11/07/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Published: 11/7/2019. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop this new course on wildfire smoke, which includes sections on health effects; life stages and populations at greater risk of experiencing health effects; air quality and smoke; actions to take before and during a wildfire to reduce smoke exposure; and available resources such as facts sheets. It is intended for physicians, registered nurses, asthma educators, and others involved in clinical or health education. (Video or Multimedia)
11/05/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 11/5/2019. This resource provides information about the final rule, Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers, which was modified on November 5, 2019. The purpose of the rule is to establish national emergency preparedness requirements to ensure adequate planning for both natural and man-made disasters, and coordination with federal, state, tribal, regional, and local emergency preparedness systems. Healthcare providers and suppliers affected by this rule must comply and implement all regulations one year after the effective date, on November 16, 2017. The rule was updated to include information from the posting in the Federal Register "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Dialysis Facilities; Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes To Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care Final Rule," which revised some of the emergency preparedness requirements for providers and suppliers. (Text)
11/04/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: University of Michigan. Published: 11/4/2019. In May 2019, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sample of U.S. adults aged 50–80 about their experiences with and opinions about antibiotics. This two-page report summarizes the poll results and discusses that while it is encouraging that older adults say they are cautious about antibiotic use and are aware that antibiotic resistance is a risk of overuse, many older adults still expect an antibiotic prescription if they are sick long enough to see a doctor. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Published: 11/2019. This 182-page resource presents 16 minimum standards for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence in emergencies. As a whole, the 16 minimum standards define what agencies working on specialized gender-based violence programming need to achieve to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, and deliver multi-sectoral services. The objective of the minimum standards is to establish a common understanding of what constitutes minimum prevention and response programming in emergencies. (PDF)
11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 11/2019. This 28-page document details updates to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services emergency preparedness rule in the 2019 Burden Reduction Final Rule. It lists the primary changes as of 2019’s Burden Rule for review and updates, and training and testing; and provides reminders, important notes, and compliance advice. (PDF)
10/30/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce. Published: 10/30/2019. This three-hour, 49-minute Congressional hearing focuses on maintaining the safety and quality of medications in the market, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate what is a complex and increasingly global supply chain. The statement of Janet Woodcock, MD, Director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), includes information about advanced manufacturing, including medical countermeasure manufacturing, and implications for national security. (Video or Multimedia)
10/18/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Center for Health Security [Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health]. Published: 10/18/2019. This high-level pandemic exercise was held on October 18, 2019, in New York City to illustrate the pandemic preparedness efforts, response decisions, and cooperation required from global businesses, governments, and public health leaders that the world will need to diminish the large-scale economic and societal consequences of a severe pandemic. The exercise scenario simulates an outbreak of a novel zoonotic coronavirus transmitted from bats to pigs to people that eventually becomes efficiently transmissible from person to person, leading to a severe pandemic. (Video or Multimedia)
10/10/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] National Network. Published: 10/10/2019. This one-hour, 28-minute interactive virtual workshop discusses disability justice approaches to disaster assistance that recognize histories of harm and communities of color. Objectives include identifying disability justice principles and their relevance to disaster assistance/emergency management practices; understanding how inequities in emergency resources, services, plans, and programs disproportionately affect black indigenous people of color with disabilities; and incorporating intersectional strategies into state and local policies, programs, and practices. (Video or Multimedia)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Published: 10/2019. For professionals working in or with the child welfare system, this seven-page fact sheet provides information about individuals and families who migrate to the U.S.; potentially traumatic events that they might experience before, during, or after migration; and their involvement in the child welfare system. It will help readers develop an understanding of how notions of safety, permanency, and well-being are shaped by culture; factors that could potentially elevate the risk of child welfare involvement; special considerations for child sexual abuse; barriers to service access and engagement; and system considerations. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 10/2019. This 150-page report is the final one focusing on the strategy to support Public Health England (PHE) in the delivery of specific aspects of the United Kingdom Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy 2013 to 2018. It highlights work that has started in support of the objectives in the UK’s new five-year national action plan for tackling AMR from 2019 to 2024. It reports that there were an estimated 61,000 antibiotic-resistant infections in England during 2018 - a 9 percent rise from 2017. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Published: 10/2019. This 45-page report presents case studies from 10 countries that detail efforts to provide integrated services for mental health and psychosocial support to women and girls, and other at-risk groups through a multi-sectoral response in emergencies. It discusses how war, human rights violations, underdevelopment, climate change, and natural disasters are driving people to leave their homes in unprecedented numbers, and how humanitarian crises produce psychological suffering and trauma, which threaten the health and well-being of affected people, and erode global efforts for peacebuilding and recovery. (PDF)
08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Fairfax County [VA]. Published: 8/2019. This 23-page report provides information about and results from a survey undertaken to identify risk and protective factors related to the mental health of first responders; guide changes in policy and legislation; strengthen the focus on wellness and prevention to build resilience and reduce the impact of repeated exposure to trauma; target cultural changes to reduce stigma and encourage first responders to seek treatment; and address clinical issues with evidence-based treatment. (PDF)
03/04/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 3/4/2019. This 75-page document is the updated appendix that provides interpretive guidelines and survey procedures for the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services Emergency Preparedness Rule that have been developed to support the adoption of a standard all-hazards emergency preparedness program for all certified providers and suppliers, while similarly including appropriate adjustments to address the unique differences of the other providers and suppliers and their patients. The red italics show the changes made with this revision. (PDF)
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