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Taxonomy Archive: Disaster preparedness
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Report of an Assessment of Community Perspectives About the Protection of Vulnerable Populatiosn During a Heat Emergency in San Francisco
Interviewed various community stakeholders about how to outreach and protect populations without many resources during a heat emergency in San Francisco.Can serve as an example on how to outreach to people who work with vulnerable populations, suggests ideas for how to protect. them.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Dealing with Disasters
Every community is vulnerable to disaster, and every disaster presents a unique set of health hazards. Fortunately, it is possible to reduce disaster risk and improve the resilience of our communities. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, hear about the types of health risks associated with disasters and how disaster research helps to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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CDC – Extreme Heat and Your Health: Media Toolkit
Includes brochures, door hanger, outdoor worker poser, athlete poster, water bottle label, bus advertisement, etc. There are web tools, press releases, and outreach emails and letters.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning for and Responding to Emergencies: A Toolkit: Recommendations of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity
This toolkit offers a comprehensive framework and specific guidance for engaging communities to inform the integration of issues related to race, ethnicity, culture, language, and trust into preparedness plans, programs, and actions.By issuing the toolkit the Consensus Panel intends to achieve at least three goals: (1)To highlight ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has produced the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook with assistance from federal, state, and local and academic partners. Designed to help community officials, emergency managers, meteorologists, and others plan for and respond to excessive heat events, the guidebook highlights best practices ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Disaster Recovery Guide
When the immediate emergency is over, the healing can begin. Our guides will help you start the process of recovering your family’s physical, emotional and financial well being.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Documenting the Human Health Impacts of Climate Change in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
Climate change is harming human health, and the magnitude of the harm is increasing. This is especially true in tropical and subtropical regions that are vulnerable to greater intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather, such as hurricanes, drought, and increases in heat, as a result of climate change. Nearly all countries ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Zika: Are outbreaks in U.S. cities avoidable?
When it comes to addressing emerging infectious disease, we have a short attention span. Forces are mobilized when we’ve crossed a tipping point, and demobilized when the immediate threat has passed. In the case of Zika, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency based on a strong association between ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Rising Waters, Rising Threat: How Climate Change Endangers America’s Neglected Wastewater Infrastructure
This report recommends taking the following steps to keep American waters clean and protect public health from disruptions and overflows in wastewater treatment systems: Integrate climate risk into all new wastewater infrastructure; Finance resilience improvements through state infrastructure banks; Prioritize resilience in state ...