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New Item Disaster Mental Health Intervention Field Guide (IN)
Updated August 2010 The Field Guide is a compendium of mental health tools that describes the range of behavioral health responses to disaster and offers suggestions on how to...   >> More
New Item Emergency and Community Health Outreach (MN)
ECHO provides health and safety information by fax, phone, television, Internet, and e-mail during emergency and non-emergency times. The program is noteworthy, because it is...   >> More
New Item Closed Dispensing Site Guide (MN)
The Closed Dispensing Site Workbook is designed to help community organizations become closed dispensing sites to administer medication to their staff and/or clients during an...   >> More
New Item Diabetes Disaster Preparedness Guide (NJ)
Hunterdon Healthcare System developed a Diabetes Disaster Preparedness Guide for diabetes patients who must manage their condition during an emergency. The guide is intended to be used...   >> More
New Item Illinois Faith-Based Preparedness Initiative
This partnership between the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Broadcast Ministers' Alliance and Health Care Consortium provides a web site where faith-based organizations...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness and Special Populations - Community Planning Guide
This three-page guide, created by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, provides municipalities with useful tips to begin enhancing community emergency management plans by...   >> More
New Item Community Connectors (OR)
The Community Connectors program is a model for how emergency response planners can develop relationships and open lines of communication with diverse members of their community prior...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Preparedness for Schools (CA)
Note: Several materials on this site were not reviewed for Promising Practices because they were beyond the scope of the project or were not publicly available. This review applies...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning Guide for CBOs (MN)
The Emergency Preparedness for Community Based Organizations (CBOs) Workgroup created a planning guide to facilitate preparedness activities for community-based organizations providing...   >> More
New Item Special Needs Task Force and Registry (NC)
New Hanover County, North Carolina, built and maintained a voluntary special needs emergency registry through their Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). The registry was...   >> More
New Item Oklahoma Push Partner Program
The Oklahoma Department of Health developed a Push Partner Program in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21, which asked all communities to be prepared to provide...   >> More
New Item Cambridge Public Participation Project (MA)
The Cambridge Advanced Practice Center partnered with local service providers to meet with at-risk groups as part of regularly scheduled gatherings. These town hall sessions were...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Tips for Those with Functional Needs Guidebook (IL)
The Emergency Preparedness Tips for Those with Functional Needs Guidebook was developed by a team of emergency management and health professionals to provide preparedness tips for...   >> More
New Item School Respiratory Illness Surveillance Project (TX)
Tarrant County Public Health and the Southwest Center for Advanced Public Health Practice have developed a Web-based communications portal that attempts to strengthen the relationship...   >> More
New Item The Family Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities (FL)
The Family Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities was created by two Florida agencies to assist families in preparing for a variety of emergencies. The guide provides general...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Toolkit for Community Health Centers and Community Practice Sites
Columbia University's Emergency Preparedness Toolkit provides streamlined information, tools, and templates to encourage continuity of operations planning for Community Health Centers...   >> More
New Item Community Action Partnership/Area Agency on Aging MOA (ID)
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a sample agreement for collaboration during an emergency between a public health department and a community-based organization (CBO) that...   >> More
New Item FBO/CBO Outreach and Coordination (CA)
A campaign to integrate community-based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) into pandemic preparedness considers the ways in which these organizations have the...   >> More
New Item Equity in Emergency Response Communications Toolkit (WA)
An expansive web site created by the Public Health-Seattle & King County Advanced Practice Center describes a collaboration between the health department and community-based...   >> More
New Item The Prepared Community Initiative
The Prepared Community Initiative is a training and technical assistance program for local Community Health Councils. The Initiative is intended to prepare Community Health Councils to...   >> More
New Item Push Partner Registry (OR)
The Push Partner Registry (PPR) is a five-county public health partnership with community-based organizations to dispense medications to at-risk populations during an emergency. The...   >> More
New Item Linking Home Care and Public Health (MD)
The Montgomery County Advanced Practice Center developed a toolkit to assist health departments in conducting a pandemic influenza preparedness workshop for home care providers. While...   >> More
New Item Disaster Preparedness and the Deaf Community (NY)
