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Biennial Implementation Plan for the National Health Security Strategy of the United States of America
This draft Biennial Implementation Plan (BIP) provides an approach to implementing activities related to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (NHHS). It describes a set of desired outcomes and specific activities that are designed to put the nation on the path toward realizing the goals and objectives contained in the strategy.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2010-07-19
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Project BioShield: Annual Report to Congress: August 2006 Through July 2007
"This report fulfills the requirement to report to Congress annually on specified authorities in the Project BioShield Act. This report covers the period from August 1, 2006, through July 2007 (the current reporting period) and also includes the first three days of August 2007, during which the Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop and BARDA Industry Day were held. While the report has been in preparation, additional BioShield-related activities have occurred. Where pertinent, notations have been included for actions expected after the current reporting period; activity in the next year beyond the current reporting period will be included in next year's report. In addition to providing the required reports, the Department takes this opportunity to place the uses of its authorities in the context of a broader view of its activities in support of and surrounding public health emergency medical countermeasure preparedness. As noted above, these activities have been integrated with broader preparedness efforts, both by the statutory broadening of the scope of Project BioShield itself and by integrating Project BioShield into an expanded interagency organizational structure for public health emergency preparedness."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2007
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Project BioShield: Annual Report to Congress: July 2004 Through July 2006
"The Project BioShield Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-276), also referred to as 'Project BioShield' or 'the Act,' was enacted on July 21,2004. This is the first Annual Report to Congress regarding Project BioShield and covers the two-year period from enactment of the Act through July 2006. Future reports will cover activities occurring within each one-year period (July to July). The Act is a critical part of a broader strategy to defend America against weapons of mass destruction."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2007-07-31
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Disaster Case Management: Implementation Guide
"The purpose of the Guide is to provide guidance on how the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) may provide disaster case management support through coordination with Federal, State, Local and Non-Governmental Organizations, including voluntary agencies, following an event that has been declared a Major Disaster by the President, where Individual Assistance (IA) has been authorized, and the State's request for Disaster Case Management has been approved by FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency], to provide disaster case management assistance to disaster survivors."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Menifee, Sylvia; Lavin, Roberta
2009-11
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) [Fact Sheet]
This document is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services fact sheet about Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-11-01
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Preparing for Pandemic Influenza - What You Can Do
This document provides information for communities, businesses and individuals in the preparation of a pandemic influenza outbreak.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-11-02
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Impact of Disaster on Older Adults
This document outlines the response to trauma by older adults in disaster situations and the special circumstances that older adults may experience in loss of their possessions and families environment. It identifies health concerns of older adults that require attention by public service workers.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2006-01-01?
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Tips for Talking to Children After a Disaster
Natural disasters such as tornadoes, or man-made tragedies such as bombings, can leave children feeling frightened, confused, and insecure. Whether a child has personally experienced trauma or has merely seen the event on television or heard it discussed by adults, it is important for parents and teachers to be informed and ready to help if reactions to stress begin to occur.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-09-01?
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Sample Oil Spill Staff Meeting Agenda
This document provides a template for a school staff meeting agenda related to coping with the Gulf Oil Spill stress. The document also provides a chronological template of items to address such as an overview and purpose of the meeting, review of resources and how staff can utilize them, and communication outreach to children and families.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2011-01-11?
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Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families
"You can prepare for an influenza pandemic now. You should know both the magnitude of what can happen during a pandemic outbreak and what actions you can take to help lessen the impact of an influenza pandemic on you and your family. This checklist will help you gather the information and resources you may need in case of a flu pandemic."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-11-01?
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Community Paramedicine: Evaluation Tool
"Given the emergence of community paramedicine programs in the U.S., key organizational and government leaders felt that by establishing a common evaluation framework the growth and development of these community paramedicine programs could be captured and described. In capturing such data in a standardized way, the characteristics and best practices of early successful adopters can be emulated by emerging programs. While the assessment tool contained in this document is designed to allow existing programs to conduct self-assessments across the broad public health elements of assessment, policy development and assurance, the tool also serves as a potential framework to guide in the development of new community paramedicine programs. By looking at each indicator the leadership of potential community paramedicine programs will be more likely to include, or at least consider, all of the elements that seem to be common in successful programs."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2012-03
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Guidance Document on Best Practices: Key Components for Delivering Community-Based Medication Assisted Treatment Services for Opioid Use Disorders in New Hampshire
"To address the lack of capacity to treat OUDs [Opioid Use Disorder], the NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services (BDAS) convened a panel of practitioners from health care, behavioral health and specialty SUD [ Substance Use Disorder] treatment services, and the NH Medical Society to review existing MAT models in New Hampshire and other states and to identify key components and best practices to develop this compendium of recommendations and resources for implementing and delivering MAT [Medication Assisted Treatment]."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2018-04
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What is an Influenza Pandemic?
