The H1N1 crisis: a case study of the integration of mental and behavioral health in public health crises

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• Personal Author:
  Brown LM ; Dodgen D ; Donato D ; Flynn BW ; Herrmann J ; Hobfoll SE ; Jacobs GA ; Jones RT ; Kaul RE ; Norwood AE ; Pfefferbaum B ; Reissman, Dori B. ; Ruzek JI ; Schonfeld D ; Stone B ; Ursano RJ
• Description:
  In substantial numbers of affected populations, disasters adversely affect well-being and influence the development of emotional problems and dysfunctional behaviors. Nowhere is the integration of mental and behavioral health into broader public health and medical preparedness and response activities more crucial than in disasters such as the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic. The National Biodefense Science Board, recognizing that the mental and behavioral health responses to H1N1 were vital to preserving safety and health for the country, requested that the Disaster Mental Health Subcommittee recommend actions for public health officials to prevent and mitigate adverse behavioral health outcomes during the H1N1 pandemic. The subcommittee's recommendations emphasized vulnerable populations and concentrated on interventions, education and training, and communication and messaging. The subcommittee's H1N1 activities and recommendations provide an approach and template for identifying and addressing future efforts related to newly emerging public health and medical emergencies. The many emotional and behavioral health implications of the crisis and the importance of psychological factors in determining the behavior of members of the public argue for a programmatic integration of behavioral health and science expertise in a comprehensive public health response. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Communicable Diseases Disaster Planning Education Emergencies Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Public Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Administration Author Keywords: Communication And Messaging Behavior-patterns Behavioral-disorders Disasater Medicine And Public Health Preparedness Disaster-planning Disaster-prevention Disaster Medicine Education And Training Emergency-response Emotional-stress Flu Infection-control Infectious-diseases Intervention Management-personnel Medical Medical-rescue-services Medical-services Medical Journals Mental-health Mental And Behavioral Health Pandemic Psychological-responses Public-health Public Health Respiratory-system-disorders Societies Training Viral-diseases Viral-infections Vulnerable Populations

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• ISSN:
  1935-7893
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Florida ; Illinois ; Maryland ; Ohio ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; South Dakota ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  67-71
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040736
• Citation:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2012 Mar; 6(1):67-71
• Contact Point Address:
  Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of OklahomaHealth Sciences Center, PO Box 26901-WP 3470, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901
• Email:
  Betty-Pfefferbaum@ouhsc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6e7801405b71608a8b1649374df275f4b09911d29b804f72594bfc74c09c4d56decb46bc480704874f8dd0b79e48ccde8f4b094f1fdeb9ec7016dc6634cb4c50
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193497/cdc_193497_DS1.pdf
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