Thee Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing emergency planning, response and recovery efforts in rural communities across the United States.
This toolkit supplements and expands on previous work in this area, including the Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response topic guide. There are additional resources on general community health strategies available in the Rural Community Health Toolkit.
Effective emergency preparedness and response efforts are essential for rural communities. Many factors can affect the ability of rural communities to respond to public health emergencies, disasters, and threats.
| Module 1: Introduction to Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Overview of emergency preparedness and response in rural communities in the U.S. and unique considerations that rural communities face. |
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| Module 2: Rural Community Planning, Response, and Recovery Frameworks, information, and approaches rural communities can use to guide programs for emergency planning, response, and recovery. |
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| Module 3: Cross-Cutting Issues for Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Important issues to consider and address related to emergency planning, response, and recovery in rural communities. |
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| Module 4: Types of Public Health Emergencies and Disasters Overview of the types of public health emergencies and disasters that can affect rural communities. |
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| Module 5: Post-Emergency Assessment and Sharing of Lessons Learned Information and tools that can help assess the impact of an emergency in rural communities. |
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| Module 6: Funding, Resources, and Support for Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources to help with planning for rural emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. |
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| Case Studies Case studies from rural communities and organizations describing their experiences related to emergency preparedness and response. |
For questions or comments about the toolkit, or for further assistance with using the toolkit, please contact: RHIhub at 1-800-230-1898 or email info@ruralhealthinfo.org
The Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit was first published on 11/14/2022.
The development of this toolkit was supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Department (HHS), under Cooperative Agreement Number U9SRH45173.
This toolkit was produced by the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis and Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub). The content was developed based on an extensive literature review, interviews with individuals with subject matter expertise in rural emergency preparedness and response, and findings from rural community case studies.
Source: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, 2022. Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit [online] Rural Health Information Hub. Available at: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits/emergency-preparedness [Accessed 5 January 2024].