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katrien

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What initiatives (research, activism, education, etc.) are illustrative of this organization’s work?

publication of data in open science

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joerene.aviles

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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How (if at all) is emergency response addressed in the article or report?

Disaster investigations look at the emergency response that followed the incident, either the timing or actions taken to save human lives. There's more about the investigations calling for improved emergency preparedness; policies and technology development to prevent disasters such as the Hague Street Explosion (1850) which involved a faulty boiler (and other factors) and the Iroquois theater fire (1903) which led to changed theater building policies.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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Sandy/Katrina Storyline

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Who was the system built to serve, and why?

To educate the pbulic so that we may respond to the next storm disaster better, and to spread the story of the survivors to better understand their difficulties and the emotional impact of the storm.

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joerene.aviles

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Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5207

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What is the policy and what does it aim to achieve?

The policy is a disaster relief act aimed to provide governmental aid/ assistance at the local, state, and national levels for emergency preparedness and response in the event of a major disaster.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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Chronic Disaster Syndrome: Displacement, Disaster Capitalism, and the Eviction of the Poor from New Orleans

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

They used other studies done, interviews they conducted, and greater research on the storms to form their arguement for seperate mental health disorder due to the traumatic events of disasters.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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Challenges in researching violence affecting health service delivery in complex security environments

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What three points, details or references from the text did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the complexities of emergency response?

If health workers are targeted more often, and when

Hospital workers and violence

EMS protocols for combative patients

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joerene.aviles

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FIRST RESPONDERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY DUE TO MASS DECONTAMINATION RUNOFF

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What is the policy and what does it aim to achieve?

The policy is to extend Good Samaritan laws to first responders so that they would not be liable for "spreading contamination while attempting to save lives."

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Andreas_Rebmann

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1965 Title XIX Medicaid Law: IMD Exclusion

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Who does the policy apply to? (i.e. residents of California, globally, physicians)

This is a calfornia department of health document, therefore it appears to apply specifically to that states definition of an IMD.

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joerene.aviles

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The Gendered Human of Humanitarianism: Medicalising and Politicising Sexual Violence

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Who are the authors, where do they work, and what are their areas of expertise? How is the author professionally situated in respect to emergency response? Note any other publications/research foci that are of relevance to the DSTS Network.

Miriam Ticktin is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at The New School For Social Research in New York City. Her research focuses on "what it means to make political claims in the name of a universal humanity" and more recently looks at humanitarianism at various levels. For emergency response her work focuses more on response done for humanitarian aid and displaced peoples.

http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/?id=4d54-6379-4e44-4d35

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Andreas_Rebmann

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FIRST RESPONDERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY DUE TO MASS DECONTAMINATION RUNOFF

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What is the policy and what does it aim to achieve?

This is a Liability policy related to First Responders' that aims to enable first responders to aid peoples during the effects of a biological or chemical hazard without delay by allowing for first responders to ignore potential contamination spread in order to prevent loss of life. Once the situation is stabalized the previous protocols become active again in order to protect the environment and community.