officials, leaders, and others involved in emergency management and disaster behavioral health in considering and planning responses to disasters with impacts that overlap in time. This model considers various roles individuals may play in a disaster and disaster response and how each role navigates their response to disasters.
Designed for victim services and emergency and disaster response organizations, this toolkit defines various trauma; provides information and tools to help organizations become vicarious trauma-informed; and offers information and resources for professionals in the areas of emergency medical services, fire services, and law enforcement.
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