Case Studies Winter 2024
Case study reports produced by students in UCI Anthro25A, "Environmental Injustice," in Winter 2024.
Case study reports produced by students in UCI Anthro25A, "Environmental Injustice," in Winter 2024.
Slow disaster case study reports produced by students in UCI Anthro25A, "Environmental Injustice," in Fall 2022.
Combo disaster case study reports produced by students in UCI Anthro25A, "Environmental Injustice," in Fall 2022.
This policy directly affects first responders and technical professionals as they will be the ones interacting with patients and following the protocols outlined in this plan. First responders are required to recognize and report suspected ebola incidents, use appropriate PPE, and transport to appropriate facilities if feasible.
The IHS is funded by Congress after being reviewed by The House, Senate, and Congressional committees annually. A budget is formulated by a division within the IHS for approval each year. This means that their way of thinking about disaster and health must be approved by Congress, since they are a Federal agency.
The author is Sonja D. Schmid who is a professor of Science and Technology in Society at Virginia Tech. Her area of expertise is the social aspect of science and technology, esp. during the Cold War, as well as science and technology policy, science and democracy, qualitative studies of risk, energy policy, and nuclear emergency response. As a professor and researcher she has does relevant studies on Fukushima and nuclear disasters relevant to the DSTS network. One such article titled "The unbearable ambiguity of knowing: making sense of Fukushima" is cited below:
Schmid, Sonja D. "The Unbearable Ambiguity of Knowing: Making Sense of Fukushima." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. N.p., 2013. Web.
The program consists of a Radiation Disaster Medicine Course (4-year integrated PhD program), a Radioactivity Environmental Protection Course (5-year integrated PhD program), and a Radioactivity Social Recovery Course (5-year Integrated PhD program)
The report is written by Doctors Without Borders (Médecin sans Frontières)
No references are provided so it is unknown how the author obtained their information. They reference "EPA estimates" of how much pollutants were kicked up into the air after the collapse of the towers but no official reference is provided. Quotes are also provided from various government and EPA officials.