Description
The purpose of this program is to support a Regional Pediatric Prevention Network (RPPN) that strengthens local and regional capacity to care for children during disasters and emergencies. The RPPN will include at least 10 children's hospitals or their university pediatric partners, funded through two primary awards, and will also include community partners working with these hospitals. Each of the 10 Children's Hospital centers will advance pediatric emergency and disaster preparedness at the local, regional, and national levels, including for children with special health care needs and behavioral health concerns, children living in poverty, and children in rural, remote, and tribal areas. Key aspects of the program include:
• Community partnerships
• Coordinated pediatric preparedness
• Dissemination of research-informed pediatric disaster care
• Advancing pediatric emergency and disaster preparedness at the local, regional, and national levels
• Serving children with special health care needs and behavioral health concerns, children living in poverty, and children in rural, remote, and tribal areas