Open AccessPartnerships. A 'community as resource' strategy for disaster response
Author(s) -
Joshua D. Lichterman
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public health reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.202
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-2877
pISSN - 0033-3549
DOI - 10.1093/phr/115.2.262
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , emergency management , medical emergency , public health , resource (disambiguation) , business , disaster response , natural disaster , emergency response , suicide prevention , disaster planning , environmental planning , mental health , local government , poison control , public relations , environmental health , medicine , geography , political science , public administration , nursing , computer science , psychiatry , computer network , philosophy , linguistics , meteorology , law
Natural and technological disasters present significant threats to the public's health. The emergency response capabilities of government and private relief organizations are limited. With a strategy in which residents of urban areas are trained in search and rescue, first aid, fire suppression, care and shelter, emergency communications, and disaster mental health, the community becomes a "resource" rather than a "victim."