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Building community resilience to disasters : a way forward to enhance national health security /
Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity has become a key policy issue at federal, state, and local levels, including in the National Health Security Strategy. Because resources are limited in the wake of an emergency, it is increasingly r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND,
2011.
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| Colección: | Technical report (Rand Corporation) ;
TR-915-DHHS. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Definition and application of community resilience
- Wellness : promote population health before and after an incident, including behavioral health
- Access : ensure access to high-quality health, behavioral health, and social resources and services
- Education : ensure ongoing information to the public about preparedness, risks, and resources before, during, and after a disaster
- Engagement : promote participatory decisionmaking in planning, response, and recovery activities
- Self-sufficiency : enable and support individuals and communities to assume responsibility for their preparedness
- Partnership : develop strong partnerships within and between government and other organizations
- Quality : collect, analyze, and utilize data to monitor and evaluate progress on building community resilience
- Efficiency : leverage existing community resources for maximum use and effectiveness
- Future directions : implementation, measurement, and next steps.