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In partnership with the McCormick Tribune Foundation, the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security hosted a conference entitled Vulnerable Populations: Emergency Planning, November 5-7 in Washington, D.C. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita underscored the need to include vulnerable populations – the poor, the isolated, the elderly, the disabled, children, immigrants, and refugees in emergency planning. Researchers, advocates, and emergency responders from across the country convened at this conference to assess the status of emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations. Conference participants developed a National Action Plan designed to ensure that vulnerable populations are prepared in the event of a catastrophic emergency. |
- We are pleased to announce the launch of our new blog!
The blog is designed to facilitate communication and to serve as a clearing house for the response and follow up to the Vulnerable Populations Conference. Here, you can submit your comments on the Outline of Summary Conclusions, presented the last day of the conference. Moving forward, you will also be able to access e-newsletters, updates on the National Action Plan, and opportunities to engage in various policy, funding, and research initiatives concerning vulnerable populations. - Any auxiliary transportation costs will be reimbursed. Please send your reimbursement forms, along with any receipts for taxis, shuttles, etc. t
Andrea Jett
Citizenship Program Officer
McCormick Tribune Foundation
435 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 790
Chicago, Illinois 60611-4025
- If you have any materials you think would contribute to this website or to the conference, please submit them via email (edickson@law.umaryland.edu)
Background: Vulnerable Populations and Disasters
Suggested Reading for Conference Participants
Additional Materials by Topic:
First Response and Disaster Preparedness
Vulnerable Populations
Low Income Populations
Minority Populations
People with Disabilities
Elderly Populations
Children
Prisoners, the Homeless, and the Mentally Ill
Communicating with Vulnerable Populations
Transportation and Evacuation
Involving Residents in Emergency Planning
Delivery of Medical Provisions to Vulnerable Populations
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Suggested Conference Preparation
The following materials are suggested reading in advance of the conference
- Tips for First Responders, 2nd Edition
Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico - Community Engagement: Leadership Tool for Catastrophic Health Events
Monica Schoch-Spana et al., Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science - African Americans' Decisions Not to Evacuate New Orleans Before Hurricane Katrina: A Qualitative Study
Keith Elder et al. American Journal of Public Health - Disaster Planning and Risk Communication with Vulnerable Communities: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
David Eisenman et al., American Journal of Public Health - Survivable Communications: Much More than Hardened Radios
Mobile Radio Technology - Systemic Collapse: Medical Care in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Crystal Franco et al., Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science - Preparing Vulnerable Populations for a Disaster: Inner-City Emergency Preparedness - Who Should Take the Lead?
Michael Greenberger, De Paul Journal of Health Care Law - Prehospital Preparedness for Pediatric Mass-Casualty Events
Steve Shirm et al., Pediatrics - Emergency Preparedness a Challenge for Older Americans
Kim Krisberg, American Public Health Association National Health Week Series - Disaster Preparedness: Preliminary Observations on the Evacuation of Vulnerable Populations due to Hurricanes and Other Disasters.
Government Accountability Office, Congressional Testimony of Cynthia Cascetta - Using Geographic Information System Technology to Improve Emergency Management and Disaster Response for People With Disabilities
Alexandra Enders and Zachary Brandt, Journal of Disability Studies
First Response and Disaster Preparedness
- Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared
Special Report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, 2006 - Nationwide Plan Review: Phase 2 Report
Department of Homeland Security - Hazards and Disasters or What to do in the Event of an Emergency
Annie E. Casey Foundation - Natural Hazard Mitigation
GAO, 2007 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact: Enhancing EMAC's Collaborative and Administrative Capacity to Improve Response
GAO, 2007 - Homeland Security: Observations on DHS and FEMA
GAO, 2007 - Homeland Security: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters
GAO, Statement of William Jenkins, Jr., 2007 - Stafford Act: Priorities for Reform
Mitchell Moss and Charles Shelhamer, New York University Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response - Planning Paid Off in Bridge Rescues: From Detour Plans to New Radios, 'Seamless Team' was Prepared
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Aug. 20, 2007 - Washed Away: Justice in New Orleans
Roman et al, Urban Institute, August 2007 - Federalism after Hurricane Katrina: How Can Social Programs Respond to a Major Disaster?
