Thursday, September 8, 2011

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Dr. Garrett described this article in his talk

Public health disaster research: surveying the field, defining its future.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18388605

Is America Prepared?

The Associated Press (AP) recently released an article about the results of NCDP's Marist poll: 
http://online.wsj.com/article/APab67ff04b1e4427fa433f347ef8e1262.html

Preparing for Disasters-what do we need to do now

Profiles of the panelists:

Dr. Daniel Fagbuyi 

Dr. Isaac Weisfuse:
Isaac B. Weisfuse, MD, MPH is Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, which helps NYC prepare and respond to the health aspect of emergencies.  He trained in Internal Medicine, and served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control. He joined the department in 1987 as a medical epidemiologist, working on HIV/AIDS issues. During his tenure he has been in charge of, or supervised a wide variety of programs: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, TB, Communicable Diseases, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Vital Statistics, Public Health Laboratories, Emergency Management, and Immunization.  Dr. Weisfuse has twice received awards from DOHMH for his work: the public health achievement award for work on sexually transmitted diseases and the Public Health award for excellence, for his role in the 9/11 response.  He taught infectious disease epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health for 10 years, authored numerous articles and book chapters, and mentored seven CDC preventive medicine residents. He served as incident commander for all emergency activations since 2000 including 9/11, the 2003 blackout, anthrax, the Republican National Convention and the influenza pandemic, as well as a liaison to the National Broadcasting Company during the 2001 anthrax attack.  He was asked by CDC to lead their H1N1 vaccine task force, which he did from mid-December 2009 until April, 2010.  Current activities include planning for explosive emergencies, creating novel systems of medical countermeasure distribution, and developing a health resilience framework for the City of New York.

See Dr. Adirim’s presentation on Emergency Medical Services at HRSA  http://www.ems.gov/pdf/2011/emstoday/EMS_Today-2011_HRSA_Presentation.pdf

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert and colleagues developed a tool to help hospitals plan “for [disaster] scenarios that no one wants to imagine” http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec10/NYCHospitalsPrepare.html

See Dr. Hupert’s presentation to the IOM on Modeling and Mass Prohylaxis http://iom.edu/~/media/Session%2012A-%20Hupert_Modeling%20Prepositioning.pdf

Dr. Garrett’s 2009 report on the state of pediatric emergency preparedness for natural disasters, terrorism and public health emergencies is one of a series published by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/files/peds_consensus.pdf

Read the NCDP report co-authored by Dr. Garrett about how unprepared American cities are to respond to an act of nuclear terrorism

Ecological Approaches in Disaster Recovery Research

See the abstract for “Measuring Individual Disaster Recovery: A Socioecological Framework.” http://www.dmphp.org/cgi/content/abstract/4/Supplement_1/S46?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=abramson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

PPD-8

Presidential Policy Directive/ PPD-8
National Preparedness
March 30, 2011
http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/gc_1215444247124.shtm

Right Now: The Science of Preparedness, Response and Recovery

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Profiles of the panelists:


Dr. Neil Boothby’s online course “Protection of Children in Disaster and War” has provocative, challenging readings and video guest lectures http://childprotection.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Home

Dr. David Abramson’s research team provided the earliest take on how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was affecting the children of the Gulf Coast  http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/files/NCDP_Oil_Impact_Report.pdf

Dr. David Abramson addressed a June 2010 Institute of Medicine workshop on the human health impacts of the oil spill, on strategies for communicating risk

A reviewer called Dr. Lori Peek’s recent book Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans After 9/11, “a compelling, perceptive, and sensitively drawn portrayal of what happened to Muslim Americans…when the dark shadow known as 9/11 passed over our land.”

Dr. Peek is co-director of the Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis at Colorado State University

Public Health Emergency Research Review Board--A National IRB

See Appendix 5 in “Call to Action: Include Scientific Investigations as an Integral Component of Disaster Planning and Response, A Report from the National Biodefense Science Board” April 2011
http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/boards/nbsb/Documents/nbsbrec14.pdf

Follow NCDP on Twitter

Dr. Lurie mentioned Twitter, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to advertise.  Check out NCDP's Twitter feed here:  http://twitter.com/#!/columbia_ncdp

HHS Social Media Competition

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/08/20110822a.html

Core Public Health Preparedness Capabilities

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Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning

After Lunch: Background on the Keynoter

The Assistant Secretary’s HHS bio and video introduction

Dr. Lurie’s April 2011 FEMA guest blog ”Disasters and Public Health”

Watch (but tomorrow, not now!) Dr. Lurie’s December 2009 Presentation “Resilience in the Public Health and Healthcare Sectors”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-zp3YA3JbU

Lunch Break

The conference will resume at 1:15pm EST. 
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Jeanne Meserve's Presentation

Jeanne Meserve’s official CNN profile

Jeanne Meserve interviews National Counterterrorism Center director Michael Leiter

New Report Card on Implementation of 9/11 Commission Recommendations

Last week, The Bipartisan Policy Center (http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/)
released the “Tenth Anniversary Report Card: The Status of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations”
The original 9/11 Commission Report is here: http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf

The results are in!

Audience response to the question:  Do you think that the country is safer now than it was on September 11, 2001?
Yes  56%
No  24%
Unsure 20%

Audience response to the question:  How confident are you in the government to protect the area where you live from a terrorist attack?
Very confident / Confident  46%
Not too confident / Not confident at all  54%

Audience response to the question:  How confident are you that the health care system can respond effectively to a biological, chemical, or nuclear attack? 
Very confident / Confident  24%
Not too confident / Not confident at all  76%

Audience response to the question:   In the event of a major disaster in your community, how long will it take first responders to arrive and assist you?
Under one hour  29%
Within several hours  30%
Within a day or a several days  41%

Audience response to the question:  Do you have an emergency plan that includes ALL of the following:  at least 2 days food and water,  a flashlight, a battery-powered radio, emergency phone numbers, and a meeting place known to all family members? 
Yes  40%
No  60%

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NEXT UP: Dr. Irwin Redlener

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The Executive Summary of the 2011 "American Preparedness Project” survey is here.

Dr. Redlener’s 2006 national wake-up call is still timely and relevant.

Final report of National Commission on Children and Disasters, on which Dr. Redlener served as a congressionally-appointed commissioner
http://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/nccd/20110426214356/http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr/nccdreport/index.html

Audience Response

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This survey will only be available for a brief period and the results will be discuss during Dr. Irwin Redlener's forthcoming presentation.

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FDA's MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES INITIATIVE

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This is the home page link:

http://www.fda.gov/EmergencyPreparedness/MedicalCountermeasures/default.htm

RESILIENCE RESOURCES

The volume of new policy-oriented literature on resilience during the last five years can be overwhelming; these suggestions barely scratch the surface of what is out there, but are a good place to start if you aren't already deeply immersed in the topic.

Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory Council,
Community Resilience Task Force Recommendations June 2011

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21
Public Health and Medical Preparedness
October 18, 2007

One of the most cited recent scholarly articles about resilience,
“Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities,
and Strategy for Disaster Readiness”



http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/policy/taskforce_resilience.cfm

Coming Up: FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg

See Commissioner Hamburg’s official FDA profile page

Peruse what the New York Times called a “rare special report” from the FDA, issued under Dr. Margaret Hamburg’s leadership
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OC/GlobalProductPathway/UCM262528.pdf

Dr. Galea's Presentation

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Article about how Dr. Sandro Galea’s research on 9/11 attacks has led to new understanding of mass trauma  http://news.columbia.edu/newyorkstories/2518

Important new article in The Lancet by Dr. Sandro Galea and coauthors, entitled “Short-term and medium-term health effects of 9/11”

Research by Dr. Sandro Galea on US deaths attributable to social factors
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/reprint/101/8/1456

Coming Up: Dr. Glenn Asaeda

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See Dr. Glenn Asaeda’s 2008 presentation about New York City EMS response on 9/11.

Dr. Glenn Asaeda quoted in article “EMS Providers Recall 9/11” in online Journal of Emergency Medical Services.

Here are profiles of the parties offering welcoming remarks, from their home organization websites.

Budd Mishkin
Dr. Linda Fried
Dr. Sandro Galea
Dr. Irwin Redlener

First Posting of the Day

Good morning from NCDP.  Throughout the day we will be posting links to sources of additional information about the speakers and panelists.

Here are profiles of the parties offering welcoming remarks, from their home organization websites.

Budd Mishkin
Dr. Linda Fried
Dr. Sandro Galea
Dr. Irwin Redlener