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Using Field Research To Improve Disaster Response
In 2013, NACCHO awarded a Competitive Capacity Building Award to the Marin Medical Reserve Corps Foundation to explore best practices...
Sep 17, 2013 | Alyson Jordan
Investments in Preparedness Help Mitigate Sheboygan, WI Tuberculosis Outbreak
What happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the spring of 2013 when...
Sep 17, 2013 | Alyson Jordan
Using Field Research To Improve Disaster ResponseIn 2013, NACCHO awarded a Competitive Capacity Building Award to the Marin Medical Reserve Corps Foundation to explore best practices in MMRC/CERT and MMRC/Hospital collaboration in Marin County, California. This article describes how we used modified field research to examine the contribution citizen first responders make immediately following a disaster and before they are officially deployed... Sep 17, 2013 | Alyson Jordan |
Investments in Preparedness Help Mitigate Sheboygan, WI Tuberculosis OutbreakWhat happens when a scenic tourist destination faces a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak? Sheboygan, WI found out in the spring of 2013 when a case of TB arose in a family in this city of nearly 50,000 on the shores of Lake Michigan. Although Sheboygan County averages three active cases of TB per year, it became clear as this year’s outbreak unfolded that this would not be an average year for Sheboygan. Sep 17, 2013 | Alyson Jordan |
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