| Assessing regional public health preparedness: a new tool for considering cross-border issues. | |
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PMID: 18708880 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To provide regional, state, and local public health officials a conceptual framework and checklist for assessing regional public health emergency preparedness, specifically in regard to cross-border public health preparedness needs. METHODS: The project had four phases that are as follows: defining the scope, conducting a literature review, soliciting expert opinion, and creating the assessment framework and checklist. A conceptual framework was developed to define the scope of the project on the basis of the kinds of resources likely to be shared across borders in a public health response (eg, data, supplies, staff), in support of the public health functions likely to be important in a health emergency (eg, epidemiology, laboratory). A literature review was then conducted to identify key articles and tools addressing regional preparedness. Key informant interviews (n = 23) were conducted with public health and emergency management professionals in the Pacific Northwest to identify a set of systems, agreements, and protocols that should be systematically considered in assessing regional public health preparedness. Using the literature review and themes from interviews, a checklist was developed. RESULTS: A checklist was developed for use by public health leaders, which recommends 24 specific agreements, protocols, systems, and management structures that should be considered to foster cross-border public health preparedness. CONCLUSIONS: Regional public health preparedness represents not only the sum of state-level preparedness of the states in a region but also the capacity of those states to collaborate across state and international borders during a public health emergency. This checklist provides a tool to systematically consider cross-border preparedness issues. |
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Authors:
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Maggie Jones; Patrick O'Carroll; Jack Thompson; Luann D'Ambrosio |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP Volume: 14 ISSN: 1550-5022 ISO Abbreviation: J Public Health Manag Pract Publication Date: 2008 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-08-18 Completed Date: 2008-11-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9505213 Medline TA: J Public Health Manag Pract Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E15-22 Citation Subset: T |
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Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA. jones.margaret@ghc.org |
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British Columbia Communication Disaster Planning / methods* Guidelines as Topic Humans Internationality* Interprofessional Relations Interviews as Topic Needs Assessment Northwestern United States Public Health Practice* Regional Health Planning / methods* United States United States Public Health Service |
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