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Engaging Children in Preparedness
Looking for ways to encourage children to think about preparedness? CDC’s family preparedness project called Ready Wrigley features...
Sep 16, 2013 | Frances Bevington
CDC Looks at Preparedness from a Historical Perspective
During National Preparedness Month, CDC’s Public Health Matters blog will be covering the history of preparedness and how it has...
Sep 12, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Investing in Public Health Preparedness: Moving Beyond Our Reactionary Funding Cycle
Twelve years ago today, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack on our soil, which since has shaped the ebb and flow...
Sep 11, 2013 | Jack Herrmann
Integrating Extreme Weather Events into Preparedness Planning
Authors: Resham Patel, MPH, Senior Program Analyst and Stacy Hosler, MSPH, Program Analyst; Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO In 2011...
Sep 08, 2013 | Resham Patel
Engaging Children in PreparednessLooking for ways to encourage children to think about preparedness? CDC’s family preparedness project called Ready Wrigley features activity books for ages 2-6 that follow a preparedness puppy as she tries to get her family ready for various events. The first two issues cover hurricane and earthquake preparedness. CDC plans to release Ready Wrigley app […] Sep 16, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Looks at Preparedness from a Historical PerspectiveDuring National Preparedness Month, CDC’s Public Health Matters blog will be covering the history of preparedness and how it has shaped the agency’s response to disasters. Topics will include 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and how those events led to adoption of CDC’s IMS structure and state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Topics will also include major […] Sep 12, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Investing in Public Health Preparedness: Moving Beyond Our Reactionary Funding CycleTwelve years ago today, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack on our soil, which since has shaped the ebb and flow of public health preparedness policy and funding. Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the H1N1 influenza outbreak led to an infusion of federal funding to state and local governments that soon dried up after each response ended. Sep 11, 2013 | Jack Herrmann |
Integrating Extreme Weather Events into Preparedness PlanningAuthors: Resham Patel, MPH, Senior Program Analyst and Stacy Hosler, MSPH, Program Analyst; Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO In 2011 and 2012, the United States experienced 25 extreme weather events—storms, floods, droughts, heat waves, and wildfires—that each caused at least $1 billion in damages.[1] These events resulted in a total price tag of over $174 billion […] Sep 08, 2013 | Resham Patel |
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