Regional disaster response coordination to support health outcomes : community planning and engagement : workshop in brief / Meghan Mott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mott, Meghan, author.

Series:

Workshop in brief.

Workshop in Brief

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2014.

Summary:

This Workshop in Brief highlights the discussions that emerged from the presentations and discussions at the first regional workshop of the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events. The workshop explored opportunities to strengthen the regional coordination required to ensure effective medical and public health response to a large-scale multi-jurisdictional disaster. When disaster strikes, it rarely impacts just one jurisdiction. Many catastrophic disaster plans include provisions of support from neighboring jurisdictions that likely will not be available in a regional disaster. Bringing multiple groups and sectors together that don't routinely work with each other can augment a response to a disaster but can also be extremely difficult because of the multi-disciplinary communication and coordination needed to ensure effective medical and public health response. As many communities within a region will have similar vulnerabilities, it is important to establish responsibilities and capacities and be able to work toward common goals to address all-hazards when the entire region is impacted.

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