Health

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(2006), "Health", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315dag.006

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“State Strategies for Fully Integrating Public Health into Homeland Security”

www.nga.org/Files/pdf/FULLYPUBLICHEALTH.pdf

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices produced this issue brief titled “State Strategies for Fully Integrating Public Health into Homeland Security.”

“Legal Issues in Mutual Aid Agreements for Public Health Practice”

www.nga.org/Files/pdf/05LEGALISSUES.pdf

This National Governors Association Center for Best Practices issue brief, “Legal Issues in Mutual Aid Agreements for Public Health Practice,” explores strategies for sharing out-of-state resources in non-emergency situations.

RAND Corporation

www.rand.org/health/projects/php/

This web site was recently launched by the RAND Corporation to support state and local public health emergency preparedness activities. It includes a searchable database of public health emergency preparedness exercises that have been evaluated by a team of RAND researchers.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5502.pdf

The January 20, 2006, issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report focuses on public health activities in Louisiana one to two months after Hurricane Katrina, during which time local authorities reopened portions of New Orleans and the predisaster population began to return. Reports describe a range of public health disaster-response activities, including morbidity surveillance, shelter-based surveillance, community health and needs assessment, environmental assessment, and infectious-disease case investigation.

Disaster Mental Health/Critical Incident Annotated Bibliography of Web Resources

www.sccredcross.org/index.php?pr¼Disaster_Mental_Health

This Web page from the Santa Cruz County, California, chapter of the American Red Cross features links to various resources for assessing and protecting the mental health of disaster volunteers, including the Disaster Mental Health/Critical Incident Annotated Bibliography of Web resources.

“Peer Support: Disaster Preparation for People with Psychiatric Disabilities”

www.connectlive.com/events/samhsa/

The archived webcast of “Peer Support: Disaster Preparation for People with Psychiatric Disabilities” is available here for free online viewing. The webcast is sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services.

MedlinePlus

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/naturaldisasters.html

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/copingwithdisasters.html

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html

These web pages from MedlinePlus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provide links to information on health-related issues pertaining to natural disasters, coping with disasters, and disaster preparation and recovery.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program

www.cdc.gov/phlp/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program has redesigned their web site to improve its organization and make it easier to use. Some older materials have been deleted and many new ones, especially ones related to emergency legal preparedness, will continue to be added over the next few months.

Public Health Grand Rounds

www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/satellitebroadcast.asp

Public Health Grand Rounds, a partnership project sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, aired “Learning from Katrina: Tough Lessons in Preparedness and Emergency Response,” a program focused on the public health implications and vulnerabilities of disaster preparedness. The archived webcast is available here.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5504a1.htm

The February 3, 2006, issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report featured “Assessment of Health-Related Needs After Tsunami and Earthquake – Three Districts, Aceh Province, Indonesia, July-August 2005.” The report summarizes survey results of the health and nutrition status of tsunami-affected populations and evaluates the effectiveness of relief interventions seven months after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5509.pdf

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlighted the public health response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with two special issues. While the first issue focused on public health activities in Louisiana, the March 10, 2006, issue focuses on activities in other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Florida, and Colorado, directly or indirectly affected by the two hurricanes.