The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study

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• Personal Author:
  Barnhart S ; Crane MA ; Crowley L ; Dudas M ; Globina Y ; Haile W ; Levy-Carrick NC ; Onuoha U ; Ozbay F ; Shukla G
• Description:
  Background: The response to 9/11 continues into its 14th year. The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a long-term monitoring and treatment program now funded by the Zadroga Act of 2010, includes >60,000 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster responders and community members ("survivors"). The aim of this review is to identify several elements that have had a critical impact on the evolution of the WTC response and, directly or indirectly, the health of the WTC-exposed population. It further explores post-disaster monitoring efforts, recent scientific findings from the WTCHP, and some implications of this experience for ongoing and future environmental disaster response. Findings: Transparency and responsiveness, site safety and worker training, assessment of acute and chronic exposure, and development of clinical expertise are interconnected elements determining efficacy of disaster response. Conclusion: Even in a relatively well-resourced environment, challenges regarding allocation of appropriate attention to vulnerable populations and integration of treatment response to significant medical and mental health comorbidities remain areas of ongoing programmatic development. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Health Promotion Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  9/11 Author Keywords: Disaster Response Emergency Responders Environmental Disaster Environmental Exposure Exposure Levels Health Programs Mental Health Monitoring Systems Post-disaster Health Surveillance Rescue Workers Risk Assessment Risk Factors Training Treatment Work Environment Workers World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  2214-9996
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  320-331
• Volume:
  80
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050804
• Citation:
  Ann Glob Health 2014 Jul-Aug; 80(4):320-331
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael A. Crane, New York University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY 10016
• Email:
  michael.crane@mssm.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Global Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa3c5dfaa888c8d00576c1111a64895175ae011739c068157134b6fd0040bff7a325166ce0c8e608d95883909be33e096be8e9c0aaa045e9906703777bb0defb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211016/cdc_211016_DS1.pdf
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