07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
The Health Resources and Services Administration, in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, has developed this collection of resources informing hurricane response and recovery for families, organizations, and clinicians caring for children with special health care needs. It provides information about General and Specific Resources, Trauma-Informed Care and Mental Health Support, Family Support and Health Financing, and Resources for Clinical Providers.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This two-page document discusses the importance of emergency managers and all disaster responders increasing their efforts to provide culturally competent disaster assistance to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Queer, Intersex, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQI2-S) community, particularly if the LGBTQI2-S community is targeted or impacted by a particular disaster. It discusses barriers the LGBTQI2-S community may experience and how responders can help.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 11-page toolkit, published with the National Volunteer Fire Council, is designed to help fire departments conduct pre-incident planning, increase preparedness for, and improve response to pipeline incidents. It identifies key areas of consideration, provides corresponding resources and tools, and summarizes existing consensus standards and regulations. It also links to the WISER app and the Emergency Response Guidebook.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 48-page document provides the framework for the development and sustainment of the Colorado North Central Region Healthcare Coalition (NCR HCC). It outlines the planning processes that serve to support the ability of the North Central Region’s healthcare delivery system to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies, natural disasters, and other crises.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This one-hour, 27-minute webinar features speakers who are engaged in the fight for healthy communities, exploring strategies that address climate change and health inequities in the U.S. They discuss climate vulnerability assessments, working with community partners, and lessons learned and best practices in engaging community on climate resilience and preparedness.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 55-minute webinar introduces healthcare professionals to web resources about Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), including a REMS resource portal and the REMS@FDA website, and focuses on what type of information is available, where it is, and how to navigate these resources. It discusses how healthcare providers can get answers to a number of frequently asked questions, and locate requirements for healthcare providers for the most recently approved REMS.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This one-hour, 18-minute Congressional field hearing provides the opportunity to learn more about opioid pathways into the country and better understand the Department of Homeland Security’s coordination with non-federal partners to fight against the opioid crisis. Witnesses discuss the role of several federal agencies in combating the flow of opioids, including synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, into the United States, and ways in which all levels of government have cooperated to combat the opioid crisis.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 56-minute webinar explains how the Zika virus is contracted, prevention methods, who should be assessed for Zika virus exposure, current testing recommendations, and what follow-up is recommended for the infants of women with possible Zika virus exposure during pregnancy. It discusses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Zika virus guidance for healthcare providers caring for pregnant women and for non-pregnant women of reproductive age.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 55-minute webinar, part of the National Indian Health Board Climate Ready Tribes project, discusses how many indigenous communities are at the forefront of developing and implementing plans to address climate change in their homelands. It describes the modified Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) steps used in the health and climate change assessment of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, a Coast Salish Community in the Pacific Northwest. It also describe methods used to complete the Swinomish project and how they may be useful for other Tribal communities.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This two-page fact sheet provides key points related to traumatic separation and refugee and immigrant children, and lists the variety of symptoms children who experience traumatic separation may have in the short and long term. The negative impact of traumatic separation from parents is potentially long lasting and may continue even after children are reunited with their parents.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 18-minute video features a speaker who shares her experience of the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. She translates her experience into a focus on the importance of threat assessments in schools to identify and mitigate potential threats. She explains that it’s important to improve physical safety, but it’s just as important to encourage people to monitor their environment and to build a supportive culture in a school.
07/25/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 23-minute video features a speaker who relays her personal experience as the parent of a child killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012. She highlights some of the simple solutions that students and staff needed during the crisis at Sandy Hook, and presents Safe and Sound Schools’ Framework for Comprehensive School Safety Planning and Development: Emergency Management, Community Engagement, Physical Safety, Mental and Behavioral Health, Climate and Culture, and Health and Wellness.
07/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 115-page report contributes new evidence on why and how sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) risks increase during humanitarian disasters. It details how humanitarian actors can better prevent and respond to such escalation of SGBV, and better meet the needs of affected women, girls, men, and boys. The research is based on community views of disaster-affected women, adolescent girls, men, and adolescent boys in Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and the Philippines. It is a collaboration between the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee for Disaster Management (ACDM) Prevention and Mitigation Working Group.
07/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT
This 10-page report provides a snapshot of what has been achieved in key health indicators among refugee populations during emergencies, and highlights the trends based on key indicators in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s public health, reproductive health and HIV, nutrition, food security, and water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in 37 key operations.
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