Winston et al, Urban Institute, June 2006 - Improving Rural Community Preparedness for the Chronic Health Consequences of Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies
Dobalian et al, Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 2007 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: An Ethical Framework to Guide Decision-Making
Thompson et al, BMC Medical Ethics 2006 - Mega-Shelter Best Practices for Planning and Activation
IAAM Life Safety Council - Universal Access Sheltering: Space and Floor Planning Considerations
Connecticut Universal Access Workgroup - Special Needs Shelter Protocols
Florida Department of Health - Hospitals in Hurricane Katrina: Challenges Facing Custodial Institutions in a Disaster
Gray and Hebert, Urban Institute, July 2006 - Hometown Hospitals: The Weakest Link? Bioterrorism Readiness in America's Rural Hospitals
Elin Gursky, Senior Fellow for Biodefense and Public Health, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
Additional Materials on Vulnerable Populations
- Disaster Law and Inequality
Daniel Farber, University of California-Berkeley - Denaturalizing Disaster: A Social Autopsy of the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave
Eric Klinenberg, University of California-Berkeley, Journal of Theory and Society, 1999 - Emergency Preparedness Initiative: A Slide Show
Annual Meeting on Vulnerable Populations and Public Health Emergencies - National Public Health Week 2007 Slide Show
American Public Health Association - Identifying and Mapping Community Vulnerability
Betty Morrow, International Hurricane Center, Florida International University - Special Population Resource Index
Center for Public Health Preparedness, Office of Workforce Development, School of Public Health, Ohio State University
- Preparing Vulnerable Populations for a Disaster: Inner-City Emergency Preparedness - Who Should Take the Lead?
Michael Greenberger, De Paul Journal of Health Care Law - Teaching Emergency Preparedness to Restricted-Budget Families
Mack et al, Public Health Nursing, 2006 - A Pre-Katrina Look at the Health Care Delivery System for Low-Income People in New Orleans
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J. Kaiser Foundation - Health Disparities in the Gulf Coast Before and After Katrina: The Public Health Response
Statement of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, 2005 - Health Care in New Orleans: Before and After Katrina
Statement of Dan Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Foundation - Social Justice and Katrina
Jeffrey Johnson, Ph. D.
- Preparing Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities for Public Health Emergencies
Andrullis et al, Health Affairs, 2007 - Health Disparities in the Gulf Coast Before and After Katrina: The Public Health Response
Statement of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, 2005 - Social Justice and Katrina
Jeffrey Johnson, Ph. D.
- Executive Order, 13347 - Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness
President George W. Bush, 2004 - Orientation Manual for First Responders on the Evacuation of People with Disabilities
FEMA and the United States Fire Administration - Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Persons with Disabilities
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Moving Beyond "Special Needs": A Function Based Framework for Emergency Management and Planning
June Isaacson Kailes and Alexandra Enders, Journal of Disability Policy Studies - Guide on the Special Needs of People with Disabilities for Emergency Managers, Planners & Responders
National Organization on Disability, Emergency Preparedness Initiative - Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities
American Red Cross, Disaster Services - Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs
FEMA and the American Red Cross - Emergency Preparedness: Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities
National Consensus Conference, National Center for Disaster Preparedness,
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University - ADA Best Practices Toolkit: Emergency Management
- ADA Best Practices Toolkit: Checklist
- ADA Best Practices Toolkit: Emergency Shelters
- ADA Best Practices Toolkit: Emergency Shelters Checklist
- Disaster Resources for People with Disabilities and Emergency Managers (Resource Page)
June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant
- Emergency Preparedness a Challenge for Older Americans: Better Disaster Plan Needed for Seniors
Kim Krisberg, American Public Health Association National Health Week Series - Emergency Preparedness For Older Persons
Nora O'Brien, International Longevity Center-USA - Special Needs: Establishing Emergency Communications Plans with State Aging Services Agencies
to Accommodate Elderly Residents in an Emergency
Lessons Learned Information Sharing - Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Recent Hurricanes
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General - St. Rita's and Lost Causes: Improving Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness
