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Disaster medicine and public health preparedness

Year: 2019
Articles in SafetyLit: 85

"Lost generation" in South Sudan: a broader approach toward peace urgently needed

A comparison of US federal government spending for research and development related to public health preparedness capabilities, 2008-2017

A philanthropic approach to supporting emergent disaster response and recovery

A public health response to a mudslide in Freetown, Sierra Leone , 2017: lessons learnt

A simultaneous cluster analysis of cognitive, emotional, and personality factors and insomnia and sleep quality among earthquake victims

A systematic review of techniques employed for determining mental health using social media in psychological surveillance during disasters

Active shooter: what would health care students do while caring for their patients? Run? Hide? Or fight?

An evaluation of the literacy demands of online natural disaster preparedness materials for families

An overview of the health services provision in the 2017 Kermanshah earthquake

Anatomy of mine rescue teams' casualty incidents: a basis for medical emergency preparedness and injury prevention

Attitudes of medical students toward volunteering in emergency situations

Basic disaster preparedness of rural community pharmacies in 5 states

Carbon monoxide poisoning post disaster: incident after the incident

Challenges to transforming unconventional social media data into actionable knowledge for public health systems during disasters

Changes in psychiatric emergency room visits following the Boston Marathon Bombing

Characterizing the current state of training courses available to US disaster professionals

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) science and the CBRNE Science Medical Operations Science Support Expert (CMOSSE)

Clarification of the concept of risk communication and its role in public health crisis management in China

Coping with a mass casualty: insights into a hospital's emergency response and adaptations after the Formosa Fun Coast dust explosion

Current status of disaster preparedness of pharmacies and differences in disaster awareness based on pharmacy size

Disaster early warning systems: the potential role and limitations of emerging text and data messaging mitigation capabilities

Disaster medicine: a comprehensive review of the literature from 2016

Disaster preparedness in hospitals in the Middle East: an integrative literature review

Disaster training needs and expectations among Turkish emergency medicine physicians - a national survey

Disaster-related shelter surveillance during the Hurricane Harvey response - Texas 2017

Disasters in Germany and France: an analysis of the emergency events database from a pediatric perspective

Does preparedness matter? The influence of household preparedness on disaster outcomes during superstorm sandy

Emergency and disaster preparedness of European hospital pharmacists: a survey

Emotional and physical child abuse in the context of natural disasters: a focus on Haiti

Engaging local health departments in disaster research: a Washington State survey

Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder in Chinese children after exposure to an injury

Ethics and floods: a systematic review

Evaluating disaster damages and operational status of health-care facilities during the emergency response phase of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Evaluating perceived emergency preparedness and household preparedness behaviors: results from a CASPER Survey in Fairfax, Virginia

Evaluation of an online educational intervention to increase knowledge and self-efficacy in disaster responders and critical care transporters caring for individuals with developmental disabilities

Evaluation of emergency department-based surveillance systems at 2 healthcare facilities after Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico, 2017-2018

Examination of safety climate, affective organizational commitment, and safety behavior outcomes among fire service personnel

Health and health seeking in Mosul during ISIS control and liberation: results from a 40-cluster household survey

Health consequences of Lake Urmia in crisis in the disaster area: a pilot study

Hurricane Dorian and disaster response in the face of constant threats

Hurricane impact on emergency services and use of telehealth to support prehospital care

Impact of crisis intervention on the mental health status of emergency responders following the Berlin Terrorist Attack in 2016

Implementation and evaluation of the Value of Improved and Sustained Information Access by Library Expertise (VISIBLE) program

Implication of burn disaster planning and management: coverage and accessibility of burn centers in Belgium

Injury patterns and medical evacuation of patients in Chifeng Tornado in China, August 11, 2017

Injury-related emergency department visits after Hurricane Maria in a Southern Puerto Rico hospital

Interdependent factors of demand-side rationale for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear medical countermeasures

Investigation of health-related consequences of landmine explosions during the past 4 decades (1979-2016): a retrospective cross-sectional study, Kurdistan, Iran

Lessons learned from a medical response team 45 days post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Long-term effects of disasters on health care utilization: Hurricane Katrina and older individuals with diabetes

Long-term public health responses in high-impact weather events: Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico as a case study

Medical civil-military relationships: a feasibility study of a United Kingdom deployment in South Sudan

Multiple patients with burn injury induced by a chemical explosion managed by physician-staffed helicopters

Neuropsychological outcomes of exposure to Hurricane Katrina and relocation

Older adults and social support in a disaster context: did relocation matter for access to social network resources after the 2015 South Carolina flood?

On the need for prospective disaster survey panels

Overcoming challenges in the medical response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Pilot study on risk perceptions and knowledge of fentanyl exposure among New York State first responders

Promoting integrated mental health care services in disaster response programs: lessons learned after the impact of Hurricane MarĂ­a in Puerto Rico

Psychological first-aid experiences of disaster health care workers: a qualitative analysis

Public health threats in mass gatherings: a systematic review

Ranking the attributes of effective disaster responders and leaders

Reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders after the September 2017 earthquakes in a psychiatric emergency department in Mexico City

Ready to respond: a survey of interdisciplinary health-care students and administrators on disaster management competencies

Response functions in disasters: Iran flash flood 2016

Response to a fire incident in the operation room: a cautionary tale

Revisiting the Battle of Solferino: the worsening plight of civilian casualties in war and conflict

Riots in beirut: description of the impact of a new type of mass casualty event on the emergency system in Lebanon

Securing the emergency department during terrorism incidents: lessons learned from the Boston Marathon bombings

Separated after a disaster: trust and privacy issues in sharing children's personal information

Social media usage during disasters: exploring the impact of location and distance on online engagement

Team Rubicon medical response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

The August 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake: validation of the "Modified Utstein template for hospital disaster response reporting" as a new tool for reporting hospitals' response to disasters

The challenge of affordable housing in disasters: Western Iran Earthquake in 2017

The correlation of English language proficiency and indices of stress and anxiety in migrants from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: a preliminary study

The golden hour after injury among civilians caught in conflict zones

The mass casualty incident in Turin, 2017: a case study of disaster responders' mental health in an Italian Level I hospital

The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors after a typhoon or hurricane: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The role of academic partnership in disaster risk management: a systematic review

Use of dimensional analysis in the X-, Y-, and Z-axis to predict occurrence of injury in human stampede

Use of predictive modeling to plan for special event medical care during mass gathering events

Visualizing the history and perspectives of disaster medicine: a bibliometric analysis

Where there is no trauma system: a successful patient evacuation in the Republic of Kiribati

Why is treatment urgency often overestimated? An experimental study on the phenomenon of over-triage

Zahedan school fire: endless fire incidents in Iranian schools