OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the application of economics to health care preparedness by estimating the financial return on investment in a substate regional emergency response team and to develop a financial model aimed at sustaining community-level disaster readiness. METHODS Economic evaluation methods were applied to the experience of a regional Pennsylvania response capability. A cost-benefi...

UNLABELLED Guidelines for the design of emergency communications were derived from primary research and interrogation of the literature. The guidelines were used to re-design a nuclear emergency preparedness leaflet routinely distributed to households in the local area. Pre-test measures of memory for, and self-reported understanding of, nuclear safety information were collected. The findings r...

According to a recent UN report, seismic risk from large earthquakes continues to increase globally in line with infrastructure and population increase in developing nations. This implies the vulnerability is not decreasing relative to increased exposure. Specific examples include recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra in areas of known seismic hazard, but clearly this is part of a...

background and objectives: during crisis, hospitals have great responsibility in saving life and protect health of the damaged individuals. fulfilling this responsibility relies on preparedness of hospital staff, particularly the clinicians to face the relevant challenges. given the lack of adequate information on the topic from iran, the present study aimed to explore the technical crisis prep...

conclusions the findings showed the moderate preparedness of the hospitals in the northern provinces to deal with disasters. case presentation this cross-sectional study was carried in 2011 and all of the hospitals which were located in the northern areas of iran were investigated through the census method. the data collection instruments were self-administered managers’ awareness questionnaire...

This research aimed to determine the preparedness of students Macalaya National High School in Castilla, Sorsogon natural disasters for school year 2019-2020.The descriptive was used study using one hundred eighty as respondents. A self-made questionnaire and rubrics describe level preparedness. Mean standard deviation Pearson r correlation an alpha .05 were statistical tools.The revealed follo...

People living in areas of significant seismic risk seldom undertake sufficient preparations to safeguard their families. This is most problematic remote communities such as those along the Dead Sea Fault, Israel, where self-reliance a key factor coping with disasters. To facilitate individual and familial involvement earthquake preparedness areas, we designed tool for self-assessment preparedne...

Physical scientists have estimated that the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) has as much a 25% chance to produce M9.0 earthquake and tsunami in next 50 years, but few studies used survey data assess household risk perceptions, emergency preparedness, evacuation intentions. To understand these phenomena, this study conducted mail-based questionnaire using Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) gu...

Background: The Cyber Preparedness Continuum CNA’s Safety and Security Division conducted a Cyber Preparedness Workshop on April 25, 2013, at CNA’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The workshop brought together emergency management and cybersecurity stakeholders, drawn from both the public and private sectors, to discuss cyber preparedness. Discussions during the workshop centered around t...