US Public Health Lessons Learned from Hurricane Responses

Undergraduate Public Health, Lessons Learned from Undergraduate Health Administration Education

1 John A. Drew Professor of Healthcare Administration, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA 2 Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA *Correspondence: [email protected] The authors who presently serve in administrative leadership positions in graduate education have both previously served as directors of undergrad...

Hurricane sandy: lessons learned, again.

Hurricane Sandy was a sobering reminder to those of us who call New York home that it is a port city and subject to the whims of wind and water. The storm itself was massive: climatologically, a thousand miles wide at its peak; economically, an estimated excess of $50 billion in damages. In the New York metropolitan area, 97 people died in the storm, thousands were displaced from their homes, a...

Hurricane Katrina and the health system: lessons learned.

The assumption that the United States has a health care system that is organized to ensure health care for the population is an erroneous one. In reality, there is relatively little true organization within the health care sector, which consists of a large number of independent businesses with missions that range from charitable to entrepreneurial. Even the not-for-profit businesses must compet...

Outreach to public health professionals: lessons learned from a collaborative Iowa public health project.

In 1995, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Public Health Service (PHS) recommended that special attention be given to the information needs of unaffiliated public health professionals. In response, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Greater Midwest Region initiated a collaborative outreach program for public health professionals working in rural east and central ...

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