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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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Report Finds Preparedness for Bioterror and Health Emergencies Eroding in States Across the Country
December 19, 2011 | News Release
Cuts to key programs could hurt ability to detect and respond to crises.
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.
UPDATE: This Is Only A Test: National Emergency Alert System Tested Today
November 9, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System at 2 p.m. ET today. The test will be similar to the decades-old high-pitched squeal familiar to many, will last for 30 seconds a ...
Recommended Reading: CDC Zombie Graphic Novella Tackles Emergency Preparedness
November 7, 2011 | New Public Health Post
This isn't your typical comic book. Building on a successful blog post last May with a tongue-in-cheek threat of a zombie apocalypse to drive buzz around disaster preparedness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released a zombie-th ...
H1N1 Challenges Ahead
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Country faces challenges in hospital care, vaccinations, antivirals, and at-risk community preparedness.
700 Miles Away: A New View of U.S. Health Care
October 10, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Doctors who register at DUFH.org are contacted with information about their Haitian counterpart. Once their trip is arranged they typically stay in Haiti one to two weeks, working as part of an integrated team to help alleviate patient load for the ...
A Global Perspective on Health Care
October 10, 2011 | Story
RWJF Clinical Scholar uses personal connection to disaster-stricken country to help improve quality of care, inform research.
Ready or Not?
December 1, 2009 | Report/Video
Twenty states score six or less out of 10 key indicators.
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.
Aiming for a 'Smoother Chaos'
September 15, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
So in the weeks and months leading up to hurricane season, we put our leadership teams in place, and make sure our rosters of volunteers have been refreshed. After all, it’s a largely volunteer workforce we rely on, and these are men and women who a ...