A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza A virus emerges for which there is little or no immunity in the human population, begins to cause serious illness and then spreads easily person-to-person worldwide.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-11-01
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Pandemic Influenza Plan, Supplement 8: Community Disease Control and Prevention
This supplement to the Pandemic Influenza Plan addresses community disease control and prevention measures. It includes recommendations for community preparedness and containment including for implementing quarantine and isolation, launching public awareness campaigns, managing case contacts, and using such measures as closures of public facilities and snow days.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-11
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Memorandum of Understanding Between National Marrow Donor Program on behalf of Radiation Injury Treatment Network and Assistant Secretary Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
"The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ASPR [Assistant Secretary Preparedness and Response] and the NMDP [National Marrow Donor Program] is to establish a specific terms of cooperation between RITN [Radiation Injury Treatment Network] and ASPR to enhance development of a nationwide program to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment for victims of radiation exposure or other bone marrow toxic injuries."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2007-09-07?
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2018 Prevention Resource Guide: Keeping Children Safe and Families Strong in Supportive Communities
"This Resource Guide was developed to support service providers in their work with parents, caregivers, and their children to prevent child abuse and neglect and promote child and family well-being. It was created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, its Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention. [...] The Resource Guide was created primarily to support community-based child abuse prevention professionals who work to prevent child maltreatment and promote well-being. However, others--including policymakers, parent educators, family support workers, health-care providers, program administrators, teachers, child care providers, mentors, and clergy--also may find the resources useful."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2018
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Communicating in a Crisis: Risk Communication Guidelines for Public Officials
This primer is a resource for public officials on the basic tenets of effective communications to the media in relaying information in times of crisis.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2002-11
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National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program: Cooperative Agreement Guidance
The purpose of this cooperative agreement program is to build upon the planning, infrastructure development, and initial implementation that began in FY 2002, as well as to continue to upgrade the preparedness of the Nation's health care system to respond to bioterrorism, other outbreaks of infectious disease, and other public health threats and emergencies.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2003-05-02
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United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [website]
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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NIH Design Policy and Guidelines
The goal of the NIH Design Policy and Guidelines is to ensure the quality of design and construction of NIH state-of-the-art facilities that are vital to the health care of all Americans. The material contained in this NIH Design Policy and Guidelines is the result of a partnering effort led by the Office of Research Facilities (ORF), Division of Policy and Program Assessment. Components within the Office of Research Facilities, Office of Research Services, Division of Safety, Division of Public Safety, and the Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health were represented to provide input and expertise to this document. The 2003 NIH Design Policy and Guidelines represent a major restructuring and reorganization of the previous version of the NIH Design Policy and Guidelines. It incorporates feedback from a customer survey conducted during 2001, trends affecting biomedical research facility and animal research facility design and construction, and state-of-the-art technological changes. It also incorporates the NIH Planning and Programmatic Guidelines, resulting in a consolidated planning and design document for the NIH design and construction program.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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HHS Pandemic Influenza Response and Preparedness Plan [website]
This purpose of this Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to define and recommend preparedness activities that should be undertaken before a pandemic that will enhance the effectiveness of a pandemic response. It is also to describe federal coordination of a pandemic response and collaboration with state and local levels and to describe interventions that should be implemented. The plan includes a core section, which describes coordination and decision making at the national level; provides an overview of key issues for preparedness and response; and outlines action steps to be taken at the national, state, and local levels before and during a pandemic. Annexes 1 and 2 provide information to health departments and private sector organizations to assist them in developing state and local pandemic influenza preparedness and response plans. Annexes 3-13 contain technical information about specific preparedness and response components.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2004-08
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Computer-Aided Design of Mass Prophylaxis Strategies for Bioterrorism Response
This PowerPoint presentation looks at which components of mass prophylaxis planning are amenable to modeling, how they should be modeled, how models assist in mass prophylaxis planning, and the limitations of such computer models of mass prophylaxis.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Hupert, Nathaniel; Cuomo, Jason; Callahan, Mark A. (Mark Andrew), 1957-
2003
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HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan [Full Plan]
"This document, the HHS [Health and Human Services] Pandemic Influenza Plan, serves as a blueprint for all HHS pandemic influenza preparedness planning and response activities. This plan updates the August 2004 draft HHS Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan and features important additions and refinements. The Plan integrates changes made in the 2005 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of pandemic phases and expansion of international guidance and now is consistent with the National Response Plan (NRP) published in December 2004. The HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan has three parts, the first two of which are contained in this document. Part 1, the Strategic Plan outlines federal plans and preparation for public health and medical support in the event of a pandemic. It identifies key roles of HHS and its agencies in a pandemic and provides planning assumptions for federal, state and local governments and public health operations plans. Part 2, Public Health Guidance for State and Local Partners, provides detailed guidance to state and local health departments in 11 key areas. Parts 1 and 2 will be regularly updated and refined. These documents will serve as tools for continued engagement with stakeholders, state and local partners. Part 3, which is currently under development, will consist of HHS Agencies Operational Plans."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005-11
