NASEM Webinar: Disaster Preparedness and Vulnerable Populations - A Workshop Series
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is holding a webinar July 15, "Disaster Preparedness and Vulnerable Populations - A Workshop Series."
This is the third virtual webinar in the three-part COVID-19: Disaster Preparedness and Vulnerable Populations Workshop series. COVID-19 raises questions regarding disaster preparedness for vulnerable populations. Three roundtables/forums within HMD (Forum on Medical Preparedness; Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity) propose a series of three one hour webinars aimed at exploring issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and disaster preparedness for special populations.
The third webinar on July 15 will consider the needs of individuals living with disabilities and older adults and efforts to include these populations in disaster planning. The first webinar on June 17 focused on disaster planning and response activities that meet the needs of the whole community. The second webinar on July 1 focused on home health workers providing services to individuals living with disabilities and older adults.
