Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The Center for Global Health Science and Security was launched by Georgetown University Medical Center in 2016 to conduct research to help build sustainable capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies worldwide.

Keywords: Crisis intervention, Disaster planning, Disasters, Emergencies, International health, Public health

Annotation: Health Hotlines is a compilation of organizations with toll-free telephone numbers. It is derived from DIRLINE, the National Library of Medicine's Directory of Information Resources Online. This database contains descriptions of over 14,000 biomedical information resources, including organizations, databases, research resources, etc. Health Hotlines also lists a variety of groups disseminating information on a number of specific diseases and disorders. Organizations fall into many categories including Federal, State, and local government agencies, information and referral centers, professional societies, support groups and voluntary associations, and providers of information in Spanish.

Keywords: Hotlines, Emergencies, Information sources, National Library of Medicine

Annotation: The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) is an academic center tasked with leading federal, and coordinating national, efforts to develop and propagate core curricula, education, training and research in all-hazards disaster health. It was established in 2008 by Homeland Security Presidential Directive-21 as a Center of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and receives additional program support from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. By establishing core curricula and competencies in disaster medicine and public health education, the NCDMPH will better prepare the nation to respond to natural and man-made disasters or other catastrophic public health events.

Keywords: Curricula, Disaster planning, Emergencies, Hazards, Health education, Professional education, Training for professionals

Annotation: The U.S. Department of Education (ED)'s Office of Safe and Healthy Students', OSHS, (formerly the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, OSDFS) Center for School Preparedness (CSP) provides support, resources, and training to support school emergency management efforts for local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs). The REMS Technical Assistance Center's primary goal is to support schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education in school emergency management, including the development and implementation of comprehensive all-hazards emergency management plans. The TA Center disseminates information about school emergency management to help individual schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education learn more about developing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive, all-hazards school emergency management plans. In addition, the TA Center helps OSHS coordinate technical assistance meetings and share school emergency management information, and responds to direct requests for technical assistance and training.

Keywords: Disaster planning, Emergencies, School safety, Schools, Students, Technical assistance

Annotation: The UPMC Center for Health Security (formerly the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC), located in Baltimore, MD, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The Center's stated mission is to protect people's health from the consequences of epidemics and disaster and to ensure that communities are resilient to major challenges. The original center was known as the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.

Keywords: Disaster planning, Disasters, Emergencies, Public health