Community Preparedness. Objective: The ability of communities to prepare for, withstand, and recover — in both the short and long terms — from public health incidents. By engaging and coordinating with emergency management, healthcare organizations (private and community-based), mental/behavioral health providers, community and faith- based partners, state, local, and territorial, public health’s role in community preparedness is to do the following: 1) Support the development of public health, medical, and mental/behavioral health systems that support recovery; 2) Participate in awareness training with community and faith-based partners on how to prevent, respond to, and recover from public health incidents; 3) Promote awareness of and access to medical and mental/behavioral health resources that help protect the community’s health and address the functional needs of at-risk individuals; 4) Engage public and private organizations in preparedness activities that represent the functional needs of at-risk individuals 5) Identify those populations that may be at higher risk for adverse health outcomes; and 6) Receive and/or integrate the health needs of populations who have been displaced due to incidents that have occurred in their own or distant communities.
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Samples: Standard Agreement, Standard Agreement Amendment, Standard Agreement Amendment
