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3193.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| Public health planning and response to disasters and violent events pose unique challenges. While events may appear to be unpredictable, their impact often follows predictable patterns, and the effect on the community can be moderated with adequate preparation and intervention. The speakers in this session will focus on policy and environmental strategies that are needed in order to ensure that planning for and responding to disasters and violence take critical factors such as community norms, culture, socioeconomic status, and vulnerabilities into account. Specifically, the session will introduce the epidemiology of disasters and violence, with a focus on recent events; substance abuse and mental health issues as contributing factors and factors that affect recovery; interpersonal violence, with an emphasis on multi-victim events and community response; trauma system preparedness and response; and disparities in access to prevention and intervention services. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Describe at least 2 policy initiatives that will aid in ensuring access to prevention and intervention services; Discuss the role of policy strategies in mitigating the impact of violence and/or disasters. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Linda Degutis, DrPH, MSN | |||
| 12:30 PM |  | Substance abuse and mental health issues: Policy, prevention and intervention H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH | ||
| 12:50 PM | | Health disparities and emergencies: Considerations in planning for and responding to violence and disasters Jamila Rashid, PhD, MPH | ||
| 1:10 PM | Trauma systems: Planning for and response to violence and disasters Samir Fahkry | |||
| 1:30 PM | | Violence: Policy, prevention and intervention David Hemenway, PhD | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | APHA | |||
| Endorsed by: | Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA