Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)
Preparedness Publications and Related Links
Below are selected publications and websites with information on public health preparedness and emergency response.
CDC Publications
- Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening the Nation’s Emergency Response State by State (2010)
Features national-level data and individual fact sheets on preparedness activities taking place in the 50 states and 4 localities supported by CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement.
- Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC's Emergency Response (2009)
Describes CDC's significant preparedness accomplishments, the diversity of challenges that remain, and priorities for ongoing and future work.
- Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State (2008)
Highlights preparedness progress and some of the challenges facing public health departments in 50 states and four major cities.
Non-CDC Publications
- Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism (2010). This annual report by Trust for America’s Health (a nonprofit, non-partisan organization) ranks states’ abilities to respond to a public health emergency according to 10 preparedness indicators, four of which are based on data from PHPR’s 2010 state by state report.
- Medical Countermeasure Dispensing: Emergency Use Authorization and the Postal Model(2010). A summary of a November 2009 IOM workshop on current threats, progress made in the public health system regarding the distribution and dispensing of countermeasures, and remaining vulnerabilities.
- The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) (2010). Summary of an April 2010 IOM workshop that addressed challenges facing PHEMCE.
- Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems: A Letter Report (2008)
Recommendations by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences as requested by CDC to identify gaps in knowledge and make recommendations regarding research priorities for improving emergency preparedness and response systems in public health.
Related Federal Links
- CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response
Information on CDC’s role in preparedness and response to public health threats, funded programs, current emergencies, blog, state fact sheets - PandemicFlu.gov
U.S. government avian and pandemic flu information.
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Numerous links from the entity that coordinates interagency activities for emergency preparedness. - National Response Framework (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Comprehensive structure for responding to all types of hazards. - Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Information (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Research projects, tools, resources, and webcasts.
Related Non-federal Links
- Center for Biosecurity (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
Features news, reports, and other publications on biosecurity issues. - Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Fosters dialogue among stakeholders and provides ongoing opportunities to discuss and confront issues. - Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness
A gateway to freely available online resources for the public health community, from the New York Academy of Medicine and the National Library of Medicine.
- Page last reviewed January 12, 2009
- Page last updated January 12, 2009
- Content source: Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR, formerly the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response [COTPER])
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