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Communication & Community Outreach

• Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning for and Responding to Emergencies: A Toolkit
  Supported by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health (February 2011)
• A Crisis Communication Primer for Hospital CEOs
  By Dan Millar and Frederick Bagg (September 2001)
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  American Red Cross
  This guide has been developed to assist anyone providing disaster safety information to the public. Users of this guide may include emergency managers, meteorologists, teachers, disaster and fire educators, public affairs/public relations personnel, mitigation specialists, media personnel, and/or any other person in the severe-weather, earthquake, disaster, or communications communities. The safety information is intended for dissemination to the general public.

TERRORISM

• (February 21, 2003)
  The American Red Cross announces a 5-step preparedness plan for any natural disaster or terrorist attack, including: Make a Plan, Build a Kit, Get Trained, Volunteer, and Give Blood
• (February 20, 2003)
  DHS unveiled a new advertising campaign to urge Americans to prepare for possible terrorist attacks and educate about the differences between chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. The Ready.gov Web site provides simple things to do now to prepare for the unexpected. This site provides instruction on assembling a supply kit and developing a family communications plan, which are the same for both a natural or man-made emergency. The site also addresses the important differences among potential terrorist threats that should impact the decisions made and actions taken.
• (July 1, 2002)

TALKING WITH CHILDREN ABOUT TRAGEDY

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  This site includes many resources for communicating with children about disaster.
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  By the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
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  Mental Health Resources and Social Services for Patients and Families

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES

• (1998)
  Department of Veterans Affairs
  This guidebook is an introduction to the field of disaster mental health (DMH) for clinicians and administrators.
• (1999)
  By Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., Jonathan R. T. Davidson, M.D., Allen Frances, M.D., and Ruth Ross, M.A. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1999; 60 (supplement 16). This guide includes recommendations contained in the Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
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  Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International's Web site includes a comprehensive list of informative links on terrorism, bio/chemical terrorism, mental health/grief, and teen and child counseling.
• (1999)
  By Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., Jonathan R. T. Davidson, M.D., Allen Frances, M.D., and Ruth Ross, M.A. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1999; 60 (supplement 16).
  Guide includes recommendations contained in the Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
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  Special website with consumer- oriented material about loss and bereavement, and post-traumatic stress.
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  Formed to help fill the void that occurs when the emergency and disaster relief organizations disband, the initial shock subsides and the natural grieving process intensifies.
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  Leading New York City psychotherapy and consultation group dedicated to the practice of life transition therapy.
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  Provides essential resources, such as workshops and training, counselors and centers to local areas.
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  Offer a wide range of resources and information on grief and loss issues for bereaved adults of all ages.
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  Offers information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for grieving family and friends.
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  Focuses primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder. The purpose of this award-winning site is to provide information for clinicians and researchers in the traumatic-stress field.