Interview
Lessons From Boston
RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeremiah Schuur, MD, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped treat many of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Here's what he learned.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Public Health Response to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy presented some of the greatest public health and emergency preparedness challenges from extreme weather in recent history, leaving dozens dead, and millions without power across a wide swath of the Northeast. This superstorm tested the capabilities of the public health system, and public health officials responded in heroic fashion. Public Health is there to help keep our communities safe and healthy before, through, and after storms like Hurricane Sandy.
How Ready is Your State for a Health Emergency?
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
The 10th annual Ready or Not? report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows persistent gaps in states’ preparedness to respond to events ranging from bioterrorist threats to hurricanes to serious disease outbreaks.
Focus on Public Health
Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
As state and local health departments cope with budget cuts, job losses, and the demands of preparing communities for both seasonal and H1N1 flu, it’s more important than ever to build the evidence for what works—and what is cost-effective—in public health. Public Health Services and Systems Research answers questions about how public health can be structured, managed, staffed, funded, and organized so it can improve the lives of the people it serves.
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Five Legal Preparedness Challenges for Responding to Future Public Health Emergencies
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic provided an unprecedented opportunity to implement and exercise many of these mechanisms.
Common Ground: Transforming Public Health Information Systems
National Program
To support collaborative processes among state and local public health departments to advance the use of information systems to support preparedness and manage chronic disease.
Building Advocacy for Policy Change to Improve the Nation's Health
March 14, 2013 | Program Result Report
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) worked with a coalition of public health, business, and other partners to build consensus for a modernized public health system and to inform the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Moving Mental Health into the Disaster-Preparedness Spotlight
September 23, 2010 | Commentary
related websites For an overview of RWJF scholar and fellow opportunities, visit www.RWJFLeaders.org Visit the REACH NOLA Web site Visit the RWJF Clinical Scholars Web site Substance abuse. Child abuse. Intimate partner violence. These are but some ...
The New Orleans Metropolitan Area Family Resiliency Project Helps with Mental Health Problems After Katrina
September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
LSUHSC provided an array of behavioral and mental health services for children, first responders and their families in three New Orleans parishes hard hit by Hurricane Katrina.
RWJF Investigator Award Recipients Create Treasure Trove of Data about American Responses to 19181919 Influenza Pandemic
July 27, 2010 | Story
Medical historians Howard Markel and Alexandra Minna Stern study how more than 40 U.S. cities responded to the Spanish flu.
Health Care Volunteers and Disaster Response
March 11, 2010 | Journal Article
There are a number of simple steps potential health care volunteers can take now to ensure their skills can be utilized effectively in response to future disasters.
Common Ground: Transforming Public Health Information Systems
October 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2010, Common Ground, helped 31 state and local public health agencies improve their information systems and their system performance in order to meet the challenges of bio terrorism, potential pandemics, and chronic disease.
Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines post-disaster counseling services in schools following Hurricane Katrina. The researchers conducted focus groups to identify counseling services offered and barriers to care in schools.
PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza
January 1, 2008 | Toolkit
This toolkit was developed with the input of health departments from across the country, including those who participated in the 2006-2007 PREPARE [Promoting Emergency Preparedness and Readiness] for Pandemic Influenza (PI) Quality Improvement learning collaborative.