{"id":17592,"date":"2023-09-01T18:26:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=17592"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:26:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:26:44","slug":"resources-you-can-use-preparedness-month-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/09\/01\/resources-you-can-use-preparedness-month-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources You Can Use: Preparedness Month 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17593 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/Take_Control_NPM-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic for Preparedness Month, green background with white text. Across the top, &quot;Take Control in&quot;. From left to right &quot;1. Assess your needs,&quot; &quot;2. Make a plan,&quot; &quot;3. Engage your community.&quot; Image of an older white woman and older Black woman embracing.\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/Take_Control_NPM-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/Take_Control_NPM-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/Take_Control_NPM-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/Take_Control_NPM.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2023\/08\/31\/a-proclamation-on-national-preparedness-month-2023\/\">September is National Preparedness Month<\/a>. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cTake Control in 1, 2, 3\u201d focusing on preparing older adults, specifically older adults from communities that are disproportionally impacted by all-hazard events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/september\">From ready.gov<\/a>, \u201cThis theme empowers everyone, especially older adults, to 1) assess their needs, 2) make a plan and 3) engage their support network to stay safe when disaster strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Preparedness Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/disasters.html\">All Disaster Topics<\/a>-MedlinePlus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html\">Disaster Preparation and Recovery<\/a>-MedlinePlus Health Topics Page<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/\">Ready.gov<\/a> is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/older-adults\">Resources for older adults<\/a>-Ready.gov<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/disability\">Resources for people with disabilities<\/a>-Ready.gov<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/livable-communities\/tool-kits-resources\/info-2022\/aarp-disaster-resilience-tool-kit.html\">AARP Disaster Resilience Tool Kit<\/a> has been created for local leaders, government staff, aging services professionals and community volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/groups.asp\">Emergency Preparedness-Information for Specific Groups<\/a>-CDC<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17594 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/ready-gov_npm_listo_facebook-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Image with Spanish text reading &quot;2023 Mes de preparacion national, listo&quot; and an image of an older latino man.\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/ready-gov_npm_listo_facebook-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/ready-gov_npm_listo_facebook-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/ready-gov_npm_listo_facebook-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/09\/ready-gov_npm_listo_facebook.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Recursos en espa\u00f1ol<\/h2>\n<p>Septiembre es el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/es\/septiembre\">Mes de Preparaci\u00f3n Nacional<\/a>. Este a\u00f1o la campa\u00f1a del Mes de Preparaci\u00f3n Nacional se enfocar\u00e1 en la preparaci\u00f3n para los desastres para los adultos mayores.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/spanish\/disasters.html\">Temas de salud desastres<\/a>-MedlinePlus espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/spanish\/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html\">Preparativos y recuperaci\u00f3n ante un desastre<\/a>-MedlinePlus espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/es\">Ready.gov (espa\u00f1ol)<\/a> es una campa\u00f1a nacional de servicio p\u00fablico dise\u00f1ada para educar y capacitar al pueblo estadounidense para prepararse, responder y mitigar emergencias, incluidos desastres naturales y provocados por el hombre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/es\/adultos-mayores\">Adultos mayores<\/a>-Ready.gov<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/es\/discapacidad\">Discapacidad<\/a>-Ready.gov<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/livable-communities\/tool-kits-resources\/info-2022\/aarp-guia-para-el-desarrollo-de-resiliencia-ante-desastres-descargar.html\">Gu\u00eda para el desarrollo de resiliencia ante desastres<\/a>-AARP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/es\/index.asp?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Femergency.cdc.gov%2Fspanish%2Findex.asp\">Preparaci\u00f3n y respuesta ante emergencias<\/a>-CDC<\/p>\n<h2>From NNLM<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17581 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/SaveTheDate-OptimizedForFacebook-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a first aid kit, tarp, and water bottles overlayed with a blue half oval with white text in the middle that says Disaster Preparedness Month September 2023. Graphic promotes NNLM\u2019s programming for the Free Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum, September 11-28. White NIH National Library of Medicine logo in left lower corner. #BeReady in white in right lower corner.\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/SaveTheDate-OptimizedForFacebook-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/SaveTheDate-OptimizedForFacebook-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/SaveTheDate-OptimizedForFacebook-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/08\/SaveTheDate-OptimizedForFacebook.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/08\/21\/coming-in-september-nnlm-virtual-disaster-preparedness-forum\/\">NNLM Virtual Disaster Preparedness Forum<\/a>-Join NNLM and partners for a slate of events covering tools, resources and communication planning for increased community resilience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/disaster-planning-recorded-webinars\">Disaster Planning Recorded Webinars<\/a>-Past NNLM Classes.<\/p>\n<p>Find additional preparedness resources with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/emergency-and-disaster-resources\">NNLM Emergency and Disaster Resources Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/reading-club\/topic\/325\">NNLM Reading Club September 2023: Disasters and Emergencies<\/a>-In observance of National Preparedness Month, the NNLM Reading Club has selected three books and gathered information from trustworthy resources to help you take action and stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a preparedness program in a box? Request the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/region-7-graphic-medicine-0\">Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Graphic Medicine Book Club Kit<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September is National Preparedness Month. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cTake Control in 1, 2, 3\u201d focusing on preparing older adults, specifically older adults from communities that are disproportionally impacted by all-hazard events. From ready.gov, \u201cThis theme empowers everyone, especially older adults, to 1) assess their needs, 2) make a plan and 3) engage their support&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/09\/01\/resources-you-can-use-preparedness-month-2023\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[84,394,250],"class_list":["post-17592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-emergency-preparedness-epp","tag-resources","tag-seniors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17596,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592\/revisions\/17596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}