Can Merging the Roles of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management Increase the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Emergency Planning and Response?

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Vielot, Nadja A. ; Horney, Jennifer A.
• Description:
  Some jurisdictions have reduced workforce and reallocated responsibilities for public health preparedness and emergency management to more efficiently use resources and improve planning and response. Key informant interviews were conducted in six counties in North Carolina (USA) to discuss perceptions of the challenges and opportunities provided by the new shared positions. Respondents feel that planning and response have improved, but that requirements related to activities or equipment that are eligible for funding (particularly on the public health side) can present an impediment to consolidating public health preparedness and emergency management roles. As the financial resources available for public health preparedness and emergency management continue to be reduced, the merging of the roles and responsibilities of public health preparedness and emergency management may present jurisdictions with an effective alternative to reducing staff, and potentially, readiness.
• Subjects:
  Article Civil Defense Disaster Planning Public Health Administration
• Source:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014; 11(3):2911-2921.
• Pubmed ID:
  24619123
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3987012
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P05 TP 000296/TP/OPHPR CDC HHS/United States ; T32 AI070114/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bdaf8dfc73d49a2ba9995f879e630bfb3c51a6b7f06cd04b44b8c2e6c8b72d88
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22525/cdc_22525_DS1.pdf
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