Get Ready Report
Get Ready Report
American Public Health Association
American Public Health Association's Get Ready campaign helps Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies.
Stop the Bleed: Help empower the public to stop severe bleeding in an emergency
APHA's Get Ready Report talks to Dr. Lenworth Jacobs, chairman of the Hartford Consensus and leader of the American College of Surgeon’s “Stop the Bleed” Program.
May 31, 2019
9 min
Preparedness, climate and urban areas
Patrick Kinney, a Beverly Brown professor of Urban Health at Boston University’s School of Public Health, speaks with Get Ready about preparedness, heat and climate change in urban areas.
Sep 28, 2018
12 min
Preparedness and health equity
Nicolette Louissaint, executive director of Healthcare Ready, speaks with Get Ready about disaster preparedness and how it relates to health equity.
Sep 28, 2018
18 min
Get Ready Report podcast 49: Preparing for the next public health emergency
The Get Ready Report interviews Linda Landesman, co-author of “Landesman’s Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, 4th edition,” about disaster preparedness.
Sep 6, 2017
13 min
Get Ready Report Podcast 48: Summertime food safety
The Get Ready Report speaks to Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, on how you can avoid getting sick from summertime food by following safety practices.
Jul 31, 2017
17 min
Get Ready Report podcast, episode 47: What Americans need to know about Zika
The Get Ready Report speaks to Ben Beard, branch chief for the Bacterial Diseases Branch in the Division of Vector-Borne Disease at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases about what Americans should know about Zika.
Aug 5, 2016
14 min
Get Ready Report Podcast, episode 46: "Zika preparedness and prevention"
In this episode of APHA’s Get Ready Report, we speak with Jill Holdsworth, MS, CIC, NREMT, chair of the emergency preparedness committee for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, about how Americans can protect themselves against Zika virus. Holdsworth is interviewed by Daniel Greenberg, senior communications specialist at APHA
Feb 18, 2016
8 min
Get Ready Report podcast, episode 45: Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
  In this episode of APHA’s Get Ready Report, we speak with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Associate Director for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Programs Arjun Srinivasan, MD, about how Americans can help fight against antibiotic resistance — and prevent it from creating health emergencies.  We’ll hear about Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, which runs from Nov. 16-22.
Nov 18, 2015
6 min
Get Ready Report: How to keep food safe in emergencies
In this episode of APHA’s Get Ready Report, we speak with USDA Food Safety Specialist Marianne Gravely, about how Americans can plan ahead to keep their food safe.  We’ll hear about two apps from the USDA, as well as one of their recent campaigns.
Sep 28, 2015
5 min
Get Ready Report podcast, episode 43: Why preparedness matters in housing
In this episode of the Get Ready Report, we speak with Dr. Warren Friedman, senior adviser to the director at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes about their efforts to comprehensively address housing health and safety hazards.
Jun 9, 2015
14 min
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