Innovations for Tomorrow: Summary of the 2016 Disaster Health Education Symposium

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-162
Author(s):  
Kelly Gulley ◽  
Kandra Strauss-Riggs ◽  
Thomas D. Kirsch ◽  
Craig Goolsby
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Education Training ◽  
Education Symposium

AbstractIn an effort to enhance education, training, and learning in the disaster health community, the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) gathered experts from around the nation in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 8, 2016, for the 2016 Disaster Health Education Symposium: Innovations for Tomorrow. This article summarizes key themes presented during the disaster health symposium including innovations in the following areas: training and education that saves lives, practice, teaching, sharing knowledge, and our communities. This summary article provides thematic content for those unable to attend. Please visit http://ncdmph.usuhs.edu/ for more information. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:160–162)

scholarly journals A Bibliometric Profile of Disaster Medicine Research from 2008 to 2017: A Scientometric Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Liang Zhou ◽  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Zhigang Zhang ◽  
Lidong Fan ◽  
Shuo Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
Thomson Reuters

ABSTRACTThis study analyzed and assessed publication trends in articles on “disaster medicine,” using scientometric analysis. Data were obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) of Thomson Reuters on March 27, 2017. A total of 564 publications on disaster medicine were identified. There was a mild increase in the number of articles on disaster medicine from 2008 (n=55) to 2016 (n=83). Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness published the most articles, the majority of articles were published in the United States, and the leading institute was Tohoku University. F. Della Corte, M. D. Christian, and P. L. Ingrassia were the top authors on the topic, and the field of public health generated the most publications. Terms analysis indicated that emergency medicine, public health, disaster preparedness, natural disasters, medicine, and management were the research hotspots, whereas Hurricane Katrina, mechanical ventilation, occupational medicine, intensive care, and European journals represented the frontiers of disaster medicine research. Overall, our analysis revealed that disaster medicine studies are closely related to other medical fields and provides researchers and policy-makers in this area with new insight into the hotspots and dynamic directions. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:165–172)

scholarly journals Preparing for the future of public health: ecological determinants of health and the call for an eco-social approach to public health education

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot W. Parkes ◽  
Blake Poland ◽  
Sandra Allison ◽  
Donald C. Cole ◽  
Ian Culbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Health Community

AbstractAs a collective organized to address the education implications of calls for public health engagement on the ecological determinants of health, we, the Ecological Determinants Group on Education (cpha.ca/EDGE), urge the health community to properly understand and address the importance of the ecological determinants of the public’s health, consistent with long-standing calls from many quarters—including Indigenous communities—and as part of an eco-social approach to public health education, research and practice. Educational approaches will determine how well we will be equipped to understand and respond to the rapid changes occurring for the living systems on which all life—including human life—depends. We revisit findings from the Canadian Public Health Association’s discussion paper on ‘Global Change and Public Health: Addressing the Ecological Determinants of Health’, and argue that an intentionally eco-social approach to education is needed to better support the health sector’s role in protecting and promoting health, preventing disease and injury, and reducing health inequities. We call for a proactive approach, ensuring that the ecological determinants of health become integral to public health education, practice, policy, and research, as a key part of wider societal shifts required to foster a healthy, just, and ecologically sustainable future.

Perspectives of Future Physicians on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: Challenges of Building a Capable and Sustainable Auxiliary Medical Workforce

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 210-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather E. Kaiser ◽  
Daniel J. Barnett ◽  
Edbert B. Hsu ◽  
Thomas D. Kirsch ◽  
James J. James ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Pandemic Influenza ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Web Based ◽  
And Training

ABSTRACTBackground: Although the training of future physicians in disaster preparedness and public health issues has been recognized as an important component of graduate medical education, medical students receive relatively limited exposure to these topics. Recommendations have been made to incorporate disaster medicine and public health preparedness into medical school curricula. To date, the perspectives of future physicians on disaster medicine and public health preparedness issues have not been described.Methods: A Web-based survey was disseminated to US medical students. Frequencies, proportions, and odds ratios were calculated to assess perceptions and self-described likelihood to respond to disaster and public health scenarios.Results: Of the 523 medical students who completed the survey, 17.2% believed that they were receiving adequate education and training for natural disasters, 26.2% for pandemic influenza, and 13.4% for radiological events, respectively; 51.6% felt they were sufficiently skilled to respond to a natural disaster, 53.2% for pandemic influenza, and 30.8% for radiological events. Although 96.0% reported willingness to respond to a natural disaster, 93.7% for pandemic influenza, and 83.8% for a radiological event, the majority of respondents did not know to whom they would report in such an event.Conclusions: Despite future physicians' willingness to respond, education and training in disaster medicine and public health preparedness offered in US medical schools is inadequate. Equipping medical students with knowledge, skills, direction, and linkages with volunteer organizations may help build a capable and sustainable auxiliary workforce. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3:210–216)

Public health preparedness and response competency model methodology

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH ◽  
Elizabeth McGean Weist, MA, MPH, CPH ◽  
John E. McElligott, MPH, CPH ◽  
Laura A. Biesiadecki, MSPH, CPH ◽  
Audrey R. Gotsch, DrPH, MCHES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Core Competency ◽  
Competency Model ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Competency Models ◽  
Control And Prevention

Objective: The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act calls for establishing a competency-based training program to train public health practitioners. To inform such training, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Schools of Public Health managed groups of experts to produce a competency model which could function as a national standard of behaviorally based, observable skills for the public health workforce to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from all hazards.Design: A systematic review of existing competency models generated a competency model of proposed domains and competencies.Participants: National stakeholders were engaged to obtain consensus through a three-stage Delphi-like process.Results: The Delphi-like process achieved 84 percent, 82 percent, and 79 percent response rates in its three stages. Three hundred sixty six unique individuals responded to the three-round process, with 45 percent (n = 166) responding to all three rounds. The resulting competency model features 18 competencies within four core learning domains targeted at midlevel public health workers.Conclusions: Practitioners and academics have adopted the Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competency Model, some of whom have formed workgroups to develop curricula based on the model. Efforts will be needed to develop evaluation materials for training and education programs to refine the model as well as for future training and education initiatives.

scholarly journals Improving the Art and Science of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

2008 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. James ◽  
Italo Subbarao ◽  
William L. Lanier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Art And Science ◽  
Public Health Preparedness

scholarly journals 10 Guiding Principles of a Comprehensive Internet-Based Public Health Preparedness Training and Education Program

2010 ◽  
Vol 125 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine K. Alexander ◽  
Jennifer A. Horney ◽  
Milissa Markiewicz ◽  
Pia D.M. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Guiding Principles
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