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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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HHS Emergency Text Message Tool Kit: Txts Cn Sv Lives
June 27, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has created a toolkit of public health emergency text messages. In an emergency such as flooding, power outages, or severe storms, for example, public health departments can send the messages to commu ...
Article on Legal Underpinnings of Emergency Preparedness Wins AcademyHealth Interest Group Award
June 15, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Effective management of modern public health emergencies requires coordinated efforts of multiple agencies representing various disciplines. That’s the focus of the paper “Achieving Public Health Legal Preparedness: How Dissonant Views on Public Hea ...
In Joplin, Missouri, Social Media Is A Critical Disaster-Relief Tool
May 26, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Social media is proving to be a critical tool in Joplin, Missouri in the aftermath of the devastating tornado on Sunday, especially to connect Joplin’s citizens with disaster-related services: Attendees were able to RSVP via Facebook for a community ...
Children and Disasters: Preparing and Coping
May 20, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Helping kids cope with disasters they’ve witnessed or heard about is a very important first topic for a new blog hosted by Marion Burton, M.D., president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A hallmark of most disasters is that they’re often compl ...
Zombies Attack? Buy Water!
May 19, 2011 | New Public Health Post
How do you get people to pay attention to information on emergency preparedness--without a concrete emergency to push urgency? Tell them they’re actually preparing for an attack from the undead. The office of Public Health Preparedness and Response ...
Disasters: Do Journalists Get in the Way?
April 15, 2011 | New Public Health Post
When a disaster hits, should first responders have to jockey with journalists for airplane seats? Do health professionals trust journalists to do an accurate job of communicating critical information? Those were some of the key discussion points at ...
Nicole Lurie: Strength Needed in Time of Emergency
April 14, 2011 | New Public Health Post
“If you’re not ready every day, you’re not going to be ready for game day.” That was a key message Nicole Lurie, M.D., MSPH, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, brought to the researchers, students, academics ...
Protecting the Mental Health of First Responders
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The public safety, human services, health, and relief workers who comprise the first wave of a response to natural or man-made disasters play a critical role in emergency preparedness.
Communication Efforts Among Local Health Departments and Health Care Professionals During the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study evaluating communication between local health departments (LHDs) and health care professionals in Kentucky during the outbreak of influenza H1N1 found that communication between LHDs and physicians and pharmacists was inadequate.
From Idea to Mainstream
January 1, 2011 | Book
The RWJF's Emergency Medical Services Program led to the near-universal use of the 911 phone number.