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Title Building community resilience to disasters : a way forward to enhance national health security / Anita Chandra [and others].

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 78 pages) : illustrations
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Series Technical report ; TR-915-DHHS
Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-915-DHHS.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Definition and application of community resilience -- Wellness : promote population health before and after an incident, including behavioral health -- Access : ensure access to high-quality health, behavioral health, and social resources and services -- Education : ensure ongoing information to the public about preparedness, risks, and resources before, during, and after a disaster -- Engagement : promote participatory decisionmaking in planning, response, and recovery activities -- Self-sufficiency : enable and support individuals and communities to assume responsibility for their preparedness -- Partnership : develop strong partnerships within and between government and other organizations -- Quality : collect, analyze, and utilize data to monitor and evaluate progress on building community resilience -- Efficiency : leverage existing community resources for maximum use and effectiveness -- Future directions : implementation, measurement, and next steps.
Summary Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity has become a key policy issue at federal, state, and local levels, including in the National Health Security Strategy. Because resources are limited in the wake of an emergency, it is increasingly recognized that resilience is critical to a community's ability to reduce long recovery periods after an emergency. This report provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describes options for building community resilience in key areas. Based on findings from a literature review and a series of community and regional focus groups, the authors provide a definition of community resilience in the context of national health security and a set of eight levers and five core components for building resilience. They then describe suggested activities that communities are pursuing and may want to strengthen for community resilience, and they identify challenges to implementation.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Disaster medicine.
Emergency management -- Citizen participation.
Social networks.
Emergency management -- Organization -- Administration.
Community organization.
Disaster Planning -- organization & administration
Community Networks
Community Participation
Residence Characteristics
Resilience, Psychological
Social Support
Médecine de catastrophes.
Réseaux sociaux.
Organisation communautaire.
community organizations.
MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- First Aid.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
Community organization
Disaster medicine
Emergency management -- Citizen participation
Social networks
Added Author Chandra, Anita.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Building community resilience to disasters. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011 9780833051950 (DLC) 2011005483 (OCoLC)701450142
ISBN 9780833052094 (electronic bk.)
0833052098 (electronic bk.)
9780833051967 (electronic bk.)
0833051962 (electronic bk.)
9780833051950
0833051954
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AU@ 000052897365
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DEBBG BV043077523
DEBBG BV044153179
DEBSZ 396980791
DEBSZ 421620420
GBVCP 1008655562
HEBIS 28605597X
NZ1 14167538

 
    
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