The World Trade Center Health Program: an introduction to best practices

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Arch Environ Occup Health
• Personal Author:
  Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Anderson, Kristi ; Cochran, John ; Cone, James E. ; Harrison, Denise J. ; Haugen, Peter T. ; Lilly, Gerald ; Lowe, Sandra M. ; Luft, Benjamin J. ; Moline, Jacqueline M. ; Reibman, Joan ; Rosen, Rebecca ; Udasin, Iris G. ; Werth, Aditi S.
• Description:
  More than 20 years have elapsed since the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC), Pentagon and at Shanksville, PA. Many persons continue to suffer a variety of physical and mental health conditions following their exposures to a mixture of incompletely characterized toxicants and psychological stressors at the terrorist attack sites. Primary care and specialized clinicians should ask patients who may have been present at any of the 9/11 sites about their 9/11 exposures, especially patients with cancer, respiratory symptoms, chronic rhinosinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, psychiatric symptoms, and substance use disorders. Clinicians, especially those in the NY metropolitan area, should know how to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with conditions that could be associated with exposure to the 9/11 attacks and its aftermath. As such, this issue of Archives contains a series of updates to clinical best practices relevant to medical conditions whose treatment is covered by the WTC Health Program. This first paper in the 14-part series describes the purpose of this series, defines the WTC Health Program and its beneficiaries, and explains how relevant Clinical Practice Guidelines were identified. This paper also reminds readers that because physical and mental health conditions are often intertwined, a coordinated approach to care usually works best and referral to health centers affiliated with the WTC Health Program may be necessary, since all such Centers offer multidisciplinary care.
• Keywords:
  9/11 Adults Anxiety Chemical Exposure Chemical Mixtures Clinical Practice Guideline Exposure Gastroesophageal Reflux Humans Mental Disorders New York City Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Quality Respiratory Diseases September 11 September 11 Terrorist Attacks Workers World Trade Center

  More +
• Source:
  Arch Environ Occup Health. 78(4):199-205
• Pubmed ID:
  36533439
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10277307
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U50OH009739/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  78
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:165a405686696afd9af57ee6619044d8d67227297641cf924bd383ff8ed65837
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129971/cdc_129971_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 348.46 KB ]