American journal of public health

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  Año 2007, Vol. 97, Número 0

  • LETTER

    • Sports utility vehicles and vulnerable road users

      Ediriweera Desapriya, Ian Pike, Kate Turcotte

      págs. 4-5

      

  • EDITOR'S CHOICE

    • Improving Preparedness by Incorporating Lessons Learned

      Linda Young Landesman

      págs. 6-6

      

  • EDITORIAL

    • Ready or Not?

      John M. Colmers

      págs. 7-8

      

    • Conceptualizing and Defining Public Health Emergency Preparedness

      Christopher Nelson, Nicole Lurie, Jeffrey Wasserman, Sarah Zakowski

      págs. 9-11

      

    • Prepared to Serve Public Health

      Neil E. Hann, Mary E. Northridge, Georges C. Benjamin, Hector Balcazar

      págs. 12-14

      

  • HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS

    • Preparedness for Infectious Threats

      Christopher B. Nelson, Maureen Birmingham, Alejandro Costa, Joelle Daviaud, William Perea, Marie-Paule Kieny, Daniel Tarantola

      • Resumen

      págs. 15-22

      

    • Expanding Bioshield: A Call for Caution

      Thomas May

      • Resumen

      págs. 23-25

      

    • Ethics in a Pandemic: A Survey of the State Pandemic Influenza Plans

      James C. Thomas, Nabarun Dasgupta, Amanda Martinot

      • Resumen

      págs. 26-31

      

    • Disrupting the Transmission of Influenza A: Face Masks and Ultraviolet Light as Control Measures

      Martin Meyer Weiss, Peter D. Weiss, Danielle E. Weiss, Joseph B. Weiss

      • Resumen

      págs. 32-37

      

  • GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, AND LAW

    • Legal Tools for Preparedness and Response

      Frederic E. Shaw, Karen L. McKie, Clint A. Liveoak, Richard A. Goodman

      • Resumen

      págs. 38-43

      

    • Evidence and Effectiveness in Decisionmaking for Quarantine

      Cécile M. Bensimon, Ross E.G. Upshur

      • Resumen

      págs. 44-48

      

    • Encouraging Compliance With Quarantine: A Proposal to Provide Job Security and Income Replacement

      Mark A. Rothstein, Meghan K. Talbott

      • Resumen

      págs. 49-56

      

    • A Review of Model Public Health Laws

      DeKeely Hartsfield, Anthony D. Moulton, Karen L. McKie

      • Resumen

      págs. 56-61

      

    • Mutual Aid Agreements: Essential Legal Tools for Public Health Preparedness and Response

      Daniel D. Stier, Richard A. Goodman

      • Resumen

      págs. 62-68

      

    • The Courts, Public Health, and Legal Preparedness

      Daniel D. Stier, Diane Nicks, Gregory J. Cowan

      • Resumen

      págs. 69-73

      

    • The Law and Emergencies: Surveillance for Public Health–Related Legal Issues During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

      Rachel I. Weiss, Karen L. McKie, Richard A. Goodman

      • Resumen

      págs. 73-81

      

  • TOWARD A PREPARED FUTURE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

    • Vision for a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies

      Bernard C.K. Choi, John Frank, Jennifer Mindell, Anna Orlova, Vivian Lin, Alain D.M.G. Vaillancourt, Pekka Puska, Tikki Pang, Harvey A. Skinner, Marsha Marsh, Ali H. Mokdad, Shun-Zhang Yu, M. Cristina Lindner, Gregory Sherman, Sandhi M. Barreto, Lawrence W. Green, Lawrence W. Svenson, Peter Sainsbury, Yongping Yan, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Juan C. Zevallos, Suzanne C. Ho, Ligia M. de Salazar

      • Resumen

      págs. 82-87

      

    • Optimal Shift Duration and Sequence: Recommended Approach for Short-Term Emergency Response Activations for Public Health and Emergency Management

