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Curriculum Guidance

Curriculum Recommendations for Disaster Health Professionals: Disaster Behavioral Health

Curriculum Recommendations for Disaster Health Professionals: Disaster Behavioral Health
2nd Edition

This guidance document was created with the intent to
1) provide a framework upon which to build disaster behavioral health curricula
2) compile and give access to up-to-date, credible resources to support such curricula. It is intended for use by those developing and delivering disaster behavioral health training as well as community leaders, policymakers, and others seeking to better understand the behavioral health impacts of disasters on individuals and communities.

Disaster Health Core Curriculum Online

The Uniformed Services University National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is proud to announce a free, eight-hour, online Disaster Health Core Curriculum for All Health Professionals intended for a wide range of health care professionals.

The course consists of eleven, 30-minute to one-hour online training lessons covering a variety of disaster health topics such as personal or family preparedness, communication, ethical and legal issues encountered in disasters, and much more. This curriculum is free and designed to be taken in pieces or as a whole to be flexible for our busy healthcare professional learner. The foundation of this curriculum is the Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health.

Click Here to access the lessons