scholarly journals Intention to Comply With Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation Orders Among Persons Living Along a Coastal Area

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda M. Reininger ◽  
Sartaj Alam Raja ◽  
Ana Sanchez Carrasco ◽  
Zhongxue Chen ◽  
Barbara Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Level Variation ◽  
Hurricane Evacuation ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Census Tracts ◽  
Final Sample

AbstractObjectivesWe examined the intention to comply with mandatory hurricane evacuation orders among respondents living in coastal areas with pronounced poverty by demographic and location characteristics.MethodsA 3-county door-to-door survey was conducted with 1 randomly selected resident per household. Households were selected using a 2-stage cluster sampling strategy and stratified by county. The final sample included 3088 households in 100 census tracts across 3 counties.ResultsFindings suggest that the majority of residents living in areas prone to hurricanes intend to comply with mandatory evacuation orders regardless of income level. Variation in intention to comply with mandatory evacuation orders is shown by age, gender, ethnicity, education, acculturation, county, and distance from shoreline.ConclusionsThe demonstrated high intention to comply with evacuation orders in impoverished areas suggests a need for improved planning to evacuate the most vulnerable residents. Demographic and location characteristics associated with decreased intention to comply may be considered for targeting messages and education before disasters to modifying intentions and plans to evacuate. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2013;7:46-54)

Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection With HBV, HCV, or HIV, and Tetanus in People Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass Casualty Events—United States, 2008: Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisa E. Chapman ◽  
Ernest E. Sullivent ◽  
Lisa A. Grohskopf ◽  
Elise M. Beltrami ◽  
Joseph F. Perz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Acute Injury ◽  
Mass Casualties ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Mass Casualty Event ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

ABSTRACTPeople wounded during bombings or other events resulting in mass casualties or in conjunction with the resulting emergency response may be exposed to blood, body fluids, or tissue from other injured people and thus be at risk for bloodborne infections such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, or tetanus. This report adapts existing general recommendations on the use of immunization and postexposure prophylaxis for tetanus and for occupational and nonoccupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens to the specific situation of a mass casualty event. Decisions regarding the implementation of prophylaxis are complex, and drawing parallels from existing guidelines is difficult. For any prophylactic intervention to be implemented effectively, guidance must be simple, straightforward, and logistically undemanding. Critical review during development of this guidance was provided by representatives of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and representatives of the acute injury care, trauma, and emergency response medical communities participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Terrorism Injuries: Information, Dissemination and Exchange project. The recommendations contained in this report represent the consensus of US federal public health officials and reflect the experience and input of public health officials at all levels of government and the acute injury response community. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2008;2:150–165)

Preparedness 3.0: Addressing the Future

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges C. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Common Occurrence ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
State Sponsorship ◽  
The Future

ABSTRACTThe last 14 years has taught us that that we are facing a new reality; a reality in which public health emergencies are a common occurrence. Today, we live in a world with dangerous people without state sponsorship who are an enormous threat to our safety; one where emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are waiting to break out; a world where the benefits of globalization in trade, transportation, and social media brings threats to our communities faster and with a greater risk than ever before. Even climate change has entered into the preparedness equation, bringing with it the forces of nature in the form of extreme weather and its complications. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:728–729)

The Danger of Declining Funds: Public Health Preparedness in NYC

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Marquez ◽  
Prachee Patel ◽  
Marisa Raphael ◽  
Beth Maldin Morgenthau
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Preparedness

Twenty Years After 9/11: The Public Health Preparedness We Need Now

2021 ◽  
pp. e1-e3
Author(s):  
Michael R. Fraser ◽  
Raphael M. Barishansky ◽  
James S. Blumenstock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Fear of Bioterrorism and Implications for Public Health Preparedness

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Dworkin ◽  
Xinfang Ma ◽  
Roman G. Golash
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Preparedness

scholarly journals Development of a Public Health Preparedness Competency Model for EU Member States

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Stoto ◽  
E Savoia ◽  
C Nelson ◽  
R Piltch-Loeb ◽  
S Guicciardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Competency Model ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States

To Do No Harm: Humanitarian Aid in Conflict Demands Political Engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronak B. Patel ◽  
Hannah B. Wild
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The West ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
Do No Harm ◽  
Public Responsibility ◽  
Recent Trends

AbstractHumanitarian aid in settings of conflict has always been fraught with challenges. In the absence of political engagement, however, manipulation by state authorities, however, have the potential to pervert aid intervention to inflict harm. South Sudan exemplifies how states may abuse the humanitarian response to retreat from public responsibility, divert funds to further violence and conflict and dictate the distribution of aid. Recent trends toward nationalist policies in the West that favor disengagement and limited military strikes have the very effect of allowing this abuse to transform humanitarian aid into a tool for harm. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:567–568)

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