      Paula A. Burgess

      • Resumen

      págs. 88-92

      

    • The Role of the Public Health Official in Communicating Public Health Information

      Enrique Regidor Poyatos, Luis de la Fuente, Juan Luis Gutiérrez Fisac, Salvador de Mateo Ontañón, Cruz Pascual Nobajas, José Sánchez Payá, Elena Ronda Pérez

      • Resumen

      págs. 93-97

      

  • RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

    • Optimizing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Response Strategies: Lessons Learned From Quarantine

      Tsung-Hsi Wang, Kuo-Chen Wei, Chao Agnes Hsiung, Susan A. Maloney, Rachel Barwick Eidex, Drew L. Posey, Wei-Hui Chou, Wen-Yi Shih, Hsu-Sung Kuo

      • Resumen

      págs. 98-100

      

  • RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

    • Evaluation of Potassium Iodide Prophylaxis Knowledge and Nuclear Emergency Preparedness: New Jersey 2005

      James Blando, Corwin Robertson, Katina Pearl, Carline Dixon, Martin Valcin, Eddy Bresnitz

      • Resumen

      págs. 100-102

      

    • Psychological Sequelae Resulting From the 2004 Florida Hurricanes: Implications for Postdisaster Intervention

      Ron Acierno, Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Sandro Galea, Heidi S. Resnick, Karestan Koenen, John Roitzsch, Michael de Arellano, John Boyle, Dean G. Kilpatrick

      • Resumen

      págs. 103-108

      

    • Disaster Planning and Risk Communication With Vulnerable Communities: Lessons From Hurricane Katrina

      David P. Eisenman, Kristina M. Cordasco, Steve Asch, Joya F. Golden, Deborah Glik

      • Resumen

      págs. 109-115

      

    • Trauma and Stress Response Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees

      Mary Alice Mills, Donald Edmondson, Crystal L. Park

      • Resumen

      págs. 116-123

      

    • African Americans’ Decisions Not to Evacuate New Orleans Before Hurricane Katrina: A Qualitative Study

      Keith Elder, Sudha Xirasagar, Nancy Miller, Shelly Ann Bowen, Saundra Glover, Crystal Piper

      • Resumen

      págs. 124-129

      

    • Household Water Disinfection in Hurricane-Affected Communities of Louisiana: Implications for Disaster Preparedness for the General Public

      Pavani Kalluri Ram, Elizabeth Blanton, Debra Klinghoffer, Mary Platek, Janet Piper, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Matthew R. Bonner, Eric D. Mintz

      • Resumen

      págs. 130-135

      

    • Use of Electronic Health Records in Disaster Response: The Experience of Department of Veterans Affairs After Hurricane Katrina

      Steven H. Brown, Linda F. Fischetti, Gail Graham, Jack Bates, Anne E. Lancaster, David McDaniel, Joseph Gillon, Melody Darbe, Robert M. Kolodner

      • Resumen

      págs. 136-141

      

    • Benefits and Barriers to Electronic Laboratory Results Reporting for Notifiable Diseases: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Experience

      Trang Quyen Nguyen, Lorna Thorpe, Hadi A. Makki, Farzad Mostashari

      • Resumen

      págs. 142-145

      

    • Tsunami Mortality Estimates and Vulnerability Mapping in Aceh, Indonesia

      Shannon Doocy, Yuri Gorokhovich, Gilbert Burnham, Deborah Balk, Courtland Robinson

      • Resumen

      págs. 146-151

      

    • Public Health Investigation After the Discovery of Ricin in a South Carolina Postal Facility

      Joshua G. Schier, Manish M. Patel, Martin G. Belson, Amee Patel, Michael Schwartz, Nicole Fitzpatrick, Dan Drociuk, Scott Deitchman, Richard Meyer, Toby Litovitz, William A. Watson, Carol H. Rubin, Max Kiefer

      • Resumen

      págs. 152-157