Robert Mead, Marquette Elder's Advisor - Perceptions of Older Adults Regarding Evacuation in the Event of a Natural Disaster
Rosenkoetter et al, Public Health Nursing 2007 - We Can Do Better: Lessons Learned for Protecting Older Persons in Disasters
Gibson and Hayunga, AARP - Frail Elderly as Disaster Victims: Emergency Management Strategies (2002)
Fernandez, L. S., Byard, D., Lin, C.-C., Benson, S. and Barbera, J. A.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine; April-June 2002
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Children
- Prehospital Preparedness for Pediatric Mass-Casualty Events
Shirm et al, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
College of Medicine, and Arkansas Children's Hospital - On the Edge: Children and Families Displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Rita Face a Looming Medical and Mental Health Crisis
David Abramson and Richard Garfield, Louisiana Child and Family Health Study - Pediatric Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorism: A National Consensus Conference
National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Prisoners, the Homeless, and the Mentally Ill
- Abandoned & Abused: Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
ACLU National Prison Project
Communicating with Vulnerable Populations
- Improving Communication - Improving Care
American Medical Association
An Ethical Force Program Consensus Report - Promising Practices for Patient-Centered Communication with Vulnerable Populations: Examples From Eight Hospitals
Matthew Wynia and Jennifer Matiasek - Disaster Planning and Risk Communication with Vulnerable Communities: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
David Eisenman et al., American Journal of Public Health - Translating Justice: A Guide for New York City's Justice and Public Safety Agencies to Improve Access for Residents with Limited English Proficiency
Vera Institute of Justice - Overcoming Language Barriers: Solutions For Law Enforcement
Vera Institute of Justice - Overcoming Language Barriers in the Criminal Justice System - Can Language Assistance Technology Help?
Vera Institute of Justice - Preparing Limited-English Populations for Public Health Emergencies
Webinar Symposium Series on Public Health Preparedness - Survivable Communications: Much More than Hardened Radios
Mobile Radio Technology - Planning Paid Off in Bridge Rescues: From Detour Plans to New Radios, 'Seamless Team' was Prepared
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Transportation and Evacuation of Vulnerable Populations
- Socioeconomic Differences in Household Automobile Ownership Rates: Implications for Evacuation Policy
Alan Berube, Elizabeth Deakin, and Steven Raphael - Transportation Equity in Emergencies: A Review of the Practices of State Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Transit Agencies in 20 Metropolitan Areas
Federal Transit Administration
Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation - Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations: Actions Needed to Clarify Responsibilities and Increase Preparedness for Evacuations
Government Accountability Office, Report to Congressional Committees - Disaster Preparedness: Preliminary Observations on the Evacuation of Vulnerable Populations due to Hurricanes and Other Disasters
Government Accountability Office, Congressional Testimony of Cynthia Cascetta - Identification and Analysis of Factors Affecting Emergency Evacuations
Sandia National Laboratories
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Strategies in Emergency Preparedness for Transportation-Dependent Populations
National Consortium on Human Services Transportation - Using Geographic Information System Technology to Improve Emergency Management and Disaster Response for People With Disabilities
Alexandra Enders and Zachary Brandt, Journal of Disability Studies - Making Connections: Intermodal Links in the Public Transportation System
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Special Report
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration - Using Highways During Evacuation Operations for Events with Advance Notice
U.S. Department of Transportation - Guidelines for Emergency Transportation Training Exercises
National Cooperative Highway Research Program - Public Transportation, Emergency Mobilization, and Emergency Operations Guide
Transit Cooperative Research Program - State Geospatial Emergency Preparedness Activities
National States Geographic Information Council - Disaster Response and Recovery Resource for Transit Agencies
Federal Transit Administration
Involving Residents in Emergency Planning
- Community Emergency Preparedness: A Manual for Managers and Policy-Makers
World Health Organization - Community Analysis: Some Considerations for Disaster Preparedness and Response
C. L. Keys, State Planning Coordinator, NSW State Emergency Service - Community Engagement in Public Health
