Project COPE

Details

• Personal Author:
  Roberts G ; Wilson LM
• Description:
  Project COPE is a model of collaboration between the public and private sectors in service delivery following a national disaster. Approximately 30% of NYPD employees have attended professionally facilitated stress management sessions since the program was established. The helpline run by Columbia and staffed by specially trained clinicians is utilized each day and thousands of officers have benefited from private counseling. While there have been some serious trauma-related cases, unlike other disasters, there were no police suicides during the year following the attack. The partnership between the New York City Police Department, the New York City Police Foundation and Columbia University Medical Center to provide comprehensive mental health services to NYPD employees in dealing with the continuing effects of September 11th is extraordinary. Our collaboration broke new ground in the treatment of stress among First Responders. More importantly, Project COPE is saving the lives of the men and women who saved so many on that day. It is now a major step in addressing the demands of countering terrorism and the constant state of high alert that contributes to prolonged levels of stress and reaction to trauma. The Board of Trustees of the Police Foundation is proud to provide critical quality mental health to our police upon whom who we rely in the time of horrific disasters affecting thousands and in the everyday tragedies affecting individuals. The outcome of this program is beneficial to all of us by helping police employees cope with the stress inherent in law enforcement. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Health-programs; Health-services; Surveillance-programs; Medical-examinations; Medical-monitoring; Medical-research; Medical-screening; Emergency-response; Emergency-responders; Rescue-workers; Health-care; Health-care-facilities; Stress; Mental-health; Mental-stress; Psychological-stress; Psychological-effects; Psychological-reactions
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046125
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-104884
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U10-OH-009173, 2011 Sep; :1-17
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Police Foundation, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060915
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20110630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:921a0f8413bfd73a7c3663526747a70b3581e5b4011e9f7b541ba5ccd549f185345a14463fa9eff929cb018225157c5c4df5f8438fca47667e1f7575b4844726
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233757/cdc_233757_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB ]