Community Perparedness

Training Overview

In order to assist state and local public health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed 15 public health preparedness capabilities designed to advance the emergency preparedness and response capacity of the state and local public health system. The original capabilities (2011) pioneered a national framework that helped with planning and formalizing the public health Emergency Support Function (ESF 8) in partnership with emergency management agencies. A review of the capabilities was begun in 2015 and resulted in a revised publication in 2018. These capabilities act as a guide that jurisdictions can use to organize and prioritize their work. This training will focus on the first of these capabilities, Community Preparedness.

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What you’ll learn

After completing this training, you will be able to:

  • Define community preparedness according to CDC
  • Describe four community preparedness functions of local public health agencies
  • Identify two state and two federal government agencies and their functions that can assist local governments during any phase of an emergency
  • Give six examples of the public health role in partnership building

Subject Matter Expert


  • Kerry Dunnell
    Assistant Director of Practice Programs
    Boston University School of Public Health

Disclaimer

This training was supported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) with funds made available by the Cooperative Agreement Number TP921913, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP27877 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.”This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.