Background Disasters and emergencies from infectious diseases, extreme weather and
anthropogenic events are increasingly common. While risks vary for different communities …

Background Emergencies and disasters impact population health. Despite the importance of
upstream readiness, a persistent challenge for public health practitioners is defining what it …

Assessing public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) can help monitor and improve
systems' capacities and capabilities. Yet, measuring preparedness is a complex process …

As much as possible, PHEP should be integrated with and expand upon day-to-day public
health practices and build upon existing systems, not developed de novo. PHEP should also …

Objectives: To investigate local health department (LHD) adoption of federally
recommended participatory approaches to PHEP and to identify LHD organizational …

Background Effective public health emergency preparedness and response systems are
important in mitigating the impact of all-hazards emergencies on population health. The …

Background The major emerging infectious diseases (MEIDs) have occurred frequently and
become increasingly serious in the world. Sufficient personal emergency preparedness is …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate the risks and profound
health impacts that result from infectious disease emergencies. Emergency preparedness …

Abstract Background European Member States, the European Commission and its agencies
work together to enhance preparedness and response for serious cross-border threats to …

Aim: Evaluating hospital disaster preparedness is one the best ways for hospital
accreditation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of outcome measure that offer …