Public Health Risks of Disasters - Communication, Infrastructure, and Preparedness: Workshop Summary

The National Research Council's Disasters Roundtable and the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine were established as mechanisms for bringing various stakeholders together to discuss timely issues in a neutral setting. The goal was not to resolve these issues, but to create an environment conducive to scientific debate. The members of the respective Roundtables comprise representatives from academia, industry, nongovernmental agencies, and government, whose perspectives range widely and represent the diverse viewpoints of researchers, federal officials, and public interest. This report is the summary of a workshop was convened by the two Roundtables as a contribution to the debate on the health risks of disasters and the related need to build capacity to deal with them. The meeting was strengthened by integrating perspectives from these two fields, so that the agenda represented information from both communities and provided an opportunity to look at some of the most pressing research and preparedness needs for health risks of disasters.

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The National Research Council's Disasters Roundtable and the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine were established as mechanisms for bringing various stakeholders together to discuss timely issues in a neutral setting. This title presents the summary of a workshop.

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• Authors: Board On Health Sciences Policy, Disasters Roundtable, Division On Earth And Life Studies, Institute Of Medicine, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, Roundtable on Environmental Health Scien, Research Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences Research and Medicine
• Assisted by: William H Hooke (Editor), William H. Hooke (Editor), Paul G Rogers (Editor), Paul G. Rogers (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2005
• EAN: 9780309095426
• ISBN: 978-0-309-09542-6
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 212 mm x 228 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 159 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology