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A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Radiation Preparedness within Local Health Departments : REPORT
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March 2017
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Description:Radiation preparedness remains an important public health consideration for local and state governments. The breadth of events emergency planners must plan for include both accidental and intentional threats (e.g., nuclear power plant incidents, dirty bombs, terrorist activities). Even though radiation preparedness is an important public health planning priority, it is a well-established fact that local health departments (LHDs) do not always have the necessary funding needed to properly plan and prepare for these radiological events. When it comes to radiation preparedness, there are many key players involved (e.g., fire, police, hazmat, state/local emergency management agencies). The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is primarily focused on how public health, specifically LHDs, is planning/preparing for possible radiological events. The purpose of this project was to better understand how public health emergency preparedness coordinators at LHDs across the nation are currently planning for radiation events, as well as to examine the barriers and facilitators to radiation preparedness planning.
This brief report was made possible through the support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cooperative Agreement #1U38OT000172-03. NACCHO is grateful for this support. Its contents are solely the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsor. NACCHO thanks Oak Ridge Associated Universities for support with the development of the survey instrument and sharing of the data responses, as well as all of the local health departments who participated in this assessment project.
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