DMC 4
Lead the Way: Engaging Youth in Health Care
2015
· School-Based Health Alliance
This toolkit provides practical strategies, resources, and reflections from the field to enable the school-based/community health workforce to engage youth toward involvement in their health …
Children’s National Creates First Pediatric Medical Reserve Corps in the United States
This preparedness brief announces the creation of the Washington, D.C. Pediatric Medical Reserve Corps (DC-PMRC), a unit that provides pediatric support services to the DC …
Educational and Mental Health Needs of Syrian Refugee Children
2015
· Migration Policy Institute
This 32-page report examines the experiences and resulting educational and mental health needs of Syrian children living as refugees, drawing on the results of a …
Growing Up in an Era of Extreme Events
This seminar is a multi-disciplinary dialogue that discusses the last 10 years of extreme events that have tested disaster readiness, including the response and recovery …
How Did Ebola Impact Maternal and Child Health in Liberia and Sierra Leone?
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia and Sierra Leone. It discusses the challenges faced by these countries in responding …
Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency
This 136-page document is the new (2015) edition establishing the requirements for preparedness and response for a nuclear or radiological emergency which takes into account …
Who Wants to Be the Incident Commander?
This 44-minute presentation discusses the scope of disaster management, critical areas of disaster incident command, communication strategies, patient care areas that need attention, and what …
Medical Care in Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and State Responses to Terrorism
2015
· Harvard Law School
This report discusses how counterterrorism policies and state responses to terrorism threaten the fundamental principle of international humanitarian law (IHL) that mandates the protection of …
RITN-Wake Forest Baptist Health Exercise 2015
This video discusses a simulated scenario involving a radiological dispersal device ("dirty bomb") explosion during a sports event in Central Florida. It outlines the response …