Public Health: Resource Links

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Public Health Preparedness

Resource Links

Accessible Emergency Information

Emergency preparedness resources for deaf and hearing impaired individuals; ASL translations by Deaf Link.

Advanced Practice Centers

National Association of County & City Health Officials; health department tools & resources.

American Academy of Family Physicians
Clinical Care and Research page (updates and general information for physicians).

American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
Bioterrorism Resources page (updates and general information for physicians and patients).

American Red Cross

American Red Cross Special Needs Site

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Emergency preparedness and response page.

Chemical Emergencies

DefendAmerica

Dialysis Patients: The End Stage Renal Disease Network of Texas Disaster Planning Resources

Disabled People and Disaster Planning
Recommendations for disabled people to prepare for and cope with disasters.

Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (This FEMA document provides families with tips on financial stability during disasters.)

Emergency Management Resources for People with Disabilities

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

Emergency Preparedness for Businesses
Helpful information with specific instructions to building occupants, actions to be taken by facility management and first responder notification procedures.

FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMA for Kids: Preparing Kids and their Families

Food Safety in an Emergency FDA & USDA information on food safety preparedness

MRC (Medical Reserve Corps)

National Commission on Children and Disasters (A comprehensive study on the special disaster relief needs of children.)

Poison Control (American Association of Poison Control)

Postal Service Security Measures

Preparedness for Children (Sesame Street Video for Kids)

Ready America Special Needs Online Videos

Ready.gov
Terrorism forces us to make a choice. Don't be afraid, be ready.

Southwest Center for Advanced Public Health Practice The Advanced Practice Center for Tarrant County Public Health

Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAPS)

Texas Department of State Health Services' Public Health Preparedness
A one-stop page of links to information regarding various health threats and related preparedness issues.

Texas Homeland Security
Be informed. Be prepared. Be involved.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Counterterrorism updates and general information.

Worksite Mail Threats
Instructions for the proper handling of a potential bioterrorism threat received in the mail in order to limit exposure and to deliver the evidence to proper authorities.

211 Texas; United Way Community Information & Referral Service

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