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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Evaluation of the Meta-Leadership Summits for Preparedness Initiative
August 1, 2012 | Evaluation
This evaluation assesses whether the Meta-Leadership Summits better prepared business, government, and nonprofit leaders to work effectively together during a public health or safety crisis.
H1N1 Challenges Ahead
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Country faces challenges in hospital care, vaccinations, antivirals, and at-risk community preparedness.
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.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the Local Level
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The objective of this study was to look at the relationship between elements of public health infrastructure and local public health emergency preparedness.
A Shot in the Rear, Not a Shot in the Dark
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article describes a mass clinic built in response to a hepatitis A outbreak in eastern Tennessee. Two regional health departments adapted Centers for Disease Control's guidelines for providing emergency smallpox vaccinations.
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.
Interviews with 9/11 Responders Available in Columbia University's Oral History Collection
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at Columbia University conducted more than 40 in-depth interviews with public health and emergency workers who were at the scene in the days and months following the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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.
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.