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The Unique Vulnerability Experienced by Native American children in Southern California

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Using the recent federal ruling of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) as unconstitutional (October 7, 2018) as an entry point, this study will examine the ways that

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Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

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Describe the object of the study.

Social forces such as racism, gender inequality and poverty impact health issues, determining who becomes ill and who can access proper healthcare. This interaction is imperative to understand when looking at broader public health. While understanding the molecular basis of disease will help us prevent illness, addressing biosocial phenomena is critical to public health

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

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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.

There were 7 so I did a few:

Suyoun Jung - Researches fragile states, and security, developement and Korea. These places are highly at-risk for disasters and at-risk for difficulties controlling disasters once they occur.

Gulzhan Asylbek Kyzy is working on the impact evaluation of the epacebuilding programme in Kyrgyzstan. These kind of programs could help address less developed countries' infrastructure and systems weaknesses, and if one proves successful, it could be used as a model for future efforts.

Nerina Weiss has a PhD in Social Anthropology and researches Violance and conflict, gender, political anthropology, migration, and torture and social suffering. He work is also very related to what we focus on in developing countries struggling to manage their populations and political atomosphere.

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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?

They generally work in the lowest socio-economic groups, which tend to be the most in need for medicial aid.

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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 parts of the film were you not compelled or convinced by? Why?

Not much, to be honest. I was disappointed they didn't mention fire fighters much in it though.

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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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?

This chapter was produce by following the issue of illness of undocumented citizens over the course of several decades, and examining the relationship between how they are treated and social and economic changes. It is linked into changes in policy, memorandums and individual opinions.

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Sandy/Katrina Storyline

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How is data visualized?

The stories had video with both the storytellers and pictures from them. It also includes videos of the storm and it's effects upon the communities.

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

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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?

Mental health and how a community can handle the aftermath with more than physical support.

PTSD and it's effects upon life of an individual.

FEMA Trailers

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1965 Title XIX Medicaid Law: IMD Exclusion

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How has the policy been received by the public? (media reports, etc.)

I could barely find anything on this in particular. In general, there have been more and more support for a stronger mental health system in the United States and while this policy furthers development, some people believe that there is much more that is needed.

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FIRST RESPONDERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY DUE TO MASS DECONTAMINATION RUNOFF

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How does the policy address matters of public health?

It allows for first responders to be able to respond to bio and chem hazards without delay. A simulation they ran of a hazmat response resulted in all patients dying because of a delay in response, and they believe this could happen in a real disaster as well if not for this policy.