05/22/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Library Association (ALA). Published: 5/22/2019. This one-hour, 16-minute webinar provides lessons on planning and preparing a library for the likelihood of a disastrous hurricane. Speakers review the basic principles of emergency management as an effective way to update a library's own emergency plans. They also highlight the steps to create a template for emergencies if one hasn't yet been developed, and discuss valuable lessons learned from librarians in Houston and Puerto Rico, who explain how they were able to rebuild while serving and collaborating with their communities in the aftermath of the devastating Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. (Video or Multimedia)
05/22/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM). Published: 5/22/2019. Using the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, this infographic takes a closer look at the sources and burdens of opioid overdose deaths in 2017, illustrating the growing intensity of the opioid crisis. It details how opioid deaths are increasingly involving heroin and synthetic opioids, and why it is a myth that the opioid crisis is primarily a rural issue. (Text)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 5/2019. This six-page report on cases of zoonotic influenza is based on data for 2018 retrieved on April 3, 2019. No human cases of avian influenza were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area in 2018. Only two human A(H7N9) infections were reported from China, a significant decrease compared with 2017. (PDF)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Published: 5/2019. This 13-minute presentation discusses working to get emergency medical technicians to the scene to treat victims during and after a mass casualty attack, the pattern of wounding in these types of events, and the importance of coordinating responses among law enforcement, fire services, and the medical community to respond to active shooter/critical incidents. The recovery process discussed include reunifications efforts and long-term care for all involved in the event. (Video or Multimedia)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Published: 4/2019. This 44-page report describes the assistance that the Departments of Health and Human Services, and Education provide to help state and local agencies support children affected by trauma; how child welfare and education agencies in selected states support these children; and the challenges these agencies have faced in selected states in supporting these children. Although the findings cannot be generalized to all states, they provide insight into government support for children affected by trauma. (PDF)
02/13/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region (NNLM SCR). Published: 2/13/2019. The first portion of this 57-minute webinar focuses on the importance of vector control; what it is; why and how it exists; and what state, local, and federal districts/support agencies do. The second portion focuses on the rise of vector control activities in Tarrant County, Texas, after a major West Nile virus outbreak that occurred in North Texas in 2012. Surveillance and response activities are discussed from the perspective of public health, and focus on mosquito-borne diseases within the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (Video or Multimedia)
11/14/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region (NNLM SCR). Published: 11/14/2018. This 53-minute webinar introduces a Citizen Science effort and the newest GLOBE field measurement campaign, GLOBE Mission Mosquito! This program connects with citizen scientists of all ages to monitor changes in the frequency, range, and distribution of potential disease vector mosquitoes by reporting observations using the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper app. The speaker discusses how National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) earth-observing satellite data are being used in an effort to predict, monitor, and respond to vector-borne disease around the world. (Video or Multimedia)
11/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/2018. This 20-page report covers the health events, threats, and actions taken in 2017 related to the findings of routine activities carried out by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) epidemic intelligence team. It is based on data from 2017 retrieved from ECDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Information System (EPIS), Early Warning Response System (EWRS), and Threat Tracking Tool (TTT) on January 12, 2018. In 2017, 411 events were monitored and discussed at daily round table meetings; 69 led to the opening and monitoring of a new threat. (PDF)
10/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 10/2018. This six-page report on cases of seasonal influenza found that influenza activity started in week 47 of 2017, and returned to baseline levels in week 18 of 2018. Influenza viruses circulated at high levels between weeks 51 of 2017 and 13 of 2018. This is longer than in recent seasons and may have contributed to the severity of this season. The peak in activity was in early January in southwestern Europe and in mid-February 2018 in northern Europe, in the European Union/European Economic Area. In some countries in Eastern Europe, influenza activity did not peak until mid- to late March. (PDF)
09/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 9/24/2018. This Web page discusses how people may experience chronic trauma from traumatic events such as natural disasters that continues or repeats for months or years at a time. It suggests that a new diagnosis, Complex PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), is needed to describe the symptoms of long-term trauma, and discusses what types of trauma are associated with Complex PTSD, what additional symptoms are seen in Complex PTSD, and the treatment for Complex PTSD. (Text)
08/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 8/2018. This 16-page report covers the health events, threats, and actions taken in 2016 related to the findings of routine activities carried out by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) epidemic intelligence team. It is based on data for 2016 retrieved from ECDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Information System (EPIS), Early Warning Response System (EWRS), and Threat Tracking Tool (TTT) on January 12, 2017. In 2016, 371 events were monitored and discussed at daily round table meetings; 37 led to the opening and monitoring of a new threat. (PDF)
08/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 8/2018. This seven-page report on cases of mumps is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on February 7, 2018. In 2016, 14,795 cases of mumps were reported by 28 European Union/European Economic Area Member States. The Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom accounted for 77 percent of all notified cases. (PDF)
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