EiJ Global Record: Eastern North Carolina, USA
The eastern Piedmont and southeastern lowlands of North Carolina are the “birthplace” of the environmental justice movement (EJ) in the United States.
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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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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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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.
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Andreas_RebmannIn this article emergency response was looked at in a very broad way, with planning for having teams, organization, and training. Logistics weren't fleshed out, but the call for a team was there. It was also potentially difficult due to internationalization of the team.
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Readers, however, often used the books for a different purpose:
identifying depression. Regularly, I received — and still receive — phone calls: “My
husband is just like — ” one or another figure from a clinical example.
HERE is where I want to venture a radical statement about the worth of
anecdote. Beyond its roles as illustration, affirmation, hypothesisbuilder and lowlevel
guidance for practice, storytelling can act as a modest counterbalance to a
straitened understanding of evidence.
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The article emphasizes the need for a disaster-preparedness plan, with pre-existing infrastructure to address trauma and mass casualty management, as well as long-term sources of clean water and waste disposal. Assured primary healthcare and wide-spread vaccination usage help with these efforts.
Post-disaster, there will need to be intervention to ensure that these standards are being met, as well as surveillance for communicable diseases.