Check out projects, research and legislation activities around the country.
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Activities offered by other Centers for Public Health Preparedness in the national network can be found at the Centers for Public Health Preparedness Resource Center, maintained by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH). This free online catalog provides learning opportunities with courses and training activities, tools, and educational programs.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Information regarding project funding is a constant request. The following document may prove useful in pursuit of revenue. Federal Funding for Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Implications and Ongoing Issues for Local Health Departments (August 2007) http://www.naccho.org/documents/SurveyReport_Final.pdf
FEMA PHOTO LIBRARY
An excellent site to search for all-hazard photos to import into educational power point presentations http://www.photolibrary.fema.gov/photolibrary/photo_search.do?action=Clear+Form
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL GUIDES
Center’s for Public Health Preparedness nationwide…everything from to train-the-trainer programs to evaluation methods…prepare to spend some time here http://www.asph.org/cphp/CPHP_ResourceReport.cfm
KNOWLEDGEBASE
W. K. Kellogg Foundation provides an excellent source for project management.
http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=1129&NID=79&LanguageID=0
RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS
Released: January 22, 2008
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/48812/50685.aspx
This letter report, issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), defines four priority areas for research for emergency preparedness and response in public health systems:
· enhancing the usefulness of training;
· improving timely emergency communications;
· creating and maintaining sustainable response systems; and
· generating effectiveness criteria and metrics.
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS: MOBILIZING STATE BY STATE
Released: February 20, 2008
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/publications/feb08phprep/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites significant improvements in states' public health preparedness since 9/11. The report, Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State, highlights the progress that has been made in state and local preparedness and response, identifies preparedness challenges facing public health departments, and outlines CDC’s efforts to address those challenges.
PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESEARCH CENTERS: A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS APPROACH (P01)
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/TP08-001.htm
This specifically responds to the Congressional mandate in section 319F(d)(7) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by sections 301(d) and (e) of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) (P.L. 109-417 (2006)) by providing funding for research centers at accredited Schools of Public Health to conduct public health systems research for preparedness and emergency response.
The goal of this program is to use a public health systems research approach to strengthen and improve public health preparedness and emergency response capabilities. Research on public health systems will be funded in consideration of recommendations from the recent report Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems: A Letter Report prepared by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/48812.aspx.
NACCHO’S LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER
Brings you up to date on the latest Public Health Legislation
http://www.naccho.org/advocacy/LegislativeResources.cfm
PANDEMIC AND ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS ACT (PAHPA)
Legislation designed to improve the nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response capabilities for all emergencies, whether natural or man-made, with public health consequences.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ417.109.pdf
HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE (HSPD-21)
Subject: Public Health and Medical Preparedness
Released: October 18, 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071018-10.html
Overview:
In this document, the President establishes a “National Strategy for Public Health and Medical Preparedness” which is designed to “transform” the national approach to “protecting the health of the American people against all disasters.” The President has established a Public Health and Medical Preparedness Task Force (with the Secretary of HHS as chair) which will submit within 120 days an implementation plan for this strategy.
In HSPD-21, the President establishes a strategic vision that will enable a level of public health and medical preparedness sufficient to address a range of disasters, and describes an “all-hazards” approach. Within this vision, the four main areas of focus are:
- Biosurveillance, defined as “early warning and ongoing characterization of disease outbreaks in near real-time”
- Countermeasure Stockpiling and Distribution
- Mass Casualty Care
- Community Resilience
HSPD-21 has a new focus on public health, all-hazards preparedness, community engagement, integrated medical response, and coordination of response both vertically and horizontally within and across a very wide range of entities.
Overview courtesy of Sam Stebbins, MD, MPH, Director, University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Preparedness. Visit http://www.prepare.pitt.edu/newsletter/07/oct/feature.htm to read the full summary of HSPD-21.
(Revised 3/17/08)
