The Impact of Federal Funding on Local Bioterrorism Preparedness

Bashir, Zarnaaz; Brown, Donna W.; Dunkle, Katie; Kaba, Suela; McCarthy, Claudine

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“…Most of the money was distributed to government agencies at the local and state levels (17). A recent survey of local public health agencies from various states that assesses how well agencies are using funds for bioterrorism preparedness, highlights training and staffing as the major gaps preventing a high level of preparedness (18).…”

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Willingness to Respond: Of Emergency Department Personnel and Their Predicted Participation in Mass Casualty Terrorist Events

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The Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Willingness to Respond: Of Emergency Department Personnel and Their Predicted Participation in Mass Casualty Terrorist Events

Masterson

Steffen

Brin

et al. 2009

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

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The People's Role in U.S. National Health Security: Past, Present, and Future

Schoch-Spana

2012

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, an

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Over the past decade, assumptions have been made and unmade about what officials can expect of average people confronting a bioterrorist attack or other major health incident. The reframing of the public in national discourse and doctrine from a panic-stricken mob to a band of hearty survivors is a positive development and more realistic in terms of the empirical record. So, too, is the realization that citizen contributions to national health security encompass not only individual preparedness and volunteerism but also mutual aid and collective deliberation of the tough choices posed by health disasters. In projecting what needs to occur over the next 10 years in biosecurity, 2 priority challenges emerge: retaining the lesson that a public prone to panic, social disorder, and civil unrest is a myth, and building an infrastructure to bolster the public's full contributions to health emergency management.

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Bioterrorism: Cases When Public Health Agencies Should Have Sweeping Powers

Watkins¹

2006

IJAHSP

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The dispersal of anthrax spores in October 2001 showed Americans that they are vulnerable to bioterrorism. The ineffective response to bioterrorism demonstrates that public health agencies do not have plans or training exercises in place to deal with this emerging threat. Although the CDC asked that the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA or Model Act) be drafted to prepare the states for these emerging risks, critics like George Annas assert that the acts are “blatantly unconstitutional” (MSEHPA,2005,p.1). In this paper, I intend to explore the conflict between individual rights and sweeping powers of public health agencies as described by the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act.

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The Impact of Federal Funding on Local Bioterrorism Preparedness

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Willingness to Respond: Of Emergency Department Personnel and Their Predicted Participation in Mass Casualty Terrorist Events

Willingness to Respond: Of Emergency Department Personnel and Their Predicted Participation in Mass Casualty Terrorist Events

The People's Role in U.S. National Health Security: Past, Present, and Future

Bioterrorism: Cases When Public Health Agencies Should Have Sweeping Powers

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