Public Health Practice and Disaster Resilience: A Framework Integrating Resilience as a Worker Protection Strategy

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• Personal Author:
  Katz CL ; Kowalski-Trakofler, Kathleen M. ; Reissman, Dori B.
• Description:
  The tools for impacting resilience at the workforce (population) level share strategies with those used for occupational health and safety and public health practice, such as leadership training, public education, worker training, legislation, engineering design codes and standards, land use management, and research regarding human behavior and intervention effectiveness. During the pre-event period, workers must acquire and maintain appropriate education, training, and certification (credentials) specific to their potential deployment roles. Medical, emotional, and cognitive readiness are important dimensions of workforce health protection planning. This may be enhanced by improving coping skills through training and by building social support networks before the disaster strikes. Leadership training is a critical element of force protection as team cohesion, buddy relations, and operations are all leadership dependent. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Mental Health Occupational Health Public Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Psychological-processes Psychological-reactions Psychological-responses Public-health Stress Training
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780521898393
• Publisher:
  Cambridge University Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  340-358
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039787
• Citation:
  Resilience and mental health: challenges across the lifespan. Southwick, SM; Litz BT, Charney D, Friedman MJ, eds. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2011 Jan; :340-358
• Editor(s):
  Southwick SM; Litz BT; Charney D; Friedman MJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Resilience and mental health: challenges across the lifespan
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227379/cdc_227379_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 11.25 MB ]