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Concept of Operations Plan (CONOPS) for Public Health and Medical Emergencies
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Concept of Operations Plan for Public Health and Medical Emergencies, or HHS CONOPS, establishes a framework for the management of public health and medical emergencies and events that require assistance from HHS. This concept of operations plan covers all events and activities (e.g. preparedness, response, recovery, etc.) deemed by the Secretary, or his / her designee, to require a coordinated Departmental response."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2004-03
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Rural Communities and Emergency Preparedness
"The need for well-prepared emergency response agencies was never more evident than on September 11th. While much of the aftermath of those events has resulted in an increased focus on these agencies in urban areas, it has also become clear that such a focus is also necessary in rural areas. Rural areas are not only home to 65 million Americans, but are also the sites of most of the country's farms, numerous power facilities and weapons of mass destruction. A lack of emergency-related resources in rural areas may compromise rural readiness for future emergencies. This paper will address rural emergency preparedness by describing: Rural public health infrastructure and an overview of rural emergency preparedness; and Perspectives and experiences of State Offices of Rural Health in responding to emergencies and in enhancing responsiveness in their States' rural communities."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2002-04
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Training of Clinicians for Public Health Events Relevant to Bioterrorism Preparedness
Recent terrorist attacks against the United
States have increased awareness of the
Nation's vulnerability to terrorism. One
particularly serious form of terrorism involves
the use of biological weapons that could
cause devastating epidemics.
To minimize the risks of bioterrorism, the
United States has made bioterrorism
preparedness a priority for government and
military agencies, public health advocates,
law enforcement, first responders, and health
care professionals. Based on the
recommendation of a working group led by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), preparation efforts are
concentrating on smallpox, anthrax, plague,
botulism, tularemia, and the viral
hemorrhagic fevers. These agents have been
chosen as areas of focus due to their ease of
dissemination and transmission, high
mortality rates, ability to cause public panic,
and need for special public health
preparedness.
Until recently, the public and private
health care sectors had been largely excluded
from the Nation's bioterrorism preparatory
efforts. The very group that would handle the
consequences of an attack has yet to receive
widespread education on the topic.
Fortunately, the value of bioterrorism
education has been recently recognized,
leading to a significant question: How does
one effectively train clinicians for such an
unusual public health crisis? The purpose of
this evidence report is to identify and review
data on the most effective ways to train
clinicians to respond to a bioterrorist attack
or other public health event posing similar
challenges to the health care system.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2001-12
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Medical Surge Capacity and Capability: A Management System for Integrating Medical and Health Resources During Large-Scale Emergencies
"The basis of the MSCC handbook is the 'Medical and Health Incident Management (MaHIM) System', the first published U.S. effort to conceptually address the complex health and medical issues that arise during major medical incidents. The MaHIM model provides a comprehensive system description of the functional components critical to effective response for any mass casualty event. It further describes the processes that coordinate these functions to limit morbidity and mortality after exposure to a hazard. The MSCC Management System extracts key concepts from MaHIM to develop practical, operational guidance for medical and health emergency planners. The MSCC handbook presents a system for management integration that ranges from the individual healthcare facility (HCF) through jurisdictional, State, and Federal Government levels."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2004-08
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HHS Creates Food Security Research Program, Increases Import Exams More Than Five Times To Protect Nation's Food Supply
This news release announces another step in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comprehensive approach to enhancing food security--the allocation of $5 million to support a new research program that develops technologies and strategies to prevent and minimize potential threats to the safety and security of the nation's food supply.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2003-07-23
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Medical Reserve Corps Technical Assistance Series: Developing Volunteer Relationships and Capabilities
The information in this booklet on starting an MRC unit is intended to support the following ongoing efforts: Getting the word out and keeping the word out; establishing and maintaining clear and honest communication with every volunteer; Giving your volunteers what they need to be effective; and Recognizing your volunteers as the MRCs most critical resource.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2004-02
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Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers: A Guide for Faith- and Community-Based Service Providers
"This document is a guidance handbook designed for community groups and faith-based organizations seeking to maximize the skills of their volunteers, expand their services to the community, and enhance their effectiveness. Although the handbook focuses on prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance abuse and mental illness, the principles described in the handbook can be applied to any field and should help organizations understand how to implement and manage a successful volunteer program. Representatives from successful community- and faith-based organizations and volunteer networks participated in the development of this handbook. They provided information that was invaluable in organizing the handbook and identified best practices that have been incorporated throughout the document."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2005
