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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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.
Disaster Preparedness and Children is Focus of RWJF Fellow's Work
September 23, 2009 | Story
October report will go to President Obama.
Health & Society Scholar Evaluates Effects of Chlorine Gas Disaster
February 26, 2009 | Story
Graniteville, S.C., event has national implications.
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 ...
Health Care Volunteers and Disaster Response
March 11, 2010 | Journal Article
There are a number of simple steps potential health care volunteers can take now to ensure their skills can be utilized effectively in response to future disasters.
Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines post-disaster counseling services in schools following Hurricane Katrina. The researchers conducted focus groups to identify counseling services offered and barriers to care in schools.
Susan Hassmiller Receives Florence Nightingale Medal
July 6, 2009 | News Release
RWJF senior adviser for nursing awarded nursing's highest international honor.
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.
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.