Panel Discussion: The CBRA Approach for Guiding and Using Exposure Assessments for Community Planning for Disaster Resilience

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• Personal Author:
  Bautista E ; Chaisson CF ; Inserra C ; Shih R ; Yeampierre E
• Description:
  The NIOSH project officer will focus the discussion among panelists from RAND, UPROSE, NYC-EJA and The LifeLine Group. Agencies like NIOSH and CDC recognize the challenges introduced by rising sea levels, changing climates and severe weather events. One of those challenges involves potential health threats from chemicals displaced from their storage/use sites during destructive weather events. Approaches used in this project may be useful for many global sites where rising sea levels and storm threats are forcing communities toward resiliency projects. Estimating the possible concentrations of fugitive chemicals within community zones can focus public health monitoring and protection strategies and inform recovery worker protection practices. CBRA approaches and input strengthen the overall process and increase the likelihood that study results will be accepted and acted upon for community planning. The sciences of exposure assessment, vector analysis, mapping, modeling, chemical hazard assessment, and activity profiling from visual descriptive materials can inform these difficult community-specific strategies. The scientific approach initiated in this project can be emulated and improved upon when applied to other sites. The panel discussion focuses on the strength and weaknesses of the community-led approach, technical approaches from multiple scientific fields, and social media information sources employed in this project and their utility for public protection options and guidance to health professionals and epidemiologists. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Community Health Services Cyclonic Storms Disaster Planning Emergencies Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Climate Change Chemical Hazards Climate Change Community Health Cumulative Exposure Disaster Clean-up Emergency Preparedness Emergency Response Environmental Justice Environmental Policy Exposure Assessment Hurricanes Natural Disasters

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• Publisher:
  International Society of Exposure Science
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Georgia ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40-41
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053203
• Citation:
  24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES 2014): Exposure Science Integration to Protect Ecological Systems, Human Well-Being, and Occupational Health, October 12-16, 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ottawa, Canada: International Society of Exposure Science, 2014 Oct; :40-41
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20130930
• Source Full Name:
  24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES 2014): Exposure Science Integration to Protect Ecological Systems, Human Well-Being, and Occupational Health, October 12-16, 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio
• End Date:
  20150929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6b693bd077d35c7db96bc4a553e21c516ca8c348f3a4d27137571cd1097b376ba14afe0bb7549c3af6c346eb61af8e2d56c7afc5783370189ead9c0f4cb749f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216010/cdc_216010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 353.45 KB ]