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Improving the ability to respond to bioterrorism and other emergencies is an important challenge facing the U.S. public health system. Despite having a knowledgeable workforce, practice and experience, capacity, and partnerships with other responders in the community, the system₂s ability to respond...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Center for Domestic and International Health Security, RAND Health, Rand Corporation, United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Otros Autores: Wasserman, Jeffrey, Jacobson, Peter D., Lurie, Nicole, Nelson, Christopher, Ricci, Karen, Shea, Molly V., Zazzali, James, Nelson, Martha I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation)
Temas:
Emergency management > United States > Evaluation.
Crisis management > Health aspects.
Preparedness.
Public health administration > United States.
Hospitals > Administration > Planning.
Disaster medicine > United States > Evaluation.
Public health > United States > Evaluation.
Public health administration.
Local government.
Public Health Administration
Disaster Planning > organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care > organization & administration
State Government
Local Government
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Social Welfare & Social Work > General.
État de préparation.
Santé publique > Administration > États-Unis.
Hôpitaux > Administration > Planification.
Médecine de catastrophes > États-Unis > Évaluation.
Santé publique > États-Unis > Évaluation.
Santé publique > Administration.
Administration locale.
local government.
Local government
Emergency management > Evaluation
Hospitals > Administration > Planning
Preparedness
Public health administration
Public health > Evaluation
United States
Technical Report
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Sumario:Improving the ability to respond to bioterrorism and other emergencies is an important challenge facing the U.S. public health system. Despite having a knowledgeable workforce, practice and experience, capacity, and partnerships with other responders in the community, the system₂s ability to respond may depend largely on its structure. This study examines a key question: Are state and local public health agencies related to one another in a way that facilitates emergency response? Specific objectives of this study are to explain the factors influencing the particular ways in which state and local public health systems are organized, how the various types of relationships that exist between state and local public health departments have been arrived at, and, most important, the consequences of such structures and relationships for emergency preparedness. We also examine alternative structures from several different types of service industries (public education, banking, the welfare system, and port authorities). Finally, we recommend concrete strategies to improve public health preparedness. This report will be of interest to policymakers and to public health professionals at the state and local levels who are involved in bioterrorism response and emergency preparedness, as well as to other agencies involved in emergency response.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833060044
083306004X

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