April is Refugee and Immigrant Health Month. PPN’s Resource Central has links to information that may be helpful for clinicians to share with individuals and families who are either experiencing life as a refugee or immigrant to provide assistance to them.
The Resource Guide above offers several individual resources related to the topic and have been specially curated by our team to support national awareness promotions and provide quick, easy to access information on common events. All guides are in English.
Interpreting Arterial Blood Gases ABGs
2018
· OPENPediatrics
This video addresses interpreting arterial blood gas to improve everyday knowledge and, disaster preparedness capabilities for healthcare providers. Includes JIT training on how to interpret …
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
This short video highlights the importance of disaster risk reduction, focusing on target G of the Sendai Framework. Emphasizing the need to enhance accessibility to …
Emergency Planning Topics
A key component of emergency planning is creating an Emergency Operations Plan (school EOP), or a document that outlines how a school will prepare, respond, …
Emergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities
2011
· U.S. Department of Justice
This document from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a guide for juvenile justice residential facilities in preparing for, responding to, and …
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
The website provides information on Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to empower individuals and communities in preparing for and responding to emergencies. It offers webinars …
Suicide and Refugee Children and Adolescents
This three-page fact sheet offers information about risk and protective factors related to suicide and refugee children and adolescents. It describes how refugee children and …
Diphtheria
This webpage provides information on diphtheria and includes special sections for health care providers and public health professionals. This resource is related to a PPN …
FluView Interactive
This website provides an interactive platform by CDC for tracking flu activity in the United States. Users can view weekly updates on flu statistics, including …
Protecting America's School: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence
The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) studied 41 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred at K-12 schools in the United States …
Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools
This report analyzes 67 instances when a current or former student advanced a plot to attack their school but was halted before any violence occurred. …