American Academy of Pediatrics Web Sites
Commitee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Section on Emergency Medicine
Council on School Health
Department of Federal Affairs - Advocacy Initiatives
Partnership for Children's Disaster Preparedness
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.
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
US Dept of Health and Human Services:
US Dept of Homeland Security:
National Emergency or Disaster Preparedness Centers
National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
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 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.
