Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Departme

by Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine

Over the past decade, preparedness and response capacities of government agencies, hospitals and clinics, public health agencies, and academic researchers in the United States and abroad have been challenged by a succession of public health emergencies, ranging from radiological threats to pandemics to earthquakes. Through After Action Reports, each of these emergencies has yielded important information and lessons learned that can inform future disaster...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309313309
• ISBN13: 9780309313308
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"