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COVID-19 Rapid Student Interview Project

COVID-19 Rapid Student Interview Collection Form

This project aims to provide an engaging project for post-secondary students (undergraduate and graduate) to gain experience with qualitative research methodology while contributing to public

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

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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.

The authors, Vicanne Adams, Taslim Van Hattum, and Diana English work at the University of California San Francisco in the department of anthropology, history, and social medicine. The department’s research includes aspects of global health, social theory, critical medical anthropology, and disaster recovery.

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Nuclear Emergency Response: Atomic Priests or an International SWAT Team?

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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?

In addition to this article I looked further into the Chirnoble disaster, the IAEA policies, and where there are nuclear plants in the United States.

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Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)

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Who drafted this policy?

This policy was drafted by Congress as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act and passed in 1986 to address Medicare related issues.

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Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

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What three (or more) quotes capture the message of the article or report?

“we have seen that it is possible to decrease the extent to which social inequalities become embodied as health disparities”

“National health insurance and other social safety nets, including those that guarantee primary education, food security, and clean water, are important because they promise rights, rather than commodities, to citizens.”

“: structural violence remains a highranking cause of premature death and disability”

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

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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?

The authors made use of interviews and conclusions from various research workshops to produce the claims in this article.

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The Problem of Securing Health

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Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported.

The authors used reports and statistics from international health organizations such as WHO. They also gathered information from think tanks like RAND. Additionally, to support the claims made in this article the authors looked at how biological outbreaks and threats were dealt with in the past, specifically World War II and the wars with Iran.

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Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)

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What other organizations does this organization interact and collaborate with? What organizations does this organization criticize or distance itself from? How is collaboration conceptualized and talked about?

This organization operates within low socioeconomical regions. These are regions that are typically war zones or are high in violence. This has shaped their way of conceiving disaster in that they believe everyone should be provided care.

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The Deadly Choices at Memorial

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What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?

The article discusses the cares and the decisions made in regards to patient care at a hospital during hurricane Katrina. A team of doctors decided to euthanize several patients who were suffering and likely would not receive care or live much longer anyway. While, the team of medical professionals made this choice morally and to relieve the patients of their suffering they are still subject to malpractice claims and breaking protocol. The article suggests a disconnect between those working in the field alongside patients and those making rules and regulations.