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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Inspiration in Greensburg: The Vital Role of Public Health
February 24, 2009 | Video
With the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), RWJF produced a video illustrating the breadth of the public health response in a Kansas town hit by a category 5 tornado.
Using Quality Improvement Methods to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza
January 7, 2009 | Story
Researchers demonstrate that a quality improvement (QI) collaborative model implemented in public health departments can improve their emergency preparedness and performance overall.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Response to Emergencies
January 1, 2004 | Book
This chapter by Stephen Isaacs, co-editor of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology, examines how the Foundation has responded to emergencies that take lives and threaten the public's health.
Improving Awareness of and Enrollment in New York's Post 9/11 Temporary Disaster Relief Medicaid Program
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks damaged the computer systems of New York City's Medicaid program, city and state officials established a temporary, simplified enrollment process for public health insurance, called Disaster Relief Medicaid.
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.
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."
N.Y. Mental Health Providers Reach Out to Chinese Americans After September 11th
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center expanded its mental health services to address the needs of the Chinese-American community following the September 11th terrorist attack in Manhattan.
New Program Will Boost Public Health Agencies' Ability to Use Information Systems to Handle Public Health Threats
January 7, 2007 | News Release
Common Ground grants go to 31 public health agencies throughout the U.S.
Making Every Nurse a Prepared Nurse
May 27, 2008 | Story
"The goal is just what the talking line says: 'Making every nurse a prepared nurse,'" says Veenema. "My goal is to get the program into all 50 states to any nurse who wants it."