The "Disaster Preparedness and the Deaf Community" guidebook was written by a group of deaf/hard-of-hearing American Red Cross volunteers who had received Community Emergency Response...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Training Curriculum for Latino Promoters (MD)
The Montgomery County Advanced Practice Center (APC) in collaboration with the County's Latino Health Initiative (LHI), reached out to the county's growing Latino/Hispanic community by...   >> More
New Item Congregation Emergency Plan
The Congregational Emergency Plan is an all-hazards workbook and guide to helping congregations of all faiths prepare for a major emergency. The guide directs congregations through the...   >> More
New Item Deaf Smart Disaster Planning Workshop
Several organizations in northeast Minnesota held a day-long workshop to encourage preparedness among members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities. The health department and its...   >> More
New Item Women and Infants Service Package (WISP) (National)
The Women and Infants Service Package (WISP) was developed in 2007 by the National Working Group for Women and Infant Needs in Emergencies in the United States. It addresses the...   >> More
New Item Ready in 3 for Individuals on Dialysis (MO)
Ready in 3 for Individuals on Dialysis is part of the overall Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Ready in 3 emergency preparedness project. This area of the site is...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Flu Citizen Engagement Project (MO)
A citizen engagement project sought to bring a public voice into the crafting of pandemic plans in the Kansas City metropolitan area. One KC Voice, a metro-wide alliance of civic...   >> More
New Item Kansas Vulnerable Populations Outreach
A Special Needs Populations Assessment Toolkit represents part of a pandemic influenza mapping and outreach project conducted by the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments. The...   >> More
New Item Ready or Not? Have a Plan (TX)
An interactive web site from Texas addresses several ways for families to plan for disasters. The site uses an all-hazards approach that covers a broad range of scenarios....   >> More
New Item Emergency Management Be Prepared Initiative (OH)
The Initiative is a preparedness workbook aimed at people with special functional needs, who may need additional assistance during a public health emergency. The workbook is not...   >> More
New Item Polk County Special Population Planning (WI)
Special Population Planning creates a method for providing emergency responders in a Wisconsin county with a medical registry for special populations that may require assistance during...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Guide for Dialysis Patients (Region: NJ, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands)
The Emergency Preparedness Guide offers helpful emergency preparedness recommendations for individuals who require ongoing dialysis. Specifically, the guide discusses how to function...   >> More
New Item Light Our Way (National)
Light Our Way provides spiritual health tools to assist disaster relief workers while they are performing and recovering from their response efforts. The document is noteworthy,...   >> More
New Item Disaster Readiness Tips for People with Disabilities (National)
The Disaster Readiness Tips highlight a broad overview of preparedness for people with different functional needs. The brochures emphasize the importance of identifying needs and...   >> More
New Item Red Cross Preparedness and Resiliency materials (National)
The Preparedness and Resiliency materials from the American Red Cross address the mental well-being of adults and children following a disaster. The document on coping strategies for...   >> More
New Item Home Care Guide: Providing Care at Home During Pandemic Flu (CA)
The Home Care Guide provides the public with extensive descriptions of how to care for family members at home during a pandemic. It is an excellent guidance, both comprehensive and...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Bag Project (IL)
A simple and straightforward practice shows how a modest grant and local volunteers can have significant preparedness benefits for vulnerable residents in a community. The health...   >> More
New Item Influenza Care Centers (ICC) (CA)
Santa Clara County has developed the concept of Influenza Care Centers (ICCs) as part of its Pandemic Influenza Plan. The proposal includes development of several ICC levels designed...   >> More
New Item Community Tool Kit: Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic (MN)
The Community Tool Kit is intended to educate community groups about seasonal, avian, and pandemic influenza. The materials place these influenza-related risks in the context of other...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Disparities Prevention Initiative (NC)
The Disparities Prevention Initiative represents a thoughtful, deliberate approach to anticipating and minimizing racial and ethnic disparities that may occur as the result of a...   >> More
New Item Extended Childcare (TN)
The Extended Childcare materials provide a process through which state employees could contract childcare services if they are required to respond to an emergency. This practice may...   >> More
New Item DHHS Family Disaster Plan (NC)
An all-hazards guide is designed to serve as a basis for a general family disaster plan. While it does not provide specific information on pandemic influenza, it offers a thorough...   >> More
New Item Hamilton County Preparation Project (OH)
The Hamilton County Preparation Project uses a variety of community health education tools to encourage pandemic influenza education and preparedness within the county. This was an...   >> More
New Item Tribal outreach in New Mexico (NM)
