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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Case Studies of Five Regional Public Health Structures - How They Contribute to Public Health Preparedness
May 12, 2009 | Program Result
In this 2006 to 2007 project, Michael A. Stoto, PhD, and a team of researchers and public health officials at RAND Corporation and elsewhere conducted case studies of five regional public health structures and then compared them.
The Coordinated Assistance Network for Disaster Management Expands Agency and Caseworker Participation
May 6, 2010 | Program Result
The Coordinated Assistance Network (CAN) further developed and deployed its Web-based tools to help disaster relief agencies coordinate their services and share information in the aftermath of natural disasters or terrorist incidents.
Forecasting a Possible Human-to-Human Bird Flu Outbreak Using a Commodities Futures Trading Model
March 18, 2010 | Program Result
An "Avian Influenza Market," a "prediction market," modeled on the principles of commodities futures trading, forecast the timing and extent of a possible human-to-human bird flu outbreak.
New Guide Shows How to Provide Psychological First Aid After Terrorist Acts or Natural Disasters
October 20, 2009 | Program Result
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD designed, printed and distributed the second edition of the Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide.
A Quality Improvement Collaborative Can Boost Emergency Preparedness, Study Finds
September 30, 2009 | Program Result
RAND Corporation spurred the use of quality improvement - a data-driven approach to performance often used in industry, the military and health care - to boost emergency preparedness among state and local public health agencies.
Reducing Post-Hurricane Distress in Baton Rouge, La., with InCourage Mental Health Services
July 30, 2009 | Program Result
In 2006, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation created and implemented InCourage, a pilot program to provide mental health services to adults in Baton Rouge La., in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Five foundations provided support.
CDC's Capacity Inventory for Emergency Preparedness Worked Relatively Well in Three States
November 17, 2008 | Program Result
The National Network of Public Health Institutes compared how states assessed local emergency preparedness using a common assessment tool, the CDC's Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory.
Funding Provides Mental Health Support for Hispanic Community Affected by September 11 Attacks
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 2002-03, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, New York, provided and trained other community groups to provide, group mental health sessions to Latinos affected by the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
A Local Organization Steps Up to Help Ground Zero Recovery Workers Get Supplies
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Art Science Research Laboratory provided equipment and supplies for recovery workers deployed at Ground Zero in Manhattan and the Fresh Kills landfill site in Staten Island after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
Toolkit for Providers and Others to Help Kids Cope with the Aftermath of September 11 Terrorist Attacks
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2002, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on Terrorism, Elk Grove Village, Ill., assembled a Children, Terrorism & Disasters Toolkit to help pediatricians, parents, community leaders and others assist children dealing with traumatic events.