Mary Ann Morgan and Jennifer Lifshay, Contra Costa Health Services, Public Health Division - Weathering the Storm: Lessons in Risk Reduction from Cuba
An Oxfam America Report - The Missing Katrina Story
Peter Drier and John Atlas, http://www.tikkun.org - Vulnerable Populations and Emergency Preparedness: The Prepare to Prosper Approach
Ana Marie Jones, Executive Director, Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD) - Major Findings of the Working Group on Community Engagment in Health Emergency Planning
Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Community Engagement: Leadership Tool for Catastrophic Health Events
Full Report
Working Group on Community Engagement in Health Emergency Planning
Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Community Preparedness: Thurston County, Washington, Emergency Management's Faith Communities Disaster Preparedness Workshop
Lessons Learned Information Sharing - A "Community as Resource" Strategy for Disaster Response
Joshua Lichterman, Public Health Reports, Second Quarter 2000
Delivery of Medical Provisions to Vulnerable Populations
- Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services - Equipment, Supplies and Pharmaceuticals: How Much Might it Cost to Achieve Basic Surge Capacity
Dan Hanfling, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine - Hennepin's Disaster Preparedness Pays Off in Tragic Bridge Collapse
Charles Taylor, http://www.naco.org - Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services - Seamless Emergency Medical Logistics Expansion System (SEMLES): Surge Capacity
NCR Surge Capacity Planning Committee - Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack
Statement of Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care - Public Health Issues (GAO Publication) - Enhancing Health Security: The Challenges in the WHO European Region and the Health Sector Response
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, 2006 - Health Disparities in the Gulf Coast Before and After Katrina: The Public Health Response
Statement of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, 2005 - Health Care in New Orleans: Before and After Katrina
Statement of Dan Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Foundation - A Pre-Katrina Look at the Health Care Delivery System for Low-Income People in New Orleans
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J. Kaiser Foundation - Systemic Collapse: Medical Care in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Franco et al, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science - Hurricane Katrina: The Public Health and Medical Response
Sarah Lister, Congressional Research Service
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- FERPA Guidance Release
Department of Education - FERPA Guidance Letter
Secretary Spelling, Department of Education - Emergency Management for Schools: Key Resources
- FERPA Guide for Parents
Department of Education - FERPA Guide for Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Education - FERPA Guide for Colleges and Universities
Department of Education
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About The McCormick Tribune Foundation
The McCormick Tribune Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to making life better for our children, communities and country. Through its charitable grantmaking programs, Cantigny Park and Golf, Cantigny First Division Foundation, McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum and McCormick Tribune Conference Series, the Foundation positively impacts people’s lives and advances the ideals of a free, democratic society.
For more than 15 years, the McCormick Tribune Conference Series has fostered collaboration between the Foundation and other organizations to address issues critical to the Foundation's mission.
The McCormick Tribune Conference Series aims to
- Create impact on policy or academic investigation by facilitating balanced and challenging discussions of issues that matter to communities and to the nation.
- Bring together people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives to reach new levels of understanding and develop long-term solutions.
The Foundation is an independent nonprofit, separate from the Tribune Co. For more information, please visit our Web site www.McCormickTribune.org.
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Any auxiliary transportation costs will be reimbursed. Please send your reimbursement forms, along with any receipts for taxis, shuttles, etc. t
Andrea Jett
Citizenship Program Officer
McCormick Tribune Foundation
435 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 790
Chicago, Illinois 60611-4025
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To request a copy of the National Action Plan please email edickson@law.umaryland.edu. Include your name and your preferred mailing address and we will gladly provide you a copy once it is ready for distribution.
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