This practice contains materials that formed the basis of a community outreach project among 22 American Indian tribes in New Mexico. These materials include a PowerPoint presentation...   >> More
New Item Promotores for Pandemic Influenza (TX)
El Paso is training promotores and community health workers to provide pandemic influenza education for the Hispanic/Latino community in El Paso, Texas. The practice includes both an...   >> More
New Item Parenting Tips for Helping Infants and Toddlers after Disasters (National)
The parenting tips included in this document reflect the current national standards for psychological first aid training. The document presents a nicely organized matrix useful for...   >> More
New Item Disaster Communications Guidebook (MO)
The manual provides specific guidance on behavioral health preparedness for a spectrum of extreme events. Although the information is not specific to pandemic preparedness, the...   >> More
New Item Ready in 3 Pandemic Flu Guide (MO)
The Ready in 3 Pandemic Flu Guide is a good example of an all-hazards personal preparedness campaign. The 3-in-1 overall emergency preparedness message is simple (Create a Plan,...   >> More
New Item Pandemic planning guide for homeless shelters (WA)
The guide for homeless shelters and housing service providers presents a basic, pragmatic, and concise approach to addressing the needs of a vulnerable and often forgotten segment of...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Information Tool Kit: Town Hall Meetings (IN)
These documents are part of a detailed toolkit for planning and conducting local mini-Summits or Town Hall Meetings on introductory pandemic preparedness issues. The toolkit is...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Flu School Action Kit (CA)
A downloadable action kit for K-12 schools provides a variety of communications tools for use before, during, and after a pandemic. The sample letters for parents discuss school...   >> More
New Item Get Ready for Flu (National)
Get Ready for Flu is a blog sponsored by the American Public Health Association and contains postings that provide public education on pandemic influenza topics. The blog provides...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Flu and You: Information to Help You Prepare (OR)
Pandemic Flu and You is a comprehensive and well-organized web site that provides public education on pandemic influenza. The information emphasizes personal preparedness and the...   >> More
New Item Using Call Centers to Increase Surge Capacity: Projects HEALTH and HELP (CO)
The HEALTH model outlines the requirements, specifications, and resources needed for developing a public health emergency contact center. The practice takes advantage of existing...   >> More
New Item Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide (National)
A robust and extensive guide describes mass casualty planning in the essential areas of emergency medical services, hospital/acute care, alternative care settings, palliative care, and...   >> More
New Item Emergency preparedness for individuals with non-typical functional needs (DE)
A brochure illustrates a sample preparedness checklist of activities for individuals with non-typical functional needs. The checklist offers good information in a visually appealing...   >> More
New Item Tips for first responders for people with special needs (NM)
A small pocket guide provides guidance on how first responders should approach caring for people with special needs during an emergency. The content may serve as a quick reference for...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning: Health and Social Service Planning for Wales
Wales' report contains useful algorithms and protocols for health care workers who will be performing initial triage during a pandemic. Flow charts of care pathways move toward...   >> More
New Item Community Readiness Challenge (MO)
The Community Readiness Challenge encourages individuals and families to build a pandemic preparedness kit by providing detailed lists of weekly items to buy and ways to prepare for 26...   >> More
New Item Neighbor to Neighbor Network (MO)
The Neighbor to Neighbor Network is a local, grassroots project that designates community hierarchies to establish communication about vulnerabilities between neighbors and offer...   >> More
New Item Kentucky Outreach and Information Network (KOIN) (KY)
KOIN constitutes a partnership between government and an organized network of community-based organizations that serve as conduits of preparedness and emergency information to special...   >> More
New Item Protect Iowa Health (IA)
Protect Iowa Health is a visually appealing and well-organized web site on which pandemic influenza is discussed in the context of general emergency preparedness. The materials...   >> More
New Item Be Ready! Kiosks (NC)
Be Ready! kiosks are portable computers designed to increase public interaction with preparedness information through touch-screen technology. This practice is noteworthy, because it...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning Kit for Schools (GA)
The Planning Kit for Schools has the potential to increase pandemic influenza awareness, assist schools in maintaining continuity of education, and serve as a resource for the greater...   >> More
New Item Churches, ARC, Volunteer Neighborhood Network (MS)
The brief, local American Red Cross plan involves a concept of operations to develop neighborhood support networks with local fire departments and churches during a pandemic. The...   >> More
New Item Leaving No One Behind: Communicating with Special Populations (CA)
A partnership was developed between the San Mateo County Health Department and community-based organizations (CBOs) that have existing relationships with special populations. The...   >> More

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