Public Health Practices

Flip-charts, posters, and brochures provide all-hazards preparedness information in Chinese, Farsi, French, Khmer, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

The Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers guidebook is designed to provide child care providers with the knowledge and tools to establish an emergency response plan for their individual program and to assist in recovery efforts by helping children cope with trauma.

The Preparedness and Resiliency materials from the American Red Cross address the mental well-being of adults and children following a disaster. The document on coping strategies for children is not specific to a pandemic situation, yet it contains accurate guidance for caregivers who are dealing with a child's experience of trauma or loss. An especially useful part of the guide is the list of age-based responses to trauma and triggers for when parents should seek professional help.

The Family Assistance White Paper was written by a largely military working group to address how social distancing during a pandemic may affect traditional mass fatality management. The report includes discussion about how to set up a virtual family assistance center that would allow family members to identify and mourn a body and receive emotional support without being physically present on-site during a pandemic.

The guidebook offers a matrix to provide guidance for medical communications and coordination of public information efforts for mental health needs during an emergency. The mental health talking points contain universal messages that can be adapted by a state or local health department for response during most incidents.