Conceptualizing and Defining Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Conceptualizing and defining public health emergency preparedness.

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Emergency preparedness and public health: the lessons of Hurricane Sandy.

Demography and Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Making the Connection

THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF POPULATION SCIENCES ARE EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO THE DISCIPLINE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: protecting and securing the population's health requires information about that population. While related fields such as security studies have successfully integrated demographic tools into their research and literature, the theoretical and practical connection betwe...

Achieving public health legal preparedness: how dissonant views on public health law threaten emergency preparedness and response.

BACKGROUND Effective management of modern public health emergencies requires the coordinated efforts of multiple agencies representing various disciplines. Organizational culture differences between public health (PH) and emergency management (EM) entities may hinder inter-agency collaboration. We examine how PH and EM differ in their approach to PH law and how such differences affect their col...

Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina's public health epidemiologist program

BACKGROUND In 2003, 11 public health epidemiologists were placed in North Carolina's largest hospitals to enhance communication between public health agencies and healthcare systems for improved emergency preparedness. We describe the specific services public health epidemiologists provide to local health departments, the North Carolina Division of Public Health, and the hospitals in which they...