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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Census Helps Communities Prepare For Emergencies
November 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new Census Bureau tool, OnTheMap for Emergency Management, was created to help prepare communities for an emergency. The tool provides information about the potential affected population size and characteristics of the people, such as age, occupat ...
Hurricane Sandy: Recovering from Environmental Dangers in New Jersey
November 28, 2012 | New Public Health Post
NPH: Who are you partnering with on recovery and response now to help improve safety for residents? Donna Leusner: I think infrastructure-wise there is a built in set of partners that we had conference calls with beginning the weekend before the sto ...
States Ask: Are We Prepared for a Storm Like Hurricane Sandy?
November 26, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Last Friday Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey released an estimate of the economic losses caused by Superstorm Sandy— close to $30 billion. That estimate includes the devastating loss of homes and businesses for tens of thousands of individuals, ...
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: New Jersey’s Health Commissioner Helms Response Roundtable
November 21, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Just two weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit, the State of New Jersey held a Response Roundtable at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, N.J., to begin a review of the health department’s response to the storm. The site was an ...
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: By the Numbers
November 19, 2012 | New Public Health Post
As the recovery efforts continue in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, NewPublicHealth is following the work of local and state health departments in the areas affected by the storm as they help their citizens regroup, recover and build community res ...
Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health: Q&A with NACCHO's David Dyjack
November 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Among the impacts of the East Coast’s Hurricane Sandy have been tens of thousands of uprooted trees, contaminated water and tons of compromised food. A recent article in the Journal of Environmental Health Natural recommends that environmental healt ...
Preparing for Floods: Recommended Reading
November 15, 2012 | New Public Health Post
As recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy continue, homeowners who lost their homes are filing insurance claims or hoping for federal help to rebuild. But there are also calls to require those rebuilding in coastal areas to make changes to the s ...
For Hurricane Sandy Victims, A Gym Glows in Brooklyn
November 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The soldiers were constantly in motion—replenishing distribution stations, checking in on volunteers, and keeping the lines moving. A police officer from the local precinct’s community service division came in to meet with the commander before the d ...
Food Banks: More Than Just Canned Soup
November 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Food banks have been front and center in the news since Hurricane Sandy as resources for shelf-stable food for people without power. But a recent article in the New York Times says the increased attention on the vital assistance the banks are provid ...
2-1-1 Call Centers Are Lifelines During Hurricane Sandy and Beyond
November 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
What do you call a phone number that helps assess your needs—even if that need is for heat and food, after a hurricane has destroyed your home? In New Jersey and throughout the nation, you call that number 2-1-1. A growing number of cities have esta ...