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

They used literature, expert interviews, and experiences, and through two workshops, organized the information into a cohesive and succinct description of the challenges of this research and why it is or may be happening.

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jaostrander

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WTC Health Registry

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What kinds of data do users enter?

Participants are subjected to a 30 minute in person or telephone in regards to their mental and physical health.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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The Problem of Securing Health

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Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported.

The WHO, a well respected organization, pushed for a similar framework of 'public health security'.

Legislation in the United States that supported a global model of health care in order to address pandemics and other hazards.

Growing issues with pathogenicity and mutability in diseases that makes it harder to deal with retroactively instead of proactively.

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jaostrander

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

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

“safety sometimes gets pitted against profitability”

“Consequently, we see a trend where mitigating the consequences of a nuclear disaster is also increasingly being regarded as an international task.”

“We need to create a credible organization-one that combines the legitimacy of the United Nations agency and the executive vigor of an industry group.”

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jaostrander

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

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What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article?

This article focuses on "chronic disaster syndrome," a condition that arises in the aftermath of a large scale disaster where factors from the disaster lead to perminant physical and mental changes in the lives of those effected.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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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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What three points, details or references from the film did you follow up on to learn more? Write short descriptions of what you learned in your search, providing citations.

The number of emergency workers lost during 9/11:

343 Fire Fighters - http://nyfd.com/9_11_wtc.html

60 Police Officers

8 EMTs and Paramedics - http://www.world-memorial.org/Tribute/EMS/medics.html

EMS Lesson's Learned from 9/11

http://www.jems.com/articles/2006/08/lessons-learned-911.html

Changes were made to the mutual aid system. Resources that had, in the event, run out or were needed sooner than they were used are now better stocked and available. Some new trainings were implemented.