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
Featured
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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Helping Save Lives Since 1971
August 2, 2012
Acadian Ambulance recalls how RWJF's early involvement helped revolutionize emergency medical care.
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.
Moving Mental Health into the Disaster-Preparedness Spotlight
September 23, 2010 | Commentary
Substance abuse. Child abuse. Intimate partner violence. These are but some of the signs of emotional distress that public health officials suspect are on the rise in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as families nurse fears about the ...
The New Orleans Metropolitan Area Family Resiliency Project Helps with Mental Health Problems After Katrina
September 16, 2010 | Program Result
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.
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health
May 13, 2008 | Program Result
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."