Disasters, the environment, and public health
Improving our response
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11021005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James N Logue (Pennsylvania Department of Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1207-1210 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.86.9.1207 |
| PMID | 8806369 |
| OpenAlex | W2026736464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 29 |
Natural and human-made disasters continue to adversely affect all areas of the world in both predictable and unpredictable ways. To highlight the importance of natural disasters, the United Nations declared the 1990s the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. This paper considers the public health response to disasters. It highlights environmental health issues and approaches since disasters are extreme environmental events, and it reviews developments relating to capacity building, training, and collaboration. Although progress is noted, a comprehensive federal or academic approach is not evident in the United States and the proper linkage to environmental health is lacking. With the International Decade now half over, public health professionals and others involved with disaster management should reflect on progress made to date and goals for the future
Economic growth · Emergency management · Environmental health · Geography · Natural disaster · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Public health · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine
Health and the environment in the 1990s
The rapid implementation of a statewide emergency health information system during the 1993 Iowa flood
The Red Cross and CDC's natural-disaster surveillance system
The availability of disaster preparation courses at US schools of public health
After the flood
The effects of a natural disaster on child behavior
Neural tube defects in Jamaica following Hurricane Gilbert
Emerging diseases and ecosystem instability
Violence, injury, drugs, and maternal mortality
More on disaster preparation by schools of public health
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |