Rachel Nonkin Avchen

Biographic Data

ID6057346
NAMERachel Nonkin Avchen
GIVEN NAMESRachel Nonkin
FAMILY NAMEAvchen
SIGNATUREAVCHEN R N
AFFILIATIONSTanya Telfair LeBlanc and Linda Ekperi are with the Science Integration, Applied Research and Translation Team, Applied Science and Evaluation Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Rachel Nonkin Avchen is with the Applied Science and Evaluation Branch, Division of State and Local Readiness, CDC. Christine Kosmos is with the Division of State and Local Readiness, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, CDC. Tanya Telfair LeBlanc, Rachel Nonkin Avchen, and...
ORCID0000-0002-5024-704X
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • Collaboration Is Key to Community Preparedness

    Tanya Telfair LeBlanc, Christine Kosmos et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019

  • The Virtual Village

    Tanya Telfair LeBlanc, Linda Ekperi et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019Cited by: 2References: 1

  • Preparing Communities to Evacuate for Major Hurricanes

    Judy Kruger, Rachel Nonkin Avchen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019References: 2

  • CDC Engagement With Community and Faith-Based Organizations in Public Health Emergencies

    Scott Santibañez, Mark D M Davis et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019References: 3

  • Community Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies

    Rachel Nonkin Avchen, Christine Kosmos et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019Cited by: 2

  • Performance of Point of Dispensing Setup Drills for Distribution of Medical Countermeasures

    Melissa Pagaoa, Tanya Telfair LeBlanc et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018References: 3

    Objectives. To describe results of points of dispensing (POD) medical countermeasure drill performance among local jurisdictions. Methods. To compare POD setup times for each year, we calculated descriptive statistics of annual jurisdictional POD setup data submitted by over 400 local jurisdictions across 50 states and 8 US territories to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program monitoring database from July 2012 to June 2016. R…

  • Medical Countermeasure Actions—A Historical Perspective

    Tanya Telfair LeBlanc, Linda Ekperi et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018References: 7

    An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about the historic aspects of medical countermeasure programs and public health emergency preparedness as of 2018, and it mentions a Sarin gas attack in Tokyo, Japan in 1995 and America's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) program. According to the article, the SNS contains four classes of assets which include pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and containers of medications to treat spe…

  • Public Health Emergencies

    Tanya Telfair LeBlanc, Christine Kosmos et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018

  • Medical Countermeasures

    Rachel Nonkin Avchen, kovacsviki kovacsviki et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018

  • Improvements in State and Local Planning for Mass Dispensing of Medical Countermeasures

    Paul G Renard, Sara J Vagi et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2017

    Objectives. To evaluate and describe outcomes of state and local medical countermeasure preparedness planning, which is critical to ensure rapid distribution and dispensing of a broad spectrum of life-saving medical assets during a public health emergency. Methods. We used 2007 to 2014 state and local data collected from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Technical Assistance Review. We calculated descriptive statistics from 50 stat…

  • From Anthrax to Zika

    Rachel Nonkin Avchen, Tanya Telfair LeBlanc et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2017

    An introduction is presented in which the authors discuss various reports within the journal on topics including public health emergency preparedness in the twenty-first century, competencies in biosurveillance, and funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Progress in Public Health Emergency Preparedness—United States, 2001–2016

    Bhavini Patel Murthy, Noelle-Angelique M Molinari et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2017Cited by: 4References: 8

    Objectives. To evaluate the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program’s progress toward meeting public health preparedness capability standards in state, local, and territorial health departments. Methods. All 62 PHEP awardees completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s self-administered PHEP Impact Assessment as part of program review measuring public health preparedness capability before September 11, 2001 (9/11), and i…