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What does this image convey about the place or setting of the research/activism?

relate to the public image and reports on the data inititatives in turkey

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Mental Health Consequences of Disaster

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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 are Emily Goldmann and Sandro Galea. Emily Goldmann is a PhD, MPH, and assistant research professor of global public health at the College of Global Public Health at NYU. Her work focuses on social and environmental determinants of mental health consequences of health events such as strokes. She has an interest in epidemiology and she studied economics and Mandarin as an undergraduate at Columbia University and got her Masters and PhD in epidemiology from University of Michigan.

Sandor Galea is an MD, MPH and DrPHD. He is the Dean at Boston University School of Public Health. He has worked at the University of Michigan and New York Academy of Medicine. His works centers around the social production of health of urban populations and he focuses on the causes of brain disorders. Both very public health oriented.

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Biological Citizenship: The Science and Politics of Chernobyl-Exposed Populations

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Can you learn anything from the article or report’s bibliography that tells us something about how the article or report was produced?

Looking at the citations at the end of each page, it is clear that the research done for this article was both extensive and thorough. There are numerous different forms of citations and resources, varying from news articles to studies and reports. There is also a very wide date range showing an effort to understand and present data and information on the topic both pre and post disaster as well as show updated findings and information as it became discovered.

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

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

The author addresses emergency response by analyzing the responses different nations had to nuclear plant disasters and compared those emergency responses to each other as well as the fallout in Japan. She then analyzed the areas where there was apparent needs that had to be addressed in terms of emergency response. She shows exactly why a nuclear emergency response plan is necessary. The author analyzes the effect that post nuclear disaster had on the people, leaders and areas surrounding Chernobyl and Three Mile Island as well as Fukushima. She also addresses not only the importance of having an international emergency response team, but also the need for integration between the public and scientists/elite that decide protocol.