The obesity crisis is, I believe, even more important than problems surrounding food safety-borne epidemics. Despite the recent attention given to obesity in the popular media, obesity is in some ways more difficult to treat than food safety issues. Continue Reading...
Pandemic Flu Apart from the seasonal influenza epidemics caused by antigenic drifts, a significant change in the virus's virulence through antigenic shifts has been a major source of concern for healthcare professionals. These new strains may reach Continue Reading...
There is no other source for many patients who come through the private system to receive follow-up care other than the public health system. Where there was once virtually very little coordination between private and public systems, today we see ex Continue Reading...
health management systems designed to serve public needs during disasters and emergencies, two are discussed here: Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) and state social media platforms. Each system addresses a different aspect of health Continue Reading...
Abstract Today, there are dozens of deadly diseases in the world, but the Ebola virus disease (alternatively “EVD” or “Ebola”) is among the most virulent and lethal. Although intensive research is underway, there is no cure cu Continue Reading...
A consistent method of communication must alert employees to any variations to the existing plan during the emergency that may need to take place, as every emergency is different. The absence of cellular phone or computer communication during some Continue Reading...
One of the reasons that a lot of these centers are affordable is because half of urgent care centers are preserved by physician groups and another 38% by hospitals, which are providing their own centers distinct from emergency rooms (Alexander, 201 Continue Reading...
Community Analysis: Columbus, Ohio - Hilltop Area/Franklinton Identification and History The Franklinton/Hilltop area of Columbus, Ohio is located on the west side of the greater metropolitan area. Franklinton is in a river valley next to the Sciot Continue Reading...
Democratic Republic of the Congo Public Health Concerns and Crisis The mission of public health sectors in nations across the globe is to promote the fulfillment of the interests of the society in assuring conditions in which individuals can be healt Continue Reading...
Corrections Principal Directorates of Department of Homeland Security Border and Transportation Security The largest component of the Department of Homeland Security is the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security (BTS). This division is Continue Reading...
Policies and Emergency Management ABSTRACT/INTRODUCTION: As a representative democracy, the United States tries to include as many people and interests into its decision-making processes as possible. Seldom has this practice been more challenged tha Continue Reading...
Trauma centers, whether they are stand-alone facilities or a part of a hospital or other healthcare facility, play key roles in ensuring that people get proper healthcare when there is a man-made or natural disaster (Premier, 2012. Because trauma cen Continue Reading...
Regions of overlapped accountability and authority wanted to be obviously recognized previous to any disaster. A lasting infrastructure needed also to be in place and upheld for any proficient completion of defensive actions. Such an infrastructure Continue Reading...
Coping Through the Use of Informal Institutions during COVID-19 in South Africa, Nigeria, and SwazilandChapter 1: IntroductionThe global outbreak of COVID-19 raises many concerns regarding how individuals and communities who live in African countries Continue Reading...
American Red Cross: Equal Opportunity and Improving Quality of LifeIntroductionThe American Red Cross (ARC) is a humanitarian organization that provides disaster relief, aids in prevention and education, and supports the military. The organization wa Continue Reading...
Abstract In order to gather the challenges, it is necessary to rehabilitate organizations into learning institutions at the first step, so as to make them superlative. To make a change from a traditional to a learning organization, the main factor is Continue Reading...
Social Media Can Strengthen Emergency Communication By Jeff Ferenc (2014) Tertiary healthcare facilities and health care systems are increasing incorporating social media networks and backup emergency communications systems into their emergency re Continue Reading...
Introduction This paper will focus on the geriatrics service line. Elderly patients are coming in at higher rates and the geriatric population is trending upward (Advisory Board, 2018). One problem the department is having is the identification of el Continue Reading...
Emergence of Anthrax Outbreak in Heartland's Livestock: A Public Health CrisisIntroductionIn the ranchlands of Heartland, the local livestock industry suddenly became the epicenter of a health crisis. Over the span of a few short, more than 60 head o Continue Reading...
The Dual-Use DilemmaAtlas & Dando (2006) state that dual-use is a term that has been used to describe technologies that could be utilized in both civilian and military settings. However, the term incorporates different dimensions that pose a challeng Continue Reading...
National Incident Management System Theoretical Analysis of National Incident Management System (NIMS) The Federal Government established the National Incident Management System (NIMS) under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive number 5 in Continue Reading...
Bioterrorism and Future Impact in Nursing Biological warfare threat has spread across the globe from developed to developing, countries in the last few years. It causes alarm among the professionals such as journalist, academics, and policy analysts Continue Reading...
26 Yet public health continued to mean, even more than in the Clinton administration, a technological approach to national defense. In the Bush administration, pharmaceutical protection became the centerpiece of biodefense policy. On December 13, 200 Continue Reading...
Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system that digitally creates and manipulates spatial areas. The system stores, edits analyses and shows topographic information that is critical in decision-making. GIS applications enable creation of interac Continue Reading...
The Homeland Security Appropriations Act supplies a total of four billion for state and local assistance agendas. State-based formula grants are financed at one and half billion, including four hundred million for law enforcement, with necessities Continue Reading...
Pineda (2012) noted that the tip was wasted entirely due to communication problems, the failure by the police to follow procedures as well as inadequate means-Factors that together bogged down the Norwegian Police's reaction as well as operation on Continue Reading...
A b) Event management People react differently when faced with disaster, some may respond and follow the disaster response plan without a problem, other may forget key instructions and follow their own plans, the most dangerous situations however, Continue Reading...
City of Miami Gardens is vulnerable to natural hazards, particularly flooding because of the location of the area and extreme weather events like heavy rain. One of the major reasons for these extreme weather events that increase the likelihood of h Continue Reading...
Therefore the consequences of such restrictions and regulations have further complicated the case, the research activities have been either shunned or go unreported to avoid any confrontation with the investigation agencies, 'the climate of fear cre Continue Reading...
3 Strategies of CDC As mentioned in the introduction, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention has developed and implemented six sets of strategies as follows: Health Impact Focus - the alignment of CDC's employees, objectives, strategies, in Continue Reading...
Decision Tree This project designed practical application. The Decision Tree real-Life situations designed service interventions. First responders are the professional people who arrive first at the scene of any incident Cobb, 2007. They include t Continue Reading...
AAR Sandy AAR for the Course In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the importance of this course becomes clearer than ever. Understanding the institutional supports for and barriers to effective emergency management is critical for all citizens. As Baldw Continue Reading...
Safety Audit Acme Fireworks is facing tremendous challenges which are similar to growing businesses. This occurs when firms need to adjust with increasing demand and expand their operations. During this process, they must examine their business mode Continue Reading...
Anthrax: An Attack on the United States Anthrax is an acute disease that is caused by a bacteria known as bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in lower-level vertebrates both wild and domestic, such as cows, goats, sheep, and camels. How Continue Reading...
Action Report (AAR) The importance of this coursework has certainly been underscored over the course of the past several days as Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast of the United States. While the devastation is not unprecedented on the American Continue Reading...
American Red Cross services provided by a community agency and it's challenges in servicing a certain health issue within the community The American Red Cross This research paper looks at the services provided by a community agency and its challen Continue Reading...
It is also noted within this same report that the Alabama Power reacted very promptly to the power outage by installing 6,000 distribution poles and placing well over 4 million feet of wire within the first seven days after the disaster. Challenges Continue Reading...
