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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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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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What audiences does the film best address? Why?

I think it can both bring the public to better understand first response and disaster response better as well as serve as a great film for other first responders to better understand what happened and how that day was handled.

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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

Emergency response is not directly addressed in the article, but addressing the welfare of endangered citizens helps to ensure good public health. The policies formulated addressing illness in the undocumented workers speaks to the overall care given to citizens.

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Sandy/Katrina Storyline

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Describe the routes of user engagement

The user walks through the stories through their website in a timeline of each storm, where it follows each part of both storms. (i.e. Storm, Aftermath, Recovery, Future)

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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.

Emily Goldmann is a PhD and MPH (Master of Public Health) at the College of Global Public Health. She focuses on environmental and social causes of mental health and their consequences. While she doesn't focus on disasters, her studies intersect with those in which we are interested in: Global Health and causes of mental health disorders.

Sandro Galea is a physician and epidemiologist at Boston School of Public Health. He has a long list of other positions of research at other colleges as well. He focuses on how the social aspects of a community create mental disorders, particularly urban communities where mood-anxiety and substance abuse disorders are common. He has a particular focus also upon mass-trauma and disasters and how they affect the mental health of the world long term, such as 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina. He studies precisely what is relevant to the DSTS Network in these cases, where he looks at the mental health consequences instead of the physical consequences of these disasters.