Rural Preparedness Core

Co-Investigator and Director, Rural Preparedness Core: Paul H. Campbell, ScD

Emergency Preparedness Monthly:
HSPH-CPHP offers a monthly newsletter designed to be a resource for a regional audience of public health, healthcare, public safety, and emergency response practitioners throughout Maine, as well as state and local leaders interested in protecting the public's health. It includes a digest of select news stories and commentaries, links to relevant resources, and a listing of upcoming preparedness-related trainings and events. The goal of this publication is to provide a central forum for disseminating useful, current, and succinct preparedness information to busy professionals.

Train-the-Trainer Program:
HSPH-CPHP has developed a series of preparedness courses designed to provide ongoing training of the public health workforce throughout the state using a train-the-trainer model. Topics including Emergency Preparedness for Public Health, Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS), Communications Systems & Technology, Epidemiology & Surveillance, Crisis Risk Communication, Public Health Law, Population Movement, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Ongoing Rural Preparedness Research:
HSPH-CPHP continues to research emergency preparedness issues that have specific impact on rural America, including surge capacity, evacuation from metropolitan to rural areas, and lessons learned from recent natural disasters.