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Communications with and Education of At-Risk Populations

Communicating effectively with at-risk populations before, during and after a pandemic, through appropriate messages, methods, technologies and spokespeople, including strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communications messages.

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 "No Ordinary Flu" Comic Book (WA)
"No Ordinary Flu" is a 12-page comic book that tells the story of a boy learning about his ancestors' experiences during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The boy learns of how churches and...   >> 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 "When Words are Not Enough" Communications Training Program for Responders (CA)
The Woodside Fire Protection District (WFPD) in Woodside, California, along with the Commission for Disabilities for San Mateo County and the San Mateo County Special Education Local...   >> 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 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 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 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 Cambridge Personal Preparedness Materials (MA)
The Cambridge Advanced Practice Center for Emergency Preparedness (MA) developed materials for local health departments to promote personal preparedness planning and working with...   >> 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 Plan to Be Safe Campaign Toolkit (MD)
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program developed the Plan to Be Safe Campaign and training, providing...   >> More
New Item Vulnerable Populations Action Team (WA)
Public Health-Seattle and King County (WA) developed the Vulnerable Populations Action Team (VPAT) to ensure that vulnerable populations have access to public health information and...   >> More
New Item Gripe Pandemica Fotonovela (NC)
A fotonovela developed by North Carolina Division of Public Health teaches Spanish-reading individuals about pandemic influenza (gripe pandemica). A fotonovela is a comic-style novel...   >> More
New Item Ready, Willing, & Able Online Training
A Web-based course titled "Ready, Willing, & Able" provides training to public health, hospital, preparedness, emergency response and disaster relief personnel on working with disabled...   >> 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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