The Law and Emergencies

Surveillance for Public Health–Related Legal Issues During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Bibliographic Data

ID11026410
AuthorsRachel I Weiss (At the time of the study, all of the authors were with the Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Karen L McKie (At the time of the study, all of the authors were with the Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Richard A Goodman (At the time of the study, all of the authors were with the Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.)
Year2007
Volume97
IssueSupplement_1
PagesS73-S81
Publication date2007-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2006.104240
PMID17413083
PMCIDPMC1855002
OpenAlexW2040773287
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

Law influenced every aspect of the public health response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, from evacuation orders, to waivers of medical licensing requirements, to the clean-up of public health threats on private property. We used public health surveillance of news reports to identify and characterize legal issues arising during the disaster response in 5 Gulf Coast states. Data collected from news reports of the events in real time were followed-up by interviews with selected state legal and emergency management officials. Our analysis indicates the value of surveillance during and after emergency responses in identifying public health–related legal issues and helps to inform the strengthening of legal preparedness frameworks for future disasters

Emergency management · Environmental health · Geography · Hurricane katrina · Medical emergency · Natural disaster · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Preparedness · Public health · Public health surveillance · State (computer science) · Suicide prevention · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access