Public Health Practices

Multi-layered communications strategy protects residents in the path of Arizona wildfire

Source Agency: 
Apache County Public Health Services District
,
Arizona

During the 2011 Wallow fire, Apache County Public Health District in Arizona partnered with the US Forest Service and used a significant volunteer force to keep residents informed about the fire's progress and the need to evacuate.

Disaster Planning in San Francisco’s Chinatown Trains, Empowers Community Members as Responders During First 72 Hours

Source Agency: 
NICOS Chinese Health Coalition
,
California

To prepare for earthquakes and other emergencies, the Chinatown Disaster Preparedness Committee developed a bilingual disaster response plan in 2007 that enlists community member participation.

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Toolkit uses just-in-time training to integrate volunteers into healthcare response

Source Agency: 
Mesa County Advanced Practice Center
,
Colorado

To address potential health professional shortages during a disaster in a rural area, the Mesa County Advanced Practice Center worked with volunteer organizations and a hospital to create a toolkit for healthcare volunteers. The kit includes:

  • A planning guide
  • Ideas for collaborating with ESF8 functions
  • A readiness assessment
  • Tools for holding an HSEEP-compliant exercise
  • Orientation tools

Medical Reserve Corps Assists with Vaccination Clinics

Source Agency: 
University of Minnesota
,
Minnesota

The University of Minnesota created a process for requesting and deploying Medical Reserve Corps members to staff mass vaccination clinics during H1N1. MRC members helped with logistics, registration and screening, and client flow, allowing nurses to focus solely on  administering injections.

Infection Control Internships Help Students, Health Services

Source Agency: 
Pennsylvania State University
,
Pennsylvania

During H1N1, Pennsylvania State University trained nursing and health policy interns to teach students about flu prevention and encourage vaccination using peer education techniques and creative strategies.

Unique Inventory Management and Volunteer System

Source Agency: 
Virginia Department of Health
,
Virginia

The Virginia Department of Health created a system that enables the state to track licensure verification, communication with volunteers, and deployment during an emergency.

Alternate Care Site Primer for Volunteers

Source Agency: 
University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
,
Minnesota

An online educational tool from the University of Minnesota Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center provides comprehensive just-in-time training for volunteers working at an alternate care site during a major emergency.

Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act (National)

Source Agency: 
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

The Act is a legislative proposal intended to make voluntary health practitioners available for deployment as quickly as possible in response to emergency declarations. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws recommends that this Act be enacted by all states. It serves as an extremely useful template for addressing a number of complex legal issues around rapid deployment of volunteers in emergency situations.

Medical Coordination and Care Delivery Process

Source Agency: 
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (Washington)
,
Washington

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department developed a concept of operations for integrating community care providers into a Medical Reserve Corps as a means of reaching specific triage and treatment objectives during a disaster.

Health Human Resources Planning Tools (Ontario, Canada)

Source Agency: 
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

The Health Human Resources Planning Tools are intended to provide a competency-based framework for recruiting and screening volunteers to assist with patient care in a pandemic setting.

Good Samaritan legislation

Source Agency: 
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
,
North Carolina

The Good Samaritan legislation proposal aims to provide statutory protections for businesses and non-profit organizations that assist in governmental response efforts following a disaster. Examples of these protections may include reducing the liability of businesses that assist with stockpile distribution or churches that function as clinics or shelters.

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