American Academy of Pediatrics Web Sites
Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Council on School Health
Department of Federal Affairs - Advocacy Initiatives
Healthy Child Care America (Section on Early Education and Child Care)
Section on Emergency Medicine
Federal Web Sites
Administration for Children and Families Child Care Bureau
Main federal Web site to assist states and communities with emergency preparedness, disaster response, and recovery specifically related to child care programs.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Numerous tools and resources compiled within a Public Health Emergency Preparedness Web page. Key resources include:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Comprehensive information for many audiences (the public and clinicians) on a variety of public health emergencies including information on governmental communications and the details regarding infectious disease outbreaks, terrorism, etc.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Information on types of disasters, a database of existing or declared disasters, and a tool to create a map that shows potential disasters by state, community, zip code, or address.
Medical Reserve Corps
National Commission on Children and Disasters Web Site
The National Commission on Children and Disasters was established to investigate how America's disaster planning, response, and recovery efforts affect kids and to recommend solutions so that future disasters are no longer especially disastrous for children. This Web site provides information about the Commission's meetings, findings, and recommendations.
US Dept of Health and Human Services:
US Dept of Homeland Security:
National Emergency or Disaster Preparedness Centers
Center for Biopreparedness
Children's Hospital of Boston
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response
American Medical Association
National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Yale New Haven Health Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Other Web Sites
After the Injury: Helping Parents Help Their Kids Recover
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia created this Web site for parents, so they could help their kids recover from an injury by understanding their child's reactions and learning what they can do to help him or her respond in a healthy way.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
Disaster resources for families focused on talking to children after traumatic events and handling post-disaster stress and mental health issues.
American Academy of Family Physicians
A variety of resources for physicians.
American College of Emergency Physicians
Resources for clinicians on emergency medical services for children
regarding disasters and emergencies.
American Medical Association
Information on AMA resources for physicians, including its Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response and its National Disaster Life Support Program.
American Public Health Association
The APHA is an association for public health professionals that offers resources to protect Americans from preventable, serious health threats
and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention.
APHA resources include:
American Red Cross
Information on the American Red Cross and the resources and services that this organization provides when there are emergencies or disasters. This includes a "Safe and Well List" where individuals who have been affected by a disaster can register themselves as safe and well and a place where concerned family members and friends can search for their loved ones.
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
State emergency planning and preparedness recommendations for maternal and child health programs.
Emergency Medical Services for Children:
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
This Web site offers comprehensive resource materials and training and consultation services to support schools during and after times of crisis
and loss.
Key resources include:
National Weather Service
Primary source of information about the weather, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Save the Children
Information and resources from this national organization that advocates for children at many levels; Save the Children has a US-based Emergency Response Team, and information is included on its previous efforts and services.
