Planning for an Emergency: Strategies for Identifying and Engaging At-Risk Groups: A Guidance Document for Emergency Managers

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This guide helps emergency managers prepare for, mitigate, respond to, assist in recovery from, and provide products and services for emergencies that concern a community’s environmental health.

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Developed by: CDC's Environmental Health Studies
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Resource information

Resource: Planning for an Emergency: Strategies for Identifying and Engaging At-Risk Groups: A Guidance Document for Emergency Managers

Target audiences

  • Physicians
  • Public health professionals
  • Emergency managers
  • Mental health professionals
  • Environmental professionals
  • Local government

Target situation

This manual is used by public health professionals preparing to provide environmental emergency assistance. It focuses on targeting and communicating with at-risk groups.

This manual:

  • Can be used in conjunction with the CDC Social Vulnerability Index.
  • Has a special focus on targeting and communicating with at-risk groups.
  • Defines at-risk communities and offers ways to find and communicate with these groups using the CDC Social Vulnerability Index.

Main objectives

Secondary objectives

  • Communicate Risk
  • Community Preparation
  • Community Engagement
  • Informal Outreach Mechanisms

Resource type

Manual or guide

Publication year

2015

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Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry