Integrated Preparedness for Continuity of Tuberculosis Care after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike: Louisiana and Texas, 2008

Miner, Mark C.; Burns-Grant, Gail; DeGraw, Charles; Wallace, C E; Pozsik, Carol; Jereb, John A.

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“…17,18,21 For example, during this response, an evacuee from Louisiana with active tuberculosis was identified in triage (before entering a shelter) at a Mississippi shelter and was correctly referred to Louisiana public health for continuity of care. 22 Clearly, it is important that the Red Cross and other disaster response agencies (eg, Medical Reserve Corps) continue to roster qualified health services shelter personnel with triage and public health experience so that clients are properly assessed, treated, and referred. 17,[21][22][23] The Red Cross is building its internal capacity to care for clients in its general population shelter through an increase in nursing practice scope and better integration of external health partners.…”

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“…22 Clearly, it is important that the Red Cross and other disaster response agencies (eg, Medical Reserve Corps) continue to roster qualified health services shelter personnel with triage and public health experience so that clients are properly assessed, treated, and referred. 17,[21][22][23] The Red Cross is building its internal capacity to care for clients in its general population shelter through an increase in nursing practice scope and better integration of external health partners. An increase in shelter capacity to meet client health needs postdisaster would mean a decrease in surge on the community healthcare system, which is likely to be stressed after a disaster incident.…”

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Disaster-Related Injuries and Illnesses Treated by American Red Cross Disaster Health Services During Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Noe

Schnall²,

Wolkin³

et al. 2013

Southern Medical Journal

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Objective-To describe the injuries and illnesses treated by the American Red Cross (Red Cross) during Hurricanes Gustav and Ike disaster relief operations reported on a new Aggregate Morbidity Report Form. Results-A total of 3863 clients were treated. Of the clients, 48% were girls and women and 44% were boys and men; 61% were 19 to 64 years old. Ninety-eight percent of the visits occurred in shelters. The reasons for half of the visits were acute illness and symptoms (eg, pain) and 16% were for routine follow-up care. The majority (65%) of the 2516 visits required treatment at a field location, although 34%, or 1296 visits, required a referral, including 543 healthcare facility transfers. Methods-FromConclusions-During the hurricanes, a substantial number of displaced evacuees sought care for acute and routine healthcare needs. The capacity of the Red Cross to address the immediate and ongoing health needs of sheltered clients for an extended period of time is a critical resource for local public health agencies, which are often overwhelmed during a disaster. This article highlights the important role that this humanitarian organization fills, to decrease surge to local healthcare systems and to monitor health effects following a disaster. The Aggregate Morbidity Report Form has the potential to assist greatly in this role, and thus its utility for real-time reporting should be evaluated further.

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Disaster-Related Injuries and Illnesses Treated by American Red Cross Disaster Health Services During Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Noe

Schnall²,

Wolkin³

et al. 2013

Southern Medical Journal

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“…Each parish plan outlines an overall vision for recovery, recovery goals, and specific projects for meeting those objectives (restoreyoureconomy.org, 2009). When Hurricanes Ike and Gustav struck Louisiana in 2008, the recovery procedures and redevelopment policies of the parish plans may have guided the recovery, although only piecemeal programme and process evaluations have been published to date (Chandra and Acosta, 2009;Acosta, Chandra, and Feeney, 2010;Miner et al, 2010). Recovery plans probably could be strengthened by the inclusion of standard metrics for measuring the progress of plan implementation and the quality of recovery efforts (Smith and Wenger, 2007;Berke et al, 2014).…”

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Developing indicators to measure post‐disaster community recovery in the United States

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Disaster recovery is a key capability of federal, state, and local government. To support this capability effectively practitioners need useful and validated metrics to document how well a community is recovering from a particular disaster. This study developed and categorised recovery indicators according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Recovery Support Functions and Recovery Mission Area Core Capabilities through a literature review, an evaluation of the pre-disaster recovery plans for 87 coastal jurisdictions, and a case study of two communities (New Hanover County, North Carolina, and the City of Hoboken, New Jersey). Metrics identified in the literature were validated through the recovery plan review and the case study. The research team also identified sources for both baseline and current status data. Based on these findings, a user-friendly checklist for practitioners was established, which will be piloted with practice partners during a future disaster recovery initiative.

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“…1 Many natural disasters often co-occur in settings of chronic disease, especially tuberculosis (TB). 2,3 Providing TB services is usually considered a second-phase response, 4 and policy makers recommend ''stabilization'' of the situation before addressing TB. 5,6 In the massive mobilization of resources that occurred in response to the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, no coordinated TB control response was present.…”

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Tuberculosis Control in Acute Disaster Settings: Case Studies from the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Furin

Mathew

2013

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Integrated Preparedness for Continuity of Tuberculosis Care after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike: Louisiana and Texas, 2008

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Disaster-Related Injuries and Illnesses Treated by American Red Cross Disaster Health Services During Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Disaster-Related Injuries and Illnesses Treated by American Red Cross Disaster Health Services During Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Developing indicators to measure post‐disaster community recovery in the United States

Tuberculosis Control in Acute Disaster Settings: Case Studies from the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

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