Floods: Health Information Guide
Overview
- Floods
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Flooding
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Flooding
National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce - Resources for flooding and poor water sanitation
Cochrane & Evidence Aid - Stay Safe Before, During and After a Flood
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
General Health-Related Information
Disaster Lit
Mold
Disaster Lit
Wounds and Injuries
Disaster Lit
Responder Safety
Disaster Lit
Mass Casualties
Sanitation and Disease
Disaster Lit
Coping
Disaster Lit
Multilingual Resources
- Integrated Vector Management (IVM)
Content available in Spanish.
Pan American Health Organization - Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
Also available in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Recursos Para Inundaciones (Resources for Floods)
American Red Cross
Resources for the General Public
Health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters is available in MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish.