Emergency Preparedness For People With Disabilities
Project Description:
The New Mexico Task Force On Emergency Preparedness For People With Disabilities, Seniors, People With A Chronic Mental Illness, Chronic Substance Abusers, Children With Special Health Care Needs And Substance Abusers is doing the following tasks:
Conducting a statewide assessment to find out about the needs of these groups in the event of a large-scale public health emergency from any source. Besides gathering information on the needs of these groups, the assessment will also help us discover gaps – things we don’t know about the needs of these groups, but need to find out.
Producing “tip sheets†for first responders and other emergency preparedness personnel to help them understand the needs of these groups. These tip sheets will give people responding to an emergency use-ful information they can use when interacting with these groups of individuals.
Developing a training course for first responders and other emergency preparedness personnel on inter-acting with these groups.
Keyword(s):
Emergency preparedness, public health, first responders
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information
Area of Emphasis
Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities, Transportation-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Reservation, Rural/Remote, Urban
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
